Founder Weekly (Issue 440 - June 17 2020)

Founder Weekly - Issue 440

June 17, 2020

Founder Weekly

Welcome to issue 440 of Founder Weekly. Let's get straight to the links this week.

Build and validate your idea without code. Create an iOS & Android MVP in no time using Adalo, Zapier, and Airtable

General

Marc Andreessen on how he spends his time, learns, the 'build' essay and much more."

What does an obscure Japanese video game have to teach us about building a startup that takes over the world? Actually a lot. This is the story of Katamari Damacy which can teach you how to build the next billion dollar startup. 

Being a Second Time Founder is mostly advantageous, but not always. We've noted 5 key advantages and 14 common disadvantages to consider.

Learn about ArchiSnapper's humble beginnings and our sheer hard work to finally achieve financial independence. No short-cuts here. And we're still at it.

Multi-purpose platforms with native apps are much more scalable and defensible than focused platforms reliant on integrations.

What tacit knowledge is, and why it is the most interesting topic in the study of expertise today.

A first part of a three part series where Sarah Tavel shares her thoughts on how to build enduring marketplaces.

Yet, both banks and investors are afraid of them.

How To Plan For The Post-Covid Future.

Partner banks provide fintech companies with quick access to banking products. We mapped out more than 30 partnerships in this rapidly expanding ecosystem.

Marketing, Sales and PR

Alex Rosemblat, Datadog’s longtime VP of Marketing, discusses the new customer journey and what that means for SaaS. He also tells how they’ve been able to generate so much revenue with their go-to-market strategy: by simultaneously going bottom-up with individual developers and top-down with technology executives.

How We Doubled PPC Sales for ThinSlim Foods (w/ a 3X ROAS).

A series of videos explaining marketing for startups in simple terms.

In this episode, Dylan Hey of Hey Digital joins us to discuss how he built a SaaS inbound marketing machine though content and social media.

7 things SaaS founders should do to improve sales operations before gearing up for scale.

Money and Finance

Why a new approach to venture capital is powering more sustainable startups — and funding more diverse founders

The social network's new project is a means to keep its finger on the pulse of the startup world.

Churn is one of the most misunderstood numbers in consumer investing. Make sure you are focused on the RIGHT core action to measure user engagement. And FOCUS on it.

Startups of the Week

MainStreet helps startups and SMBs discover, apply for, and manage government incentive programs of up to $1,000,000.

The marketplace for investing in people. Buy, sell and exchange human equity backed by future time.

API integrations come with inherent challenges, and the consequences of even one API failure can be significant. Hoss provides a simple, easy-to-use solution that gives teams full visibility into the third-party APIs they use, provides data privacy controls and increases reliability and performance to make sure integrations are robust and applications are kept running smoothly.

Tips, Tools and Services

The Founder's Framework for Emotional Fitness.

Let’s take a look at the meaning of GDPR, how it impacts web analytics, steps you need to take to make Google Analytics GDPR compliant and also explore our GDPR compliant Google Analytics alternative.

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