Founder Weekly (Issue 452 - September 16 2020)

Founder Weekly - Issue 452

September 16, 2020

Founder Weekly

Welcome to issue 452 of Founder Weekly. Let's get straight to the links this week.

General

Learn how to find and test breakthrough concepts, strategically build breakthrough products, and become synonymous with your category on a global, breakthrough scale. You’ll learn Floodgate's core frameworks and case studies they’ve honed from backing and working with the founders of Lyft, Twitch, Okta, and more.

20 Mental Models for Idea Generation.

Startup CEOs wear many hats that they take on and off as company priorities ebb and flow. This is a framework for how to decide which hats to wear and which to remove.

Five vendor flaws that eventually kill a platform.

Top 4 survival moments in a 15-year career.

As 2020’s experiment with working from home turns into something more permanent, GitLab—the world’s largest all-remote company—offers a glimpse of what’s ahead, for better or worse.

Marketing, Sales and PR

The action fantasy game Spellbreak launched its cross-platform version on September 3, 2020. But the game's developer, Proletariat, has been building an avid Spellbreak player community for two years. In this presentation, Proletariat CEO Seth Sivak reveals how he and his team grew Spellbreak from an unknown title into a viral game. From embracing memes to enabling early evangelists, here are 12 tactics to drive growth in a product's early stages.

A new wave of company logos all include the same three-letter word.

An Etsy co-founder shares thoughts on designing for communities.

Money and Finance

Choosing the wrong path can cost your company millions in cash and equity.

Bessemer released their internal memos for investments in some of their most successful investments. It is interesting to read how VCs think before making investments.

Because there’s unfortunately no user manual for venture capital.

Focus on finding project-market-fit before moving on to building a proprietary product. The proprietary product builds on the success of the project.

Startups of the Week

Sync develops no-code AI-based predictive simulations and analytics, that streamline planning and operations for electrical utilities. Everyday. Especially during emergencies and disaster events.

Fairmint helps you Raise Non-Dilutive Capital at Public Market Valuation.

Localized contracts & international payroll for teams without borders. Onboard employees and contractors, then pay them in 150+ countries.

The best way to buy and sell used electric cars. Get battery and range reports on used EVs.

Tips, Tools and Services

Advice for planning your startup's virtual team meeting, from the offsite agenda to the team building activities to try.

Business building happens by a series of 1% improvement. But business domination comes with step functions.  You can build a very good business with just the first one.  But you need both if you want to build a great business.

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