This week’s Founder Finds includes:

🎯 Why can’t you focus?
⚙️ PostHog’s operating handbook
🏃‍♀️ An app for sharing your workouts
💬 A deep dive into prompt engineering
💻 A compounding AI coding framework
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Life begins at the end of your comfort zone.

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💻 Compounding Engineering shared by Ben Fisher
How to build an AI development system that learns from all mistakes

💬 The Prompt Report shared by Devon Artis
An in-depth survey of prompt engineering methods

🏃‍♀️ Share Aura shared by Paul Metcalfe
An iPhone app to share your workouts on social media

🧿 HeadsUp of the Week

Building a SaaS? Steal this brilliant onboarding tactic.

What Glean Did: Built a library of templates based on real customer workflows. Just pick a template, customize and launch.

Steal This Tactic: Don’t make users start from scratch. Build templates for the most common use cases.

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🏆 Trends Pro Member Wins

🧿 Dru Riley added a way to track multiple markets in HeadsUp

🌐 Elie Steinbock made a video on Browser MCP

📖 Maciej Cupial made ChatGPT for Kindle

🎙️ Andrew Gazdecki was featured in the Fintech Mavericks Podcast

👥 Tharindu Madhusanka unlocked 1:1 Founder Intros by joining daily standups

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Why Can’t You Focus?

Here’s how media consumption is destroying your ability to focus:

• Reading builds focus, screens kill it: Unlike books that train deep thinking, TV and internet push bite-sized content. Shifting from hour-long debates to 8-minute clips shows how attention spans shrink.
• The internet is designed against you: Platforms use psychology and design to steal attention. Even creators who built them (like Jobs and Zuckerberg) limit their kids’ screen time.
• You can rewire your brain: Take phone breaks, watch movies without scrolling and practice undistracted walks. Your brain can adapt – make it learn to focus again.

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How Do Successful Companies Operate?

PostHog is a product analytics tool that we use at Trends.vc to split test copy, track conversions and more.

In this handbook, PostHog shares how they work.

From how they get users and make them happy, to how they make money and decide what to build.

This handbook will help you get a sneak peek into how successful companies operate.

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📹 An alternative to Loom
🎨 A website design collection
💨 How to fix indoor air quality
📊 A dashboard for SaaS metrics
🐇 Spring vs. marathon businesses
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🎨 Good Websites shared by Paul Metcalfe
A collection of newsletter site designs built with beehiiv’s site builder

📹 Cap shared by Elie Steinbock
An open-source alternative to Loom

📊 ZapDigits shared by Shushant Lakhyani
A dashboard for accessing SaaS metrics in one place

🧿 HeadsUp of the Week

Every software tool should steal this move.

What Jotform Did: Added a “support” bot that creates forms for new users. Just type in what you need, get the form, edit and preview.

Steal This Tactic: If you’re building a software tool, instead of only offering support, turn user questions into prompts to deliver results. Cut time-to-value and boost conversions.

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🏆 Trends Pro Member Wins

🧿 Dru Riley reached #1 Product of the Day with HeadsUp

💡 Philip Obosi made a framework for evaluating business ideas

✨ Tim Guruge launched PopHop on Product Hunt

💼 Paul Martin co-wrote a report on the state of Web3 jobs

👥 Rose unlocked 1:1 Founder Intros by joining daily standups

❔ Ask Yourself

Do You Want to Go Faster or Further?

Here’s a critical choice every entrepreneur must make:

• Sprint businesses focus on speed: Like launching viral apps, flipping websites or creating trending products. You aim to move fast, capitalize on current demand and exit quickly.
• Marathon businesses build for distance: Like building enterprise software, a consulting practice or launching a SaaS tool. You focus on sustainability, long-term relationships and compound growth.
• Match your style to your strength: Pick based on your resources, skills and goals. Sprinters need intense focus and quick execution, while marathon runners need stamina and systems for the long haul.

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How Can Stale Indoor Air Slow Your Brain?

Here’s how to identify and fix poor indoor air quality that can affect your health and mental performance:

• Just like your lungs, your brain needs fresh air – sitting in the same recycled air makes it harder to think clearly
• Dusty, dry, or humid air makes you sneeze and struggle to breathe – but filters and humidifiers can help
• Your brain slows down by half when you sit in stale air – and you won’t even notice it happening

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✂️ The power of simplicity
💭 What is process visualization
🚀 AI tactics for SaaS businesses
🐒 An AI Chrome extension builder
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🚀 9 AI Tactics from Top SaaS Founders shared by Hitesh Kar
A video on data-driven AI tactics to win in B2B SaaS today

🤖 2025 Mid-Year LLM Market Update shared by Eddie Forson
A report on the state of enterprise AI

🐒 Robomonkey shared by Elie Steinbock
An AI tool to build Chrome extensions

🧿 Tactic of the Week

Every technical company should steal this move.

What AWS Did: Added a “Get the gist” AI bot that explains technical jargon in plain English.

Steal This Tactic: If you’re building a technical product, add an AI-powered explanation tool to reduce user confusion.

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🏆 Trends Pro Member Wins

🧿 Dru Riley reached 57 weekly active users for a competitor intelligence agent

💼 Jero Esguerra launched a remote marketing job board

✨ Sam McKay launched Content Lead

🎞️ Wojtek Wozniak reached 1,000 free users for gFLUO

📺 Elie Steinbock reached 8,000 YouTube subscribers

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How Can Process Visualization Transform Your Daily Productivity?

Most people visualize the end result, but that creates fantasy thinking. The real power is imagining the work itself:

• Imagine enjoying the tasks instead of dreaming about completing them
• Notice what you don’t like when actually doing the work, then adjust your mental practice
• Picture the process. Think about where you’ll work, when you’ll start and how you’ll feel doing it

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Why Are You Choosing Complexity Instead of Simplicity?

We love complexity because it feels smart. But the best thinkers know that simplicity wins.

• Look for simple solutions that others miss while chasing fancy approaches
• Use three buckets: in, out, and too hard—move fast past what doesn’t fit
• Learn what to ignore because filtering beats processing everything

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🐙 A GitHub search MCP
⏰ How to regain urgency
💪 The power of failing often
⚡ A startup validation framework
🚧 A metric for SaaS revenue ceilings
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Most improvements in life come not from trying harder, but from removing obstacles.

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🚧 Max MRR: Your Growth Ceiling shared by Kevin Galang
How to predict SaaS revenue ceilings based on churn and new revenue

🐙 Octocode MCP shared by Elie Steinbock
An MCP that searches GitHub for best practices before writing code

⏰ The Problem of Lack of Urgency shared by Breno Ferreira
A 10-step protocol for escaping the trap of moving too slowly

📈 Breakout Market of the Week

AI Game Generators provide an easy way to create and share games, making game development accessible to everyone, regardless of skill level.

This market is growing fast: +400.0% in the last year – with a Breakout Score of 73. About 3,600 people search for these tools each month.

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🏆 Trends Pro Member Wins

🧿 Dru Riley added Google auth to HeadsUp

📎 Knight built ClipSend

🌎 Yuyu opened submissions for Indie World Map

🎧 Wojtek Wozniak started the private beta for Unscribe

💻 Elie Steinbock got accepted into the Vercel Open Source Program

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How Can You Test 100 Business Ideas in Just 30 Days?

97 out of 100 ideas are trash. Here’s a tested framework that will help you find a good one:

• Filter ideas in 60 seconds with 4 questions: Can you explain it? Do you have this problem? Would you pay? Who else needs this?
• Google your problem to check if people search for it, what competition exists and if it’s discussed on Reddit
• Talk to 5 people in 48 hours because if they won’t discuss the problem, they won’t pay for a solution

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Are You Failing Enough?

Failure isn’t your enemy — it’s a way to actually succeed. But most of us spend all our energy avoiding the thing that could change everything.

• Treat setbacks as data, not personal defeats
• Let limits teach you new ways to work around problems
• Look for ways to fail so you stay humble and keep learning

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This week’s Founder Finds includes:

📹 A screen recording tool
✨ A platform for creators
🐄 Case studies of boring businesses
🔄 How to make faster progress in life
💡 How to treat the source of your problems
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You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take. Don’t self-reject.

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🐄 Boring Cash Cow shared by Breno Ferreira
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✨ Zaap shared by Yuyu
An all-in-one platform for creators

📹 Supercut shared by Knight
A tool to make polished screen recordings

📈 Breakout Market of the Week

Asset Tracking Software helps businesses keep tabs on their physical assets easily and efficiently. 

This market is growing fast: +523.1% in the last year – with a Breakout Score of 79. About 8,100 people search for these tools each month.

Want to vibe code this? Check out our full report on the top players in the space, how they make money and why this market is growing so quickly.

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🏆 Trends Pro Member Wins

🧿 Dru Riley is building an AI agent to help you track competitors

🎯 Gabriel is building an AI copilot for ADHD 

☕️ Alejandro Arango posted The Myth of 10x

📚 Wojtek Wozniak built BookAction.club

🤖 Eddie Forson gave a workshop on AI agents

🥉 Elie Steinbock reached #3 on Product Hunt with Inbox Zero Tab

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Why Does Pain + Reflection = Progress?

Reflecting on challenges helps you learn and progress faster in business and life.

• Reflect on pain instead of running from it
• Accept that growth hurts but gets you to a better level
• Keep pushing limits because no failure means you’re not trying hard enough

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Why Do You Keep Solving The Same Problems Over and Over?

Whatever problem you have, you’re probably wasting energy treating symptoms instead of fixing the source.

• Fix the source and symptoms disappear on their own
• Ask “What’s causing this?” instead of just treating what you see
• Turn solutions into habits so you prevent problems instead of always reacting

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This week’s Founder Finds includes:

🔍 The cost of attention
☄️ An AI-powered browser
📊 What are counter metrics
💎 A list of profitable directories
🤖 A tool to run multiple Claude Codes
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Most progress happens when no one is watching.

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☄️ Perplexity Comet shared by Elie Steinbock
A web browser with a built-in AI assistant

💎 DirectoryGems shared by Yuyu
A curated list of revenue-generating directories

🤖 Claude Conductor shared by Eddie Forson
A tool to run multiple Claude Codes in parallel

📈 Breakout Market of the Week

Boxing Training Apps provide a convenient way for enthusiasts to improve their skills and fitness from anywhere.

This market is growing fast: +5592.3% in the last year – with a Breakout Score of 82. About 22,200 people search for these tools each month.

Want to vibe code this? Check out our full report on the top players in the space, how they make money and why this market is growing so quickly.

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🏆 Trends Pro Member Wins

🔗 Farid built a social share preview tool

📈 Hitesh Kar started a Substack about tech stocks

🛠️ Alexandre Kantjas co-hosted a workshop on Softr Databases

🤝 Elie Steinbock acquired hi.new

📍 Matt Spear made a page for travel recommendations

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Is Your North Star Metric Leading You Off a Cliff?

You’re probably watching one big metric while missing the warning signs that could save your business.

• Track what might break while chasing your main goal. For example, track users leaving while you focus on sign-ups
• Ask what could go wrong if you push too hard on your main metric
• Set limits for when warning metrics need your attention

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Why Is Attention the True Currency of Your Life?

You’re probably wasting attention on content that drains your energy when you need to create.

• Know that focus costs energy: your brain burns 20% of your body’s fuel
• Budget your attention like money. Spend it on things that give you something back
• Track what drains vs. fills you because social media kills your ability to do deep work

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🐻‍ An avatar generator
🔎 How AI changes search
📅 The ‘No Zero Days’ rule
📊 A website analytics tool
💭 What to do with your life
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A single well-articulated idea can change your life.

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📊 Seline shared by Yuyu
A simple alternative to Google Analytics

🐻‍ DiceBear shared by Elie Steinbock
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🔎 The Future of Search shared by Elia Zane
A deep dive into the current state of search and AI

📈 Breakout Market of the Week

Video Transcription Tools help users turn speech into text quickly and accurately.

This market is growing fast: +49.5% in the last year – with a Breakout Score of 63. About 49,500 people search for these tools each month.

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🏆 Trends Pro Member Wins

⚡ Ren Saguil is running free lessons on B2B Sales and Account Planning in an AI world 

🎞️ Philip Obosi launched the waitlist for Vivo

🔒 Farid built an extension for opening tabs in Incognito

🚀 Elie Steinbock is launching Inbox Zero Tabs on Product Hunt

🌎 Yuyu is building Indie World Map

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How Can One Tiny Action Per Day Transform Your Entire Life?

No Zero Days will help you break free from the guilt-procrastination cycle by focusing on one simple idea: the smallest action counts more than you think.

• Start with ridiculously small steps: one push-up, one sentence or 30 seconds of meditation
• Break free from the all-or-nothing mindset by celebrating tiny daily wins
• Build lasting momentum without the pressure of perfect routines

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How to Figure Out What to Do with Your Life?

Find your ideal life path by using a simple framework to minimize future regret:

• List and rank core values like knowledge, human connection and money, then match them against potential career paths
• Consider which path would cause more regret at age 80 and beware of pursuing outdated dreams from momentum alone
• Focus on growth and challenge over wealth, since money has diminishing returns on happiness beyond middle-class income

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⏰ The benefits of fake deadlines
⚙️ An AI tool for web automation
♟️ How chess boosts brain efficiency
🦾 A collection of AI agent resources
✨ An AI platform for content creation
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Consistency beats intensity.

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🦾 Agents Towards Production shared by Elia Zane
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✨ Higgsfield shared by Shushant Lakhyani
An AI platform for social media content

📈 Breakout Market of the Week

AI Lawyers provide smart solutions for everyday legal needs, making legal processes easier and more accessible.

This market is growing fast: +22.2% in the last year – with a Breakout Score of 55. About 49,500 people search for these tools each month.

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🏆 Trends Pro Member Wins

💲 Ren Saguil is hosting a workshop on B2B sales in the AI era

🎙️ Elie Steinbock was featured in the LaunchDay Podcast

🧠 Alejandro Arango wrote about how AI will affect children

🌎 Farid made an API for flag images

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Why Do Fake Deadlines and Tiny Starts Actually Make You More Productive?

Parkinson’s Law says that work expands to fill the time available for its completion.

To finish tasks faster, try this simple 3-step productivity hack that actually works:

• Set fake, short deadlines and make work fill less time
• Trick your brain into finishing tasks by starting with just 2 minutes
• Make fewer daily decisions to lower decision fatigue and conserve your mental energy

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How Does Chess Boost Brain Efficiency?

Chess is a brain-intensive activity. But scientists have found that chess experts actually use less brainpower than beginners.

Here’s what chess teaches us about mastering things:

• Practice and repetition help your brain become more efficient at handling complex processes.
• True mastery involves using both thinking systems — slow analysis and fast intuition.
• Over time, you’ll use fast, pattern-based thinking to solve problems.

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📈 Breakout Market of the Week

Kanban Board Apps help teams organize and track their projects visually, making it easier to manage tasks and collaborate.

This market is growing fast: +24.1% in the last year – with a Breakout Score of 43. About 3,600 people search for these tools each month.

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How Can 10 Minutes of Rest Replace Hours of Sleep?

Here’s a relaxation method that can calm and refresh your mind in just 10 minutes:

• Control your body’s relaxation response using simple breathing patterns and mental imagery
• Direct your attention like a spotlight to systematically relax every part of your body
• Reset your nervous system without falling asleep or meditating for hours

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How Can Writing Down Your Failures Make You More Successful?

“Failure resume” is a powerful tool that’s changing how successful people think about their mistakes:

• Use your failures as opportunities to signal self-awareness
• Turn failures into compelling stories of growth and resilience
• Take notes of lessons learned, organized by professional, personal and academic categories

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📈 Breakout Market of the Week

Social Media Automation Tools help businesses manage their online presence effortlessly by scheduling posts, tracking results and simplifying content sharing. 

This market is growing fast: +38.9% in the last year – with a Breakout Score of 30. About 1,000 people search for these tools each month.

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What Happens To Your Brain After 24 Hours Without A Phone?

If the thought of being phone-free for even a few hours makes you anxious, here’s what a full day without a phone does for your stress and focus.

• Realize that most “urgent” messages can actually wait
• See how anxiety turns into mental clarity after just 16 hours offline
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What Are the Pitfalls of an “Either/Or” Mentality?

Absolutist thinking might be holding you back in relationships, work and personal growth.

Here’s how to break free:

• Admit the tradeoffs in your most strongly-held beliefs.
• Realize that reality is often more nuanced and complex.
• Find at least one positive quality in people to improve interactions and lower stress.

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