Founder Weekly (Issue 501 - September 1 2021)

Founder Weekly - Issue 501

September 01, 2021

Founder Weekly

Welcome to issue 501 of Founder Weekly. Let's get straight to the links this week.

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General

Repeat PM turned first-time founder Ryan Glasgow addresses the tough product questions every founder faces, from segmenting the market and iterating on early MVPs, to finding product/market fit and spinning up a second product.

Sixteen years after the launch of Google Talk, Google messaging is still a mess.

Long viewed as the world’s biggest market for “the next billion users,” India is fast becoming Silicon Valley’s biggest headache.

Marketing, Sales and PR

Momentum is everything in startups. It creates the Universal Growth Loop. But just like with any  growth loop , the loop can work for you or against you. The effects aren't linear, they compound. That means losing momentum doesn't make things incrementally harder, it makes them exponentially harder

Most new products fail—we’ve all heard that. But the better you prepare your product and yourself for the product launch, the better your chances of escaping that disheartening statistic.

How to Unlock More Leads, Sales & Revenue with A Personalized Sales Funnel.

Money and Finance

Matt Dion explores the present and future state of gaming venture capital: the macro trends driving the growing interest in games investing, why VCs are seeing game studios as venture-scalable investments, and where the world of games-focused investing will head in the future.

In this article, PitchBook analysts highlight the blurring lines between VC and PE, as well as the growing prominence of new-school investment strategies like growth equity and venture debt.

Startups of the Week

Sustainably producing the world's first beanless coffee.

A marketing platform to help you create and schedule content, run and analyse your campaigns from one place.

Tips, Tools and Services

Dave Kellogg, SaaS consultant, advisor, and blogger breaks down the essential SaaS metrics for startups.

After lockdown some businesses understand better how flexible working hours enhance productivity.

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