https://gustavosouza.blog/Some considerations and a couple of conclusions https://gustavosouza.blog/why-saas-founders-should-benchmark/https://gustavosouza.blog/why-saas-founders-should-benchmark/Wed, 31 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMTBenchmarking is a critical practice for Software as a Service (SaaS) companies, serving as a compass that guides strategic decisions,… https://gustavosouza.blog/why-saas-is-poised-to-thrive-amidst-technological-evolution/https://gustavosouza.blog/why-saas-is-poised-to-thrive-amidst-technological-evolution/Sun, 31 Dec 2023 00:00:00 GMTIn the ever-evolving landscape of technology, certain paradigms have the resilience to not just survive but flourish. Software as a Service… https://gustavosouza.blog/do-early-stage-startups-really-need-a-yearly-budget/https://gustavosouza.blog/do-early-stage-startups-really-need-a-yearly-budget/Mon, 04 Dec 2023 00:00:00 GMTStartups, by their very nature, are ventures into the unknown. Especially for early-stage startups, uncertainty is the only certainty. These… https://gustavosouza.blog/induced-serendipity/https://gustavosouza.blog/induced-serendipity/Mon, 02 Oct 2023 00:00:00 GMTNaval Ravikant has coined his “ 4 kinds of Luck ” and I want to propose a 5th one for all early-stage entrepreneurs out there. A kind of luck… https://gustavosouza.blog/how-not-to-become-a-zombie/https://gustavosouza.blog/how-not-to-become-a-zombie/Thu, 31 Aug 2023 00:00:00 GMTYears ago, I read Paul Graham's masterpiece essay on " How not to die ." For those who haven't yet read it (but will, I trust… https://gustavosouza.blog/the-power-of-ultimatums/https://gustavosouza.blog/the-power-of-ultimatums/Sun, 04 Jun 2023 00:00:00 GMTAn employee should not get caught by surprise when being fired*. As a leader, it is your responsibility to clearly communicate your expectations… https://gustavosouza.blog/written-memos-vs-pitch-decks/https://gustavosouza.blog/written-memos-vs-pitch-decks/Tue, 28 Feb 2023 00:00:00 GMTAccording to Martin Tobias , the Founder/VC matching game is an incredibly low-probability game for BOTH sides (<1% chance of a… https://gustavosouza.blog/learn-how-to-type-fast-on-the-phone/https://gustavosouza.blog/learn-how-to-type-fast-on-the-phone/Sat, 30 Jul 2022 00:00:00 GMTMy motivation I'm a reasonable typist on the computer and I'm very happy with my typing speed despite it being far from the 150 words… https://gustavosouza.blog/the-space-economy/https://gustavosouza.blog/the-space-economy/Thu, 02 Dec 2021 00:00:00 GMTIt's been quite a while since my last post here. Well... fundraising for SaaSholic is consuming most of my energy and time. Despite being… https://gustavosouza.blog/the-man-from-the-future/https://gustavosouza.blog/the-man-from-the-future/Fri, 22 Oct 2021 00:00:00 GMTDiego, my partner at SaaSholic and CEO at Rock Content, has always referred to Matt Doyon, Rock's VP of Sales, as "the man from the… https://gustavosouza.blog/single-purpose-writing-device/https://gustavosouza.blog/single-purpose-writing-device/Fri, 08 Oct 2021 00:00:00 GMTI've been wishing I wrote more. But 95% of the time I set myself to do it I fail. When I try to write on the computer I end up getting… https://gustavosouza.blog/why-im-bullish-on-ethereum/https://gustavosouza.blog/why-im-bullish-on-ethereum/Fri, 06 Aug 2021 00:00:00 GMTMichael Saylor and Bitcoin Due to the influence of a friend, I've listened to 8+ hours of Michael Saylor preaching about BTC and its… https://gustavosouza.blog/automatically-send-substack-newsletters-to-kindle/https://gustavosouza.blog/automatically-send-substack-newsletters-to-kindle/Sun, 14 Mar 2021 00:00:00 GMTI love reading on my Kindle, specially before falling asleep. I've started sending my favorite newsletters to the Kindle by opening the… https://gustavosouza.blog/angellist-flywheel/https://gustavosouza.blog/angellist-flywheel/Thu, 04 Mar 2021 00:00:00 GMTSeveral months ago I caught myself watching videos from a Notion expert and the title of one of his videos was: Systems Thinking intro. The… https://gustavosouza.blog/unscientific-method/https://gustavosouza.blog/unscientific-method/Fri, 15 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMTI've been a diehard fan of the scientific method since the day I was formally introduced to it. It is so instinctive, so fair, and can only… https://gustavosouza.blog/2021-okrs/https://gustavosouza.blog/2021-okrs/Sat, 02 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMTToday it's the 2nd of January 2021 and, as cliché as it might sound, it is great timing to define goals and change habits. Here are my OKRs… https://gustavosouza.blog/million-vs-billion/https://gustavosouza.blog/million-vs-billion/Sun, 20 Dec 2020 00:00:00 GMTRay Kurzweil and plenty of other articles state that human beings have a tremendous difficulty understanding the concept of acceleration and… https://gustavosouza.blog/mind-the-bee/https://gustavosouza.blog/mind-the-bee/Sun, 15 Nov 2020 00:00:00 GMTAchieving long-term non-mandatory goals I set with myself is hard as hell. Changing behavior and building new habits isn't easy either. in…