This week’s Founder Finds includes:
- Slow-mading
- A framework for freelancers
- An integrated productivity app
- A collaborative tool for digital marketing
- How building businesses is like playing a game
- And more…
🪶 Remember This
If you really want to escape the things that harass you, what you’re needing is not to be in a different place but to be a different person.
🤓 Fav Finds
Tools, tweets and more from Trends Pro Members
🧰 Simplified shared by Michael Pearson-Adams
An all-in-one collaborative tool for content creation and digital marketing.
🌌 The Hyper Freelance Model shared by Fausto Sá Teles
A model for freelancers to diversify their offerings and stop trading time for money.
📝 Amie shared by Ruben Dahmen
A productivity app integrating to-do list and calendar functions.
🎧 Listen To
Starting a Profitable Business After a Life-Changing Exit with Laura Roeder of Paperbell
Courtland and Laura talk about asynchronous work, how building businesses is like playing a game, SEO strategies, selling your company and more.
🌟 Founder of the Week
“My experience has been great with Trends Pro. I have only missed one mastermind meetup in the last 6 months because I get a lot of value from talking to other mastermind members. I enjoy reading reports about topics that I did not know existed.”
Eric is building Network Automation Nerds. A learning community where network engineers learn, help each other and get inspired. He is also a member of Trends Mastermind #0005.
What’s your most important habit?
Staying productive using the Pomodoro method: 25 minutes of focused work with 5-minute breaks.
What are you reading right now?
The Right It by Alberto Savoia
What product are you obsessively using right now?
For the past 2+ years, I have been wearing my Apple watch daily. I find it helpful in tracking my health habits and it’s good enough for me to ditch my phone in many instances.
What are you bullish on?
I am bullish on Education Technologies.
The value proposition is straightforward and most people want to be better at something. So the market risk is lower. This allows us to focus on minimizing product risk i.e. ensuring that the product delivers what’s promised.
What are you bearish on?
I am bearish on manual computer work. For example, command-line-based network management or human-based monitoring systems. I think it is obvious that most of this manual work will be replaced by automation.
What’s your favorite Trends Report?
🔑 Token-Gated Communities
It’s something that I have always wanted to explore but found it difficult to narrow the scope. This report saved me lots of research time.
Exclusive Deal: Eric is offering Trends.vc readers a chance to join the Network Automation Learning Community for free. Use this invitation link to claim.
📘 Read This
I’ve been slow-mading for nearly 2 years. Someone recently asked why. The shortest truth is that I do hard things to grow. Jessica Nabongo is the first black woman to visit all countries. Each book chapter covers one country and her experience there. It’s a fun read.
🏆 Trends Pro Member Wins
🆕 Ajit Singh and Joel Pickin became Trends Pro Members
👥 Kevin Galang, Paul Jansen, Ajit Singh and Joel Pickin unlocked 1:1 Founder Intros by joining daily standups
⚡ Simon Daley built Super Tech News as a weekend side project
✒️ Cameron McGrane and his wife performed a test launch of Expert Author Academy
🚀 Maciej Cupial posted the October monthly update for Calendesk
🧠 David K unlocked Trends.vc Masterminds by reaching a 30-day standup streak
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