Founder Weekly (Issue 342 - June 20 2018)

Founder Weekly - Issue 342Â

June 20, 2018

Founder Weekly

Welcome to issue 342 of Founder Weekly. Let's get straight to the links this week.

General

Wondering how to make a Slack bot that makes revenue? Check out this step-by-step tutorial. It's a case study of how we built a profitable business on Slack with thousands of USD in revenue.

From tech in NYC to chemical manufacturing in Nasik (India), here's a guide that hopefully nobody ever needs.

With a $20 billion valuation and 250,000 members in 72 cities worldwide, WeWork is on a mission to take over the workplace. This is the story behind the hype.

The startup reveals that it hit over $1 billion in revenue for the first time in 2017 and expects to double that this year.

Continuing our series on how tech is changing construction — one of the industries most resistant to change (and facing declining productivity) — this episode of the a16z Podcast looks at what happens when you go from planning to actually putting boots on the ground. How can tech translate rich data sets into the just-right types, amounts, and levels of information for each different piece of the incredibly complex, dynamic, time-and-space problem that is a building site?

And how at peace you are with it can have a big impact on your success.

Books

Negotiating the Impossible guides readers through deadlock with practical advice, and shares stories of successful negotiation to make the hopeless feel hopeful!

Marketing, Sales and PR

Factors that actually improve your traffic and rankings, and how to leverage them.

The Ultimate Strategy Guide on how to utilize the email marketing database and sales leads database for effective email marketing campaign. Read the steps to smash your MRR Growth.

Want Google to send you a huge amount of traffic each month? Keyword research is the first step. Use this in-depth beginner's guide to get started.

It’s no secret that lots of big, contributer-oriented sites have gone the “nofollow” link route in recent times. The question that remains is whether this is an effective strategy, and whether it contributes to or detracts from SEO efforts at large. The industry seems to be in need of a data-driven examination of the concept, so we’ve busted out some data analysis and crunched the numbers on before and after the nofollow links were added to several prominent websites.

Money and Finance

Startups of the Week

Your Complete Meal Preparation System. Loaded with over 45 features and accessories to help you prepare, measure, and store ingredients.

Riskified is an all-in-one eCommerce fraud prevention solution and chargeback protection service for high volume and enterprise merchants.

Community events software for groups and enterprises. Grow your community, track event analytics, and save hundreds of hours.

Tips, Tools and Services

The Best Free Resources for when You’re Short on Time.

And how to make them better.

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