This weekβs Founder Finds includes:
- A podcasting mini-course
- The 2 types of innovation
- A list of AI tools for marketing
- How to find product-market fit
- How to praise and criticize effectively
- A Chrome plugin to stop doom scrolling
- A reminder that being a founder isnβt easy
- And moreβ¦
πͺΆ Remember This
The only thing worse than starting something and failing is not starting something.
π€ Fav Finds
Tools, tweets and more from Trends Pro Members
π« News Feed Eradicator shared by Jakub Nowikowski
A Chrome plugin that replaces your news feed with an inspiring quote
π AI Marketing Tools shared by Jose Bermejo
A list of AI tools and use cases for marketing
π« The Founder Struggle shared by Elie Steinbock
A tweet on the difficulties of being a founder
π Watch This
βThe innovatorβs dilemmaβ occurs when a company has to choose between sustaining and disruptive innovation.
- Sustaining Innovation: Improving existing products based on customer feedback.
- Disruptive Innovation: Building a niche product neglected by current market offerings.
Itβs a choice between serving existing and future customers. Which can make successful companies lose to startups with disruptive products.
π Founder of the Week
βI’ve only been a Trends Pro member for a week but I’m already impressed with the community and stand-up approach. I’ve been looking for a place like this with like-minded people for a long time. I’ve already had valuable discussions with other Trends Pro Members who asked the right questions that helped me improve the strategy for my app. I can’t wait to join the mastermind group and be able to chat and exchange ideas with others in this amazing community!β
Jakub is building Languive, a mobile app that helps people learn spoken English via text and voice conversations with an AI chatbot. Jakub is also working with his brother on FitBuilderz, recording a course and writing an ebook for people starting their adventure with the gym.
What’s your most important habit?
Daily exercise (cardio or strength training) helps me clear my mind and stay healthy despite spending most of the day in front of the computer.
What are you reading right now?
How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie
Fun fact: I’ve been reading this book once a year for the last 4 years because it really changed my life (in every area) and I always recommend it no matter what you do. I am sure it will improve the quality of your life and the lives of the people you surround yourself with.
What product or service do you wish existed?
I wish there was an app that could help inexperienced investors choose the best investment options based on their preferences, risk tolerance and geographical location.
What product are you obsessively using right now?
Paper notebook and pen. For the past 3 months, I have been starting my day by writing down my thoughts and ideas. I have noticed that after a morning like this I am more focused on my goals for the day.
What are you bullish on?
Documenting what I’m working on, the problems I’ve encountered and the things that helped me solve them. I started doing this a few months ago on my blog, Failsome. I’m thinking of making a YouTube vlog out of this. Recently, I found a couple of solo entrepreneurs on YouTube who, by sharing weekly updates from their journey, found their first beta testers and also had more business opportunities (like running a paid newsletter or finding a co-founder).
What are you bearish on?
While I am a big fan and beneficiary of the increased availability of AI tools in recent months, I think there are many people who overestimate their capabilities. In my opinion, for example, discussions about AI taking over all programming tasks make people depressed instead of encouraging them to use it as a tool that can help with boring, repetitive work and free up time for more fascinating and creative things.
What’s your favorite Trends Report?
πΌ Niche Job Boards
This report opened my eyes to the solutions to the problems of the recruitment market. In every company I worked as a programmer, there was always a problem matching the candidate for the position. Even though a lot of job boards are currently being created, it seems to me that we are at the beginning of this trend.
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π Read This
What a Pre-PMF Startup Should Look Like
Product-market fit occurs when your target customers buy, use and share your product with others.
What if they donβt?
John Lafleur shares 6 tips on how you can find your product-market fit, including:
- Focus on a problem, not a solution.
- Test no more than 2 ideas at a time.
- Evaluate ideas based on your core competency.
π§ Try This
Praise Specifically, Criticize Generally
Be specific when giving positive feedback. Tell who did well, how they did that and what it led to.
Be general when giving negative feedback. Finger-pointing triggers a defensive reaction and makes it harder to accept a mistake and learn from it.
π Trends Pro Member Wins
π₯ Matthew LaCrosse and Chuck Hardy unlocked 1:1 Founder Intros by joining daily standups
ποΈ Mehmet Gonullu made a podcasting mini-course
Ξ Elie Steinbock got an Ethereum ERC officially accepted
π¬ Darren Travel is launching a mini-series about AGI
π Kunal Chopra wrote about Web3 product management
π Eddie Forsonβs EnVsion got listed on the Zoom App Marketplace
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