This week’s Founder Finds includes:
- Energy audits
- A powerful app launcher
- The talk to 10 framework
- How to choose a target market
- How to become an idea machine
- 10 breakthrough technologies of 2023
- And more…
🪶 Remember This
Paths are made by walking them.
🤓 Fav Finds
Tools, tweets and more from Trends Pro Members
💡 How to Build Your Idea Machine shared by Gabriel Limma
How to keep your idea muscle strong and why it’s essential in today’s economy.
💻 Raycast shared by Elie Steinbock
A powerful app launcher with advanced features and deep third-party integrations.
🚀 10 Breakthrough Technologies 2023 shared by Stewart Townsend
“A top 10 list by MIT about highly impactful advances in biotechnology, climate change, space science and more.”
🎧 Listen To
The Magic of Choosing a Great Market
90% of startups fail due to lack of product-market fit. People don’t need or want the product.
Justin Jackson says that to increase your chances of success you should pick a market with momentum and proven distribution channels.
🌟 Founder of the Week
Reme Ekoh
“The English dictionary lacks a word that adequately and sufficiently captures my experience with Trends Pro. So I will settle for ‘overwhelmingly impressive’.”
Reme is building Bezalel AI to empower people with AI – from improving conversations between humans and computers to training and deploying AI models for healthcare organizations, social enterprises, and local governments. He is also a member of Trends Mastermind #0008.
What’s your most important habit?
Waking up @ 4:30 AM.
This helps me to get ahead of the “busyness” of the day, especially with a young family.
What are you reading right now?
The Startup of You by Reid Hoffman and Ben Casnocha
As with everything in life, I know that it starts from within. I cannot give what I don’t have. So to launch, lead and grow my business(es); I have to equip myself with the strategies and practices required.
What product are you obsessively using right now?
ChatGPT!
It offers a little glimpse into the future. Think back to the announcement of the iPhone 1 back in 2007 and then look at the current iPhone 14. Now imagine future iterations of ChatGPT. 🤯
What are you bullish on?
No-Code / Low-Code solutions in an AI world.
No-Code / Low-Code solutions are perfect for when you need an MVP – get digital products into your prospective users’ hands quickly so you can get feedback and iterate.
When you add Generative AI to that mix, startups, especially bootstrappers, can quickly scale up their digital marketing efforts and commit with the rest.
What’s your favorite Trends Report?
Wait, of all the excellent reports, I have to pick just one? Sorry, I’m going to “break the rules.
🗂️Directories, 💼 Agencies, 🦄 Startup Studios, 💻 Digital Products and 😍 Personal Brands.
🔧 Try This
Step 1: Talk to 10 potential customers. Ditch the idea if you can’t think of such or can’t reach them.
Step 2: Ask them what they do to solve the pain point you’re targeting.
Repeat until you stop learning new things.
Josh Dance says this is his best framework for validating ideas.
❔ Ask Yourself
Energy Audits
I ask two questions each night:
- What gave me energy today?
- What drained energy today?
These act as a compass to move closer to things that give me energy and away from those that don’t.
🏆 Trends Pro Member Wins
🆕 Bartosz Pietrucha, Alicia Kamm and Jameson Lyon became Trends Pro Members
👥 Muhammad Bin Sabir, Andrei Pislaras, Bartosz Pietrucha, Alicia Kamm and Jameson Lyon unlocked 1:1 Founder Intros by joining daily standups
🎤 Michael Pearson-Adams launched his book, The Fearless Speaker
🖼️ Gianni D’Alerta wrote a recap of Art Basel Miami
📨 Reed Floren is launching Email Skills Summit
📅 Maciej Cupial reached $5,000 MRR with Calendesk and was also featured in a podcast
🎨 Brandon Jewell launched Banner Studio
🧠 Alessandro Franceschi, Thomas Sorheim [Danielsen], Mark Grimes, Gianni D’Alerta, Hunter Coleman and Thorben Schlätzer unlocked Trends.vc Masterminds by reaching 10-day standup streaks
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