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Welcome to issue 589 of Founder Weekly. Let's get straight to the links this week.
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Why AI Will Save The World
Marc Andreessen explains why AI has the potential to save the world by addressing complex challenges and revolutionizing industries, leading to unprecedented progress and innovation.

Using the Needs Stack for competitive strategy
This simple method positions your product to be more valuable, especially against competitors who aim to disrupt you, or you them.

How Much More Efficient Should a SaaS Startup Be When Using AI?
If we assume some basic productivity gains in a typical SaaS company from AI in the next 12-24 months, how much more profitable will the business be?

From Zero to SaaS — Building and Launching a SaaS in 10 Days!  
In this article, the author shares their experience of building and launching a SaaS (Software as a Service) product within a span of 10 days. It covers the key steps and strategies involved in rapid SaaS development, including idea validation, product design, development, marketing, and customer acquisition.


Marketing, Sales and PR

Your guide to growth marketing & PLG
Webflow’s Bruno Estrella on the journey from seed to Series C.

How to Price AI In SaaS
This post provides insights on pricing AI in the SaaS industry, discussing factors such as usage-based models, the value AI brings, and the importance of striking a balance between affordability and profitability.


Money and Finance

What Happens When Small and Large VC Firms Decouple and Have Less in Common?
For most of my time as a venture capitalist, our ecosystem has been a series of handoff across stages based on fund size and strategy. Lately it feels like the handoff is broken and there are no lanes

VC Contagion
Is Venture Capital Killing Itself?

These 3 Charts Show It’s Not Easy Being A Seed Startup These Days
U.S. seed startups have been the least affected by the venture funding downturn. But these companies are competing in a more crowded field than ever for investor attention and will likely have to wait longer to raise their Series A rounds — if they’re able to at all — an analysis of Crunchbase data shows.
 
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