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First Round Review provides practical advice for founders and startup leaders, covering topics such as interview questions, new manager tips, and finding product-market fit.

April 23, 2025  15:10:16
Superhuman became known for its unique approach to onboarding: a highly-personalized, white-glove, human-led experience. Superhuman's Gaurav Vohra, startup advisor and growth leader, gives us a detailed look at how he built and scaled the program.
April 22, 2025  14:56:15
Tristan Handy, CEO and co-founder of dbt Labs, shares the unorthodox moves he made to transform a Philly-based consultancy into a billion-dollar SaaS powerhouse.
April 15, 2025  15:21:24
Founders are responsible for figuring out how their business is going to grow. Use these tactics — specifically designed for founders — to uncover your most impactful growth levers.
April 8, 2025  14:57:13
Former Square CEO, AWS's first GM and 12-year Microsoft veteran, Alyssa Henry, walks us through the two crucial considerations for organizational design — your business and your people — and how to connect them.
April 6, 2025  13:53:00
For many startups, the secret to finding product-market fit lies in the pivot. Here’s how these founders knew it was time to change directions.
April 3, 2025  14:01:48
Learn from Loyal founder Celine Halioua’s rigorous approach to milestone-based planning, fundraising and multi-product strategy for deep tech companies.
March 26, 2025  14:54:07
Sam Corcos, co-founder & CEO of Levels, shares a detailed look into exactly how he spent 5 years building the company, with reflections on what changed in the transition from very early-stage to scale up.
March 11, 2025  14:50:31
Expert advice from Dropbox, Figma and Stripe on timing your first sales hire, finding the right candidate profile and creating effective onboarding to successfully transition from founder-led sales to a scalable revenue team.
March 4, 2025  16:30:00
Figma CPO Yuhki Yamashita offers up his playbook for the gnarly phase of product building that arrives after a startup clinches product-market fit — and sets its sights on the next phase of growth.
February 18, 2025  16:07:15
Checkr VP of Engineering Krista Moroder opens up about the rotation program that’s helped keep her org’s non-regrettable attrition at near-zero.
February 11, 2025  15:50:08
First Round partner Meka Asonye sits down with founders and first sales hires to unpack 6 specific tactics for learning to embrace founder-led sales instead of avoiding it. This is the first installment in our “0-$5M” series.
February 5, 2025  15:35:54
We sat down with the founding team for the inside story of one of the first major vertical AI exits.
January 29, 2025  15:21:27
David Loftesness has deftly cycled between management and IC roles throughout his career. Here, he lays out a plan to help engineering leaders make a smooth transition back into the technical weeds.
January 23, 2025  15:14:55
How do you create a go-to-market machine that’s able to turbocharge (and then sustain) revenue growth? Clay co-founder Varun Anand shares the biggest lessons from the company's success, with growth advice for both product-led and sales-led startups.
January 14, 2025  16:08:04
How Figma Slides founding PM Mihika Kapoor transformed a hackathon project into one of Figma's most anticipated launches.