🎉 Hey Failories! It's Nico here.

This week I bring you two interviews with successful startup founders and some curated resources.

But before that, let me share a quick reminder of the online course we launched on Monday.

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Throughout the course, you'll learn how to build your own Engineering-as-Marketing acquisition channel.

Companies like HubSpot, Shopify, and Ahrefs are using the strategies explained in the course.

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🧃 $80k/mo building the world's first relaxation beverage. Sol, only 21-years-old, is the founder of Leilo, a startup in the food & beverage industry with 8 full-time employees and +30 sales reps.

Sol's mission with Leilo is to "de-stress a stressed-out world". While coffee, tea and soda are drunk to get energy, Leilo is drunk when looking to get relaxed.

The business is on track to make more than 10x last year's revenue and has earned lots of brand ambassadors across the US. Here's the growth story of Leilo.​

📈 Growing a B2B lead generation agency to $18k/mo. This is the story of BizzBee, founded by Dancho in 2015. The agency started as a team of 5 interns led by Dancho, and has since grown to 35 employees.

Through LinkedIn and email outreach, the company has got and served +200 clients, and are currently making around $18,000 per month. Here's how to scale a service-based business.​

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🔴 Understanding your customers when you don’t have any yet. Discover the steps you can take to find potential customers, experiment with ideas, and discover new revenue streams for your business. Watch the Video →

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what I'm reading 👀

​How fast is too fast? Venture capital rounds are being raised faster than ever before. In this article, the author analyzes the reasons for this and provides his thoughts on whether this is positive or negative for founders and investors.

​Market research for startups. Interviewing potential customers is important when building new businesses or products. In this guide, the founder of a market research agency, explains how can you, as a founder, survey your target audience.

​Hiring a VA. Delegation is a must when growing and scaling businesses. Hiring VAs is a great way to start outsourcing simple tasks. In this article, the author explains how has he found and hired a VA.

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