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Founder Weekly (Issue 351 - August 22 2018)
Founder Weekly - Issue 351Â Â
Founder Weekly
Welcome to issue 351 of Founder Weekly. Let's get straight to the links this week.
General
Mike Maples explains how the tech community can harness the power of connections in a world of “networked capitalism.
This is the best moment in decades for the continent to battle its way back to relevance. Its startups need to act like it.
Products are easier to reason about when you think of them as functions. They transform an input situation into an output situation. This lets you describe what the product does as a transformation of the user's circumstance instead of a bundle of features.
Between school, dance and hanging with friends, Alina Morse is running a national candy brand.
Books
Do you worry that your business will collapse without your constant presence? Are you sacrificing your family, friendships, and freedom to keep your business alive? What if instead your business could run itself, freeing you to do what you love when you want, while it continues to grow and turn a profit? It's possible. And it's easier than you think.
Marketing, Sales and PR
Get inspired for your product launch email campaign by these 25 email design examples.This post will help you to come up with the product launch or new features announcement email design following the latest best practices.
It can be difficult to steer amazing Content Marketing for a company that sells ‘dull’ stuff (like antique clothes pegs). No fear — we have the tools.
Money and Finance
Startups of the Week
The world’s most intelligent fitness system. It’s an entire gym and personal trainer right there on your wall. This is the future of fitness.
A Personal Space for the Open Office - Soundproof Phone Booths. The open office is full of noise. So we built a place with less. Our ROOM is a simple, affordable solution for the modern workplace. It’s our way of making more room for everyone.
Blind is an anonymous community app for the workplace. Whether you are new to your job or have been in the industry for a while, you can find relevant information and advice from verified colleagues in your field, anonymously. Users on Blind are grouped by company and industry - providing honest feedback from user to user, and sharing information with verified professionals. Connect with your coworkers based on interests and topics, not levels or titles. Benchmark your career with others just like you.
Islands connects you to the groups you care about at college. It’s your directory of the people, places, and communities you want to be a part of. Finding your people unlocks human potential. Never miss what’s happening on your campus again.
HiHello lets you curate multiple digital business cards and share your contact details faster than you can say, “Sorry, I forgot my business card!” With the HiHello app you’ll never be without your business cards again. Digitally share your information so that people have it where they need it - in their phone.
Tips, Tools and Services
Create professional, customizable buyer personas in minutes with the help of our intuitive free generator.
The secret to tackling a networking event, if you’re a person who struggles with socialising, is preparation.
Job offer letters are often an afterthought, but they play a pivotal role in the hiring process. They can be an aid to communication—clear, concise and compelling—or they can sow confusion and damage the candidate experience. Ultimately, your offer letter is an opportunity to stand out from the crowd, so we've created a template containing all of the elements needed to help great candidates become happy employees.
These four emails are drastically underutilized for customer retention. Here’s how you can fix that.
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