Founder Weekly (Issue 512 - November 17 2021)

Founder Weekly - Issue 512

November 17, 2021

Founder Weekly

Welcome to issue 512 of Founder Weekly. Let's get straight to the links this week.

General

Evaluate your startup's progress through seed with this product market fit report card. And this doc has tips about the best way to work on your grades.

Some thoughts on community evolution from Web2 to Web3.

Drawing from her career at PayPal, Intercom, GetYourGuide, and now as founder/CEO of Ascend (an online leadership program that empowers women) Shivani Berry shares her playbook for attracting more feedback.

The 2020s will do to knowledge work what the 2010s did to unskilled labor.

Web3, crypto & blockchain are making waves in art, music, and fintech today. How will web3, crypto, and blockchain affect edtech & learning?

Marketing, Sales and PR

How to hire and build your growth team.

How Airrack hacked YouTube's algorithm.

An overview of the most critical SaaS metrics, how to measure them, and how to use that data to boost your revenue and fuel your growth.

Money and Finance

In a world where we are seeing more and more $100mm valued seed rounds, one has to ask the question what are the investors expecting? A $100 billion outcome? Doubtful. Less dilution, maybe. A different power-law distribution? Don’t count on it.

She gets $1.7 million. Sam Lessin’s venture firm gets 5% of her creator earnings for 30 years. “it's def not indentured servitude,” he says. 

Tiger Global is venture capital's winning machine.

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