Julian Capital: Founder Memos

By Julian Shapiro@julian julian.com /julian-shapiro

We're an early-stage startup fund. We write $300K checks and make decisions within a week.

We believe we're in the top 5% of growth and design experts. When we invest, we help overhaul your customer acquisition strategy and brand.

Some of Julian's past investments include Ramp, Republic, Mercury, Synthesis, Yassir, Jar, MicroAcquire, Owner, ClassDojo, Softr, Compound, Kindred, GiveButter, Modern Share.

Below, you can read our memos—they help you grow your startup. Or you can learn more about me here.

Most important memos

Startup Ideas: Which startups are most likely to succeed ↗

Startup Ideas: How to find good startup ideas ↗

Hiring: How to hire employees ↗

Hiring: How to build a growth team ↗

Growth: How to rewrite your homepage for conversion ↗

Growth: How to retain your users ↗

Growth: The best way to acquire customers: product-led acquisition ↗

Other memos

Recommended agencies and contractors 🔒

Fundraising: When to raise a Series A 🔒

Fundraising: How to write a fundraising memo 🔒

Fundraising: How to write investor updates 🔒

Growth: How to audit a competitor's growth assets

Growth: List of growth ideas

Growth: How to run A/B tests

Ads: How to write ads for social networks

Ads: How to run ad campaigns on social networks

Get $100K in Amazon AWS credits

If you’re a Julian Capital portfolio company and you haven’t yet claimed AWS Activate credits, getting funded by me makes you eligible for $25K in AWS credits that last 2 years—or $100K in credits that last 1 year. Further, if you want someone to talk to on the technical and infrastructure side, I can introduce you to a senior point person at AWS. To claim your credits, go here. First, email me for Julian Capital’s OrgID, which you’ll need.

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