Founder Weekly (Issue 441 - June 24 2020)

Founder Weekly - Issue 441

June 24, 2020

Founder Weekly

Welcome to issue 441 of Founder Weekly. We have a packed issue this week. Enjoy it!

General

In industries from healthcare to education to finance to manufacturing, quarantine is forcing companies to use technology to reimagine nearly every facet of their operations. As reopening begins in fits and starts, we analyze the industries poised to thrive in a post-Covid world.

Rahul Vohra, Founder and CEO at Superhuman, shares the product frameworks behind Superhuman's onboarding, product development, positioning, and pricing.

An amazing and inspiring story by Tracy Young on what it means to be a female founder. 

A great post on how Figma has become successful in the design space.

Miserable as it can often be, remote work is surprisingly productive — leading many employers to wonder if they’ll ever go back to the office.

If your goal in Level 1 was to kickstart transactions and reach “Minimum Viable Happiness”, Level 2 is about reaching a new happiness threshold where you are just so much better than any substitute that the market “tips” in your direction.

  • Hierarchy of Marketplaces — Level 3 - If you’re ready for Level 3, your cohorts are performing stronger and stronger, and you are seeing more and more organic growth. Congratulations, the market is tipping towards you. But we can’t declare victory yet.

Avi Schiffmann, the brains behind the web’s most popular coronavirus tracking site, just launched a protest tracking site. How did he do it?

Where to Find New Markets and Customers.

Marketing, Sales and PR

This advanced handbook explains how to acquire customers for your site/app, and how to entice them to purchase.

What I learned from analyzing 15K Twitch streamers’ panels.

Deep dive into how Ahrefs leverage product-led storytelling to power its growth strategy, generating over 3k new users per week.

This strategy will let you tap into a valuable, high-intent audience of users that are either actively looking to tackle the problem your product solves or are already using a competing product.

Tech startups create innovative products that help solve problems in a different and better way. Innovative products that offer a better way of doing things don’t have a standard funnel to follow. if you nail your funnel you could multiply your conversion rate, reach positive unit economics and scale.

Hollywood thrives on high-concept movies because they’re easier to explain, to sell, and to execute. In content marketing, the same rules apply.

Four leading practitioners of revenue operations discuss the rise of RevOps as a fundamental part of business, its importance in the current crisis, and the key opportunities and challenges facing leaders

Money and Finance

A close look at the data reveals the impact COVID-19 has had on the VC landscape.

Quantifying Patio11’s Law Across 3,000 Companies and Three Years

Tech giant plans to invest in transportation, energy, food and other industries.

Startups of the Week

Win up to $10 million by saving in an FDIC insured account. Get paid more on your savings plus the chance to win up to $10 million every week. 100% free and FDIC insured. Inspired by the Premium Bond program in the UK.

Get your degree from Youtube. Forget massive tuition costs. Let Prodeus catalog the hours you spend learning on Youtube and all the work you do along the way.

Do you have product market fit? Collect structured user feedback, measure PMF on an ongoing basis, and use historical survey data to answer new questions instantly. Find product market fit faster than ever.

Akia is an artificial-intelligence company that reimagines communications for travelers by allowing them to connect to hotel staff, the concierge, or Akia herself with a simple text. 

Neeva finds exactly what matters to you, whether it’s on the web, buried in your emails, or deep in an impossible-to-find document. We never show you distracting ads, and we keep your searches private.

Tips, Tools and Services

Small Habits That Make a Big Impact.

Popup not converting? Read this article to get seven email popup best practices that will skyrocket your on-page conversions.

If writer’s block has gotten the better of you and you’re sick of staring at a blank page, blog post templates might be the solution.

Onboarding employees has suddenly become trickier than ever. Here's our (very own) playbook.

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