This week’s Founder Finds includes:
- AI avatars
- The 10-year test
- A collection of Naval’s wisdom
- Carving out time to be creative
- A tool to visualize numerical data
- A tool to quickly build apps in your browser
- And more…
🪶 Remember This
Follow your bliss.
🤓 Fav Finds
Tools, tweets and more from Trends Pro Members
📊 GRID shared by Bernardt J. Vogel
A tool to build beautiful, interactive visualizations from complex numerical data.
🦉 The Almanack of Naval Ravikant shared by Shuyen Phoon
A collection of Naval’s wisdom on principles for building wealth and creating long-term happiness.
👷 FlutterFlow shared by Sebastian Rohrmann
An online tool to build fully functional apps in your browser fast, accelerating time to market.
🔧 Try This
Danny Postma’s ProfilePicture.ai is yet another sign of how fast Generative Tech is moving. Look out for this week’s report on AI Image Generators.
🌟 Founder of the Week
“Trends Pro reports are my gospel, I confide in the community as if they are my priests, and I aim to practice everything Dru preaches. I’m grateful to have found a place to expedite my learning and be surrounded by such kind and generous entrepreneurs. I only wish there were more women.”
Lwany is building Petite Fashion Weekly. A curated newsletter for short fashionistas sharing the latest on all things style. Petite Ventures, the umbrella above Petite Fashion Weekly, will soon expand into other audience-first products like digital products and experiences. Lwany is also a member of Trends Mastermind #0006.
What’s your most important habit?
Getting an early start
The earlier I wake up, the better my day, so I’ve been waking up at 5 am, but I’m working on making that 4 am.
What are you reading right now?
Find Your Unicorn Space by Eve Rodsky
As with most women, I struggle with drawing boundaries and prioritizing myself, so I recently picked up Find Your Unicorn Space by Eve Rodsky. The book is an inspirational guide to carving out time and space to be creative. I’ll be reading the author’s first book, Fair Play, next which outlines how to divide household tasks and balance life.
What product or service do you wish existed?
A no-code tool for creating shoppable Pinterest-like boards that populates a product’s image, size availability, and price from affiliate links.
I’d love to set up concept shops based on my audience’s most frequent requests (loungewear, office attire, etc.) with a partial paywall.
What product are you obsessively using right now?
After a bad case of burnout, I’m gearing up to start creating content again, and Notion has been God-sent. It allowed me to create a strategy along with monthly, weekly and daily checklists.
What are you bearish on?
Sacrificing the present for a future goal because tomorrow isn’t promised and all we have is now.
What’s your favorite Trends Report?
🗂️ Directories
I considered selling a directory with 100+ retailers offering petite clothing, but ultimately decided against it. This report challenged me to re-evaluate my decision. The players outlined are incredibly inspiring, and the opportunities are pretty compelling.
❔ Ask Yourself
10-Year Test
I’m obsessed with the idea of compounding and by extension, long-term thinking.
I often ask: “Can you see yourself doing this for 10 years?”
This applies to friendships, business partnerships, hobbies and more.
Most of the benefits of compounding come later in the journey. It’s a question worth asking early and often.
🏆 Trends Pro Member Wins
🆕 Sebastian Rohrmann and Mehmet Gonullu became Trends Pro Members
👥 Mehmet Gonullu and Chris Vara unlocked 1:1 Founder Intros by joining daily standups
📈 Maciej Cupial reached $4,000 MRR with Calendesk
🥇 Fausto Sá Teles’ project was selected as a finalist in No Code Weekend
🎬 Uwe Dreissigacker published a new video for BlogHandy
🧠 Elena Vargas unlocked Trends.vc Masterminds by reaching a 30-day standup streak
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