View this email in your browser

Founder Weekly

Welcome to issue 598 of Founder Weekly. Let's get straight to the links this week.

General

Great Time to Start a Company, Tough Time to Be Running One
This post discusses the current entrepreneurial landscape, highlighting the favorable conditions for starting new companies due to technological advancements and market opportunities, while acknowledging the challenges faced by existing businesses in a rapidly changing and competitive environment.

The Cloud 100 Benchmarks Report 2023
Bessemer reveals insights into the 2023 Cloud 100 cohort and how AI is taking center stage in the private cloud market.

Small Features, Big Decisions: Unpacking the Myth of the Quick Add-On
Not all small features are easy to build. Some can have a massive impact on your product, value proposition, strategy and more.

How we achieved #1 Product of the Day on Product Hunt
We were lucky enough to be 1st Product of the Day and 3rd Product of the Week with Eden AI. In this article, we'll take you behind the scenes, explaining in detail.

Compensation for Startups: Implementing and “Defending” Your Compensation System
This post outlines practical strategies for implementing effective compensation structures tailored to startup environments, covering key considerations and best practices to attract, motivate, and retain talent while navigating budget constraints. It offers actionable insights to help startups design compensation plans that align with their growth trajectories and organizational goals.

Marketing, Sales and PR

The top metrics for vertical SaaS companies
The beauty and chaos of vertical SaaS.

From $10M to $100M+ ARR: Five CFO Learnings
Mark Khavkin's six-year journey at Pantheon helped him collect lots of CFO learnings. In this post, he shares his top 5, focusing on the importance of data culture, pricing and packaging, and scaling a SaaS business.

Money and Finance

An Investor's Perspective on the Value of Regular Check-Ins
We have tons of posts about why founders should write updates, this is a post about the investor perspective on the value of real-time check-ins.

Why defense tech is becoming the next big thing for investors
Autonomous drone swarms do have the ability to shift the global superpower balance. Dan Gwak talks more about defense tech in this interview.

Our Other Newsletters

Python Weekly - A free weekly newsletter featuring the best hand curated news, articles, tools and libraries, new releases, jobs etc related to Python.

Programmer Weekly - A free weekly newsletter for programmers.

Copyright © 2023 Founder Weekly, All rights reserved.
You are receiving our weekly newsletter because you signed up at http://www.FounderWeekly.com.

Our mailing address is:

Founder Weekly

Brooklyn

Brooklyn, NY 11209

Add us to your address book

Want to change how you receive these emails?
You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list.

Founder Weekly - Founder Weekly - Issue 598

Founder Weekly

Older messages

Founder Weekly - Issue 597

Founder Weekly - Issue 596

Founder Weekly - Issue 595

Founder Weekly - Issue 594

Founder Weekly - Issue 593

You Might Also Like

[VIDEO] From $4000 to a $14B empire: The Ray Dalio Episode

The Major Forces Transforming Commerce

115 new Shopify apps for you 🌟

🗞 What's New: Attacked after disclosing her crypto wealth online

PSA: DO NOT DO THIS

SketchFlow, Balzac AI, Showcase, GitLoom, Subo, and more

How Depict Is Ending Shopify Doomscrolling ☠️🚀

A Founder's Guide: Essential Management Advice for Startups

Anne-Laure Le Cunff — Tiny Experiments— The Bootstrapped Founder 379

The wait is over… Sifted Summit 2025 tickets have officially launched 🚀