Founder Weekly (Issue 382 - April 24 2019)

Founder Weekly - Issue 382

April 24, 2019

Founder Weekly

Welcome to issue 382 of Founder Weekly. Let's get straight to the links this week.

General

In this episode, a16z crypto partner Ali Yahya talks with Frank Chen about five challenging problems the community is trying to solve right now to enable a new computing platform and a new set of killer apps.

We've lost the nuance. We're treating "charge more" like a startup panacea. Pricing is more complex than that.

There is a story arc of the electric scooter market that took the world by storm in 2018, was second-guessed late in the year and has quietly re-emerged as a powerful force of growth where few really appreciate the speed and scale of what has happened. In this post, Mark Suster shares some insights.

BYD, which built the battery in your ’90s cellphone, now produces more EVs than anyone—and it wants to sell them to you, soon.

Scandals. Backstabbing. Resignations. Record profits. Time Bombs. In early 2018, Mark Zuckerberg set out to fix Facebook. Here's how that turned out.

We are inundated with stories of successful startups and their founders. In this narrative, failure is shown primarily as a prelude to success, setting the stage for redemption — the founder overcomes massive odds story. But sometimes — and in fact, most times — a startup just fails. Barring a spectacular fall from grace, coverage of these failed startups is often reduced to a few sad paragraphs in TechCrunch. But there are stories here too, stories that are worth telling. Here’s mine.

Marketing, Sales and PR

Learn the best, lead-generating traffic sources for SaaS companies, based on new data and insights from the 50 most successful SaaS businesses in the world.

Email outreach stats from a new, large-scale study.

Do you want to get the list of the most effective ways of acquiring traffic? We asked 40+ experts for their favourite ways to boost traffic.

Money and Finance

A Step-by-step system to help secure venture capital.

The investment in Big Zodiac seems … preordained.

Startups of the Week

Banking built for startups. Mercury makes bank accounts that help tech companies scale.

Jumbo is your Privacy Assistant. A single app for all your privacy needs. Jumbo lets you clean your personal data – across all social media apps and internet services – from one app. It's simple and efficient.

The new standard for neighborhood security. If a crime occurs, give the police the evidence they need with Flock's wireless security camera.

Tips, Tools and Services

I left Bain to join seed-stage Opendoor in 2014. For those making the transition to the startup world, here are some thoughts based on my experience.

A guide to implementing design transformation.

The 4 essential questions to ask yourself as a leader.

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