Founder Weekly (Issue 527 - March 9 2022)

Founder Weekly - Issue 527

Founder Weekly

Welcome to issue 527 of Founder Weekly. Let's get straight to the links this week.

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General

How our perceptions of hustle culture and ambition have evolved.

Ravi Mehta, former CPO at Tinder and Product Exec at TripAdvisor, shares his framework for crafting a crisp product strategy for startups — a 5-step system called the "Product Strategy Stack." He also makes the case for setting "non-goals" and using an alternative to OKRs.

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How the rise of verticalized NFT marketplaces is poised to fundamentally disrupt the digital asset ecosystem.

The internet has always financialized our lives. Web3 just makes that explicit.

Marketing, Sales and PR

What It Is & How It Works.

Salary & equity benchmarks for Seed & Series A marketing roles and how to use them.

If you do it right, you can use your SaaS product documentation to generate more leads for your product-led strategy. This article shows you how.

Differences in language, culture, consumer preferences, willingness to pay, and competition can dramatically alter the behavior and performance of a company's core growth loops.

Money and Finance

It takes huge amount of time, effort and (often and ironically) money to raise money from venture capitalists and other start-up investors. And, even then, many fundraising processes end in failure. This post summarizes some key steps to take before you approach investors.

Startups of the Week

Shepherd helps companies and teams bring structure and precision to meetings, in an easy and collaborative way.

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Tips, Tools and Services

Your CAC is increasing, now what? Learn how to assess a SaaS company's customer acquisition cost profile.

After talking to 100s of web3 Founders, we've repeatedly seen the most successful leaders demonstrate these 5 skills.

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