This weekβs Founder Finds includes:
π¨βπ» A free coding agent
π οΈ Claude Agent Skills
π± A $2M/year app playbook
π€ How to rank higher in ChatGPT?
π Turning marketing channels into programs
β‘οΈ And moreβ¦
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π¨βπ» Amp Free shared by Eddie Forson
An ad-supported, free coding agent
π± $2M/Year App Playbook shared by Elie Steinbock
Lessons from scaling an AI app through paid ads, UGC and influencers
π οΈ Claude Agent Skills shared by Alexandre Kantjas
Reusable skills that let Claude handle specialized tasks
π Trends Pro Member Wins
π§Ώ Dru Riley added smart alert grouping to HeadsUp
ποΈ Philip Obosi opened early access for Vivo
β¨οΈ Elie Steinbock was featured in Business Insider
π₯· Josh Kubicki wrote about prompt injection in legal documents
π» Eddie Forson wrote about coding with Claude 4.5 Sonnet
π Read This
How to Rank Higher in ChatGPT?
AI Chatbots now search the web first, then summarize results. Meaning your content could be featured in AI answers or completely ignored.
Hereβs how to show up in AI search:
- Focus on the 5% that drives impact: build question-focused pages and optimize for citations
- Measure “Share of Answers” across multiple AI chatbots instead of traditional rank positions
- Do question research by targeting hundreds of related questions per page, not individual terms
π οΈ Tools of the Week
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π GummySearch β Discover new markets on Reddit
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How Can You Turn Marketing Channels Into Revenue-Building Systems?
Most founders manage SEO, email, paid ads and social media as separate channels. This is why growth feels like pushing water uphill instead of building momentum.
Do this instead:
- Turn channels into programs: unite multiple distribution methods around core content or themes
- Build systems like webinar programs that use social media, paid ads, email and partnerships to distribute one piece of content
- Focus on the five growth levers: awareness, sales, retention, revenue and operations instead of channel-specific vanity metrics
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