Founder Weekly (Issue 482 - April 21 2021)

Founder Weekly - Issue 482

April 21, 2021

Founder Weekly

Welcome to issue 482 of Founder Weekly. Let's get straight to the links this week.

Go from idea to working prototype in 1 day. New business idea? New feature for your app? Create a Minimum Viable Product

General

It’s important to have a strong understanding of what product/market fit looks like before investing in growth. Founders and product leaders struggle with answering this question however. In this post, Casey Winters shares what he learned through scaling multiple startups, launching new products, and advising and investing in dozens of companies.

And why there's no going back.

After losing an epic battle with Mark Zuckerberg over ownership of Facebook and being shunned in Silicon Valley, Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss are back—this time as budding Bitcoin billionaires at the center of the future of money, the creative economy and quite possibly a new operating model for Big Tech itself.

Marketing, Sales and PR

Discover the proven SaaS SEO strategy and framework guaranteed to deliver incredible organic growth and increase traffic, signups, and leads from Google month after month after month.

In a world where people have the attention span of a goldfish, there is one marketing channel capable of delivering hours on end of branded content into the brains of millions of avid consumers: Netflix.

A detailed look at the journey to spin up Pinterest's B2B growth effort.

Money and Finance

Or why Tiger is eating your lunch (& your deals).

There’s no difference in probability of reaching Series A based on whether or not your seed round has a top VC.

Startups of the Week

Real Estate. Now for the rest of us. Invest in fractional equity shares of real estate properties with as little as $5.

Spend a fraction of what you otherwise would on subscriptions by seamlessly splitting costs with friends.

Filebase provides S3-compatible object storage at a fraction of the price. Backed by blockchain technology, featuring no fees for ingress or API requests.

Tips, Tools and Services

Mark Frein has served as Chief People Officer at Return Path, InVision, and now Lambda School. Here, he shares his approach to spinning up the people function, as well as tactical tips for creating a great employee experience, enabling a workforce that feels seen and heard, and making an environment where people feel developed.

Design your hiring process to find the right people to strengthen your teams' weaknesses, rather than trying to find the best people. Instead of "how can we find the smartest people?" think about "how can we find the people who will make our team stronger?".

How to Analyse User Interviews.    

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