Founder Weekly

Welcome to issue 383 of Founder Weekly. Let's get straight to the links this week.

General

How teenage hackers became tech’s go-to bounty hunters

Today, the best young hackers are millionaires and merit-scholars. When did a criminal exploit become a coveted extracurricular?

Freshbooks Third Annual Self-employment In America Report

The world of work is changing at a pace far faster than we’ve seen before. The data reveals that a staggering 24 million Americans want to leave the traditional workforce to become self-employed by 2021.

The Surveillance State

In Ecuador, cameras capture footage to be examined by police and domestic intelligence. The surveillance system’s origin: China.

Inside The World Of Stay-At-Home Moms Who Blog For Profit

There is a digital shadow-realm of intriguingly bland blogs about motherhood, written by women who aspire to make big money from home. But are their hopes in vain?

How we made our own no-code apps with Coda to plan, organize, and execute Zero to Revenue

The Secrets to Designing a Curiosity-Driven Career

Five years later: Five ways to build a $100 million SaaS business

Unsuccessful People Focus On “The Gap.” Here’s What Successful People Focus On.

Marketing, Sales and PR

Growth Marketing Guide: Advanced Tactics and Hacks

This handbook teaches you to get customers to your site or app — and get them to buy. Read this intro page to understand which growth strategy may work for your company.

The Sneaky Tactic Ecommerce Brands Use to Attract More Customers

Read about a sneaky social commerce tactic that big brands—like Marvel—have been using to drastically increase their conversion rates.

9 SaaS growth hacks that we will never implement, and the 3 that we did

Money and Finance

Which New Business Models Will Be Unleashed By Web 3.0?

Taking context from the history of business models native to Web 2.0 and to Web 3.0.

A tale of two investors

It’s time for venture investors to dig deeper on diversity, starting with the right metrics.

How to manage a new or emerging venture fund

Learn best practices for new and emerging venture funds. We go beyond the basics - from fund formation to cap calls to staffing.

Elad Gil on How to Evaluate Markets

Why Do Consumer IPOs and B2B IPOs Get Treated Differently?

Startups of the Week

Copia

Waste Less. Feed More. Copia’s technology allows businesses to safely donate their excess food, access enhanced tax deductions, and receive powerful data to inform food purchasing decisions.

Tray

Tray is the most advanced integration platform for connecting up the tools you use every day.

Vital

Vital is modern cloud-based emergency department software. We use artificial intelligence to predict admits hours in advance, reduce length-of-stay, and save millions with an improved flow.

Tips, Tools and Services

Simplify

A browser extension that brings the simplicity of Google Inbox to Gmail.

Steal Your Way to a High Performance Landing Page

A 3-step theft tactic for optimizing software product landing pages.

The Ultimate Guide to Writing Online

Should I Use a Dev Shop?

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