This week’s Founder Finds includes:
😱 What is Fear Setting
🎯 A book on doing less
🎙️ The 6 best podcast formats
✅ 19 product validation tactics
📅 40 questions to ask yourself every year
➡️ And more…
🪶 Remember This
Don’t be distracted by criticism.
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🚀 Simon built Launch Story
🎓 Philip Obosi launched a Notion course builder
⚡ Gab got the first superuser for Untools
🧰 Maisha Cannon hosted a workshop at Career Jam
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🤓 Fav Finds
Tools, tweets and more from Trends Pro Members
😱 Fear Setting shared by Tony Tong
An exercise to help take action despite doubt
✅ Validate Your Product shared by Royce Johnson
A list of 19 product validation tactics ranked by difficulty
🎯 Essentialism shared by Giovanni Vanini
A book about getting the right things done
📘 Read This
Podcast formats form the structure of your episodes.
Here are 6 best formats for your podcast:
- Fiction: telling a story
- Solo: talking on your own
- Co-hosting: working with a partner
- Roundtable: wider panel of guests
- Interview Podcast: new guest every week
- Documentary: highly produced content mix
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Here’s what Trends Pro Members are talking about…
- (📈 Pro) Notion guides
- (📈 Pro) Scheduling tools
- (📈 Pro) A directory of GPTs
❔ Ask Yourself
40 Questions to Ask Yourself Every Year
Track your growth and life changes with 40 annual review questions.
Review your ups and downs, wins and failures. Reflect on the past year and set goals for next year.
- What was your biggest achievement?
- Who was the best new person you met?
- What valuable life lesson did you learn this year?
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