Founder Weekly

Welcome to issue 515 of Founder Weekly. Let's get straight to the links this week.

General

Storm in the stratosphere: how the cloud will be reshuffled

A theory that cloud vendors will focus on the lowest layer of the infrastructure stack and startups will take over the software layer.

When to invest in community, how to get started, setting goals, crafting a strategy, hiring, scaling, and much more

America’s broken hiring system, explained.

Grayscale Says Metaverse Is a Trillion-Dollar Market Opportunity

100 years of whatever this will be

Marketing, Sales and PR

A founder’s guide to community

When to invest in a community, how to get started, setting goals, crafting a strategy, hiring, scaling, and much more.

The Best Way to Set Marketing Priorities and Smash Your Goals

Learn how to set project priorities with a free template and complete guide to walk you through the entire process.

Money and Finance

A City Finding Itself

How Berlin’s Startup Ecosystem Evolved.

Parent-tech startups on the rise with VCs after pandemic upheaval

Growing ranks of women in VC, together with the challenges of taking care of kids during lockdowns, are driving more funding for parent-tech startups. The vertical has raised $1.4 billion this year.

Startups of the Week

Directus

Build amazing digital experiences & apps. Fast. Reliably. Scalably.

BBS Network

A blockchain network of Bulletin Board Systems where users can create forums to post, comment, and share ideas while generating revenue from their content.

Tips, Tools and Services

Building Your Best Team

After a brief period of hiring freezes and mass layoffs early in the pandemic, business has come roaring back, and competition for talent is now higher than ever. Demand for highly-skilled employees outstrips supply, and most CEOs and hiring managers say that finding, hiring and retaining great team members is among the top concerns that keep them up at night. Learn  strategies and insights from building startup teams at a time when everyone is fighting over the same limited supply of world-class talent.

The Design Leadership Playbook: How to Hire, Onboard & Manage a High-Impact Design Org

From the high-level perspective of what makes for a great design leader, to the tactical suggestions around the slide that needs to be in your portfolio presentation, Twilio and  Segment's Hareem Mannan shares useful advice for every stage of a designer's career.

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