Founder Weekly (Issue 477 - March 17 2021)

Founder Weekly - Issue 477

March 17, 2021

Founder Weekly

Welcome to issue 477 of Founder Weekly. Let's get straight to the links this week.

General

The company behind CryptoKitties, the first glimmer that consumers might get excited about blockchain-backed digital goods, is poised to hit the mainstream with NBA Top Shot.

As software has eaten the world, product has become the most important lever for a company's success. In the past, companies gained a strategic advantage by excelling in supply chains, logistics, manufacturing, and other operational capabilities. Today, companies win or lose based on the quality of their products—and this puts enormous pressure on product teams to not just deliver products, but deliver products that drive the company's strategy.

James Currier and Kevin Kelly uncover not just how to be the best, and the only, but also the importance of building something that endures.

In the New Normal, Bessemer explores cloud economy milestones, what's driving cloud valuations, and the frameworks to help founders accelerate go-to-market momentum.

How I learned to stop worrying and embrace free products.

Marketing, Sales and PR

How Amber Venz Box and her ‘Harvard of Influencing’ taught social media stars how to monetize their brands and got everyone else to spend billions on Instagram.

Valuable tips for making one of the hardest VP hires from experts at Delivery Hero, Zendesk, and more.

In this post, we pull from our experiences working with bottom up companies across open source, infrastructure, and SaaS applications to provide guideposts for understanding and mapping the user journey to figure out the right product tiers, how to differentiate them, and how to price them.

Money and Finance

All VC firms by thesis. Radically free and open.

This calculator helps early-stage founders plan for SAFE and Convertible Note financings by modeling the impact of their conversion in a future priced round. 

When the SPAC craze took off last year, many VCs were wary. But now the lure of SPAC sponsorship has become too attractive for some to resist.

Startups of the Week

Invest in sports cards just like stocks. Alt is increasing the transparency and liquidity of alternative assets

Finance for Founders. Pry is a platform for accounting + financial planning + business intelligence. 

Great Demos Win Deals. Deliver tailored demos that drive discovery, build connection, and win more business.

Tips, Tools and Services

An inside look at how we built the Orbit community from zero to one.

Leverage small experiments to make better and inclusive decisions faster.

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