This week’s Founder Finds includes:
- Music for better focus
- A book about resilience
- How to ask better questions
- The risks of super intelligent AI
- Why sell benefits instead of features
- The 3-3-3 time management technique
- A list of places to share a product launch
- A tool to share annotated screen recordings
- And more…
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“I don’t have time” is just saying it’s not a priority.
🤓 Fav Finds
Tools, tweets and more from Trends Pro Members
🕒 3-3-3 Method shared by Ivan Malopinsky
A time management technique focused on simplicity
🚀 Submit.co shared by Matt Spear
A list of places to share a product launch
📸 Zight shared by Uwe Dreissigacker
A tool to share screenshots and screen recordings with annotations
👀 Watch This
Geoffrey Hinton left Google to be able to speak freely about the risks of super intelligent AI such as:
- Fake News: It will be hard to find the truth.
- Lost Jobs: AI doesn’t need to eat, sleep or rest.
- Emergent Properties: We’ll see AI that no one can understand, predict or control.
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Luciano is building Ticker Nerd, a premium investing newsletter that helps everyday retail investors find US stocks worth keeping an eye on.
What’s your most important habit?
Weightlifting. The benefits are too good to ever stop.
What are you reading right now?
Do Hard Things: Why We Get Resilience Wrong by Steve Magness
I was struggling with decision-making (mostly around when to stop or start something). This book changed my definition of “toughness” and gave me some tools to help me make better decisions.
What product are you obsessively using right now?
Brain.fm that shares music to help you focus, relax and sleep. This might be a gimmick but it works for me.
What are you bullish on?
Boring businesses. My brothers are plumbers and I’m pretty bullish they’ll build an incredible business. AI can help them run a better business but it can’t fix a broken pipe or water heater.
What are you bearish on?
Content/affiliate sites monetized using ads that don’t have an email list. I think these are the first to go (sorry to all my SEO pals).
What’s your favorite Trends Report?
🕸️ Programmatic SEO
Zapier, Tripadvisor and others scaled using this strategy. Ticker Nerd will be next.
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Your customers buy your product because it helps them get tangible results, not because it’s cool. People don’t want to buy light bulbs. They want to be able to see when it’s dark.
🔧 Try This
Quick Guide To Asking Better Questions
These 9 principles of good questions will help you understand the problem, find the right solution and build better relationships.
- Be Mindful: Don’t steer conversation in your favor.
- Listen: Pay attention to answers. Talk less. Listen more.
- Ask Open Questions: Learn more than a simple “yes or no”.
🏆 Trends Pro Member Wins
👥 Jakub Nowikowski unlocked 1:1 Founder Intros by joining daily standups
📺 Elie Steinbock recorded a video on how to use Raycast effectively
💬 Eddie Forson wrote about user interviews and published his first LinkedIn carousel
🤖 Asad Dhamani launched Solvemigo on Product Hunt
🎙️ Swapnil Puranik was featured in The Research Labs podcast
🏘️ Hind Ali launched Coloco on Instagram
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