This week’s Founder Finds includes:
🏋️ 7-minute workouts
🖊️ An AI voice-to-text tool
⏩ How to delegate effectively
🚀 A collection of SaaS growth advice
⚙️ How to achieve digital self-reliance
➡️ And more…
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🏆 Trends Pro Member Wins
👓 Bernardt J. Vogel wrote about AR and VR use cases
✊🏾 Maisha Cannon made a list of black-owned businesses
🎙️ Maciej Cupial was interviewed on Indie Hackers
🧞 Avy Leghziel launched The Manager’s Genie
⭐ Uwe Dreissigacker reached 25 reviews on GrowthMentor
🧸 Yuyu published a guest post on the Itemlist blog
🧠 Denis S unlocked Trends.vc Masterminds by reaching a 30-day standup streak
🤓 Fav Finds
Tools, tweets and more from Trends Pro Members
⚙️ Tech Independence shared by Dale Williams
A guide to avoid relying on any company or software
🏋️ 7 Minute Workout shared by Chris Beaumont
A workout app with short and effective workouts
🖊️ AudioPen shared by Don Ho
An AI tool that converts voice notes into text
🐦 Tweet of the Week
🛠️ Tools of the Week
🧰 Apify — Build web scrapers fast
🖼️ Aragon AI — Use AI to do a photo shoot
👤 Synthesia — Create videos with AI avatars and voiceovers
📘 Read This
Delegating work gives you time to focus on more important tasks and gives your team a chance to work on interesting projects.
Here are some tips to help you become a better delegator:
- Identify team members’ strengths: delegate to the person that has skills in that area.
- Identify what you can delegate: some work needs your personal attention while other can be done by an equally skilled team member.
- Provide context and guidance: share guidance, docs and context to set the person up for success.
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Here’s SaaS growth advice based on learnings from Miro, Figma, Zapier and other successful companies.
- Don’t forget about email: This powerful and cheap tool is often overlooked.
- Measure product stickiness: See how many people use your product consistently.
- Activations > sign-ups: Optimize for helping users experience the core value of your product as fast as possible.
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