Founder Weekly (Issue 380 - March 27 2019)

Founder Weekly - Issue 380

March 27, 2019

Founder Weekly

Welcome to issue 380 of Founder Weekly. Let's get straight to the links this week.

General

This post shows how the shift from information scarcity to information abundance is transforming commerce, education, and politics. The structure of each industry was shaped by the information-scarce, Mass Media environment. First, we’ll focus on commerce. Education will be second. Then, we’ll zoom out for a short history of America since World War II. We’ll see how information scarcity creates authority and observe the effects of the internet on knowledge. Finally, we’ll return to politics and tie these threads together. 

There are many resources that talk about the Product Manager role, but how does one actually measure success in the role? What are the core competencies that define excellence, and how should product managers think about tracking their performance along these lines? Uber fmr. Product Lead Shalin Mantri will discuss Measuring Your Performance - including the competencies framework that calibrates product managers across Uber. In addition, Shalin will discuss what excellence looks like at different levels and how to have professional development conversations with your manager.

Startups, stress, and depression don’t have to be joined by the hip.

Kids are obsessed with YouTube unboxing videos. The toy industry is taking notice.

Books

A Dozen Lessons for Entrepreneurs shows how the insights of leading venture capitalists can teach readers to create a unique approach to building a successful business. Through profiles and interviews of figures such as Bill Gurley of Benchmark Capital, Marc Andreesen and Ben Horowitz of Andreesen Horowitz, and Jenny Lee of GGV Capital, Tren Griffin draws out the fundamental lessons from their ideas and experiences.

Marketing, Sales and PR

In 2009, two friends parlayed a Kickstarter campaign into what is now a 7-figure retailer. Read this article to get Sunski’s marketing strategy and more.

How did Glossier turn the multi-billion beauty industry on its head? We break down their phenomenal growth here.

Mistakes are common in the marketing world, but there's a lot that we can learn from them. In this post, we've highlighted mistakes that marketers often make with inputs from 30 SaaS experts.

Atlassian grew into a $20 billion dollar company without a formal sales team. So how did they do it? We sat down with Jay Simons, President of Atlassian, to get an inside look at their unique high-velocity, low touch sales model and whether it's right (or wrong) for your business.

Money and Finance

Notes on portfolio construction and management, from the perspective of a seed-stage technology venture capital fund manager.

Startups of the Week

Get paid to work on open-source. Spend more time on your projects and make open-source your full-time job.

Build your village on Allo to start exchanging favors between nearby friends and trusted neighbors.

Unique visitor insights from your shop floor. Aura Vision uses existing security cameras in stores, to provide a high level of detail on customer demographics and behaviours.

Improve your farming. Crop disease detector App. Identify plant diseases, pests and nutrient deficiencies. Empowers to control them and increase your yield.

Tips, Tools and Services

Using frameworks from Give and Take, Algorithms to Live By, and the Four Tendencies, this article proposes new best practices for remote leaders.

How do you know, and how on earth do you build one.

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