# 2017

- [How to improve product innovation and teamwork with just 3 days a quarter](/startups/2017/launchathons.md): Offsites and hackathons are both great ideas that rarely work in practice. It is possible, however, to follow a hybrid approach that brings these two together and works like magic.
- [Startups as rockets](/startups/2017/startups-as-rockets.md): How founders and employees can approach fundraising and company-building