On Deck Journal

As a first-time founder, how do you go about building a great executive team? In this interview summary, Jared Fliesler shares tactics for effective executive recruitment drawn from his 15 years of former experience as COO at Scribd, VP at Square, director at Google, and GM at Slide.

Simple lifestyle fixes to improve your metabolic health for better energy, cognitive performance, and overall endurance

On Deck accelerates you towards your goals by helping you “find your people.” Our programs connect you to a high-quality, curated community of people working on the same problems. This post is an overview of our programs for company builders, investors and people who want to explore emerging sectors.

After decades of taking a back seat to the internet revolution, the next version of the Space Race has arrived. While much of the renewed public excitement around space tech is being driven by long-term visions like colonizing Mars, there are plenty of space-focused innovations happening closer to earth which will likely define the next decade.

Robbie Bent is the CEO & CO-Founder of Othership, a practice to help you regulate your nervous system. Previously, Robbie worked for the Ethereum foundation, co-founded Roamly, and worked as an investment banker. Here, he draws on his experience as a multi-time founder whose current startup is focused on using breathwork to empower founders and individuals alike to remove obstacles and avoid burnout, while maintaining a high level of performance over the long haul of their career, and their lives.

Emil Michael is the former Chief Business Officer at Uber. Emil shares M&A lessons from Uber during their hypergrowth phase. You can check out our Execs episode with Emil here.

Florent Silve is the VP of Data Science and Engineering at Hotel Engine, joined On Deck Data Science for an AMA.

In this Q&A, Morgan Brown (Shopify, ex-Facebook) shares his thoughts on how to successfully operate in the hypergrowth phase as the leader of a growth function.

This is an AMA recap from On Deck Marketing. Timo Pelz, VP Business Marketing at Reddit, is a full stack, generalist marketer with global experience. Previously, Timo built business marketing teams at Facebook and Instagram.

Partnerships can be a powerful growth lever for startups. In this post, Cristina Cordova (ex-Stripe, Notion) shares her insights on identifying partnership opportunities, different types of partnerships, and how startups can successfully negotiate with larger organizations.