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FoundersGrid #514
July 24, 2020
Smash Digital SEO
A growth agency, filled to the brim with unicorn images and SEO memes. A team of SEOs who actually know how to use SEO instead of just sell SEO to people who don’t know SEO. An agency with so much link juice you’ll need a mop and bucket to clean it all up. 
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Here’s how the Adjacent User Theory could catalyze the next phase of growth for your startup 
The adjacent user theory is a great way to think about market segmentation as a founder, and it’s critical to unlocking your startup’s growth potential as you expand into new markets.
 
Shopify saved Main Street - next up is taking on Amazon
The Covid-19 pandemic accelerated Shopify’s growth trajectory to unheard-of levels as more businesses joined the platform, and for its next act, the e-commerce platform is looking to go head to head with Amazon.
 
ScaleFactor raised $100M, then blamed Covid-19 for its demise
After raising millions in funding, AI bookkeeping startup ScaleFactor is starting to fall apart after being exposed as not using true AI in its platform, but rather manual interventions by dozens of its employees.
 
Avthar Sewrathan on the founder’s mentality
This is an excellent read on why taking ownership is core to the founder mentality, and how you can apply that to your day to day as both a founder and a startup employee.
 
How e-commerce platform Elliot fell back down to earth 
E-commerce platform Elliot was poised to be the next Shopify with lots of viral marketing and hype, but then came the unhappy customers. Here’s what happened next.
 
Austin was destined to replace Silicon Valley - then the pandemic hit
Startups have been increasingly moving to base their operations in Austin for decades now, but the coronavirus pandemic has thrown a wrench in the city’s startup ambitions.
 
Here’s why Figma is winning in the design industry
Figma recently raised more funding at a ~$6B valuation, and this deep dive explains exactly why they’ve been so successful at reinventing the design software industry.
 
Entrepreneur Adam Fallon speaks out on why his startup failed (and its source for is being released for free)
In this piece, Fallon explains why Ottr, his communication startup, failed to take off earlier this year - and his great philosophy around releasing source code of past startups for others to leverage.
 
Basecamp founder Jason Fried on how to fix email
Earlier this year, Fried released Hey - a new take on the archaic email platforms that plague the web today. And in this manifesto, he expands on how to build a better email tool.
 
Here’s how to improve your team’s creative hit rate as a startup founder
When you’re a startup, your team’s “creative hit rate” is indicative of how many new product ideas - and revenue streams - you can come up with. Here’s how to optimize it.
 

COMMUNITY NEWS
 

  • Free wants to make selling your house easier than ever.  Link 
  • Missfresh has landed nearly half a billion in funding for its online grocery platform.  Link
  • Tesla has just breached one year of consecutive profits.  Link
  • This is a great thread of learnings from building a personal finance startup.  Link 
  • Check out Product Club, a new accelerator that aims to help startups go big by staying small.  Link
  • Steve Wozniak is suing YouTube over Bitcoin giveaway scams.  Link
  • FounderPool is a new community for founders to share risk and diversify their equity.  Link
  • SpaceX is set to fly a full-scale version of its Starship this week.  Link
  • Tech startup funding continues to decline as the pandemic wears on.  Link
  • India’s top fitness startup is expanding into the US.  Link
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