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Welcome to issue 414 of Founder Weekly. Let's get straight to the links this week. General How My Startup Got Acquired After 6 Months A great post by Josh Howarth on why he built the product and how it was acquired after 6 months of the launch. The ladders of wealth creation A step-by-step roadmap to building wealth. The Complete Guide to Mastery Begin the lifelong journey to become the best at your craft. Introducing The North Star Playbook The guide to defining your product’s North Star. Dive in to learn how this data-informed framework can help you improve the way you build products. I almost sold Baremetrics for $5m In this post, Josh Pigford, the fouunder Baremetrics shares why he failed to close a $5m sale. News Podcasts and the Opportunities for Publishers Report by Nic Newman and Nathan Gallo explores the growth of news podcasts across the world and the prospects for both publishers and platforms. Delivering growth: The impact of third-party platform ordering on restaurants Food delivery is growing rapidly across Europe. Existing estimates suggest that the market is experiencing double-digit growth rates and could be worth $25bn by 2023.¹ This study looks at how technology is contributing to that growth and measures the resulting impact on the overall restaurant sector. The 14th Network Effect: Expertise While network effects are often referred to as a singular phenomenon, we’ve done a lot of work to dispel this myth. In 2017 we published the NFX Manual where we laid out 13 different types of network effects we had identified over the prior 15 years. At the time, we said there were “13 and counting”, knowing that more would show up as we work with 100s of businesses with network effects. In this post, we’re sharing the newest network effect we’ve identified: a 14th type that we call Expertise Network Effects. The Lesson to Unlearn The successful college dropout is rare. The majority of startup executives have advanced degrees. Will WeWork finally put our image of a "backable" founder to rest? Marketing, Sales and PR DTC Metrics, Explained A post explaining some of the most important business metrics and how they relate to one another. 10 Important 2020 SEO Trends You Need to Know What's in store for search in 2020? Here are 10 of the biggest SEO trends you need to know, according to 58 industry experts. The 115 Best Email Subject Lines We’ve Ever Seen If you want to boost your click, open, and conversion rates, you need to write better email subject lines. Here are 115 of our favorite. Attention vs. the chasm Money and Finance The Angel J-Curve How operators get their wings in Silicon Valley. Building an Investor Pipeline Spreadsheet: Keep Your Funding Flowing! Raising capital is a major time suck for most founders. But it's so much worse when a founder pitches the wrong deal to the wrong investor. These slides provide a simple methodology for building a killer investor pipeline spreadsheet to help the fundraising process move along. It also includes a Google Spreadsheet template to get the process started. How Attackers Used Look-Alike Domains to Steal $1 Million From a Chinese VC Money meant to fund an Israeli startup wound up directly deposited to the scammers. The VC Factor Data-driven insights about VC-backed start-ups in Europe. Reflections from Four Decades in Venture and What’s Next How Will the 2020s Impact the Venture Capital Industry? How is the VC Asset Class Doing? The Ethics of Defense Technology Development: An Investor’s Perspective VC Dollars For China Take A Dip In 2019 Corporate venture capital deals hit new record as banks invest in fintech competitors Startups of the Week Xs:code xs:code is a monetization platform for open source projects. Offer paid subscriptions to access your code, while keeping it open source. Get started in minutes. Select your monetization model, import your repository, and share your revenue with your contributors. ClaimCompass Claim your cancelled or delayed flight compensation. You may be entitled to 600€ from the airline for your flight delay, cancellation, or overbooking. Authpack Complete user management in 8 lines of code. Tips, Tools and Services PMFsurvey PMFsurvey is a free tool that helps you run the Sean Ellis test and measure your company’s product/market fit. How to Fix the Co-Founder Fights You’re Sick of Having In this article, Esther Perel shares some of her favorite techniques for getting to the root of recurring disagreements and tactics for navigating conflict in the heat of the moment How to manage conflict: reframing your anger While conflict can destroy relationships when managed poorly, learning how to manage it in a healthy manner can actually lead to stronger relationships. Thinking Outside the Job Title Box: How to Thrive in Undefined Roles Companies operate with well-defined roles over time. Choosing to opt out of that structure can be hard, but not impossible. This post talks through how to think about that decision and what helps make it work.