Founder Weekly (Issue 418 - January 8 2020)

Founder Weekly - Issue 418

Founder Weekly

Welcome to issue 418 of Founder Weekly. Let's get straight to the links this week.

General

When good ideas make bad business.

What traits make a successful founder? Over the past year, Basis Set Ventures (BSV) has asked early stage investors representing north of $40 billion in AUM to rate 60+ founders on a number of dimensions, including demographical, behavioral and psychological traits, in an effort to understand what makes a successful or struggling founder. In this post, we’ve made an effort to codify our learnings and share them with the community.

Despite years of hype, these entrepreneurs are finding it’s nearly impossible to survive.

20 Lessons for Attracting, Signing, and Retaining Great Clients.

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Marketing, Sales and PR

Money and Finance

Sneak peek at future of SaaS investing — Tiny Capital and Buffer.

Startups of the Week

Train your employees with short relatable stories that visualize a cyber attack. In minutes, launch a simple themed cyber security awareness training program that protects your employees from today's security threats.

Say hello to cold from heat. Converting waste heat to free cooling.

Tips, Tools and Services

The how, where, why, and when we communicate. Long form asynchronous? Real-time chat? In-person? Video? Verbal? Written? Via email? In Basecamp? How do we keep everyone in the loop without everyone getting tangled in everyone else's business? It's all in here.

YC Partner and Tutorspree cofounder Aaron Harris on how to cope with founder depression.

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