Archive - Memos from Hawk Hill Ventures

🔫 Building Bulletproof Businesses

The battle is won on the field, you just need to survive.

Jun 26 •

May 2025

LLMs are getting really good…but learning stuff is also good…

May 29 •

George Matelich

April 2025

The Hard Truth About Developer Tools

Value vs Freedom

Apr 24 •

March 2025

Everything I learned raising my first pre-seed round

This side of the table is a little bit different...

Mar 27 •

George Matelich

February 2025

✍️ Product Led Growth for Developers

"Developers! Developers! Developers!" - Steve Ballmer (a sales guy)

Feb 27 •

January 2025

📫 Now I quit my job to start a startup

So I guess we’re both doing it

Jan 23 •

George Matelich

December 2024

🔮 2024 Review and 2025 Optimism

Our second annual set of predictions and postmortems

Dec 27, 2024 •

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George Matelich

November 2024

🎲 The Art of Consequential Choices

If it's not now, it could be never.

Nov 28, 2024 •

October 2024

🧠 The Knowledge Base of The Future

Vertical-specific knowledge bases should be all-knowing, conversational, constantly updating and able to take action without human intervention

Oct 31, 2024 •

George Matelich

September 2024

🏇When Better Isn't Enough

Understanding Why Superior Products Fail

Sep 26, 2024 •

George Matelich

August 2024

💡Perfect Ideas vs Perfect Opportunities

An opportunity in the hand is worth twenty ideas in the bush

Aug 29, 2024 •

July 2024

🥅 Thank You, Buyout Funds: Embracing the New Wave of Startups

The might be smaller, but they will likely be mightier

Jul 25, 2024 •

George Matelich

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