Founder Weekly (Issue 451 - September 9 2020)

Founder Weekly - Issue 451

September 09, 2020

Founder Weekly

Welcome to issue 451 of Founder Weekly. Let's get straight to the links this week.

General

How Decisive Reinvention Built Iconic Companies.

Synchronous networks like Meerkat and Clubhouse are susceptible to liquidity challenges because they need users to be active at the same time — pivoting to emphasize asynchronous features is one way to overcome these challenges

The appetite for good financial services tech is strong in a post-COVID world.

This economy is definitely not sustainable.

Technology is blurring the lines between consumers and producers, amateurs and professionals, and laypeople and experts. We’re just starting to understand the implications.

Marketing, Sales and PR

You can find examples, checklist, metrics, and KPIs for SaaS Onboarding in this guide. A SaaS business won't achieve maximum growth without proper onboarding.

How Founders Should Think About Marketing.

Is a freemium pricing strategy right for your business? Find out with this in depth freemium pricing resources guide here.

Sales forecasting is challenging on its own and especially so when you have to combine it with a product-led motion. Derek Skaletsky has developed a framework to combine both sales-led and product-led efforts in a single forecast.

The potential impact to LTV and associated cost to produce that impact means that certain types of Net Dollar Retention are more valuable than others.

You already know the importance of onboarding. But are you using an offboarding flow to improve retention? Here’s how.

Money and Finance

If you are looking past or through Covid — and why not, all of Wall Street is — the topic du jour in Silicon Valley is Special Purpose Acquisition Companies, or SPACs. SPACs are all the rage, and everybody and their brother have either raised one or are talking about raising one. What are they, and do they matter right now?

Startups of the Week

Finmark eliminates the need for complex spreadsheets with a simple to use platform, so founders can easily create, update, and share their financial plans. Ensure your financials hit the mark. Every time.

Index lets you visually build your own beautiful dashboards with the tools you already use.

ilk helps families create and manage child care pods from A to Z.

Response is a marketplace that matches businesses that need PPE with verified manufacturers in minutes. 

Instant ID Checks. Seamlessly collect and dynamically validate photo IDs, driver licenses, and passports.

Tips, Tools and Services

Empower your team to take ownership of their goals. Access our library of role-specific and personal development goal examples to inspire your employees.

If you’re building a product or a platform and want to proactively take on abuse and harassment before someone gets hurt, here are seven trust and safety features to build into your product early on.

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