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Founder Weekly (Issue 416 - December 25 2019)
Founder Weekly - Issue 416
Founder Weekly
Welcome to issue 416 of Founder Weekly. Let's get straight to the links this week.
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General
The startup world has undergone seismic shifts since we first launched our survey. To reflect these changes, this year we expanded the scope of our survey to cover not just founders but startup employees as well. Where do the founder and employee perspectives diverge and align? Where are leaders making progress — and where are founders falling short? With 950 total submissions, it’s our most detailed look yet into the challenges of operating a startup, plus new perspectives on the truth behind Glassdoor reviews, compensation packages, remote work and more.
How can we evolve the web for a better future? Has the web become a mature platform -- or are we still in the early days of knowing what it can do and what role it might have in our lives? Just as “social/local/mobile” once did, what are the new trends -- like crypto and blockchain networks and commerce everywhere -- that might converge into new products and experiences?
Peter Rahal started RxBar out of his mom’s kitchen — then sold it for $600 million. Here’s life on the other side of the entrepreneurial fantasy.
A look at what’s ahead for the future of business, technology and design from Fjord, design and innovation from Accenture Interactive.
The toxicity of the web is peanuts compared with Big Tech’s failure to remake the physical world.
This is the decade we learned that crowdfunded gadgets can be utter disasters, even if they don’t outright steal your hard-earned cash. It’s the decade of wearables, tablets, drones and burning batteries, and of ridiculous valuations for companies that were really good at hiding how little they actually had to offer. It’s the decade of Google filling up its product graveyard, Apple stubbornly denying obvious missteps, and Microsoft writing off billions of dollars. Here are 84 things that died hard, often hilariously, to bring us where we are today.
Many people I consider otherwise excellent founders and investors believe the name of your company doesn’t matter. Unfortunately, they’re wrong. It’s a blind spot for them.
If you are entering the workforce now you may have many jobs and even multiple careers over a lifetime! The future of work will involve people collaborating effectively with machines to do what neither can do alone. What jobs will be created in the future that don’t currently exist? How can we prepare for future jobs? What skills will be needed?
A common problem among startups that grow quickly is that the founders don’t grow the same pace, and it ends up being a painful experience — or the bottleneck of the company.
Marketing, Sales and PR
This post, part 1 of 2, explains how platforms can help influencers monetize through digital goods and ecommerce.
Trigger words are emotional-inducing words that should be dispersed in your copy to boost conversions and engagement. Learn more about them.
Why are customers canceling? How do you reduce churn? Use these strategies to become more indispensable, improve retention, and build a healthier business.
Developing always-on campaigns creates consistent growth in a scalable way. We’ve rounded up five that we think every SaaS should have in its arsenal.
From CGI influencers to FTC guidelines, from micro influencers to artificial intelligence, here are the top influencer marketing trends to expect in 2020.
Money and Finance
Many of the most popular finance apps are little more than glitzy loan pushers with a voracious appetite for risk. Enabling them is a tiny bank in New Jersey with overinflated ambitions.
Startups of the Week
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Send hundreds of personalized emails with Gmail. Mailmeteor is the easiest way to run mail merge campaigns so that each of your recipients gets a personalized email.
Modern Treasury builds payments operations solutions. Our tools automate the full cycle of money movement—from payment initiation, through approvals, to reconciliation—and are accessible through web application or API.
Tips, Tools and Services
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In this essay, we’re going to get acquainted with the prevailing wisdom on motivating and retaining employees, see if it’s still relevant, and arrive at some meaningful conclusions.
It is about having the kind of character that allows others to trust in you.
If you want a cheap trick to make a difference — here's one: minimalism. Focus on the bare essentials and get rid of the rest. It's an easy way to differentiate, because most others are doing the opposite: tons of crap.
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