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title: 'A little light startup reading for your Sunday'
date: '2019-01-13T12:34:06-08:00'
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categories:
  - Founders
  - Startups
  - VC
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  - a16z
  - 'andreessen horowitz'
  - 'chris dixon'
  - Insights
  - Startup
---

# A little light startup reading for your Sunday

You can’t swing a dead term sheet without hitting thousands of posts on “how to be a better founder.” Most of which contain largely unusable advice or set unattainable expectations for anyone to adopt. Founder or otherwise.

And that’s why I really liked this post from [Andreessen Horowitz on startup learnings from Chris Dixon](https://a16z.com/2015/01/18/12-things-learned-from-chris-dixon-about-startups/ "12 Things I Learned from Chris Dixon about Startups"). Because it focuses on both the founder and the idea — but also the community that surrounds that founder.

> The outcome for any startup will increasingly be determined by access to networks of people and resources. If a startup has a choice between (1) just money and (2) money plus access to these networks, is it wise to choose the latter. Because startups most compete in an Extremistan environment (i.e., winner-take-all or winner-take-most-all) even the smallest advantage can end up topping the balance of success and cumulative advantage to one company.

[Worth a read](https://a16z.com/2015/01/18/12-things-learned-from-chris-dixon-about-startups/ "12 Things I Learned from Chris Dixon about Startups"), if you’ve got a few minutes to spare.