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Welcome to issue 480 of Founder Weekly. Let's get straight to the links this week.
General

This is a story about how I lost $10,000,000 by doing something stupid.
A great tweetstorm by Andrew Wilkinson about his journey of starting and running Flow.

The 4 Types Of Defensibility
This is the story of Amazon vs. eBay, and why not all defensibilities are created equal.

Unbundling Fiverr - Startup Opportunities with Productized Services
The gig platform Fiverr.com is a great place to find validated business opportunities. Fiverr has a wide range of inexpensive productized services that can be started small, yet offer the potential to become substantial businesses.

Open Source Monetary Policy
Money creation’s progress from local communities to global protocols.

Chase wealth, not money
A lot of you say you want to get rich. But what you really want is wealth. Find out why in this video.

My experience releasing 3 failed SaaS products

NFTs Weren’t Supposed to End Like This


Marketing, Sales and PR

How to Monetize Culture
The Future Business Models of the Internet.

Glassdoor’s Backlink Brilliance
How A Content-Focused Culture Led To A $1.2B Acquisition.

Investor field notes: distribution and conversion models for consumer startups
The next era of Internet giants is on the horizon — we share our living document on the two necessary ingredients for growing these businesses to massive scale.

Experiment, Systematize, Differentiate
The Content Strategy Maturity Model.


Money and Finance

How to choose your seed investor?
Picking the right investors is crucial for startups, especially at the early stage. Here some thoughts on what to look for.

10 Non-Obvious Rules to Raising a Series B
SafeGraph recently raised a $45M Series B. In this blog, CEO Auren Hoffman breaks down best practices for Series B fundraising - for both founders and venture capitalists.

The Deck We Used to Raise Our Seed with Accel in 13 Days


Startups of the Week

Flight Penguin
The best way to find flights, including ones other sites hide.

Salty 
Salty is the easiest and fastest way to get the coverage you need. Custom-built policies at the time of purchase. Exactly what you need, right when you need it most.

Allergy Amulet
The Allergy Amulet is a fast and portable food allergen and ingredient sensor.


Tips, Tools and Services

How to Turn Dreamers into Doers & Harness the Power of Intrapreneurship
Harness the power of intrapreneurship to elevate the top line, boost company culture, increase competitive advantage, and cut time-to-market.

Persuading the Unpersuadable
 
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