Archive - a16z speedrun

Takeaways from New York Tech Week

The things we saw and heard when 50,000 people descended on NYC for Tech Week

Jun 9 • a16z speedrun

Three ways founders are building in public

How can you turn your operations into marketing?

Jun 2 • a16z speedrun

May 2026

Case Study: The Evolution of a Pitch Deck

How one speedrun company honed their pitch between application and Demo Day

May 26 • a16z speedrun

That's a wrap on SR007 applications

Applied to speedrun? While you wait to hear back from investors, here are some big ideas from our team you might have missed.

May 19 • a16z speedrun

questions re: a16z speedrun

andrew chen tackles the questions he gets asked the most about a16z speedrun

May 14 • a16z speedrun

Early Stage Markets Rarely Look Like Markets

a16z speedrun investor Emily Bennett offers tips on how founders can understand markets that don’t yet have a name.

May 12 • a16z speedrun and Emily Bennett

Should You Be Token-Maxxing?

Founders from the class of SR006 weigh in on their token-burning habits.

May 5 • a16z speedrun

April 2026

The Founder’s Guide to Blogging

How to win the war for attention with compelling writing.

Apr 28 • a16z speedrun and Evan Armstrong

60 founders. One stage. You could be next.

Six months ago, these founders hit submit on an application to speedrun. Now it's your turn.

Apr 21 • a16z speedrun

Applied Intuition’s Qasar Younis on Radical Pragmatism and Building a Company to Last

The former COO of Y Combinator shares advice with speedrun founders

Apr 14 • a16z speedrun

The Growth Meta: Should Founders Be LinkedIn-Maxxing?

Embrace the cringe

Apr 7 • a16z speedrun

Liquid Death’s Mike Cessario on Building a Brand That Can’t Be Copied

Why brand and distribution make all the difference

Apr 2 • a16z speedrun