Founder Weekly (Issue 513 - November 24 2021)

Founder Weekly - Issue 513

November 24, 2021

Founder Weekly

Welcome to issue 513 of Founder Weekly. Let's get straight to the links this week.

General

The DeFi data, context, NFTs, tools, and trends that defined Web3 in Summer 2021.

20 useful frameworks on startups, investing, writing, & life.

The ICED theory presents a mental model to help address the challenges faced by infrequent products and facilitates the crafting of a growth-oriented approach.

Marketing, Sales and PR

This post shares some common dark patterns we see SaaS providers enacting, from the ethical gray areas to basically-illegal ones. Then we’ll discuss what needs to change and examine a few companies that run their billing in a customer-first, ethical way.

Pivots, MVPs and Community: How Joseph Quan, Founder & CEO of Knoetic, got his startup back on track by making community his wedge. He shares his hard-won wisdom and his six-step guide for building a community like a product.

Learn how Buffer were able to 2x their organic traffic in a few days by deleting their original blog with tactics you can use on your own site

A Step by step guide to acquiring your first SEO users.

From organic search to word of mouth, here are the eight marketing channels that helped us grow into an eight-figure ARR company.

Money and Finance

2021 Shatters Records For Number Of New Startups Valued At $10B+

Startups of the Week

Create beautiful illustrations, no design skills needed.

Next-generation calendar for professionals and teams.

A platform enabling mobile banks and Fintech companies to offer top tier tax features to their end users.

Tips, Tools and Services

Using observation, investigation, and productivity methods to understand my depression.

Traditional product design sees product as an immutable, one-size-fits-all solution. But your app isn’t the destination — your user’s goal is. The product is just a path to reach it.

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