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Welcome to issue 524 of Founder Weekly. Let's get straight to the links this week.

General

Businesses at Work 2022 Annual Report
An in-depth look into how organizations and people work today—exploring workforces and customers, and the applications and services they use to be productive.

A product manager’s guide to web3
How PM'ing in web3 is different, the pros and cons of going web3, how to break in, and how to be successful.

Marketing, Sales and PR

The Psychology Behind Amazon's Purchase Experience
Every screen in the Amazon app is a masterclass in psychology (for better or worse), especially their purchase experience.

Ahrefs Built A $10M Acquisition Channel By Giving Away Their Best Features
Ahrefs has been giving away their best tools for free for the past few years. And they have used that strategy to build a $10M content moat and an unmatched acquisition channel.

Product-Led Growth’s Failure
How a Scrappy Utah Software Company Ignored Every Silicon Valley Heuristic and Won Anyway.

Google Penalties: The Newbie-Friendly Guide
Learn how to identify, recover from, and avoid Google penalties.

Money and Finance

7 Tips for Founders When Negotiating Term Sheets with VCs
Founders are always at a disadvantage when negotiating with Venture Capitalists. Why? Simply because Founders only negotiate fundraising a handful of times during the lifetime of the company, while VCs negotiate all the time. In addition, the institutional investors are always very clear about their goals and their math, while Founders most often just get hung up on pre or post money valuation, which is only one of the important deal terms. So what can Founders do to level up and negotiate to the outcome they want?

Coatue: An Agile Colossus
The megafund might look like Tiger Global, but it's operating a very different playbook. Coatue’s performance has been built around strong in-house research, astute data analysis, and a stellar network. It’s greatest weakness may be its own culture.

Minsky Moments in Venture Capital
We’re currently in the midst of an unprecedented boom in private market activity. Tech entrepreneurship, angel investing, and venture capital have never been so widespread. Can Minsky cycles happen in this realm as well? Let’s find out.

Startups of the Week

Ovy
One click AI-generated email replies. The AI Assistant that helps you write better email. In one click.

Altis
The World's First AI Personal Trainer. Altis sees you, understands you, and instructs you in the most interactive and personalized fitness experience ever.

Tips, Tools and Services

Trouble Hitting Your Goals? Here’s Why, and How to Make a Shift
You don’t need endless weeks of planning or fancy tracking tools. You need good habits coupled with the building blocks that lead to excellent performance.

Waitlists
What makes a successful waitlist program + when does it even make sense to implement a waitlist?

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