This week’s Founder Finds includes:
💯 A productivity framework
🗣️ A book on public speaking
🎯 A guide on persuasive design
🖌️ How to handle creative blocks
🎧 Insights from Paul Graham’s essays
✍️ How to build high-converting landing pages
💼 How to launch your company while having a day job
➡️ And more…
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Great people change you, not by expectation but by inspiration.
🏆 Trends Pro Member Wins
👥 Hj Barraza and Vikram Aditya unlocked 1:1 Founder Intros by joining daily standups
🥇 Ash launched Portfolio Leaderboard
🏠 Chuck Hardy built Propcomposer
🎙️ Maisha Cannon was featured in a podcast
⭐ Jordon McKoy launched his personal website
🆓 Eddie Forson shared his learnings from removing the free plan of EnVsion
🧠 Gab and Tony Tong unlocked Trends.vc Masterminds by reaching 30-day standup streaks
🤓 Fav Finds
Tools, tweets and more from Trends Pro Members
💼 Half-Assed Startup shared by Royce Johnson
A blog post on how to start your company while keeping your day job
✍️ Landing Page Guide shared by David Fu
A guide on how to write and design high-converting landing pages
🎧 Founder’s Podcast: Paul Graham shared by Eddie Forson
A podcast episode with insights into Paul Graham’s essays
📘 Read This
Creative burnout happens when you can’t produce any good creative work but you don’t know what’s wrong with you. This can lead to procrastination, stress and self-doubt.
This essay covers 10 signs that you have creative burnout, 5 ways to cure it and 5 ways to prevent it from happening again.
- Get support: Two heads are better than one
- Take a break: Not a short walk but a few days off
- Look at your past work: Don’t forget it’s a temporary state
🌟 Founder of the Week
“I recently joined Trends Pro and since then:
– I’ve experienced the sense of community through sharing and reading Daily Standups.
– Two founders have reached out to me to set up 1-1 calls.
– Got featured in Founder Finds.
There’s still more to explore, but it seems like the perfect place to share ideas, learn and challenge each other.”
Mike is building Team O’clock. A tool that makes it easier for remote teams to take notes, set priorities and share daily updates.
What’s your most important habit?
Updating my Getting Things Done (GTD) lists every morning. This helps me stay focused in my life and work.
What are you reading right now?
A sci-fi novel called The Dark Forest by Cixin Liu.
I’ve also finished Principles by Ray Dalio and Talk Like TED by Carmine Gallo.
What product or service do you wish existed?
A service suggesting what movie or show to watch next based on all my subscriptions (Netflix, Disney+, etc.), my current mood and local time.
What product are you obsessively using right now?
Midjourney. We’ve used it to build our latest feature in Team O’clock – “Agility Cards”. I also use it to make images for my blog.
What are you bearish on?
Modern UX/UI practices. Most apps and websites look the same. I wonder if we found the best way to maximize usability and apply it everywhere.
What’s your favorite Trends Report?
📺 Faceless YouTube Channels
I didn’t know this was an option and it felt like a new dimension unlocked.This “aha” moment was my trigger to subscribe to Trends Pro.
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🔧 Try This
Product design is more than building beautiful interfaces.
It can influence human behavior and nurture leads into making desired decisions.
- Framing: Compare different options in an appealing way
- Scarcity: People act faster when things are in short supply
- Social Proof: People want to know they’re not the only ones using your product
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