Founder Weekly (Issue 444 - July 15 2020)

Founder Weekly - Issue 444

July 15, 2020

Founder Weekly

Welcome to issue 444 of Founder Weekly. Let's get straight to the links this week.

General

My true story of moving to Silicon Valley for a role on an eccentric billionaire’s reality TV show where I lost big, but also won a new life.

As an investor with a soft spot for innovative B2C companies, I recently spent a few months at the data science-powered, meal kit manufacturer Gousto. I’ve summarized my takeaways below for early-stage founders (or others) who’d like to better understand some of the core ingredients in their growth recipe.

Reflections on the Coding Career book launch.

With the corporate sector already owing $10tn, many businesses are doubling down on new loans to survive the pandemic.

Stop wasting years and waste hours instead.

This is a story of how it took me way too long to ship a product, and I ended up paying for a competitor product instead.

Marketing, Sales and PR

Check out our email marketing crush, Grammarly, everyone’s favorite grammar checker and writing improvement tool. Read this detailed email teardown.

In this video, founder / entrepreneur / investor Elizabeth Yin explains the concepts: What is retention and why is it important, What is cohort analysis, How to do cohort analysis and  Tools for tracking retention.

The survival Algorithm (Kaplan-Meyer) can give you a better estimate for CLV.

While many companies are going through difficult times, we've compiled the feature on how to handle product churn during the crisis, drive loyalty, and retain as many customers as possible.

Money and Finance

A new set of players has emerged in the fundraising landscape, distinct from angels, super angels, and venture capital firms.

In this episode, Fabrice Grinda shares about creating a better marketplace platform, making better investments in marketplace platforms, mastering your investment thesis as a VC, selling your company to (other) investors and taking 1 action will make your life better.

This post outlines empiric trends for venture funding and capital markets to establish the connection between funding and revenue.

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Startups of the Week

The easy way for employers to offer a retirement plan. Icon- the portable retirement plan.

Expert Republic enables customers to instantly have a video call with an expert, whether it is a Fitness coach, Yoga trainer, Psychologist, and many others.

Braid is the easiest way to share and spend money with others

Tips, Tools and Services

Learn how to optimize your lead capture landing page to bring in more prospects. Check out these 11 tips to improve both your copy and design.

Best Practices for Leading All-Remote Research Sessions, Synthesis Workshops, and Design Sprints.

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