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Welcome to issue 634 of Founder Weekly. Let's get straight to the links this week.
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Take Two: Eight Hard-Earned Lessons from Repeat Founders on Starting Over Again
There's plenty of advice for first-time founders, but fewer resources for those embarking on their second or subsequent venture. To help navigate these, we gathered insights from experienced serial founders, distilling eight tactical lessons they applied differently the second time around.

Buy and Build — a New Playbook for AI Entrepreneurs
LLMs unlock an opportunity to reimagine labor-intensive service businesses. Operators who take an AI-forward, “buy and build” approach to transforming legacy industries have a head start.

How Perplexity builds product
Johnny Ho, co-founder and head of product, explains how he organizes his teams like slime mold, uses AI to build their AI company, and much more.

The Economics of Generative AI
The Semi layer makes ~90% of all Gen AI profits today! Where does future value accrue and how do we get there? 

The Robotics Renaissance
Why we’re entering into an automation supercycle. 


Marketing, Sales and PR

How Notion Does Marketing: A Deep-Dive Into its Community, Influencers & Growth Playbooks
We peel back the layers of Notion’s multifaceted marketing strategy, diving deep into three distinct channels that have helped power its meteoric rise: community, influencer marketing, and growth and analytics.

From idea to half the Fortune 500
Inside Clay's path to managing 100,000,000+ relationships.


Money and Finance

Don't give your investors common stock.
Keep it simple and separate – preferred stock for money, common stock for effort.

State of Pre-Seed: Q1 2024
Fundraising for pre-seed companies stayed robust in Q1 2024, dominated by SAFEs and convertible notes; valuation caps remained flat.

SaaS metrics for fundraising
Fundraising is chaotic. The fates of companies and investors alike are decided in these moments. It’s high pressure. It's intense. Let's prepare you for it.
 
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