Founder Weekly (Issue 553 - September 14 2022)

Founder Weekly - Issue 553

September 14, 2022

Founder Weekly

Welcome to issue 553 of Founder Weekly. Let's get straight to the links this week.

General

Dalton Caldwell and Michael Seibel discuss the problems with zero sum games within tech culture. Is your startup making a positive impact on the world or are your business practices a net negative in society?

Recently, startup veterans have identified four core challenges with the Lean Startup. Let's break each of those down & look at a more effective methodology. 

What if we viewed America’s cities as technological systems? Startups need to compete directly with legacy cities to offer better Land Use APIs.

Marketing, Sales and PR

A 4-Step Pricing Framework to Build Products With Scalable Unit Economics.

Five pricing insights every PLG company needs to know.

Money and Finance

Tomasz Tunguz, a managing director at Redpoint, presents an overview of the current fundraising market.

Union Square Ventures, Bowery Capital top the ranking. Sequoia ranks 11. Andreessen Horowitz ranks 339.

Startups of the Week

AI call partner that reads body language on your sales calls. Read the room on Zoom and close more deals.

Where remote teams work better, together. Kosy is a virtual space for remote teams to work as if they were together in person.

Tips, Tools and Services

This article explains when and why the IKEA effect emerges and introduces four ways you can defend against it.

A contract to help startups onboard their earliest users and customers while protecting their intellectual property.

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