This week’s Founder Finds includes:
🎧 An AI reader app
💵 A sales framework
🤖 What is compound engineering
🫀 How to tune your nervous system
🔥 Low cost SaaS marketing strategies
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The courage to appear foolish in the short-term is often the price of looking brilliant in the long-term.
🤓 Fav Finds
Tools, tweets and more from Trends Pro Members
🤖 Compound Engineering shared by Nathan Sudds
Every’s approach to coding with agents
🎧 ElevenReader shared by Rich Tank
A text-to-speech app from ElevenLabs with a free tier
💵 Learn to Sell shared by Shushant Lakhyani
A video on mastering sales from lead generation to follow up
🏆 Trends Pro Member Wins
🧿 Dru Riley upgraded the AI model behind HeadsUp
🍌 Philip Obosi made a Nano Banana tutorial
⚙️ Elie Steinbock made a video on moving from CMS to raw markdown
📊 Yuyu wrote about 9 Google Analytics alternatives
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What Are The Big 5 Marketing Approaches That 80% of SaaS Founders Should Try?
Most founders build amazing products that no one uses because they confuse posting on social media with actual marketing.
How to move the needle:
- See if you have an advantage with any marketing moves
- Score and prioritize your 20 potential marketing strategies
- Pick one fast approach for fast results and one slow approach for long-term scalability
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How to Tune Your Body For Productivity and Joy?
Here’s how to tune your nervous system to boost productivity, joy and well-being:
- Use breathwork: Breathe in for a count of four, hold your breath for a count of four and then exhale for a count of eight.
- Create the right conditions: If you want to feel more joyful, you can spend time in nature, connect with loved ones or do activities that you enjoy.
- Identify your emotional state: Pay attention to the signals in your body. If you have a heavy chest before a presentation, acknowledging the fear can help you get rid of this feeling.
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