Taking Punches | Joe Fernandez | Substack

Investor rejections are the easy part

heartbreak with a two week notice

Feb 23, 2022 •

New

2015-2020 was a boring time to build startups

I hope we never go back

Jan 25, 2022 •

How to go from being a super hot company to lucky to get acquired in less than 24 months

Hitting product market fit in a startup is an amazing feeling. In 2011 and 2012 it felt like Klout was on top of the world. Almost every day was our…

Dec 15, 2021 •

Lessons in Failure

Sometimes in startups the biggest failures can look a lot like successes

Dec 8, 2021 •

Might write some stuff..

If I can get my shit together

Jul 4, 2020

Taking Punches

Taking Punches

Startups feel like getting punched in the face. Hurts in the moment but cool when you survive it.

Taking Punches

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