Founder Weekly (Issue 664 November 27 2024)

Founder Weekly - Issue 664

November 27, 2024

Founder Weekly

Welcome to issue 664 of Founder Weekly. Let's get straight to the links this week.

General

Opportunities for Founders and Investors.

In this episode of Startup School, YC General Partner and Co-Founder of Algolia Nicolas Dessaigne explains the ins and outs of starting a dev tools company from the ground up. He'll explain how to find the right idea, who should be a part of your team, and whether or not you need a sales and marketing team when you're ready to go to market.

Crossbeam CEO and co-founder Bob Moore shares his tools for quashing biases in pursuit of the truth at every stage of company building.

The article explores the challenge of increasing exceptional startups by examining potential bottlenecks in innovation, ultimately concluding that the primary constraint is a shortage of exceptional founders with intelligence, passion, and courage. The piece argues that creating more innovative startups requires a complex, interconnected approach that addresses cultural, psychological, and systemic barriers to entrepreneurial risk-taking and creativity.

The enterprise AI landscape is being rewritten in real time. As pilots give way to production, we surveyed 600 U.S. enterprise IT decision-makers to reveal the emerging winners and losers.

Marketing, Sales and PR

Jen Abel, co-founder of JJELLYFISH, has guided over 300 early-stage founders in mastering sales techniques, customer discovery, and establishing repeatable sales processes to reach their first $1M ARR. She shares insights on founder-led sales, effective outreach strategies, lead generation, maintaining sales momentum, and navigating common pitfalls in the sales process.

Join Elizabeth Pemmerl, Chief Revenue Officer at GitHub, as she shares an in-depth look at GitHub's journey with CoPilot and its growth from an internal tool to a widely adopted AI product.  With nearly a decade of experience at GitHub, Elizabeth discusses the importance of customer feedback, iterative development, and scalable strategies for product and team growth. Learn about the challenges, successes, and key strategies employed at GitHub to reach tens of thousands of organizations and millions of users leveraging AI solutions.

We're dropping new data from 800+ SaaS and AI companies.

Money and Finance

How startups leverage momentum to attract multiple investors, raise capital quickly, and fuel growth—while navigating the unique challenges of party rounds.

Which categories aren't "hot" today, but are worth our time and investment?

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