This weekβs Founder Finds includes:
- The benefits of reading fiction
- How to think from first principles
- How AI marks the end of mediocrity
- A sales handbook for startup founders
- A book about the psychology of change
- A tool to find quickly growing subreddits
- A live streaming tool that works in your browser
- And moreβ¦
πͺΆ Remember This
In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure.
π€ Fav Finds
Tools, tweets and more from Trends Pro Members
π Subreddit Stats shared by Stewart Townsend
A website that helps you find quickly growing subreddits and posts
πΊ StreamYard shared by Justin Brooke
An easy-to-use live streaming tool that works in your browser
π Switch shared by Wit S
A book on how to make lasting changes in your life
π Read This
Reading Fiction Makes You a Better Person
Reading fiction boosts your empathy, creativity and communication. It helps you relate to other peopleβs emotions and experiences. Youβll become a better person after finishing the book.
π Founder of the Week
βBeing part of Trends Pro has been great so far! I felt welcomed as soon as I posted on the Intros page. I share my daily progress in Standups and observe who are the “regularsβ who also post their goals and achievements. Iβm looking forward to joining Masterminds where I can grow even faster along with other ambitious founders.β
Eddie is building EnVsion. An AI-powered tool that helps UX researchers lower the time needed to analyze user interview videos from 2+ hours to 30 minutes. He is also a member of Trends Mastermind #0007.
What’s your most important habit?
The trio of waking up very early, exercising and being grateful.
What are you reading right now?
Founding Sales by Peter Kazanjy
I’m currently doing founder-led sales so it’s a great resource to refer to at this point of my journey.
What product or service do you wish existed?
An AI that acts like a very competent virtual assistant for personal and professional tasks. I have so many things going on in my life. I just wish there was an AI that could take some of the load off my shoulders at times.
What product are you obsessively using right now?
Github Copilot. It feels like I have a true copilot that takes care of writing mundane code in seconds, instead of minutes or hours. The productivity gains are significant!
What are you bullish on?
Personal brands. In an age of AI-generated content that saturates the Internet, I believe it’s even more important to present our most authentic voice across different types of media (text, video, audio). Personal brands that can cut through the noise will win big.
What are you bearish on?
Most AI tools that launch every day on Product Hunt. These tools are undifferentiated and don’t necessarily fit into a business workflow. However, they constitute a great window into the deluge of innovation that GPT and other AI-as-a-Service providers have unleashed.
I’m very bullish about AI in general though.
What’s your favorite Trends Report?
π€ ChatGPT
We’re just seeing the small tip of the iceberg now, but this technology is already unleashing waves of innovation in so many industries.
The report is well-researched and balanced in its view of the potential for this technology and its current limitations.
Exclusive Deal: Eddie is offering Trends.vc readers 20% off EnVsion Pro plans for 3 months with the code βTRENDS20β.
π§ Try This
First-principles thinking boosts your reasoning and creativity.
It helps you find new opportunities by breaking down complex problems into basic elements.
π§ Listen To
The Dance with AI, Reality and Identity
Seth Godin talks about how AI marks the end of mediocrity.
He asks ChatGPT about the effects of AI on humanity and labor.
π Trends Pro Member Wins
π§ Meiko S. Patton and Eddie Forson unlocked Trends.vc Masterminds by reaching 10-day standup streaks
π€ Steve Goldberg launched an AI tools directory
π Mark Shcherbakov launched a project management course for agencies
π₯ Vasilβs Designcrafter received an honorable mention from Awwwards
𧻠Meiko S. Patton has launched AI Toilet Paper promoting her upcoming book, ChatGPT Billionaire
π± Bernardt J. Vogel wrote about key metrics for a seed round
π΅π± Maciej Cupial was featured in Bogusz PΔkalski’s podcast (in Polish)
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