This weekβs Founder Finds includes:
- The 2 types of risk
- What are tiny products
- An alternative to Notion
- The rules of good writing
- An AI prompt community
- Selling byproducts of your work
- And moreβ¦
πͺΆ Remember This
Start charging early and don’t wait until the product is ready.
π€ Fav Finds
Tools, tweets and more from Trends Pro Members
π€ Prompt Stacks shared by Stewart Townsend
A community focused on sharing the best AI prompts for text and image generation.
βοΈ The Day You Became A Better Writer shared by Matt Spear
The rules of good writing summarized in a few paragraphs.
π Craft shared by Andrew Govender
A Notion alternative for note-taking, creating eye-catching documents and more.
π Read This
Ben Issen says the biggest problem is not finishing what we’ve started. We self-sabotage, seek new things, lose interest, overcomplicate and procrastinate.
The solution? Build tiny products that are easier to build, market and launch.
More shots, less moonshots.
π Founder of the Week
βTrends Pro is fantastic. I am meeting like-minded people. Daily standups are great for committing to daily goals. While my mastermind is the tribe where I commit to weekly goals.β
Mehmet is the host of The CTO Show. A podcast that inspires business leaders and entrepreneurs while covering the latest tech trends. He is also a member of Trends Mastermind #0008.
What’s your most important habit?
I follow the 5 AM club method. Exercise, meditate and read first thing in the morning.
What are you reading right now?
Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson
I like to read books that show how struggles and the impossible were overcome by founders and historical figures.
What product or service do you wish existed?
I wish there was a service that takes ideas from my brain and puts them in Notion π
What product are you obsessively using right now?
ChatGPT. I am using it as a VA. Itβs amazing.
What’s your favorite Trends Report?
π Productized Services
Itβs inspiring to see how to package your knowledge in productized format.
π§ Try This
Sawdust is a byproduct of your work that you can convert to money or attention. Repurpose it into a digital product or share it as a proof of work.
- Turn your website into a template
- Turn your learnings into a course
- Turn your personal tool into a SaaS
- Turn your product development into a public roadmap
π Watch This
Why Founders Should Take More Risk
Each founder deals with 2 types of risk:
- Market Risk β’ People donβt want your product.
- Execution Risk β’ You canβt execute the idea better than the competition.
Pete Flint says your experience defines what risk you should take on.
π Trends Pro Member Wins
π§ Andrew Govender unlocked Trends.vc Masterminds by reaching a 10-day standup streak
π Jameson Lyon is building The OkrΔo in public
π Shashank made a filter generator for Readwise
π Stewart Townsend helped a college student setup a POD business
πΌ Stan Wilson has been creating podcast mixtapes
π§° Nik McFly launched a ChatGPT workshop
π§ Vladyslav Budichenko built an AI Ad Generator
π₯ Tornike Phkhovelishvili, Giovanni Vanini, Mahat Hussein and Emeric Victor unlocked 1:1 Founder Intros by joining daily standups
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