This week’s Founder Finds includes:
📖 Storytelling in the AI age
⚙️ A Claude Code workflow
🎯 A 10X positioning framework
📈 100,000+ X followers in 1 year
🏗️ Professional AI project delivery
➡️ And more…
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Don’t call them lucky. They failed more times than you tried.
🤓 Fav Finds
Tools, tweets and more from Trends Pro Members
🏗️ How to Deliver AI Projects shared by Shushant Lakhyani
A tutorial on hosting, securing and handing off AI workflows
🎯 10X Clarity Question shared by Hitesh Kar
A clarity-driven messaging framework to multiply sales
⚙️ How Its Creator Uses Claude Code shared by Jd Fiscus
A thread on scaling AI coding with plans, agents and tools
🏆 Trends Pro Member Wins
🧿 Dru Riley improved onboarding for work emails in HeadsUp
📝 Elie Steinbock launched Brief My Meeting on Product Hunt
⏳ Alejandro Arango wrote about the inevitability of AI
💻 Eddie Forson wrote about his AI coding workflow
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How To Grow 100,000+ Followers on X in 1 Year?
Amanda Natividad grew her X to 100,000 followers by choosing value over virality.
The audience-building framework that works:
- Commit to a specific niche; only go outside of it after gaining momentum
- Use direct-response copywriting: immediate value, active voice, and compelling hooks
- Prioritize unmeasurable factors (affinity, trust, reputation) as they lead to business outcomes
🛠️ Tools of the Week
👁️ LookAway — Relax your eyes and mind
🎨 UX Pilot — Build UI designs and wireframes with AI
⚡ M1-Project — Build your marketing strategy 10x cheaper
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Why Will Storytelling Be the Most Valuable Skill in the AI Age?
While AI may replace technical skills, storytelling becomes a competitive advantage.
Why storytelling is key to surviving:
- You’re born with natural storytelling abilities
- Storytelling is humanity’s original superpower that helped build the world
- All future-critical skills (leadership, empathy, communication) are powered by storytelling
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