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Welcome to issue 611 of Founder Weekly. Let's get straight to the links this week.

General

Lessons learned from a startup that didn’t make it
What not to do when building a B2B startup.

How Danny Postma built and sold AI SAAS Headlime for over $1,000,000
In this article, we will go into Danny’s journey before becoming an indie hacker, his impressive feat of building and selling Headlime in just 8 months, and actionable growth strategies you can adopt for your own startup.

Product/Market Fit: Experience & Data
Companies that achieve Product/Market Fit – both self-funded and VC-funded – exhibit the same prototypical metrics curves and subjective experiences.

How To NOT Get Screwed As A Software Engineer
The stories are true: technical founders (and early technical employees!) often end up with the short end of the stick when starting a company. In this episode of Dalton & Michael, we’ll discuss the questions and best practices that an aspiring technical founder should think about — whom to start a company with, and how to think about things like equity split and division of responsibilities. Know what you are worth and act accordingly!

Measuring product-market fit is more than vibes
A step-by-step guide to measuring product-market fit.

The Ideal Founder Profile for Venture Studios
A deep dive on what venture studios look for in founders.

Marketing, Sales and PR

How We Automated Content Marketing to Acquire Users at Scale
The article explores how Spotify automated content marketing to efficiently acquire users on a large scale, providing insights into their strategies and tools for audience growth. It showcases how automation can streamline marketing efforts and drive user acquisition for technology companies.

Money and Finance

What stage startup offers the best risk-reward tradeoff?
This post discusses the optimal trade-off between risk and reward when joining a startup. The author analyzed 14,000 U.S.-based startups that raised in 2014 or 2015 and found that the later you join, the smaller your equity value when the startup exits.

Surviving The Death of Venture Capital
This post discusses how the venture capital industry is changing and how startups can survive in this new environment.

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