Founder Weekly (Issue 415 - December 18 2019)

Founder Weekly - Issue 415

December 18, 2019

Founder Weekly

Welcome to issue 415 of Founder Weekly. Let's get straight to the links this week.

General

A Cheat Code for Spotting and Building the Next Big Thing.

Laura Kalbag discusses the gift of personal data we give to Big Tech when we share information on its platforms, and how reviving ye olde personal website can be one way to stay in control of the content we share and the data we leak. Christmas is a time for giving, but know what you’re giving to whom.

What would social media look like if it served the public interest?

Marketing, Sales and PR

Free” strategies have become an essential part of the winning formula for SaaS startups. But which model is better — Freemium or Free Trial?

As sales operations adapts and finds its feet, a key question is: how do we measure success? We asked sales ops leaders how they measure success.

The Marketing Statistics For Startups will help both B2B and B2C companies to better plan their marketing campaigns for 2020.

Money and Finance

Your richest contacts are not necessarily your biggest checks.

What We Found When We Analyzed Thousands of VC Deals.

This is the first article of a two-part series where we go over the LP landscape and what  venture funds across various fund stages should focus on.

  • What to look for in LPs - This is the second of a two-part series that explores how to partner with the best long-term LPs, and what pitfalls to avoid. 

In any professional service industry, there is natural shuffling in the junior roles, as the race up the pyramid towards a partner title is like musical chairs. But even at the partner-level, the amount of transition in Venture Capital is much more than you perhaps would expect.

Startups of the Week

Use the power of your workforce to track assets in your workspace. Get automatic updates to your phone when a colleague is within bluetooth range of the asset. 
It’s tracking, powered by collaboration

Asynchronous Voice Collaboration for Teams.

Record, transcribe and search your calls in one central place. Fireflies lets you search all your past convos and create action items in seconds. Easiest meeting minutes, ever.

GoKid is a complete carpool solution for schools, leagues, and active families. The app allows parents to easily schedule and manage carpools with their trusted network of friends, families, and neighbors--no strangers and no paid drivers. All carpooling information is kept on one platform so it is easy to manage and edit as needed. Parents can select their notifications settings so they get the information they need when they need it.

Tips, Tools and Services

Here’s what actually works when it comes to getting the most out of your team.

What makes a good problem to build a business around? I will show you how to make sure the problem you are solving is the one that matters to your customers.

3 Mental models that have helped structure our collaborative decision making in a fast-growing team.

Every organization struggles to put their prioritization process and shipping workflow into a structured process. This is our attempt.

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