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Speaker Events

Operating in the Changing Startup Environment with Elad Gil & David Sacks

Two legendary company builders and investors share what founders need to know to navigate a market downturn.

Founders

The Liberating Power of Default-Dead

The funding environment has changed, but the best course of action is not the same for all founders.

Founders

Why Conviction Matters

Four SPC founders share what it takes to build conviction and start a company.

Speaker Events

David Ebersman's Fireside Chat with South Park Commons

David Ebersman, co-founder & CEO of Lyra Health, joined us for a conversation on founding a mental health startup.

Operator

Your Success Is Not Your Own: What Matters Most As An Engineering Leader

The first and most important element of success is building a killer engineering team.

Members

How Serendipity Found Ryan Olf

How did SPC impact the life trajectory of this physics PhD & biomedical engineer?

Operator

Move Fast or Die: Key Startup Lessons

Lessons from Facebook, Dropbox, and SPC on the singular importance of speed.

Social Impact

What Can the Social Sector Learn from Tech Startups?

Tech startups have a tried and true playbook for growing a user base and delivering value for customers—can the social sector use it?

Community

Announcing SPC NYC

SPC is opening a New York City space and launching an IRL Events Series to celebrate—read on to find out more!

Speaker Events

From the Archive: Chris Cox’s Fireside Chat at SPC

Chris Cox, CPO of Meta, joined us for a conversation during a period when he had stepped away from Facebook and found himself in -1 to 0.

Founder Fellowship

Should you join the SPC Founder Fellowship? The 400k question.

James, a graduate of the first Founder Fellowship cohort, shares his experience and insights on whether the program is worth it.

Investing

Why SPC Invested in Money View

Money View is building a digital-first financial services platform for the middle class in India. Here's why SPC invested.

Venture Capital

Li Jin’s Fireside Chat with South Park Commons

Li Jin, general partner at Variant Fund, joined us for the second time to discuss her perspectives on web3, DAOs, investing, the creator economy, and more.

Demo

SPC Demo Faire Spring 2022 Recap

Check out the amazing projects shared at SPC Demo Faire Spring 2022!

Community

How Can Shared Vulnerability Lead to Innovation?

Many people see vulnerability as a liability. But when shared, it can be an asset—and a key part of getting from -1 to 0.

Startups

Conviction And Certainty Are Not The Same: A Case Study of Orb

How one of the first teams to graduate from the SPC Founder Fellowship learned to pursue conviction instead of certainty.

Social Impact

A Braintrust for Social Innovators

Late last year, South Park Commons [https://southparkcommons.com/] and the Agency Fund [https://agency.fund/] partnered to create a new fellowship [https://medium.com/south-park-commons/announcing-the-spc-agency-fund-social-impact-fellowship-a04c46f8f6b2] supporting the founders of non-profits and social ventures. We wanted to kickstart an ecosystem of innovators addressing the decision-making needs of people facing

Community

What SPC Looks For in Applicants

How we evaluate potential members of the SPC community—it's all about velocity and acceleration.

Founder Fellowship

SPC-Script web3 Founder Fellowship

$400k in funding, pre-idea, for web3 founders.

SPC Fund

Innovating Upstream of the Venture Industry

SPC innovates in the venture space by focusing on -1 to 0.

SPC Fund

Early Results from SPC Fund I

Early results and learnings from SPC Fund I have us more confident than ever in the SPC model .

Startups

Startup Engineering Hiring Anti-Patterns

The most important traps to avoid when hiring startup engineers.

SPC Fund

Why SPC Invested in Meesho

Submitted by Bala Chandrasekaran Now that the SPC Fund has branched out into later-stage investing along with our regular early-stage motion, we thought it would be fun to publish some of our thinking on those investments. We’re excited to share this memo from fund chief of staff Bala Chandrasekaran

Startups

User Value as North Star: A Case Study of Column Tax

How the founders of Column Tax followed their north star through the SPC Founder Fellowship to a $5.1m seed round.

Startups

How to Take on Amazon, Google, and Microsoft: Start With Community

With the announcement of Render's $20M Series A, founder and early SPC member Anurag Goel reflects on how he decided to take on the big 3.