Founder Weekly (Issue 536 - May 18 2022)

Founder Weekly - Issue 536

May 18, 2022

Founder Weekly

Welcome to issue 536 of Founder Weekly. Let's get straight to the links this week.

General

As the fiscal quarters of many startups draw to a close, board members and management teams are having one of four conversations: The World is Your Oyster, Time to Strategize, Chewing Gravel, or Go Big/Go Profitable. Here’s how these scenarios fall onto a 2x2 matrix.

Just as it makes sense to replace the world “market” with “channel” and the word “product” with “offer”, it makes sense to replace the word “founder” with something less vague.

Bessemer uncovers the year’s top trends and insights in the global cloud economy, including how the model is only getting better, and why being a Centaur is the new milestone to celebrate. 

What exactly is a metaverse? And how is it different from any other virtual world? Here's an overview of its defining features, and how it intersects with web3.

The new movement wants to free us from Big Tech and exploitative capitalism—using only the blockchain, game theory, and code. What could possibly go wrong?

Marketing, Sales and PR

Learn the product decisions that have propelled AWS to over $70B in ARR. A deep dive from a PM point of view.

Product-led growth has entered a new era: the Age of Connected Work. Now, software is a fundamental utility powering our working lives.

Money and Finance

A candid discussion with David Sacks and Jeff Fluhr on public markets, venture capital, and historic outcomes of economic downturns.

View real-time valuation data for startups on AngelList.

This framework shows how to reevaluate your valuation, understand your efficiency through burn multiples, and scenario plan. Plus: original benchmark data.

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