This week’s Founder Finds includes:
- Building a StoryBrand
- A copywriting handbook
- A collection of design resources
- Europe’s fastest growing companies
- Maker’s Schedule, Manager’s Schedule
- Overcoming the fear of starting something new
- And more…
🪶 Remember This
Courage is a muscle.
🤓 Fav Finds
Tools, tweets and more from Trends Pro Members
🎨 Bookmarks.design shared by Kevin Deol
A comprehensive collection of design resources neatly organized for easy access.
✨ All the Reasons Why You Should Start Now made and shared by Michael Pearson-Adams
A short video to help you overcome the fear of starting something new.
🇪🇺 FT 1000: Europe’s Fastest Growing Companies shared by Stewart Townsend
An annual ranking of the top 1,000 high-growth businesses in Europe.
🔧 Try This
Maker’s Schedule, Manager’s Schedule
As creators, we need long, uninterrupted stretches of time to work. Managers can be productive in short spurts with speculative meetings. Check out this classic post from Paul Graham.
🌟 Founder of the Week
“I joined Trends Pro by buying a MetaTrends NFT. I immediately loved the Standups idea. It has been almost 240 days! I haven’t missed a day without doing this. Standups help me track my progress and let me be my own boss.”
Maciej is building Calendesk. An all-in-one scheduling appointment software built for businesses. He is also a member of Trends Mastermind #0002.
What are you bullish on?
Blockchain technology.
It brings trust, transparency, immutability, and decentralization. I think it’s inevitable.
What’s your most important habit?
If I start working on something, I do it until I finish it. I don’t give up 🙂
What are you reading right now?
Building a StoryBrand by Donald Miller
At first, we completely ignored storytelling with Calendesk. There is endless potential here. This book opens your eyes after the first chapter.
What’s your favorite Trends Report?
🎓 Online Courses
Exclusive Deal: Maciej is offering Trends.vc readers 30% off any Calendesk plan with the code “trendsvc”
📘 Read This
The Adweek Copywriting Handbook
We all write copy. From tweets to text messages.
This is one of the best books that I’ve found on the topic. I read a small section each night.
🏆 Trends Pro Member Wins
🆕 David K, Rick Jarrell, Cameron McGrane and Ralph Quintero became Trends Pro Members
👥 Gianni D’Alerta and Rick Jarrell unlocked 1:1 Founder Intros by joining daily standups
📧 Simon Daley published Cold email guide: How to buy a website
🌎 Rick Jarrell launched Climate Tech Brief
🗣 KP launched a coaching program for first-time founders
⚙️ Ismaël Sow published Startup Grinder
💰 Simon Daley sold Provver
🧠 Swapnil Puranik and Alexandro Armour unlocked Trends.vc Masterminds by reaching 30-day standup streaks
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