Morgan Beller

Read Morgan’s techniques and frameworks for Web3, Space, and Fintech companies. Morgan is the co-founder of Libra and was Head of Strategy for Novi, Facebook’s digital wallet for the Libra payment system.

[Year] Insights for Seed Founders by Morgan Beller - NFX Library

Omri Amirav-Drory, Ph.D.

Read Omri’s essays as he explores the latest innovation in biology and techbio. Omri is a scientist and an operator who has founded, scaled, and led a successful acquisition by Twist Bioscience.

[Year] Insights for Seed Founders by Omri Amirav-Drory, Ph.D. - NFX Library

Pete Flint

See Pete’s 60+ resources on hiring, strategy, scaling, and fundraising playbooks for Proptech, Fintech, Marketplaces, Web3, and LatAm companies. He is a 2x unicorn Founder and former CEO of Trulia.

[Year] Insights for Seed Founders by Pete Flint - NFX Library

Gigi Levy-Weiss

See Gigi’s 30+ resources on hiring strategy, scaling, and fundraising playbooks for Gaming, Web3, Bio, and Space companies. He is a 4x founder/operator. Founding CEO of Playtika. Head of NFX Israel.

[Year] Insights for Seed Founders by Gigi Levy-Weiss - NFX Library

James Currier

See James’ 100+ resources on network effects, market networks, and growth. James is a 5x Founder and invests in Marketplaces, Web3, Fintech, Gaming, and Bio.

[Year] Insights for Seed Founders by James Currier - NFX Library

We’re Scientist-Founders. We’ve walked in your shoes, from the lab to scaling $B+ techbio companies.

Weekly insights for pre-seed and seed stage Founders in Bio, including fundraising tips, pitch decks, growth, hiring and more.

Top [Month] [Year] Resources for Bio Founders - NFX Library

Gaming is about connection. As games founders ourselves, we've been bullish on this market from day 1.

Gaming

Weekly insights for pre-seed and seed stage Founders in Gaming, including fundraising tips, pitch decks, growth, hiring and more.

Top [Month] [Year] Resources for Gaming Founders - NFX Library

Generative AI is the next step in software. It turns AI into a collaborative partner to unlock a frictionless creative process across industries.

Generative AI

Weekly insights for pre-seed and seed stage Founders in Generative AI, including fundraising tips, pitch decks, growth, hiring and more.

Top [Month] [Year] Resources for Generative AI Founders - NFX Library

Real estate is in early stages of tech adoption. Pete Flint is an unfair advantage to have in your corner.

PropTech

Weekly insights for pre-seed and seed stage Founders in Proptech, including fundraising tips, pitch decks, growth, hiring and more.

Top [Month] [Year] Resources for PropTech Founders - NFX Library

We're focused on backing the Founders who are building a space economy that makes life better on Earth.

Space

Weekly insights for pre-seed and seed stage Founders in Space, including fundraising tips, pitch decks, growth, hiring and more.

Top [Month] [Year] Resources for Space Founders - NFX Library

Fintech is unlocking enormous value by digitizing and encompassing more of the transaction.

Fintech

Weekly insights for pre-seed and seed stage Founders in Fintech, including fundraising tips, pitch decks, growth, hiring and more.

Top [Month] [Year] Resources for Fintech Founders - NFX Library

We have founded, advised, and invested in 80+ marketplace startups. Including DoorDash, Lyft, Trulia, and Patreon.

Marketplaces

Weekly insights for pre-seed and seed stage Founders in Marketplaces, including fundraising tips, pitch decks, growth, hiring and more.

Top [Month] [Year] Resources for Marketplaces Founders - NFX

Crypto presents us with the opportunity to remake the Internet into a more creative, lucrative, sustainable, and safe place.

Crypto

Weekly insights for pre-seed and seed stage Founders in crypto, including fundraising tips, pitch decks, growth, hiring and more.

Weekly insights for pre-seed and seed stage Founders in Web3, including fundraising tips, pitch decks, growth, hiring and more.

Top [Month] [Year] Resources for Crypto Founders - NFX Library

The combination of great founders and their networks has been the core mechanism of progress for all of human history. This is what makes Silicon Valley more than just a place. It’s a networked mindset. It's our central hub for a reason. 

Silicon Valley

The combination of great founders and their networks has been the core mechanism of progress for all of human history. This is what makes Silicon Valley more than just a place. It’s a networked mindset. It's our central hub for a reason.

NFX - Silicon Valley

Israel is a global software powerhouse. Gigi Levy-Weiss partners with founders to build and scale.

Israel

Weekly insights for pre-seed and seed stage Founders in Israel, including fundraising tips, pitch decks, growth, hiring and more.

Top [Month] [Year] Resources for Israel Founders - NFX Library

We’re seeing a new wave of innovative, competitive founders driving the tech ecosystem forward in Europe.  

Europe

NFX - Europe

Millions of consumers are coming online in LatAm, quickly creating massive market opportunities.

LatAm

Weekly insights for pre-seed and seed stage Founders in LatAm, including fundraising tips, pitch decks, growth, hiring and more.

Top [Month] [Year] Resources for LatAm Founders - NFX Library

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Network Effects

See 30+ resources on network effects for pre-seed and seed Founders. Companies with the strongest types of network effects built into their core business model tend to win – and win big.

Top [Month] [Year] Insights for Founders on Network Effects - NFX Library

Fundraising

Read 20+ NFX pitch decks, core metrics, and ladder of proof on how to fundraise your pre-seed and seed rounds.

Top [Month] [Year] Insights for Founders on Fundraising - NFX Library

Growth

See 100+ resources, frameworks, and guides from NFX to help pre-seed and seed Founders build iconic businesses during challenging times and navigate the new rules of growth.

Top [Month] [Year] Insights for Founders on Growth - NFX Library

Leadership

See 40+ resources on leadership strategies, playbooks, and podcasts for CEOs, CTOs, and founding teams for pre-seed and seed stage companies.

Top [Month] [Year] Insights for Founders on Leadership - NFX Library

Investment Memos

Learn more about NFX’s recent pre-seed and seed investments in Bio, Web3, Gaming, Proptech, LatAm, Space, Fintech, and Marketplaces.

Top [Month] [Year] Insights for Founders on Investment Memos - NFX Library

Psychology

See 40+ resources on useful pre-seed and seed Founder mental models. A Founder’s mental approach is the greatest point of leverage in a company’s success or failure.

Top [Month] [Year] Insights for Founders on Psychology - NFX Library

Announcements

The latest news from NFX venture capital. NFX invests in pre-seed and seed companies in Bio, Web3, Gaming, Proptech, LatAm, Space, Fintech, and Marketplaces.

Top [Month] [Year] Insights for Founders on Announcements - NFX Library

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Videos

Watch 30+ videos from NFX on hiring, fundraising, and growth for pre-seed and seed Founders. [Subscribers] startups get weekly insights from NFX venture capital firm.

Top [Month] [Year] Videos - NFX Library

Podcasts

Listen to 80+ episodes from NFX and industry leaders like Vitalik Buterin (Ethereum), Jeff Wilke (Amazon), Reid Hoffman (LinkedIn) and many more. 170k+ startups get weekly insights from NFX.

Top [Month] [Year] Podcasts - NFX Library

Essays

Read 100+ essays from NFX on hiring, fundraising, and growth for pre-seed and seed Founders. 170k+ startups get weekly insights from NFX venture capital firm.

Top [Month] [Year] Essays - NFX Library

The 16 Network Effects &amp; How They Actually Work

The Network Effects Manual: 16 Network Effects (And Counting)

Network effects have been responsible for 70% of all the value created in technology since 1994. Founders who deeply understand how they work will be better positioned to build category-defining companies.
<em><a href="https://content.nfx.com/teams/james-currier/">James Currier</a> and the NFX Team</em>

The Network Effects Bible (Updated 2024)

What city you live in. Who you date or marry. Which job you choose. What clothes you wear.We all think we make these choices ourselves. It certainly feels like we’re in full control. But it turns out that our choices — both in our startups and in our lives — are more constrained than we think. The unseen hand in all them is the networks that surround us and the powerful math they exert on us.

Your Life is Driven by Network Effects

Status Games: Engineering Scarcity in a World of Abundance

Why NFX Invested in Rec: Modernizing Your Local Parks &#038; Rec Experience

How to Prepare for an Upturn

Why NFX Invested in Warmly: Harnessing AI to End the Cold Call

AI is Reinventing the Legal Industry

The 3-Person Unicorn Startup

Speed x AI

Finding the White Hot Center

Why NFX Invested in Aligned: The Sales Room Network Helping Companies Close Deals 3x Faster

3 Waves of Successful Generative AI Startups 

Building Your Startup’s Attention Flywheel

Generative AI Market Map and 5-Layer Tech Stack

NFX&#8217;s Generative Tech Open Source Market Map

The Lifecycle of Uncomfortable Tech

Why NFX Invested in Cherry: The Fintech Startup Automating B2B Payments

Generative AI Begins

Why NFX Invested in fidu: The Operating System for Schools in Latin America

Find The Fast Moving Water

Introducing Network Effect #16: Hub-and-Spoke

NFX Playbook for Naming Your Company &#8211; Part 1

Why NFX Invested in TermScout: The LegalTech Contracts Network

5 Core Startup Metrics

The Durability Formula – How It Will Determine Your Startup’s Future Value

Why NFX Invested in Arc Technologies: The Fintech Platform for SaaS Companies

The Network Effects Of Bitcoin [An NFX Video]

The Economics of Creativity: Who Gets Paid and Why

Network Bonding Theory: Grow Your Startup By Making It A Network

Building Confidence Networks In Latin America

Why NFX Invested in Moov: The Platform for Buying and Selling Used Manufacturing Equipment

Bitcoin Killed The King &#038; Now Network Effects Will Determine Its Future

Why NFX Invested In Aucto: The Startup Building a Marketplace for Used Industrial Equipment

A Mammoth Becomes A Unicorn: Inside a Scientist-Founder’s Journey from Pre-Seed to Series D

A Founder’s Exponential Toolset: Wright’s Law, Moore’s Law, &#038; More

Unlocking “Disruptive Power” For Your Marketplace

Trillion-Dollar Leadership: An Inside Look at Jeff Bezos &#038; Eric Schmidt

Making Markets with Prof. Scott Duke Kominers (HBS) &#038; James Currier

Status, Wealth, &#038; Power: Network Effects Demand A New Social Contract

The 23 Rules of Storytelling For Fundraising

&#8220;A Tragedy of Measurement&#8221; with Rob Goldman &#038; James Currier

Why NFX Invested In Forum Brands: A Platform Building Better E-Commerce Brands

The Rise of “Reality Entrepreneurs”

The Passion Economy and Its Hidden Currency

The 7 Powers Known to Tesla, Pixar, Netflix, Apple &#038; Twilio

The Goldilocks Zone of Startups: Why &#8220;Just Right&#8221; Is Not In The Middle

The New American Dream

Amazon's former consumer boss breaks down the systems behind the success of Amazon, Prime, Alexa, &amp; AWS.

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The CEO That Jeff Bezos Called “His Teacher”

Why NFX Invested In Candex: The Startup Simplifying Payments Between the Fortune 500 and Vendors

Why NFX Invested In C2i Genomics: The Cancer Surveillance Platform

The CEOs We Need Now

The 4 Types Of Defensibility

Good vs. Great Leaders

The Paradox of Genius: Why Long-Term Thinking Wins

Enterprise Gateway Marketplaces Will Turn Large Organizations Inside-Out

Stanford&#8217;s &#8220;Touchy Feely&#8221; Course (For Startup Founders), with Carole Robin &#038; James Currier

Why People Share: The Psychology Behind &#8220;Going Viral&#8221;

Why NFX Invested in Latitude: The AI-Powered Gaming Platform

The Founders&#8217; List: James Currier (General Partner at NFX) on &#8220;The Psychology of Startup Growth&#8221;

Erik Torenberg &#038; James Currier on being Citizens of the Internet

Where To Build Your Startup

The Winning Psychology of Top Founders in Fundraising Meetings

Media Marketplaces and the Future of Digital Media

Why Your Work Matters: Darwin, Machines, &#038; the Future We&#8217;re Building

34 Questions to Recruit World-Class Talent in the Remote Era

How Contrarians Think: The Early Days of Square, Yelp &#038; PayPal with Keith Rabois

24 Ways B2B Marketplaces Win

How Second Time Founders Can Win and Avoid Common Mistakes

The Second Time Founders Manual

The Insider Story of Houseparty

The Next Social Era is Here: Why Now Is the Time for Social Products Again

Whiteboard Breakdown: A Founder&#8217;s Guide to Taking Advice

Whiteboard Breakdown: What Are Network Effects?

Four Reasons Why NFX Invested in Nuvocargo

The Great Reset: How Reid Hoffman &#038; James Currier See the Path Ahead for Founders

The Psychology of Founders Who Win in Downturns

A Founder’s Guide To Taking Advice

Data is not inherently valuable. Most data doesn’t produce a real data network effect, and most data network effects aren’t that powerful even once established. Data strategy, in terms of value creation, is overrated. It can be powerful, but it’s typically not.

What Makes Data Valuable: The Truth About Data Network Effects

Incredible Health CEO &amp; Co-Founder Iman Abuzeid breaks down the complicated (and often convoluted) process of fundraising and makes public her lessons for the Founder community on what it takes to raise venture capital from top-tier VCs.

How I Raised VC From Top-Tier Funds

Founder-market fit is about more than just industry expertise or experience. NFX Managing Partner James Currier breaks down the four dimensions that contribute to Founder-Market Fit.

The 4 Signs of Founder-Market Fit

Today we're sharing the 14th type of network effect: expertise nfx.

The 14th Network Effect: Expertise

Non-obvious lessons about pitching learned from James Currier's many years of being a 4-time founder/CEO and an investor in over 100 companies.

16 Non-Obvious Fundraising Lessons On Pitching

&#8220;Don&#8217;t Just Be the Best, Be the Only&#8221; with Kevin Kelly &#038; James Currier

The Unusual Signs of a Billion Dollar Company, with Elad Gil

The Hidden Patterns of Startup Failure

The New Growth Mindset with Sean Ellis &#038; James Currier

5 frameworks to help Founders coming up with a new startup idea that is the most likely to lead to a transformative company.

The Hidden Patterns of Great Startup Ideas

The Future of Digital Advertising with Mikael Cho &#038; Luke Chesser, Co-Founders of Unsplash (NFX Podcast)

They were rejected by 200+ investors. They were turned down by every single payment processor in the country. They discovered they were in violation of USPS regulations, and almost ran out of money. Yet today, Poshmark is one of the most successful marketplaces of all time.