Founder Weekly (Issue 509 - October 27 2021)

Founder Weekly - Issue 509

October 27, 2021

Founder Weekly

Welcome to issue 509 of Founder Weekly. Let's get straight to the links this week.

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General

The pandemic showed us the metaverse doesn’t have to be the VR headset-driven 3D world we imagined, and new synchronous first gaming & social platforms have become a “third place” where people can hang out, watch concerts, even date. All of this with the infusion of crypto and virtual currencies driving real-world outcomes, has made the metaverse even more real.

Morgan Beller examines why community building is one of the most important skill sets for web 3.0 founders across all industries.

How A Beginner’s Mindset Keeps Businesses Agile.

Marketing, Sales and PR

When it comes to turbocharging brand awareness for your startup, think podcast Interviews over ads. Tom Griffin, Head of Partnerships at Levels makes the case for why you should do a podcast tour for your startup, with a step-by-step guide for getting it right. 

Landing pages are web pages designed to convert traffic into leads. In this guide, you'll learn how to optimize and rank your landing pages.

With all of the marketing automation tools at your fingertips, it's simpler and speedier than ever to streamline your workflows. Here are 35+ tasks to automate first.

Money and Finance

As traditional VCs get ready to plow billions into the seed-stage market, some seed firms are skeptical that they'll roll up their sleeves to help get the startups off the ground.

Sometimes, it feels like magic.

Cause there’s nowhere to hide behind a bad product.

Startups of the Week

Create Beautiful Dashboards using Drag and Drop. With Loopple, you can build your next Bootstrap Dashboard easily using drag and drop.

Helping high school students plan a clear path to the college degree they want at the lowest possible cost.

Tips, Tools and Services

YC launched a co-founder matching platform about 3 months ago. There are now 16,000 co-founder profiles on the platform. Potential co-founders have sent 130,000 matching invites through the platform, and, with a 25% acceptance rate, we’ve seen a total of 33,000 matches. We now have enough data to identify some interesting trends among our co-founder profiles and matches.

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