๐Ÿง˜โ€โ™‚๏ธ 5 Levels of Freedom ๐Ÿ’จ Best SaaS Boilerplates ๐Ÿ’ก 21 Business Ideas


This weekโ€™s Founder Finds includes:

๐Ÿ“ A to-do list app
๐Ÿ’จ A list of SaaS boilerplates
๐Ÿ’ก 21 ideas to start a company
๐Ÿ” A resource database for VCs
๐Ÿง˜โ€โ™‚๏ธ The 5 levels of not giving a f*ck
โžก๏ธ And moreโ€ฆ



๐Ÿชถ Remember This

A test of leadership is recognizing a problem before it becomes an emergency.



๐Ÿ† Trends Pro Member Wins

๐Ÿ“š Dru Riley released Trends.vc’s recommended book list for founders


๐ŸŒ Prabhjot Singh Lamba wrote a summary of the SEO Course by Ahrefs


๐Ÿ’ผ Maisha Cannon hosted a cohort-based course


๐Ÿ•ท๏ธ Uwe Dreissigacker launched Google Indexer in BlogHandy


๐Ÿ“Š Pavels Gurskis got his first income from consulting


๐Ÿ“ข Ren Saguil became a LinkedIn Top Sales Coaching Voice


๐Ÿ“ˆ AJ reached 30,000+ monthly visitors with Indie Hustle



๐Ÿค“ Fav Finds

Tools, tweets and more from Trends Pro Members


๐Ÿ’จ Awesome SaaS Boilerplates shared by Prabhjot Singh Lamba
A list of SaaS starter kits for various tech stacks


๐Ÿ” VC Tech Stack shared by Bernardt J. Vogel
A Notion database of tools and resources for VCs


๐Ÿ“ Superlist shared by Pascal Samsoon
A to-do list app with shareable lists



๐Ÿฆ Tweet of the Week



๐Ÿ› ๏ธ Tools of the Week

๐Ÿค– Typing Mind โ€” Use ChatGPT with a better UI


โฑ๏ธ Rize โ€” Maximize your productivity with AI


๐Ÿ–ผ๏ธ Aragon AI โ€” Use AI to do a photo shoot



๐Ÿ“˜ Read This

This Is the Best Time To Start a Company In 30 Years

A summary of some of the best opportunities for you:

  • One-time payments or pay-per-task SaaS is becoming normal.
  • Boomers are retiring โ€“ one of the most underserved audiences.
  • Most creators can only monetize from brand deals โ€“ help them productize themselves.



๐Ÿ‘€ Watch This

Notion AI

Ivan Zhao, CEO of Notion, shares how AI is enhancing Notion’s functionality, including information access and organization.

Notion solves fragmentation in the SaaS market with a unified workspace that bundles notes, tasks and databases.

They introduced Notion AI which helps you overcome creative blocks, auto-fill tables and chat with your docs.



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5 Levels of Not Giving a F*ck

Every day, people suffer from worrying too much. But it doesnโ€™t have to be that way.

This article shares the 5 levels of non-f*ck-giving, which goes deeper with each level.

Learn how to face your fears, stop worrying about what others think and start living.



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    ๐ŸŽ™๏ธ AI Podcast Editor โŒจ๏ธ Monetized Open Source ๐Ÿ›Ž๏ธ Clients on Demand


    This weekโ€™s Founder Finds includes:

    ๐Ÿ”— A dead link checker
    ๐ŸŽ™๏ธ An AI-powered podcast editor
    ๐Ÿ›Ž๏ธ How to get clients for your agency
    ๐Ÿฝ๏ธ A tool to gather content for AI training
    โŒจ๏ธ How to monetize open source software
    ๐Ÿฆ AI-powered social media scheduling tool
    โžก๏ธ And moreโ€ฆ



    ๐Ÿชถ Remember This

    The book costs as much as what youโ€™ll lose if you donโ€™t read it.



    ๐Ÿ† Trends Pro Member Wins

    ๐Ÿ““ Kevin Galang shipped Core Delegation Playbooks


    ๐Ÿ“œ Prabhjot Singh Lamba built a Reddit Post Downloader


    โ˜ฃ๏ธ Avy Leghziel wrote about toxic positivity


    โœ๏ธ Peter Elkins was featured in TheFutureEconomy.ca


    ๐Ÿ’ธ Simon had the first sale on SaaS Themes


    ๐Ÿ›  Ash wrote a summary of a no-code workshop


    ๐Ÿ“ข Meiko S. Patton became a LinkedIn Top Voice



    ๐Ÿค“ Fav Finds

    Tools, tweets and more from Trends Pro Members


    ๐Ÿฝ๏ธ Gobble Bot shared by Ash
    A tool to save websites, PDFs and videos as text for AI training


    ๐ŸŽ™๏ธ Resound.fm shared by Elia Zane
    An AI-powered podcast editor


    ๐Ÿ”— Bernard shared by Prabhjot Singh Lamba
    A tool to detect broken links on your site



    ๐Ÿฆ Tweet of the Week



    ๐Ÿ› ๏ธ Tool of the Week

    Typefully

    Typefully helps you write and schedule posts for social media like Twitter and LinkedIn easily.

    It uses AI to give you ideas and improve your writing, helping you grow your audience faster.

    You can also work with your team on it, get smart analytics and post your content across multiple platforms with just a few clicks.



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    Awesome OSS Monetization

    Hereโ€™s a curated list of monetization strategies for open-source software.

    The strategies are broken down into categories based on what the users pay for.

    From access and licenses, to content and services.

    Youโ€™ll find a business model that fits your open-source project.



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    ๐ŸŽง Listen To

    How To Get Clients For Your Agency

    Are you struggling to find clients for your agency?

    Here are 7 tactics to help you build a client acquisition system that will generate new clients on demand.

    • Scarcity: Build offers that expire in a week.
    • Cold outreach: Engage with your ideal clients to boost your visibility.
    • Build partnerships: Offer complementary services to clients that your partners serve.



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      AI-Generated Headshots: The Moat In AI, AI Avatars, Building In Public

      โ€œPhotography has nothing to do with cameras.โ€ โ€“ Lucas Gentry

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      โ“ What You’ll Learn

      • How to build source photo guidelines?
      • Whoโ€™s building AI headshots generators in public?
      • Whoโ€™s on track to make $90,000 MRR with AI-generated headshots?
      • How to build a strong moat?
      • How to get positive word of mouth?
      • Who generated 12,000,000 headshots for 60,000 customers?
      • How to convert visitors to paid users?
      • How to drive more traffic to your AI headshots generator?
      • How to serve customers with bulk requests?
      • How to generate animated AI headshots?
      • How will AI headshots change the modeling industry?
      • Why are people bad at picking their own photos?
      • How can indie hackers build AI startups?


      ๐Ÿ” Problem

      To get professional headshots, you need great lighting, a wardrobe and a skilled photographer.


      ๐Ÿ’ก Solution

      AI headshot generators give you studio-quality photos without a physical photo shoot.


      ๐Ÿ Players

      AI Headshot Generators


      ๐Ÿ—บ๏ธ Roadmap

      1๏ธโƒฃ Build your app

      2๏ธโƒฃ Pick your monetization strategy

      3๏ธโƒฃ Find your first customers

      4๏ธโƒฃ Build trust

      • Showcase social proof by sharing reviews from happy customers.
        • Secta AI shares a wall of testimonials from happy customers.
        • ProPhotos shares reviews from doctors, lawyers, real estate agents and more.
        • HeadshotPro says it has served 60,000 customers and generated 12,000,000 headshots.
      • Build trust by sharing sample images. This helps to convert visitors to paid users.

      5๏ธโƒฃ Capture leads

      6๏ธโƒฃ Boost brand awareness

      • Use Programmatic SEO to rank higher in Google. Target long-tail keywords to reach a higher-intent audience.
        • Pet Booth has pages with popular dog and cat breeds.
        • Aragon AI has headshot pages based on your profession. Such as students, lawyers, sales and more.
        • 1PhotoAI has pages with different style keywords. Such as headshots for passports, weddings, Halloween and more.
        • HeadshotPro has on-site keywords for different clothing options. Plus pages with headshot types and locations. They show their app among headshot studios in a specific city.
      • Use affiliate marketing to scale your marketing efforts.
        • AI Pet Photos pays 10-20% commissions for each paid customer you refer.
        • Aragon AI pays a 20% commission to affiliates. Theyโ€™ve paid $100,000 in commissions.
        • HeadshotPro pays 30% commissions on all sales. It also offered a $1,000 bonus to 3 people reaching 100,000 views on TikTok.


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      • (๐Ÿ“ˆ Pro) How to boost the adoption of your AI headshot generator?
      • (๐Ÿ“ˆ Pro) How to address privacy concerns?
      • (๐Ÿ“ˆ Pro) How to position your AI headshot generator as a premium app?
      • (๐Ÿ“ˆ Pro) How to reach a higher-intent audience?
      • (๐Ÿ“ˆ Pro) How did an AI headshot generator add $50,000 MRR by borrowing trust?
      • (๐Ÿ“ˆ Pro) How to get contact details of prospective customers?
      • (๐Ÿ“ˆ Pro) Which newsletters to sponsor for high ROI?
      • (๐Ÿ“ˆ Pro) Which AI headshot generator made $3,730,000 in 1 week?
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      • (๐Ÿ“ˆ Pro) How will photo editors respond to AI headshot generators?
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      • (๐Ÿ“ˆ Pro) What SEO strategies will get you 3,000 monthly organic visitors?
      • And much moreโ€ฆ

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        ๐Ÿ“ท AI Photo Editor โ“ 12 Wealth Questions ๐Ÿ“ฑ Low-Code App Builder


        This weekโ€™s Founder Finds includes:

        ๐Ÿ“‹ An SEO checklist
        ๐Ÿ“ท An AI image editor
        โœ๏ธ An AI content generator
        ๐Ÿ“ฑ A visual mobile app builder
        โ“ 12 questions on building wealth
        ๐Ÿ’ฐ How to launch a business in a weekend
        โžก๏ธ And moreโ€ฆ



        ๐Ÿชถ Remember This

        In business, you are paid in two coins: cash and experience. Take the experience first; the cash will come later.



        ๐Ÿ† Trends Pro Member Wins

        ๐Ÿงธ Yuyu launched Cottage for Tots


        ๐ŸŽฏ Ren Saguil shared some productivity tips


        ๐ŸŽช Marc Kreuzer started building in public


        ๐Ÿ—‚๏ธ Simon made a landing page showcasing his projects


        โœ๏ธ Chris Beaumont had a record week for his content writing business


        โš™๏ธ Hj Barraza implemented EOS in his business


        ๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿ’ป Krish wrote about the Redaction repo



        ๐Ÿค“ Fav Finds

        Tools, tweets and more from Trends Pro Members


        ๐Ÿ“ฑ Draftbit shared by Wit S
        A visual editor to build mobile apps


        โœ๏ธ Written Labs shared by Yuyu
        An AI content generator for SEO


        ๐Ÿ’ฐ Million Dollar Weekend shared by Chris Beaumont
        A book on launching a business in two days



        ๐Ÿ› ๏ธ Tool of the Week

        Pixlr

        Pixlr is a free online suite for editing photos and graphic design.

        It has AI-powered tools for generating images from text, removing backgrounds, cutting objects, face swapping and more.

        Itโ€™s used by beginners and experienced graphic designers to simplify creative tasks.



        ๐Ÿฆ Tweet of the Week



        ๐Ÿ“˜ Read This

        12 Questions About Building Wealth and Skills

        From building a business, to learning new skills.

        Here are the answers to your questions:

        • Whatโ€™s the best way to win on the internet?
        • How to make people want to buy your product?
        • How to make $1,000,000 on a $25,000 budget?



        ๐Ÿ”ง Try This

        The Complete SEO Checklist

        Brian Dean shares the best strategies for e-commerce, local businesses and affiliate websites.

        From technical and on-page SEO to keyword research.

        This the most complete SEO checklist on the internet.



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        Building a $1B AI Avatar Business

        Victor Riparbelli, co-founder of Synthesia, shares how his company will change the way we make videos by making it as easy as writing text.

        He talks about ethical AI use, data privacy and responsible content creation.



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          ๐Ÿ’ฒ AI Sales Bot ๐ŸŒŸ Product Pitch Formula ๐ŸŒฑ How to Grow on X


          This weekโ€™s Founder Finds includes:

          ๐Ÿ’ฒ An AI sales bot
          ๐ŸŒ A web scraping tool
          ๐Ÿท๏ธ Startup business models
          ๐ŸŒฑ How to grow an account on X
          ๐ŸŒŸ How to craft a great product pitch
          ๐Ÿ’ก Productivity tips from Sam Altman
          ๐ŸŽ™๏ธ A tool to edit spoken words in a recording
          โžก๏ธ And moreโ€ฆ



          ๐Ÿชถ Remember This

          Make every detail perfect and limit the number of details to perfect.



          ๐Ÿ† Trends Pro Member Wins

          ๐Ÿ’ฐ Yuyu wrote about building and selling opengraph.xyz for $20,000


          ๐Ÿš€ Simon launched early bird access to MicroAssets


          ๐ŸŽ™๏ธ Maisha Cannon was featured in the And So, She Left podcast


          ๐Ÿ“ˆ Bernardt J. Vogel wrote about venture capital in 2024


          ๐Ÿ”„ Kevin Galang changed the monetization model for A Team Overseas


          โš–๏ธ โ€‹Elie Steinbockโ€‹ wrote about โ€‹the importance of productโ€‹


          ๐Ÿง  Chris Beaumont, Sinan Guler and Georgios Diamantopoulos unlocked Trends.vc Masterminds by reaching 30-day standup streaks



          ๐Ÿค“ Fav Finds

          Tools, tweets and more from Trends Pro Members


          ๐ŸŒฑ How to Grow on X shared by Elie Steinbock
          A thread with a lot of nuggets in the replies


          ๐Ÿ’ฒ AI Sales Bot shared by Gianni D’Alerta
          An AI tool that performs long sales and customer service callsย 


          ๐Ÿท๏ธ Startup Business Models shared by Royce Johnson
          A video on business models and product pricing for startups



          ๐Ÿ› ๏ธ Tool of the Week

          Apify

          Apify is a platform for building, deploying and sharing web scraping and automation tools.

          You can build web scrapers with Apify’s library, turn your projects into serverless apps and run them on Apify’s cloud.

          It can scrape the web without getting blocked, store data and integrate it into the tools you already use.

          You can also publish your own tools on the Apify Store to earn money.



          ๐Ÿฆ Tweet of the Week



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          Ultra-Realistic Voice Cloning

          Overdub by Descript lets you fix mistakes and awkward phrases by editing the script.

          Just fix the mistake in the text and Descript will automatically correct your voice recording.

          No need to re-record. Descript makes fixing speech errors fast and easy.



          ๐Ÿ“˜ Read This

          Productivity Tips From Sam Altman

          Sam Altman is the CEO of OpenAI.

          Here are some of his productivity tips:

          • Maintain a balance between โ€œtrying hardโ€ and personal well-being.
          • The direction of work is crucial โ€“ working fast in the wrong direction is inefficient.
          • Productivity soars when working on projects of interest โ€“ avoid or delegate the rest.



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          How to Craft a Great Product Pitch that Sells

          Here are the 5 steps to craft a great product pitch that will help you:

          • Get execs to fund your product.
          • Get customers to buy your offer.
          • Get investors to back your startup.



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            Notion Templates: Building in Public, $100,000 in 1 Month, Micro-Templates

            โ€œA good system shortens the road to the goal.โ€

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            โ“ What You’ll Learn

            • How to build micro-templates?
            • How to get early customers?
            • How to make $100,000 in 1 month with Notion templates?
            • Who made $144,000 last year selling Notion templates?
            • How to find a template idea?
            • How to lower customer acquisition costs?
            • How to build an email list?
            • How to get others to market your Notion templates?
            • How to lower buyer fatigue?
            • How to build custom templates?
            • How to sell high-ticket, custom workspaces?
            • Who builds custom Notion workspaces for $9,995?
            • How to add value with micro-consulting?
            • How to personalize Notion?
            • What SaaS products were inspired by Notion?
            • How to build all-in-one templates?
            • How to differentiate?


            ๐Ÿ” Problem

            You need to organize your life and work.


            ๐Ÿ’ก Solution

            Notion templates help you manage notes, tasks and projects. All in one place.


            ๐Ÿ Players

            Notion Templates


            ๐Ÿ›  How to Build Notion Templates


            ๐ŸŒฑ How to Grow Notion Templates


            ๐Ÿ’ฐ How to Monetize Notion Templates


            ๐Ÿ”ฎ Predictions

            • Weโ€™ll see more custom widgets for personalizing Notion templates.
              • Blocs offers Pomodoro, water and habit trackers.
              • Notion Plus offers dozens of widgets for custom templates.
              • Widgets.so helps to boost productivity with custom widgets.
              • Kairo Notion Blocks offers colorful time, habit and goal tracking widgets.
            • Weโ€™ll see more all-in-one templates. These are operating systems for your work, business and life.


            ๐Ÿ˜  Haters

            โ€œTemplates have limitations. Itโ€™s better to find a SaaS for your needs.โ€
            Most SaaS are closed-source businesses. They too have limitations. But you canโ€™t tailor their interface to your needs.

            โ€œItโ€™s hard to differentiate.โ€
            While the core is the same. You can add a โ€œserviceโ€ to stand out. Itโ€™s harder to copy a 1:1 call, cohort-based course or community.

            โ€œThese templates are easy to clone.โ€
            Second Brain is a popular template type. Easlo sold 4,640 copies. Thomas Frank made $760,000 with Ultimate Brain. Simon sold 1,902 copies of the Life OS bundle. Do not fear the competition. Distribution is what matters.


            ๐Ÿ”— Links

            1. โ€‹โ€‹Making $500,000 with Notion Templates โ€ข The thread behind this report.
            2. Building a Report on Notion Templates โ€ข The tweet behind this report.
            3. Selling Notion Templates โ€ข Beginnerโ€™s guide on making and marketing Notion templates.
            4. $100,000 MRR Selling Notion Templates โ€ข Thomas Frank talking about building and marketing Notion templates.


            ๐Ÿ“ Related Reports


            ๐Ÿ™ Thanks

            Thanks to Bernhard Friedrichs, Avy Leghziel, Thomas Demesmaeker, Santosh Kumar Srinivas, Kimon Skarlatos, Sebastian, Sagar Shah, Julien Collet and Trilok Hebbur. We had a great time jamming on this report.

            โœ๏ธ Emin researched and wrote this report. Dru researched and edited this report.


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            • 24 Notion Template Examples (200% More)
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                Avoid Freemium Business Models

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                • Makes it hard to get paid users
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                  Solving Invented Problems

                  Some problems, when solved, lead to making things better.

                  But some problems that we want to solve are invented.

                  There are 2 kinds of invented problems:

                  • Situation, not a problem: Youโ€™re stuck in an elevator. The repair people have been called. The only thing to do is wait.
                  • Trivial problems: Solving it will have little impact. Focusing on it keeps our mind off the problems that matter.



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                    โ€œCreate a customer who creates customers.โ€ โ€“ Shiv Singh

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                    ๐Ÿ” Problem

                    Companies need to solve short-term problems, access on-demand expertise and scale fast.


                    ๐Ÿ’ก Solution

                    Agencies offer tailored solutions with high lifetime value.


                    ๐Ÿ Players

                    Design Agencies

                    Content Agencies

                    • Hiperion Marketing โ€ข SEO-optimized content, audits and backlinks
                    • Fractl โ€ข Acquire more customers from organic search
                    • Draft โ€ข Technical content

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                    Lead Generation Agencies

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                    • CyberLeads โ€ข Reach out to companies who raised funds
                    • Belkins โ€ข Book meetings with B2B leads


                    ๐Ÿ›  How to Build Agencies

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                    ๐Ÿ”ฎ Predictions


                    ๐Ÿ˜  Haters

                    โ€œAdvising is a better business model than building an agency. Higher margins and lower mental overhead.โ€
                    Youโ€™re right. Margins are higher and client management is easier when youโ€™re an advisor.

                    โ€œAgencies are hard to scale.โ€
                    While agencies scale by hiring, you can build scalable products to offset this. Find a problem you can solve at scale with SaaS or a digital product.

                    โ€œManaging an agency is hard. Managing a remote one is harder.โ€
                    Build processes and master communication. Unreliable communication amplifies the risks of async work.


                    ๐Ÿ”— Links

                    1. โ€‹โ€‹From Indie Hacking to Owning an Agencyโ€‹ โ€ข The thread behind this report.
                    2. Building a Report on Agencies โ€ข The tweet behind this report.
                    3. How to Get Customer Testimonials โ€ข 6 ways to ask for testimonials from your customers.
                    4. How to Start a Digital Marketing Agency โ€ข How to build and grow a digital marketing agency.


                    ๐Ÿ“ Related Reports

                    • โ€‹โ€‹โ€‹โ€‹Unlimited Services โ€ข Offer design, development and marketing work without a complex buying process.
                    • Software Development Services โ€ข Help clients focus on their core competency while you do the coding.
                    • Fractional Executives โ€ข Offer a fractional executive on an as-needed basis.
                    • Consulting โ€ข Guide clients and sometimes implement solutions.
                    • Productized Services โ€ข Offer a service for a fixed price with a clear scope and timeline.


                    ๐Ÿ™ Thanks

                    Thanks to Vikram Aditya, Ivan Zografski, Marc Kreuzer, Vinamra Agrawal and Stewart Townsend. We had a great time jamming on this report.

                    โœ๏ธ Emin researched and wrote this report. Dru researched and edited this report.


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