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Welcome to issue 527 of Founder Weekly. Let's get straight to the links this week.

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General

On Hustle Culture
How our perceptions of hustle culture and ambition have evolved.

Set “Non-Goals” and Build a Product Strategy Stack — Lessons For Product Leaders
Ravi Mehta, former CPO at Tinder and Product Exec at TripAdvisor, shares his framework for crafting a crisp product strategy for startups — a 5-step system called the "Product Strategy Stack." He also makes the case for setting "non-goals" and using an alternative to OKRs.

The Future of S*x
We believe we're at an inflection point in the s*xual wellness and s*xtech industry, that’ll unleash a wave of innovation in one of the most universal parts of the human experience.

The Unbundling of Opensea
How the rise of verticalized NFT marketplaces is poised to fundamentally disrupt the digital asset ecosystem.

The Internet Is Just Investment Banking Now
The internet has always financialized our lives. Web3 just makes that explicit.

Marketing, Sales and PR

AARRR Pirate Metrics Framework
What It Is & How It Works.

Early-stage marketing compensation explained
Salary & equity benchmarks for Seed & Series A marketing roles and how to use them.

How to Turn SaaS Product Documentation into a Growth Engine
If you do it right, you can use your SaaS product documentation to generate more leads for your product-led strategy. This article shows you how.

3 Steps to Understanding and Unlocking Your Product’s International Growth Loops
Differences in language, culture, consumer preferences, willingness to pay, and competition can dramatically alter the behavior and performance of a company's core growth loops.

Money and Finance

Easing the fundraising farce at Seed & Series A: preparation
It takes huge amount of time, effort and (often and ironically) money to raise money from venture capitalists and other start-up investors. And, even then, many fundraising processes end in failure. This post summarizes some key steps to take before you approach investors.

Startups of the Week

Shepherd
Shepherd helps companies and teams bring structure and precision to meetings, in an easy and collaborative way.

Decipad
Make sense of numbers today. A new way to create, collaborate and build anything you want using numbers. No code. No spreadsheets. No fuss.

Tips, Tools and Services

How to Assess Your CAC Profile
Your CAC is increasing, now what? Learn how to assess a SaaS company's customer acquisition cost profile.

The 5 New Leadership Skills of Great Web3 Founders
After talking to 100s of web3 Founders, we've repeatedly seen the most successful leaders demonstrate these 5 skills.

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