This week’s Founder Finds includes:
🔬 An MCP vs CLI benchmark
🐴 A browser for ADHD minds
⚔️ Good strategy, bad strategy
⏰ Effective meeting interruptions
🔎 Better Google Search Console analytics
➡️ And more…
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🤓 Fav Finds
Tools, tweets and more from Trends Pro Members
🔎 SEO Gets shared by Elia Zane
An advanced dashboard for Google Search Console data
🔬 MCP vs CLI Performance shared by Jd Fiscus
A benchmarking analysis of AI agents
🐴 ADHD Browser shared by Knight
A browser based on trails instead of tabs
🏆 Trends Pro Member Wins
🧿 Dru Riley added competitive IQ assessment to HeadsUp onboarding
🎞️ Philip Obosi launched Vivo
🤵🏻 Elie Steinbock sponsored a wedding
🚗 Jason A Erickson is building Shy Car
(📈 Pro) Illés Vörös added a space for Trends Pro Members to promote their products
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Each business should have a strategy to grow and stay alive.
In this episode of Lenny’s Podcast, you’ll learn:
- What makes a bad strategy
- The essential components of a good strategy
- The value of knowing history when building effective strategies
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- (📈 Pro) Best blogging platforms
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- (📈 Pro) Best prompt engineering courses
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