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This week we published interviews with two successful startup founders and a detailed pitch deck guide. Below that, three interesting readings.

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💰 Building a $3k/mo no-code community. Joshua is the founder of No Code Founders, a community of founders using no-code tools to build internet businesses. He built it without code, of course.

NCF started as a Slack community but has since grown into a community with profiles, interviews, meetups, jobs, deals, and other features. Here's how NFC grew to 10,000 members and $3k in MRR.​

📄 A comprehensive guide on startup pitch decks. Creating good pitch decks is by far not the hardest aspect of creating a successful startup. Nonetheless, doing it badly can result in a lot of lost opportunities.

By checking our collection of +350 startup pitch decks, you can identify some good practices. But some of you requested something more actionable... Here's our guide on how to create an impactful pitch deck.​

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🔴 Finding a value proposition that resonates. Learn how top companies are using Simulated Shopping to quickly test, iterate, and find value propositions that resonate with the market. Ryan and Robert of Exploring Product will chat with Alan Klement, VP of Product at Gmthub to unpack this new process. Reserve Your Spot→

🏃‍♂️ Running a Running Retreat Business. Jake is the founder of Endeavorun, a company hosting retreats for recreational adult runners. He started it just before the start of the pandemic, so not good timing there.

However, he navigated through the pandemic by launching an online community. Endeavorun has already become profitable and has lately been approached by several investors. Here's how to run a running business.​

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what I'm reading 👀

​Why now? A great article on startups and timing. Aims to answer the question: Does it always have to exist a reason that makes building your startup only possible now?

​The beginnings of Five9​. This startup, which is a cloud contact center provider, was acquired this week by Zoom for $14.7B. Founder knew "nothing about software" when starting it.

​Axie Infinity growth story. I don't frequently share crypto-related articles here, but this article is really interesting from a business perspective as well. This "play-to-earn" game is growing faster than any other game before.

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