Founder Weekly (Issue 520 - January 19 2022)

Founder Weekly - Issue 520

January 19, 2022

Founder Weekly

Welcome to issue 520 of Founder Weekly. Let's get straight to the links this week.

General

A great post about how Telegram has become a social media giant defined by its counter-positioning. 

'People have an appetite for things that transparently don’t want anything from you.'

In this guide, we’ll discuss why you should think about starting a startup and why you should consider not starting a startup. We’ll also talk about what you should do in college and walk through some tips for applying to Y Combinator. And if it turns out being a founder isn’t for you, we’ll talk about how to choose the right company and the benefits of working at a startup.

New ecosystems cannot create old monsters. But they can create new ones. Here's what we can do about it.

Marketing, Sales and PR

How Grammarly beat out entrenched companies like Merriam-Webster and Dictionary.com on their way to a $13B valuation.

Want to run your subscription business more effectively? This report will provide you with an overview of the trends in the recurring revenue space. You'll learn how to define your products and services, design your acquisition tools, expand internationally, and mitigate churn. We provide overall trends and insights broken out by B2B and B2C customers, and analysis across the various industries.

Product Qualified Leads (PQLs) are users who signal their buying intent based on product usage rather than just traditional marketing or sales qualification. This post attempts to demystify PQLs and share practical tips for getting started on your PQL journey.

Tried and tested tools that won't break the bank.

Money and Finance

Crypto’s pseudonymous founders typically don’t curate a daunting, ominous presence – in fact, most have colorful profile pictures (pfps) tethered to their identities. Investors that want to retain a competitive edge in crypto are rushing to develop frameworks to better evaluate faceless founders. Though this is a relatively new phenomenon and there is no industry-wide playbook, here is an outline of what investors currently look for when diligencing a pseudonymous team.

Y Combinator recently announced a new deal where they will still invest $125,000 for 7% and will also invest an additional $375,000 on an uncapped safe with “Most Favored Nation” (MFN) terms. There have been great discussions on how this new deal will impact founders and angel/seed investors. Check out some of those discussions

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Startups of the Week

Add interactive snippets of your product to your website, blog, or social media so customers can try before they buy.

Simple auth infra for Web3 appsapps and walletswallets.

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