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Welcome to issue 536 of Founder Weekly. Let's get straight to the links this week.
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The 4 Startup States During a Recession
As the fiscal quarters of many startups draw to a close, board members and management teams are having one of four conversations: The World is Your Oyster, Time to Strategize, Chewing Gravel, or Go Big/Go Profitable. Here’s how these scenarios fall onto a 2x2 matrix.

The channel/offer/unfair advantages framework for evaluating business ideas
Just as it makes sense to replace the world “market” with “channel” and the word “product” with “offer”, it makes sense to replace the word “founder” with something less vague.

State of the Cloud 2022
Bessemer uncovers the year’s top trends and insights in the global cloud economy, including how the model is only getting better, and why being a Centaur is the new milestone to celebrate. 

7 Essential Ingredients of a Metaverse
What exactly is a metaverse? And how is it different from any other virtual world? Here's an overview of its defining features, and how it intersects with web3.

Paradise at the Crypto Arcade: Inside the Web3 Revolution
The new movement wants to free us from Big Tech and exploitative capitalism—using only the blockchain, game theory, and code. What could possibly go wrong?


Marketing, Sales and PR

From 0 to $70B ARR: The AWS Profile
Learn the product decisions that have propelled AWS to over $70B in ARR. A deep dive from a PM point of view.

A New Era for PLG: Introducing the Age of Connected Work
Product-led growth has entered a new era: the Age of Connected Work. Now, software is a fundamental utility powering our working lives.


Money and Finance

Craft Ventures: Operating during a downturn
A candid discussion with David Sacks and Jeff Fluhr on public markets, venture capital, and historic outcomes of economic downturns.

Real-Time Startup Valuation Data
View real-time valuation data for startups on AngelList.

A Framework for Navigating Down Markets
This framework shows how to reevaluate your valuation, understand your efficiency through burn multiples, and scenario plan. Plus: original benchmark data.
 
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