Founder Weekly (Issue 522 - February 2 2022)

Founder Weekly - Issue 522

February 02, 2022

Founder Weekly

Welcome to issue 522 of Founder Weekly. Let's get straight to the links this week.

General

What’s been working and also what’s not been working since we first published about fintech-enabled marketplaces.

Plenty of startups leave manager training on the backburner until they become a bigger company — or try to fit it into a 30-minute lunch-and-learn. Melissa and Johnathan Nightingale, founders of Raw Signal Group, unpack why this is a mistake and outline their top tips for management training that makes a mark.

Building Big Businesses by Prioritizing People.

And the choice facing founders is this — Convenience or Community?

Marketing, Sales and PR

Understanding the acquisition, engagement and economic effect.

Money and Finance

When Everyone is Special Nobody is.

It's been a week of nonstop texts between groups of investor friends, and founder-VC calls to discuss the macro. Is winter coming? If so, what do we do? Let's break it down in the open.

Startups of the Week

Archive is building an ‘operating system for resale’ that delivers both a customized, high-end online secondhand marketplace site and the underlying infrastructure and operations to plug into all of the other facets of a brand’s global resale strategy.

Airwaive connects wireless service providers with home & business owners who earn income by operating wireless access points in their neighborhoods. Our marketplace model simplifies the process of claiming, installing, and managing wireless hotspots for both public & private networks. 

Tips, Tools and Services

My board tells me I need to scale myself and hire a head of product. So now that we’re hitting our stride, I’m thinking about kicking off a search for a chief product officer for my startup. What should I know? And how do I avoid mistakes that others have made?

First impressions matter and it’s critical to nail your product tour. Here’s how to create a successful product tour, with real-world examples.

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