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Welcome to issue 471 of Founder Weekly. An exciting well funded early stage startup is looking for experienced Full-Stack Engineers with strong Python and React expertise. They are a remote-first company, but you need to be within +/- 4 hours of PT. If you or someone you know are interested, send me the latest resume and mention the candidate's location.

General

How We Took Instagram To A Billion Users
A chat with Mike Krieger,the co-founder of Instagram, to find out how Instagram got from an idea to a global platform used by over a billion people. From how Mike met his co-founder Kevin Systrom, their pivot from Burbn to Instagram, controversial decisions along the way and how they evolved the product. Mike also shares advice for founders and reflects on Instagram's legacy.

A Bootstrapped SaaS Journey to 10K MRR
Bannerbear has hit 10K MRR — this post documents the decisions and pivots that got to this milestone.

Generation Z, You’re Adorkable
A gaggle of disruptive brands is deftly targeting consumers born between 1997 and 2012.

Running a Successful Membership / Subscription Program

Marketing, Sales and PR

A Quickstart Guide to Positioning
The most succinct and practical guide to nailing your product’s positioning.

We studied 50+ startups on TikTok and here’s what we found
Businesses that figure out how to leverage TikTok will have an advantage in building brand awareness, cultivating user trust, and efficiently acquiring customers.

Is There a Secret to Success on Instagram?
It depends on what you mean by “secret,” and also “success.”

How to Improve the Net Promoter Score of a SaaS Product
Find out strategies for marketing, sales & customer success, and product teams of a SaaS product to improve their Net Promoter Score (NPS).

Price Optimization in SaaS: Customer Retention
This article covers how pricing can improve customer retention for your SaaS business. Learn what metrics to use in 2021 and more!

8 Steps to Launch a Successful SEO Campaign in 2021
Learn a simple (and repeatable) 8-step process for planning and executing successful SEO campaigns, in any industry.

A Common and Critical Mistake When Forecasting Next Year's Bookings

Money and Finance

Founder's Guide to the Term Sheet
What you should know at seed stage.

Week-by-week breakdown of my $15M virtual fundraising journey in 2020
Funding for creative technology solutions hasn’t dried up, but a few tweaks to your virtual fundraising process can increase your chances of closing a deal.

Startups of the Week

Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug
Making low cost versions of high cost generic drugs with radical price transparency.

Persona
All-in-one identity infrastructure for any business. Persona's identity platform helps businesses securely collect, verify, manage, and make decisions about customers' identities from one place.

BlackCart
A try-before-you-buy platform for online merchants.

Nordigen
All-in-one banking data API for building powerful banking, lending and finance apps.

Tips, Tools and Services

Miro's Product Alignment Approach
An intro to how we do product at Miro.

Product Analytics at Startups
A solid product analytics stack is the foundation of data-driven culture. Behavioral data enables a development team to track results, connect feature improvements to outcomes, and measure progress to inform decision making. But, in the early days, how and when should founders invest in their startup's product analytics stack?

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