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Founder Weekly (Issue 386 - May 22 2019)
Founder Weekly - Issue 386
Founder Weekly
Welcome to issue 386 of Founder Weekly. Let's get straight to the links this week.
General
The story behind Level and why it failed.
Africa is creating one of the world's largest single markets. What does this mean for entrepreneurs?
The Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is set to launch on 30th May. If every African country joins, it’s expected to be one of the world’s largest single markets, accounting for $4 trillion in spending and investment across the 54 countries.
Our work is changing — what we do, and how we do it. How are automation and digitization changing decision-making. and what kind of new tools does that mean we will need? In this video, a16z deal partner Jad Naous looks at how this transformation will impact information workers in enterprise, what the new decision-making tools coming are, and what kinds of new opportunities that will bring for start ups.
How I charged a company $18,000 for a single page and got away with it. My impostor syndrom kicked in.
Not everyone is required to take the things they love and monetize them, transforming them from private passions to unwanted hustles.
Michael Seibel on why working at some big tech companies can prevent you from starting your own company.
Marketing, Sales and PR
A Website migration is a systematic process. It only fails if someone makes a mistake in the chain of actions, if your client voluntarily decides to ignore ranking content, or if you lack resources. In simple words, in 99.8% of all cases it’s not Google causing problems, it’s the people sitting in front of the computer screens.
While you’ve been following cosmetic “best practices” to tune up your landing page, you’ve been ignoring the most critical factor in conversion rate optimization: me. Let’s look at what went wrong, and how to turn it around.
Guide to keyword cannibalization: Discover what it is, how to identify whether you cannibalize your own keywords and 3 ways to fix the issue quickly.
Money and Finance
Some of the world’s biggest automakers are about to invest billions of dollars to produce cleaner-running cars.
This is the most effective tool for raising capital as an entrepreneur.
Startups of the Week
The New Way to Cowork. Codi transforms underutilized homes during the day into a network of productive shared workspaces, run by amazing hosts.
CodeStream's cloud-based service and IDE plugins help dev teams discuss, review, and understand code. Discussing code is now as simple as commenting on a Google Doc — select the code and type your question.
Your vacation photographer anywhere you go!
Tips, Tools and Services
How to master the #1 job skill that will never be obsolete.
Figure out if this role is for you, how to make the move, and what skills you’ll need to build in order to be successful.
Symptoms and diagnosis of major email problems, plus a plan to cure them. Spoiler: it isn’t ‘inbox zero’.
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