This week’s Founder Finds includes:
💰 An interview with Justin Welsh
☁️ Cloudflare’s AI coding platform
🚀 Why ignore common VC advice
⚖️ How not to be defined by your job
💡 Disruption vs. incremental progress
➡️ And more…
🪶 Remember This
Work harder on yourself than you do on your job.
🤓 Fav Finds
Tools, tweets and more from Trends Pro Members
💰 $10M+ Solo Business shared by Paul Metcalfe
An interview with Justin Welsh about building a million-dollar one-person business
☁️ VibeSDK shared by Elia Zane
Cloudflare’s AI coding tool that lets you deploy your own vibe coding platform
🚀 Ignoring Common VC Advice shared by Shushant Lakhyani
How Gamma reached $50M ARR by raising little and staying lean
🧿 HeadsUp of the Week
Pipedrive is split testing their CTA from ‘Try it free’ to ‘Try 14 days free.’
Small change, massive psychology shift.
Advantages of 14 days?
Concrete details are more persuasive than abstract promises.
- ‘Try it free’ = vague commitment, easy to ignore
- ‘Try 14 days free’ = specific timeframe, creates urgency
This is conversion optimization 101, but most companies still get it wrong.
Spotted by HeadsUp competitor monitoring from Trends.vc
🏆 Trends Pro Member Wins
🧿 Dru Riley added missed alert estimations to HeadsUp
🎙️ Sam McKay recorded a podcast on Microsoft Fabric
🦾 Alexandre Kantjas is hosting a workshop on AI agents
💿 Darren Travel released a new music album
💻 Elie Steinbock made a tutorial on running multiple coding agents locally
📘 Read This
Could “Being Disruptive” Sabotage Your Startup’s Success?
Don’t try to change the world. Focus on building a profitable business instead:
- Most people don’t like big changes. Focus on solving their specific problems.
- It’s okay to have smaller goals. They are easier to reach and can still be very rewarding.
- Make things that are valuable, not disruptive. It’s okay to make small improvements instead of trying to change the world.
🐦 Tweet of the Week
🛠️ Tools of the Week
💲 Reply.io — Automate sales outreach
🎞️ Zubtitle — Edit social media videos fast
📊 Julius AI — Analyze your data with computational AI
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- (📈 Pro) Best blogging platforms
- (📈 Pro) Building LLM chatbot apps
- (📈 Pro) Best prompt engineering courses
👀 Watch This
Does Your Life Have Meaning Outside of Work?
If you feel like your job defines you, try to find meaning in life beyond your job:
- Many people tie their identity to their work, often due to a lack of other sources of meaning like religion and community.
- A “dream job” is not the only path to happiness. A “good enough” job can provide the means and time to pursue other fulfilling activities outside of work.
- To diversify your identity beyond work, think about your values and how you spend your time. Ask yourself: What would you do if you couldn’t do your current job?
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