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📨 How to Build a Cold Email Growth System?


This week’s Founder Finds includes:

📊 An AI data analyst
🥶 A cold email guide
📨 A guide to newsletter growth
👨‍💻 A $20,000/m SaaS built with AI
🚀 What YCombinator teaches in 10 minutes
➡️ And more…



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Lots of successful people aren’t smarter, they’re more consistent and disciplined.



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👨‍💻 $20,702 SaaS from Cursor and DeepSeek shared by Sam McKay
The story of building a profitable SaaS with AI tools


📊 Julius AI shared by Shushant Lakhyani
An AI data analyst tool


📨 0 to 3,000 Subscribers shared by Paul Metcalfe
A guide to growing a newsletter in 2025



🏆 Trends Pro Member Wins

🤖 Jason A Erickson launched Age of Robots


🎯 Simon launched a focus mode tool


🎞️ Joel Pickin opened up the waitlist for VidBounty


💲 Ren Saguil wrote about proven sales follow-ups


👥 Josh Walker unlocked 1:1 Founder Intros by joining daily standups



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🎨 Relume — Build React websites with AI


🔎 GummySearch — Discover new markets on Reddit


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How to Build a Cold Email Growth System?

Learn how to build a scalable cold email system that brings in 5-10 new customers weekly.

  • Build proper infrastructure with secondary domains and multiple mailboxes to protect email reputation
  • Set up automated warmup systems and verification tools to ensure emails reach primary inboxes
  • Keep deliverability high by warming up accounts, verifying addresses and following daily sending limits of 30 emails per mailbox



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Can You Learn YCombinator’s Startup Secrets in 10 Minutes?

Here’s everything YCombinator teaches its startups in 10 minutes:

  • Build a strong founding team with at least 50% engineers who can survive on savings while building the product
  • Create solutions for frequent daily problems rather than rare yearly ones and get an MVP to users within 2 months
  • Focus relentlessly on growth through organic sharing or B2B referrals instead of paid ads, while keeping expenses minimal



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    💻 How to Start a 6-Figure Business With Only Your Laptop?


    This week’s Founder Finds includes:

    🎙️ An AI podcast tool
    ✍️ A copywriting course
    💬 How to chat with multiple AIs?
    💻 A guide to starting an online business
    🎞️ Finding TikTok creators for promotions
    ➡️ And more…



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    The type of person you are is usually reflected in your business



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    💬 Chorus shared by Sam McKay
    Chat with multiple AI models at the same time


    ✍️ Learn Copywriting in 76 Minutes shared by Lwany
    A guide to writing powerful copy 


    🎙️ Jellypod shared by Stewart Townsend
    A tool to make customizable AI podcasts



    🏆 Trends Pro Member Wins

    💰 Maciej Cupial hit $18,000 MRR with Calendesk


    🧪 Gunjan Titiya wrote about testing GenAI products


    🎙️ Sam McKay recorded a podcast on the importance of AI cost


    🤖 Eddie Forson wrote about DeepSeek v3


    🎤 Tim Guruge held a seminar on LinkedIn marketing to 400+ people



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    🛠️ Tools of the Week

    🎨 Relume — Build React websites with AI


    🔎 GummySearch — Discover new markets on Reddit


    🎬 Zebracat — Create marketing videos with AI



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    How to Start a 6-Figure Business With Only Your Laptop?

    Do this to build a profitable solo business with only your laptop:

    • Master the “4C Funnel”: Create content, build real connections, get on calls and deliver results. Skip cold outreach and help first.
    • Start with free work smart: Send potential clients sample work unprompted, then turn into full projects for testimonials.
    • Post with clear intent: Mix value and personal content equally, engage heavily and own one defining idea.



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    How to Find Creators to Promote Your App in TikTok?

    Use this strategy for finding TikTok creators to promote your app:

    • Start with deep research: Make a new account, watch content fully and engage with it. The algorithm will show you perfect creator matches through your personal feed.
    • Target small creators: Focus on those under 50,000 followers with Gmail accounts. Use multiple touchpoints (TikTok DMs, Instagram, email) and respond fast when they reply.
    • Make it easy and rewarding: Give clear briefs and video examples, pay the same day, and offer view-based bonuses. Make the process smooth for creators.



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      🔥 What Are The 35 Hottest SaaS Ideas?


      This week’s Founder Finds includes:

      🔥 35 hot startup ideas
      🎯 An AI marketing tool
      🤖 Predictions on AGI-level AI
      🔄 As essay on startup success
      🔀 What makes users switch products?
      ➡️ And more…



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      Motivation gets you going. Discipline keeps you growing.



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      🤖 Thoughts on the Eve of AGI shared by Sam McKay
      A series of predictions about the impact of AGI-level language models


      🎯 M1-Project shared by Shushant Lakhyani
      An AI marketing tool that generates marketing strategies and audience insights


      🔄 Redefining Startup Success shared by Grady Laksmono
      The story of Gumroad’s pivot to focus on impact over valuation



      🏆 Trends Pro Member Wins

      🎵 Noel Jackson opened Sonica for public access


      🎙️ Hitesh Kar is giving free access to Horsy podcast summaries for the first 1,000 subscribers


      📺 Shushant Lakhyani collected 10 AI-related YouTube channels


      💻 Lola Shonaike posted a video about quitting a $225,000 software engineering job


      🚀 Grady Laksmono is launching FinBud.ai on Product Hunt soon



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      🎨 Relume — Build React websites with AI


      🔎 GummySearch — Discover new markets on Reddit


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      What Are The Hottest SaaS Ideas Now?

      Here are the 35 hottest startup ideas in AI, SaaS, B2C and more:

      • Automate TikTok Shop inventory: Build tools for $100,000/mo sellers to prevent stock issues – it’s a new market that’s growing fast and sellers will pay to avoid lost sales.
      • Cut companies’ AI spending: Make software that finds wasted API spend for companies burning $10,000+ monthly – instant cost savings means easy sales.
      • Speed up visa processing: Create tools that cut immigration lawyers’ paperwork from 6 to 1 hour per case – they’ll pay well for more efficiency.



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      ❔ Ask Yourself

      What Will People Stop Doing Once They Start Using Your Product?

      Here’s how to answer the key question every customer has:

      • Focus on what users will quit: Instead of listing new features, identify what habits and existing solutions your product will replace. Breaking old habits is your biggest challenge.
      • Understand user inertia: People cling to familiar ways due to habit, anxiety and comfort. Know exactly what you’re asking them to leave behind.
      • Help make the switch: Address the emotional and practical barriers that keep people tied to their current solutions and make the transition seamless.



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      The Most Popular Link From Last Week:
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        🤖 How to Stay Ahead in AI?


        This week’s Founder Finds includes:

        🤖 An AI reading list
        💪 How to be antifragile
        🔍 An AI-based search engine
        ✅ Key signs of product-market fit
        🎞️ A faceless short-form video tool
        ➡️ And more…



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        If you don’t make mistakes, you’re not working on hard enough problems.



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        🤖 The 2025 AI Engineer Reading List shared by Devon Artis
        A practical reading list for people starting to work in AI


        🎞️ ossa.ai shared by Shushant Lakhyani
        A tool to make faceless short-form videos


        🔍 Beating Google at Search shared by Eddie Forson
        A podcast episode on building an AI-based search engine



        🏆 Trends Pro Member Wins

        📅 Jason A Erickson launched 1yr.net


        🐎 Hitesh Kar launched Horsy on Product Hunt


        📨 Elie Steinbock reached 10,000 sign-ups for InboxZero


        🎨 Yuyu launched CMYK to Pantone Converter on Product Hunt


        🥇 Ash made a collection of ‘Best of’ lists for 2024



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        🛠️ Tools of the Week

        🎨 Relume — Use AI for web design


        🧰 Apify — Build web scrapers fast


        🎬 Zebracat — Create marketing videos with AI



        ❔ Ask Yourself

        How to Know If You’ve Got Product-Market Fit?

        Here are the key signs of true product-market fit:

        • Watch user behavior: Look for visible excitement (“Where have you been all my life?”), strong retention curves and users who keep coming back even when your product is broken.
        • Measure real commitment: Get people to pay before launch, survey if they’d be “very disappointed” without your product (aim for >40%) and watch for organic growth from word of mouth.
        • Check growth efficiency: Your sales should be efficient (costs less to acquire users than they’re worth) and organic (>50% of new users come directly). If you’re pushing too hard to grow, you haven’t found fit.



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        How to Build Toughness Under Pressure?

        True happiness means accepting both good and bad emotions, not trying to be happy all the time:

        • When stress hits, focus on recovery – take real breaks from work.
        • Build quality relationships – they’re the top factor in both happiness and bouncing back from hard times.
        • Become antifragile – like muscles grow bigger the more you stress them, learn to thrive under pressure.



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        The Most Popular Link From Last Week:
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          🎨 How to Build Landing Pages That Convert?


          This week’s Founder Finds includes:

          🤖 321 gen AI use cases
          ☀️ The benefits of sunlight
          🔧 Building niche web tools
          🎨 A SaaS landing page guide
          🏷️ Disruptive AI pricing models
          ➡️ And more…



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          In the midst of chaos, there is also opportunity.



          🤓 Fav Finds

          Tools, tweets and more from Trends Pro Members


          🔧 Niche Tools shared by Yuyu
          A newsletter on building niche web tools


          🤖 AI Use Cases shared by Sam McKay
          321 examples of how gen AI is used in the real-world


          🎨 Landing Page Guide shared by Matt Spear
          A guide to improving your SaaS homepage



          🏆 Trends Pro Member Wins

          💹 Grady Laksmono launched FinBud.ai


          ⚔️ Devon Artis wrote about adversarial testing of AI


          🤏 Avy Leghziel wrote about tiny changes


          👨‍💻 Elie Steinbock had a 76-day coding streak in 2024


          🧠 Tim Guruge unlocked Trends.vc Masterminds by reaching a 30-day standup streak



          🐦 Tweet of the Week



          🛠️ Tools of the Week

          🎨 Relume — Use AI for web design


          🧰 Apify — Build web scrapers fast


          🎬 Zebracat — Create marketing videos with AI



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          What Are The Most Disruptive Pricing Models?

          Companies are moving from charging monthly fees per user to charging based on what their AI tools actually do:

          • Price based on AI output (like solved problems or finished tasks) instead of results – it’s simpler to track and prove.
          • Make pay-per-use pricing work for big clients by offering yearly credits, grace periods and rolling over unused credits.
          • Get ready to change how you run things – rethink sales pay, expect bumpy revenue and focus more on helping customers succeed.



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          How Can Light Improve Your Mental and Physical Health?

          Here’s how sunlight can make your mind and body healthier:

          1. Get 5-10 minutes of morning sunlight daily to boost your mood, focus and sleep quality.
          2. Get some afternoon sun to reinforce your sleep cycle and help your body know when it’s time to wind down.
          3. Use bright overhead lights in the morning and dim them in the afternoon to match the sun’s natural cycle. This helps with alertness and sleep. Avoid bright lights at night to protect your sleep. If you need to get up at night, use dim red lights.



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            💲 100k+ Startup Discounts • Get access to $100k+ in startup discounts on AWS, Twilio, Webflow, ClickUp and more.

            🦾 How to Build Better AI Agents?


            This week’s Founder Finds includes:

            🎁 The best AI apps of 2024
            🦾 A guide to building AI agents
            🌐 An AI agent Chrome extension
            💡 Why challenge core assumptions
            🌱 How to improve all aspects of your life
            ➡️ And more…



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            Beginning is always the hardest.



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            🦾 Building Effective Agents shared by Sam McKay
            A guide on building AI agents from Anthropic


            🎁 a16z Apps Unwrapped shared by Grady Laksmono
            The best AI apps of 2024 according to a16z


            🌐 Do Browser shared by Stewart Townsend
            An AI agent Chrome extension to automate complex tasks



            🏆 Trends Pro Member Wins

            👁️ Elie Steinbock made a video about app QA with computer vision


            👨‍💻 Sam McKay is open sourcing Prompt Array


            🎨 Yuyu built a color converter


            🖼️ Shushant Lakhyani wrote a Canva guide



            🐦 Tweet of the Week



            🛠️ Tools of the Week

            👨‍💻 CodeFast — Learn to code in weeks, not months


            🎨 Relume — Use AI for web design


            🎞️ ​Gling.ai​ — Let AI edit your videos



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            How to Improve All Aspects of Your Life?

            Here’s how tiny changes in your day can make a big difference in your life:

            • Start with one good habit and make it a routine. Once that’s easy, add more good habits. Don’t change everything at once.
            • Find a habit that makes it easier to do other good things. If you start exercising, you might also find it easier to eat healthy and sleep better.
            • Instead of forcing yourself to make good choices, let your good habit lead the way. If you drink water when you wake up, let that help you choose a healthy breakfast.



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            Are You Wrong About Your Customers?

            Traditional “best practices” like $.99 pricing aren’t always optimal.

            Canva found charging $15 instead of $14.99 performed better.

            The point is… Challenge your core assumptions by running experiments, as market behaviors and customer preferences often change and defy conventional wisdom.



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              💲 100k+ Startup Discounts • Get access to $100k+ in startup discounts on AWS, Twilio, Webflow, ClickUp and more.

              🛠️ How to Build Products Over The Weekend?


              This week’s Founder Finds includes:

              💀 Is SaaS dying?
              🔮 Predictions for 2025
              🕵🏼 A website monitoring tool
              💪 An efficient workout routine
              🛠️ A collection of custom Cursor rules
              ➡️ And more…



              🪶 Remember This

              Think about how you’re going to distribute your product, then work backwards from there.



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              💀 SaaS is Dying shared by Sam McKay
              An X thread on the changing landscape of SaaS


              🕵🏼 Visualping shared by Elia Zane
              A tool to monitor changes on websites


              🔮 Predictions for 2025 shared by Grady Laksmono
              A Hacker News thread on predictions for 2025



              🏆 Trends Pro Member Wins

              💌 Shushant Lakhyani launched his personal email newsletter


              🤖 Eddie Forson wrote about starting an AI consultancy


              🔄 Yuyu launched flipanimage.xyz


              🧰 Katt Risen is hosting a Build Challenge in January 2025


              👥 Noel Jackson unlocked 1:1 Founder Intros by joining daily standups



              🐦 Tweet of the Week



              🛠️ Tools of the Week

              👨‍💻 CodeFast — Learn to code in weeks, not months


              🎨 Relume — Use AI for web design


              🎞️ ​Gling.ai​ — Let AI edit your videos



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              How to Build Products Over The Weekend?

              Cursor is the best way to code with AI.

              Here’s the Cursor Directory – a collection of custom rules to guide Cursor to achieve the best results.

              Pick roles, coding languages and implementation guidelines to customize this AI software engineer to your needs.



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              How to Build More Muscles in Less Time?

              Use this workout routine if you’re short on time:

              • For overall health benefits, 30-60 minutes of lifting per week is enough.
              • You can gain significant strength with just one heavy set (1-3 reps) per exercise, done 1-3 times per week. Focus on lifting heavy weights in the 1-5 rep range.
              • To grow muscles, do 1-4 sets per muscle group per week. While volume is on the lower end, it can still lead to big gains, especially when combined with drop sets and supersets.



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                💲 100k+ Startup Discounts • Get access to $100k+ in startup discounts on AWS, Twilio, Webflow, ClickUp and more.

                🕸️ Where to Find Deep Dive SEO Reports?


                This week’s Founder Finds includes:

                🕸️ An SEO newsletter
                📦 10 minimalist rules
                ⚙️ A no-code automation tool
                👨‍💻 An AI code editor with AI agents
                👥 How to build a profitable community
                ➡️ And more…



                🪶 Remember This

                Find a goal, make it your daily priority.



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                Tools, tweets and more from Trends Pro Members


                👨‍💻 Windsurf Editor shared by Noel Jackson
                A code editor combining co-pilot features with AI agents


                🕸️ Growth Memo shared by Kevin Galang
                An SEO newsletter with in-depth reports


                ⚙️ Albato shared by Devon Artis
                A no-code automation platform



                🏆 Trends Pro Member Wins

                🤖 Eddie Forson launched an AI consulting company


                🤝 Stewart Townsend wrote about B2B channel partnerships


                🎨 Katt Risen updated her personal website


                📩 Elie Steinbock posted a monthly report for Inbox Zero


                🎶 Darren Travel made a music video with AI



                🐦 Tweet of the Week



                🛠️ Tools of the Week

                👨‍💻 CodeFast — Learn to code in weeks, not months


                🎨 Relume — Use AI for web design


                🎞️ ​Gling.ai​ — Let AI edit your videos



                🎧 Listen To

                How to Make $10,000 with a Community

                Here’s how to build a profitable paid community online:

                • Validate your community idea: Find a community of people who already have a problem and solve that problem through your community.
                • Focus on implementation over information: Add a community aspect to your online courses to boost accountability and student success.
                • Offer a tiered pricing model for your online course: Have a lower option with less support and a higher option with coaching or group calls.



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                10 Minimalist Rules That Will Change Your Life

                Here are the best storytelling tactics to help you influence and inspire the people:

                • Designed to improve your storytelling skills and help you influence people.
                • The entire storytelling process: from understanding the need for a story to identifying your target audience.
                • Used by designers, founders and executives to communicate their ideas and achieve business goals.



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                  A founder building in public on YouTube


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                  10 Ways to Prepare For The Unknown

                  Here are 10 ways how you can predict future trends in business and life:

                  • If you’re over the age of 25, assume your initial reactions about new trends are wrong.
                  • If people talk about it on Reddit, you’re early. If they talk about it on LinkedIn, you’re late.
                  • If multiple smart people tell you about a new idea, don’t delay betting on it before you understand it. If you wait for society to educate you, you’ll be too late.



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                  54 Best Storytelling Tactics

                  Here are the best storytelling tactics to help you influence and inspire the people:

                  • Designed to improve your storytelling skills and help you influence people.
                  • The entire storytelling process: from understanding the need for a story to identifying your target audience.
                  • Used by designers, founders and executives to communicate their ideas and achieve business goals.



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                    A comprehensive guide to prompt engineering



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                    Piss Off 80% to Please 20%

                    Here’s how you can build a strong brand:

                    • Have a clear personality and don’t be afraid to stand out.
                    • Please a smaller group of people who truly resonate with your brand.
                    • Use a bold voice to connect with your target audience and stay top of mind.



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                    How to Build a Business While Raising Kids

                    The stakes are high and the hours are long. But the rewards can be great if you can find the right balance:

                    • Set the right priorities: Schedule your most important tasks strategically.
                    • Build a strong support system: Rely on family, friends or professional services to help with childcare or business needs.
                    • Set clear limits: Establish specific work hours and share them with your family and clients. Build physical and mental spaces to separate work from family time.



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