This week’s Founder Finds includes:
⏲️ A productivity protocol
🎯 A book on focused action
🎨 Common design mistakes
🎙️ A search engine for podcasts
💰 The difference between wealth and money
➡️ And more…
🪶 Remember This
Success is a sum of simple disciplines, practiced every day.
🏆 Trends Pro Member Wins
🔎 Prabhjot Singh Lamba launched Does It Exist
💼 Sarim Khalid‘s job board was featured in the Micro Assets newsletter by Simon
🚀 Asad Dhamani launched Maker Resources on Product Hunt – check it out
⭐ Shushant Lakhyani revamped his personal site
👥 Annie Tai unlocked 1:1 Founder Intros by joining daily standups
🤓 Fav Finds
Tools, tweets and more from Trends Pro Members
💰 Wealth Is Not Money shared by Fausto Sá Teles
A blog post on distinguishing wealth (what we value) from money (a means to acquire it)
🎙️ DeepCast shared by Elia Zane
A podcast platform with search and summary features
🎯 The Art of Focus shared by Lwany
A book on using focused action to escape societal norms and redefine success
🐦 Tweet of the Week
🛠️ Tools of the Week
📊 Brand24 — Monitor online mentions
✔️ Taskade — Increase your productivity with AI
🎨 Decktopus AI — Use AI to make presentations
🔧 Try This
When you work for yourself, you decide what you should work on.
This is hard as there’s always more you can do.
But there are limits to how much you can work without burning out.
To boost your productivity, make a big list of tasks and pick 3 of them each morning.
When you get them done, consider this day a success.
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Speaking The Language of Your Customers
Design is understanding the needs, desires and expectations of those who you serve.
Arvid Kahl and Nick Groeneveld chat about talking to your customers, great UX and common design mistakes indie hackers make:
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- How to design with the user in mind?
- How to manage feature creep?
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