This week’s Founder Finds includes:
- A guide to fine-tuning GPT
- How to find your “authentic self”
- A collection of lesser-known tools
- 103 KPIs for SaaS, marketing and sales
- 8 storytelling frameworks for social media marketing
- A browser extension to turn Chrome into a productivity workspace
- And more…
🪶 Remember This
Wonder what your customer really wants? Ask. Don’t tell.
🤓 Fav Finds
Tools, tweets and more from Trends Pro Members
📡 Under-the-Radar Tools shared by Swapnil Puranik
A Product Hunt thread with lesser-known tools across 15+ categories
🤖 Customizing GPT shared by Lwany
An easy-to-understand guide on fine-tuning GPT for your specific use case
🎬 Addicted to Life shared by Gabriel Limma
A podcast episode with movie producer Scott Steindorff on the steps he took to find his “authentic self”
📘 Read This
KPI Examples to Keep Your Company on Track
Track your progress with 103 KPIs for SaaS, marketing, sales and more:
- Activation Rate: How many users reach an important milestone.
- Customer Churn Rate: Number of customers lost in a given time frame.
- Customer Acquisition Cost: How much money you spend to gain a new customer.
🌟 Founder of the Week
“Trends Pro is a phenomenal community. I’m relatively new, but I already look forward to the daily stand-ups. The site is well organized and accessible, and there’s a lot of information to explore.“
Maisha is building The Collab Lab, Inc., providing skills-based training to talent acquisition teams.
What’s your most important habit?
Daily gratitude journaling.
This daily habit was birthed during the pandemic. It is key to helping me to stay grounded and focused on the here and now.
What are you reading right now?
The Mom Test by Rob Fitzpatrick
I’ll be conducting early customer interviews over the next few weeks and want to gain insights on how to ask the right questions.
What product are you obsessively using right now?
Manganum
Manganum is a browser extension that turns Google Chrome into a productivity workspace.
I love that it’s lightweight and customizable. It helps me keep my Chrome tab chaos in check.
What are you bullish on?
I’m bullish on Trends.vc and Trends Pro!
I am confident that the community and the brand will continue to flourish as it equips founders to grow faster.
What’s your favorite Trends Report?
🧑🎓 Cohort-Based Courses
It’s interesting to see the variety of offerings, especially as I begin to build out my own offering for teams and cohorts.
To learn more about skills-based training or The Collab Lab, Inc., reach Maisha on LinkedIn.
🔧 Try This
8 Storytelling Frameworks for Social Media Marketing
Build an audience by sharing stories about your brand, product and customers.
- Before-and-After: Share the problem, outcome and solution.
- The Monomyth: Share your personal story of wins and failures.
- Star-Chain-Hook: Grab attention, show benefits and call to action.
❔ Ask Yourself
Aim to get the most challenging/complex/time-consuming things done first.
This is my most recent paradigm switch. Here’s more on this philosophy.
What’s your frog?
🏆 Trends Pro Member Wins
👥 Dana R, Sandhya Gopalan and Milly Tamati unlocked 1:1 Founder Intros by joining daily standups
🧱 Shuyen Phoon launched No-Code Crash Course for Designers
🎨 Jameson Lyon launched the Create Connected podcast and newsletter
💻 Matt Spear started OpenAI Experiments
🤖 Martin Slaney launched The Innovator’s Prompt Book
👨💼 Uwe Dreissigacker reached one month of daily LinkedIn posts
🥇 Elijah Buford was accepted as a finalist in Startup Runway‘s pitch competition
🧠 Nirav Multani, Matthieu Breard, Emeric Victor and Dale Williams unlocked Trends.vc Masterminds by reaching 10-day standup streaks
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