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How to set up a community with Circle (Part 2) - Makerpad tutorial
How to set up a community with Circle (Part 2) - Makerpad tutorial Following up from Part 1 of our Circle tool-path series, this tool-path focu... (2021)
How to set up a community with Circle (Part 1) - MakerPad
How to set up a community with Circle (Part 1) We're speaking from personal experience when we say that Circle is an awesome tool to set up and ... (2021)
What is good retention - Issue 29 - Lenny's Newsletter
Although retention is widely considered to be the most important metric to get right when building (or investing in) a business, it’s also one of t... (2020)
How to validate a startup idea using a pre-launch landing page and less than $500 in PPC spend
The real-life case study showing exactly what I did to validate my startup idea for GrowthMentor before launching it using a pre-launch landing pag... (2020)
How the biggest consumer apps got their first 1,000 users - Issue 25 - Lenny's Newsletter
Considering every startup confronts this question at some point, I was surprised by how little has been written about it. Particularly anything act... (2020)
Intercom - messaging app for sales, marketing, and support
Deliver great experiences, no matter what. We make customer messaging apps for sales, marketing, and support, connected on one platform. Our miss... (2020)
Search Engine Optimization (SEO) | First Search - The best tactical advice in tech
First Search is the largest database of curated, high-quality advice for building startups ever created. Here is all the advice you need to succeed... (2019)
How I Built A $5,000 Per Month Side Project — Campfire Labs
Passive income. The 4 hour work week. The dream. As a millennial there are few things that rank as desirable as finding a recurring source of incom... (2019)
Prioritizing product announcements in a SaaS world - Inside Intercom
When everything you ship presents a marketing opportunity, there’s a tendency to announce everything. Don’t do it. We’ve all heard... (2016)
Product Marketing: 9 Core Functions [+ definition]
There is a popular, but fundamentally wrong, analogy for how product management and product marketing work together: product managers put... (2017)
Why A Product Marketing Strategy Is Always Necessary [2018] - Intercom
Despite the mountain of evidence contradicting the mantra of “if you build it, they will come,” it’s still extremely prevalent... (2018)
Naming - Startup Stash
These resources will help you in the process of naming your startup. (2018)
How To Plan And Build A Successful Content Marketing Strategy | Marketing Insider Group
Did you know that every day on the internet: There are 4.75 Billion pieces of content shared There are 1.8 Billion photos uploaded There are 700 Mi... (2015)
Top Reads from First Round on Content Marketing | First Search - The best tactical advice in tech
Every startup team looking to do content marketing should start here first. First Search is the largest database of curated, high-quality advice fo... (2018)
Frequently Asked Questions From YC Applicants – Y Combinator
We’re approaching the S18 application deadline so we thought it’d be helpful to answer some of the most frequently asked questions about the YC app... (2018)
Big Deals – YC
There are few things more dangerous to startups than Big Deals. Founders lie to themselves by believing that catching a single Big Deal will automa... (2018)
What VR Means for Galleries | Artsy
Virtual Reality has the potential to become a $100 billion+ industry in the next 10 years. Where does the art world fit in? You’re not obligated t... (2017)
Why Toys? – Y Combinator
Some of the biggest technology companies look like toys in the beginning. From a classical business building perspective, this shouldn't happen. To... (2018)
“Need More Time” or Lack of Product-Market Fit? – Andreessen Horowitz
Guideposts for Tech Founders Going to Market When No Market Exists "One of the biggest myths founders have is that people will immediately see t... (2018)
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TAILORING THE STRATEGY FUNCTION FOR SUCCESS WHITE PAPER Authors: Jo Whitehead, Felix Barber and Rebecca Homkes. This White Paper is one outp... (2018)
Inside the rise of Fanjoy, from selling music T-shirts to dominating influencer merchandise
Fanjoy is one of the top influencer merchandise companies, creating products for digital stars like David Dobrik, Tana Mongeau, and Adelaine Morin. (2024)
Generative AI startup 1337 (Leet) is paying users to help create AI-driven influencers | TechCrunch
There’s been a rise of virtual influencers in recent years -- computer-generated personalities who are just as active on social media platforms as ... (2023)
Discussion: Any advice for launching an affiliate programme for SaaS product?
I'm working on a SaaS platform called Experiential Learning Tools which helps companies run remote professional development sessions. We've got som... (2023)
More Countries, More Problems: Selling AI Products Around the World Is Still Too Hard | Andreessen Horowitz
Two primary paths for entrepreneurs to sell their digital-first products globally: Stitch together point solutions or use a Merchant of Record. (2023)
The new king of beers is a Mexican-American success story
Move over, Bud Light. Heed the power of the Hispanic market | Business Bud light, Americas, self styled “king of beers“ for 22 years, is dethron... (2023)
How to Make Money Online for Beginners | Justin Welsh
I've made over $4M in the last 42 months online, including over $2M on digital course sales in the last 30 months. I put together this free guide t... (2023)
How to Grow and Make Money on LinkedIn | Justin Welsh
Read my free guide on LinkedIn growth and discover how I've used LinkedIn to go from zero to over 260k+ followers and $2.65M+ in income with zero p... (2023)
4 Side Hustles to Earn $100,000+ | The Saturday Solopreneur
In today's issue, I'm going to share 4 side hustle ideas that you can build to earn $100k or more. There has never been a more critical time to bui... (2023)
My 2 Favorite Ways to Start a Side Business | The Saturday Solopreneur
In this week’s issue, I want to share my 2 favorite ways to start a side business. While there is no “right way” to do things, I have found that th... (2023)
Turning my back on $1k a month directory website to chase the potential of $1million a year two-sided marketplace
Around 2 months ago I took the leap of turning my pretty simple, mildly successful mobile bar directory into a fully developed two-sided marketplac... (2023)
Chomps: How We Turned $6,500 Into A Business Bringing In $244 Million A Year
Looking to make a healthier-for-you meat snack, friends Pete Maldonado and Rashid Ali together put forth $6,500 to launch their "side hustle" back ... (2024)
Justin's: How I Built A Peanut Butter Company And Sold It For $281 Million
Justin Gold put his homemade nut butters in Whole Foods, but still couldn't turn a profit. A 2006 mountain-biking ride inspired a new product that ... (2024)
Vita Coco: My Billion-Dollar Coconut Water Company
After a chance encounter with two Brazilian women in a New York City bar in 2003 and hearing about the tasty coconut water they missed from back ho... (2024)
$100M CEO Explains How to Build A Brand in 2024
$100M CEO Explains How to Build A Brand in 2024 (2024)
How Red Bull Makes Money
Besides selling one can for almost every person on the planet in 2019, Red Bull owns several football clubs, runs two formula one teams and is famo... (2024)
Why All Brands Should Study Stanley Cup CEO Terence Reilly's Marketing Masterclass
Every so often, product marketing creates such a frenzy it becomes its own cultural moment - think Adidas Stan Smiths, Old Spice and Pokémon Go. Th... (2024)
How Formula 1 Teams Make Money
CNBC’s Sara Eisen goes inside Formula 1, finding out how the racing league’s most prominent team principals manage their billion-dollar businesses,... (2023)
How Liquid Death's Founder Started A $700 Million Water Brand | Founder Effect
Liquid Death founder and CEO Mike Cessario spent years figuring out how to make water cool. Now his brand is valued at $700 million. After attendin... (2023)
How Do the Olympics Make Money? The Olympics Business Model, Explained | The Economics Of | WSJ
The Olympic Games have been a revenue generating enterprise for the IOC from nearly their inception. WSJ’s Stu Woo unpacks the history of brand par... (2022)
The paradox of choice | Barry Schwartz - TED
Psychologist Barry Schwartz takes aim at a central tenet of western societies: freedom of choice. In Schwartz's estimation, choice has mad... (2022)
Your Job is to Make Art - Seth Godin at ConvertKit Craft & Commerce 2017
This is Seth Godin's main stage talk from Craft + Commerce 2017. If you like what you see, learn more and grab tickets to the next Craft + Commerce... (2021)
Customer Pitch vs Investor Pitch - Michael Seibel - Y Combinator
Michael Seibel on pitching customers vs pitching investors. Michael is CEO and a Partner at YC. He was the co-founder and CEO of Justin.tv and Soci... (2019)
Expensive wine is for suckers - Vox
You don't have to spend a lot of money on a bottle of wine. Few wine experts and regular people can tell the difference between expensive wine and ... (2018)
Gustaf Alstromer - How to Get Users and Grow - Y Combinator Startup School
YC Partner Gustaf Alströmer, who was most recently a growth expert at Airbnb describes strategies for scaling your user base. You can find the lect... (2018)
How to Sell by Tyler Bosmeny - YC startup school
Tyler Bosmeny from YC alumnus Clever shares his expertise on how an early stage company should think about sales and about building an enterprise s... (2018)
Lecture 7 - How to Build Products Users Love (Kevin Hale) - YC Startup School
How to Start a Startup Published on Oct 14, 2014 Kevin Hale, Founder of Wufoo and Partner at Y Combinator, explains how to build products that ... (2018)
PR + Content for Growth by Kat Mañalac and Craig Cannon
YC Partner Kat Manalac and Director of Marketing Craig Cannon describe the most effective ways to use PR and content to help your companies brand a... (2018)
a16z - Go to Market Boot Camp for Startups: Field Sales
a16z Published on Jul 15, 2017 World-class companies aren’t built on technology alone; even the very best products don’t sell themselves. That’s ... (2018)
Multilevel Marketing: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
Multilevel marketing companies claim to be legitimate businesses, but some seem awfully…pyramid shaped. John Oliver and Jaime Camil demonstrate how... (2018)
DIY Sales Funnel- Save Up To $3236 Per Year With This Funnel Hack Vs. Overpriced Click Funnels
Feel like Click Funnels is overpriced? looking for a DIY sales funnel solution that is easy to set up for pennies on the dollar vs. Clickfunnels? T... (2018)
How to Measure Your Product - Suhail Doshi from MixPanel || YC
Suhail Doshi, founder of YC alumnus Mixpanel and a world-class expert on measurement, details how startups should think about discovering the impor... (2018)
YC: A Conversation with Ooshma Garg, founder of Gobble - Moderated by Adora Cheung
YC Partner Adora Cheung - talks to Gobble (YC W14) founder and CEO Ooshma Garg... (2018)
Building a Startup is About Solving a Problem || Avni Patel Thompson of Poppy
Avni Patel Thompson is the CEO and Founder of Poppy - https://www.meetpoppy.com At the 2017 Female Founders Conference she shared how she struggled... (2018)
The Iterated Prisoner's Dilemma and The Evolution of Cooperation
The iterated prisoner's dilemma is just like the regular game except you play it multiple times with an opponent and add up the scores. But it can ... (2018)
Daily Fantasy Sports: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
Daily fantasy sports sites claim they are not gambling enterprises, but they seem awfully…gamblish. If only their ads were more truthful. Connect w... (2018)
Stadiums: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
Cities spend massive amounts of public money on privately-owned stadiums. Cities issue tax-exempt municipal bonds that — wait, don’t fall asleep! C... (2018)
The NCAA: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
The NCAA doesn’t pay athletes because they consider them amateurs. The NCAA considers them amateurs because they don’t get paid. Connect with Last ... (2018)
Gary Vaynerchuk | Being a content marketing animal - Online Marketing Rockstars Keynote
OMR (Online Marketing Rockstars) Published on Mar 18, 2015 The content marketing animal, Gary Vaynerchuk's Keynote at Online Marketing Rockstars ... (2018)
Y Combinator | Content Marketing Tips from Experts at First Round Capital and Andreessen Horowitz
Y Combinator Published on Oct 13, 2017 Camille Ricketts - is the Head of Content and Marketing at First Round Capital. Sonal Chokshi - runs th... (2018)
Distribution and Sales Channels - a16z
a16z Published on Mar 2, 2018 What is a sales channel? It’s a route to market for a product or set of products, from a website to a sophisticat... (2018)
Pinterest product growth lead Casey Winters - growing a startup | This Week In Startups
E627: Pinterest product growth lead Casey Winters gives a crash course in growing a startup (or, WTF is growth?) | This Week In Startups (2018)
How can an early stage startup get its product into classrooms?
Building Products That Deliver: Jason Palmer of New Markets Venture Partners Shares Advice for EdTech Startups “In both higher ed and k-12 mark... (2018)
How Shopify’s network of small businesses can take on Amazon - Decoder
Listen to this episode from Decoder with Nilay Patel on Spotify. Nilay Patel talks with Harley Finkelstein, President of Shopify. Shopify makes sof... (2021)
Small Actions Lead to Compound Gains with Nathan Barry of ConvertKit - Indie Hackers
Listen to this episode from Indie Hackers on Spotify. Nathan Barry (@nathanbarry) has grown ConvertKit from $7M to $27M since I last spoke with him... (2021)
The business of being a Youtube influencer with MKBHD - The Verge
Nilay Patel talks with Marques Brownlee, otherwise known as MKBHD, about building a business as a YouTuber, how content creators make money, and ho... (2021)
a16z podcast - Measuring & Managing Community Orgs, Developer Relations - Andreessen Horowitz
a16z Podcast on Spotify. Okay, so we know community is important -- whether for developer relations for your product or other types of... (2020)
The Power of Unbundling Communities with Greg Isenberg
Greg Isenberg (@gregisenberg) has spent years practicing the art and and studying the science behind building hit viral products. Today he's using ... (2020)
Quick Chat with Ghyslain Gaillard of Indie London - The Indie Hackers Podcast
Ghyslain Gaillard (@iamghyslain) of Indie London knew that he wanted to be at the heart of the indie startup scene in Europe, but when he couldn’t ... (2019)
a16z Podcast: Product-Market Sales Fit (What Comes First?) – Andreessen Horowitz
One of the toughest challenges for founders -- and especially technical founders who are used to focusing so much on product features over sales --... (2019)
Devolutionary Design - 99% Invisible
It’s hard to overstate just how important record album art was to music in the days before people downloaded everything. Visuals were a key part of... (2018)
YC podcast #97 - David Hua and Vincent Ning, an episode from Y Combinator on Spotify
David Hua is CEO and cofounder of Meadow. Meadow makes retail and delivery software for dispensaries. They were part of the Winter 2015 batch. You ... (2018)
YC podcast #95 - SEO advice from Eli Schwartz, an episode from Y Combinator on Spotify
Eli Schwartz is the Director of SEO and Growth at SurveyMonkey. He came in to answer commonly asked questions about SEO.Eli blogs about SEO and gro... (2018)
#93 - Peter Reinhardt, an episode from Y Combinator on Spotify
Peter Reinhardt is cofounder and CEO of Segment. Segment helps companies capture data from every customer touchpoint and send it to the tools wher... (2018)
The Basics of Growth — Engagement & Retention – a16z Podcast: Andreessen Horowitz
Once you have users, how do you keep them engaged, retain them, and even "resurrect" or re-engage them? That's the focus of this episode of the a16... (2018)
The Basics of Growth — User Acquisition – a16z Podcast
Growth is one of the most top of mind questions for entrepreneurs building startups of all kinds (and especially consumer ones) -- but how does one... (2018)
How to price your product to scale | Masters of Scale podcast - ClassPass Payal Kadakia
ClassPass founder Payal Kadakia knows: the price that bleeds your business may save your business. Sometimes you have to scale first and figure out... (2018)
VCs Are Wrong About Bootstrapped Founders, How Content Can Be Used As A Key Customer Acquisition Tool
Jesse Genet is Founder & CEO @ Lumi, the startup that has raised close to $10m from Homebrew, Forerunner, Spark Capital, Lowercase and more. (2018)
The API Economy — The Why, What, and How – a16z Podcast
"APIs (application programming interfaces), observe the guests in this episode of the a16z Podcast, can be described as everything from Lego buildi... (2018)
Creating a Category, from Pricing to Positioning – a16z Podcast
The purpose of category creation, argue the guests in this episode of the podcast, isn’t just about making a dent in the way companies work and cha... (2018)
a16z Podcast: How Founders Hire a VP of Product – Andreessen Horowitz
Hiring a VP of Product — especially as the founder of the company — can almost feel like handing over your baby to someone else to hold, observes a... (2017)
154: How Nancy Lublin Turned Texting Into a Life-Saving Nonprofit
Ever wonder if it’s possible to use technology to help make the world a better place? Nancy Lublin, former CEO of DoSomething.org and the founder o... (2019)
Masters of Scale, by Reid Hoffman
What can you learn from a Silicon Valley legend and a pantheon of iconic leaders? The key to scaling a successful business isn’t talent, network, o... (2025)
Blitzscaling, by Reid Hoffman
Reid Hoffman, LinkedIn cofounder, legendary investor, and host of the award-winning Masters of Scale podcast reveals the secret to starting and sca... (2023)
Crossing the Chasm, by Geoffrey Moore
Here is the bestselling guide that created a new game plan for marketing in high-tech industries. Crossing the Chasm has become the bible for bring... (2023)
Start with Why, by Simon Sinek
The inspirational bestseller that ignited a movement and asked us to find our WHY Discover the book that is captivating millions on TikTok and that... (2023)
High Growth Handbook - by Elad Gil
Well known technology executive and angel investor Elad Gil has worked with high growth tech companies like Airbnb, Twitter, Google, Instacart, Coi... (2022)
What Customers Want: Using Outcome-Driven Innovation to Create Breakthrough Products and Services
A world-renowned innovation guru explains practices that result in breakthrough innovations "Ulwick's outcome-driven programs bring discipline and ... (2021)
High Growth Handbook by Elad Gil
High Growth Handbook book. Read 83 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. Well-known technology executive and angel investor Elad ... (2020)
Smoke & Mirrors: How Hype Obscures the Future and How to See Past It by Gemma Milne
Smoke & Mirrors book. Read reviews from world’s largest community for readers. 'Robots will steal your job!''AI will revolutionise farming!''Geneti... (2020)
Contagious: Why Things Catch On by Jonah Berger
Contagious has 15,291 ratings and 1,344 reviews. Liz said: If this material is enough to cover an entire Wharton MBA course, then I'm not sure what... (2018)
To Sell Is Human: The Surprising Truth About Moving Others by Daniel H. Pink
“To Sell Is Human offers a fresh look at the art and science of selling. As he did in Drive and A Whole New Mind, Daniel H. Pink draws on a rich tr... (2018)
The 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing: Violate Them at Your Own Risk by Al Ries
As Al Ries and Jack Trout—the world-renowned marketing consultants and bestselling authors of Positioning—note, you can build an impressive airplan... (2018)
Ultimate Sales Machine by Chet Holmes
Ultimate Sales Machine has 5,595 ratings and 139 reviews. Nicholas said: One of the best business books I've ever read. One of those books that cap... (2018)
Intercom - real time business messaging
Better customer relationships start here We make customer messaging apps for sales, marketing, and support, connected on one platform. Our missi... (2020)
Business and Consumer | Databases | ReferenceUSA
Our business and consumer databases are continuously updated from more than 5,000 public sources ensuring your data is of the highest quality. Lear... (2018)
Free Online Form Builder & Form Creator | Jotform
Create forms and surveys for free with Jotform’s drag-and-drop form builder. Start collecting registrations, applications, orders, and payments today. (2025)
Lemon Squeezy - Payments, tax & subscriptions for software companies
Sell digital products and SaaS software the easy peasy way with Lemon Squeezy. As your merchant of record, we handle the tax compliance burden so y... (2023)
A/B Testing Tool by Crazy Egg - Ridiculously Easy to Use, Try it Free
Start using the best A/B testing tool to improve your conversion rate now. Simply select an element you want to test ideas on, and get testing! (2023)
Streak - CRM for Gmail
Simple Collaboration. Collaborate with a single click. Share contacts, email, files, and anything else needed to get the job done. Multipurpose. Ma... (2023)
Hotjar: Website Heatmaps & Behavior Analytics Tools
The next best thing to sitting beside someone browsing your site. See where they click, ask what they think, and learn why they drop off. Get start... (2023)
Global Affiliate Marketing Network | Awin
Grow your business with a global affiliate marketing network that delivers marketing solutions for advertisers, agencies and publishers around the ... (2023)
Famewall - Collect & add testimonials to your website
Famewall is which helps you highlight & display social media, text, video testimonials seamlessly & automates collecting them from customers (2023)
Durable: AI Website Builder and service business software
Durable is the easiest way to start and grow a business online. AI website builder, marketing tools, invoicing. Run your business with one simple app. (2023)
Followerwonk: Tools for Twitter Analytics, Bio Search and More
It should take about 20 minutes to generate your export file. You can download your data in either CSV or Excel (XLS) format: (2023)
Looka - Logo Design & Brand Identity Platform for Entrepreneurs
Logojoy is now Looka! Design a Logo, make a website, and create a Brand Identity you’ll love with the power of Artificial Intelligence. 100% free t... (2022)
Scalenut - AI Powered Content Research & Copywriting Platform
Scalenut is a content intelligence SaaS platform that helps you discover and create the most relevant content for your customers. It uses deep lear... (2022)
Namelix - Business Name Generator - free AI-powered naming tool
Namelix uses artificial intelligence to create a short, brandable business name. Search for domain availability, and instantly generate a logo for ... (2022)
Free Profile Picture Maker - Create an awesome profile pic from any photo
Easily create a perfect profile picture and get 14x times more views & 36x times more chances to receive a message. Upload your photo and instantly... (2022)
Supercast - podcast subscription service
Supercast is a podcast subscription platform powering millions in revenue for serious podcasters and content networks. Listeners: Subscribe to your... (2022)
Jasper - Marketing AI
Create content 5x faster with artificial intelligence. Jasper is the highest quality AI copywriting tool with over 3,000 5-star reviews. Best for w... (2022)
Fathom Analytics - Website analytics without compromise
Privacy-focused website analytics from a sustainable company. A GDPR compliant, Google Analytics alternative. (2022)
Testimonial.to - Collect and embed testimonials in minutes
With Testimonial, in minutes, you can collect and display testimonials from your customers with no need for a developer or website hosting. (2022)
Rakuten Advertising - Affiliate Marketing Services
Discover Rakuten Advertising's affiliate marketing services today! We help you build strategies to connect with your audience using our global netw... (2022)
CJ - affiliate marketing (previously known as “commission junction”)
Thrive with CJ—the world's largest and most established affiliate marketing network designed to help you achieve intelligent, scalable, and sustain... (2022)
Rewardful - Instant Affiliate & Referral Programs for Stripe
Turn your biggest fans into your best marketers. Rewardful is a simple way for SaaS & subscription companies to setup affiliate and referral progra... (2021)
Edvisor - Student Recruitment Software for international education
Edvisor is the #1 Student Recruitment Software that helps international education companies streamline the way they sell education - whether they ... (2021)
Cameo - Personalized videos featuring your favorite stars
Cameo Calls allows you to meet stars 1-on-1 in a live video chat you'll remember forever (PS: you also get a pic of the two of you)! Go big for gra... (2021)
ConvertKit - Email Marketing for Online Creators
Get the email marketing tools and automation you need to grow your blog and business. Join more than 100,000 creators and try ConvertKit today. (2021)
One Word Domains - Database of all available one-word domains
One Word Domains is a collection of available and brandable one-word domains for your next startup idea. Our TLDs include... (2021)
Indiebrands - Original names for your startup. Logo & Domain included.
Indiebrands offers the best, original domain names for your startup. Each one is handpicked and ready-to-use with a logo included. (2021)
ilo.so - Twitter analytics
ilo.so is a Twitter analytics tool which helps you get better at Twitter by letting you understand which tweets do well and analyse your follower g... (2021)
Ahrefs - SEO
With Ahrefs, you don’t have to be an SEO pro to rank higher and get more traffic You don't have to be an SEO pro to rank higher and get more tra... (2021)
Memberful — Monetize your passion with membership. | Memberful.com
Best-in-class membership software for independent creators, publishers, educators, podcasters, and more. Try for free. (2021)
Blueprint for writing copy that sells - Google Docs
This is the 10-step blueprint I use to write email, landing page and blog copy that generates $millions in revenue. You can improve your copy (a... (2019)