Founder Weekly (Issue 409 - October 30 2019)

Founder Weekly - Issue 409

October 30, 2019

Founder Weekly

Welcome to issue 409 of Founder Weekly. Let's get straight to the links this week.

General

Venture capital subsidizes unprofitable businesses like WeWork and Uber. Society pays the price.

Why digital content creators will be the next great wave of founders.

Asher Burke built his company, Ads Inc, on the back of one of the internet’s most persistent, lucrative, and sophisticated scams — the subscription trap. And then it all fell apart.

Models and frameworks for SaaS companies.

Profits are hard to come by—and Apple and Amazon aren't going away.

There are reasons why they don't produce the desired interactions.

Marketing, Sales and PR

Zendesk got to 5,000 customers without a sales team. Unbounce got to 10k customers without sales. The way we sell software has changed. But how?

Listen, pop-ups don't have to be annoying or invasive—in fact, pop-up advertising works way better when you're enhancing your visitor's experience. Here are seven surprisingly effective ways to use pop-ups, including offering discounts and hiding landing page forms and more!

Money and Finance

Visualize and turn the knobs on venture financing concepts such as dilution, option pools, liquidation preferences, down-rounds, and more!

Startups of the Week

Pandere Shoes was created for the millions who have trouble finding shoes to fit their unique feet. Our shoes expand three width sizes to accommodate a host of medical conditions.  

Creating a new digital ecosystem for global agriculture, made for farmers by farmers.

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