Check Founder Led Sales book

The way I see it is this - someone is always going to copy your thing, or at least try to.
Thats just business. Has been since the dawn of time.

Rarely is it the technical thing itself that defines the success of a business.

People, processes, customer service, longevity, sales, actually understanding your space - these are a small fraction of what goes into a “successful” business.

I compete with google; I have about one VC-funded startup pop-up every other year with funding between 5-20+ million. I could get angry, except I wasn't the first in my space. That's capitalism. My competitors make me better. If you stop improving, you die.

Hey everyone, has anyone built out a referral/affiliate program? Looking to see if anyone has insight on how to keep affiliates that signup engaged and thinking about the program

I have but didn't put much time towards it. I would imagine it's mostly through emails, letting them know of new products, sales, etc.

I'd look at affiliate groups on FB and put the offer out there & give people 90-120 day trials

good idea, will try , thanks!

Hey, only 9 days left and I thought it might interest many here crowdcube.com/circles|crowdcube.com/circles

looks interesting but registration on the site seems to be broken. they want to verify e-mail but email never arrives (yes, I checked spam folder)

I hope this channel is the closest to my question, which is:
What service would you recommend to sell a domain I have owned for many years?
I’ve never done that, but I have a `.com` domain expiring soon that stays like that. Want to earn a few bucks instead of just leaving it to expire.

I know some folks that have had luck w/ sedo.com|sedo.com - good luck

Thanks. I’ll give it a try.

Hey guys, where do you find influencers to test and review your consumer app for money? I have been checking marketplaces and they look either not trustworthy or expensive.

What I did was pay someone on Fiverr to scrape Instagram, TikTok, YouTube and gather their name, username, email, account DM details etc. Then I paid someone else to go through and DM them. This was a few years ago though so not sure if it's any different today

I recently sold a domain on brandpa, happy with their service

How much is your expensive? I was thinking about it and would want to calibrate my expectations

For actual influencers we can pay up to 1000$ if it’s a good match

What I am asking is not what you are eager to pay, but what influencers you have already found want to charge you

I guess I’ll just leave it to expire. Too much hassle for me. I’ll probably earn only a 3-digit number.

just out of curiosity, what’s the domain name?

Not sure if I can post links here. Let’s try… www.makitalgrup.com|www.makitalgrup.com

I agree to your 3-digit estimation max

Not a very enticing domain. 😄

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Hey everyone,

I’ve been investigating the Climate Tech space over the past few months and am looking to chat with founders who are building in the space already. Do you know any of them?

Also, if you know VCs who are investing in this space I’d be interested to chat with them to get their insights on the market.

Thanks! ;)

Lookup Sylvain Carle in Montreal, iirc he was looking to start a fund to invest in green tech

hi, it seems that problem of Crowdcube was already solved... now only 6 days left!

Hey !
I work with green tech companies in my startup studio :
• Météory
• Champerché

Just chatted w/ a VC in Latin America yesterday who's in the climate/energy/green VC space. If you can point me to a pitch deck online I'll share the link w/ him and ask him if he'd like to chat

hi everyone,
i am building a global startup ecosystem map (StartupBlink), and lost touch with the people who use it since my clients are governments for startup ecosystem research/policy advising projects. What would be cool features on a global startup map you could use? Appreciate your ideas!

Looks like a pretty intensive content work or do you have automations for the most data?
Took me a bit to find the search input field to search for a startup in a given city.

Thanks hunjcqkpanfa do you think he’d be keen to chat with people who are still in the exploration phase? I don’t have a specific deck to show at the moment

many of the data arrives from governments in our network, some from global data partners as crunchbase. Yes, I know we have a UI problem. What did you think you can use the site for that is relevant to you?

From my side the most interesting would be their tech stack and funding information as well as how long they do their business

good insights, thanks :)

Which US bank do you recommend for a foreigner between Brex and Mercury?

I haven’t heard of Brex before but I use Mercury and it’s awesome

Thanks kzipsja I am also leaning towards mercury. Brex seems to be catering to bigger companies more than startups.

Brex is pretty much exclusively for startups. I think you actually need to be a venture backed business to even become a customer. Using them for two companies and happy with them. If you decide to go with them DM me for a referral code to get 100 or 200 or something

I'm on Brex too, they are for startups - however I had a bad experience with their customer service until they assigned us an account manager. I can reccomend it, if you're doing a solid amount of transactions.

I can recommend Brex. Great costumer experience and pretty cool to use points with Emirates.

I run a DE C Corp, and use Mercury and Wise. Both are good, but Wise is so much better that I'm only keeping the Mercury account as a backup.

Checkout the Work On Climate slack group - there are quite a few startups ini the climate tech space in there 🙂

has anyone worked, or is working in big enterprise companies? if so, I would love to talk! I am unfortunately doing a hard pivot on my startup and would love to talk 🙂 would also be great to meet new people either eway

I have, a few enterprise companies, yeah

yesssss any chance we can connect tomorrow?

That’s a very valuable resource. Thanks, U03NRT3URV4!

I've worked in small to midsize probably. Depends of what you consider big.

Thanks everyone, I went with mercury for bank and applying to brex for the credit card - I will keep the other pointers handy in case I need to find alternatives

Hey zbaxijgwnfudlb - we are working on a dynamic impact backed NFT marketplace alongside coral and wildlife conservation efforts. We actually just submitted to the UC Berkeley Xcelerator program per a friend we have over there - I noticed you're an alumni! Would love to chat more!

Hey everyone! Following up on my previous message about climate tech, I’m looking to chat with executives or employees who are currently in charge of environmental questions within their company.

This can either be the founders / CEO themselves, “Chief Sustainability Officers”, or even consultants working at a Big 4 firm..

Do you know anyone? :wink:

Thanks!

I know one. My client, Scott Poynton. I’m currently redesigning thepondfoundation.org/|his organization’s website>.

That’s super interesting, U01FTQ83571. Could I contact him while mentioning you? (Best via email or Linkedin?)

Sure. I think both are fine. He is pretty busy, though.

Thanks! Do you mind DMing me his email?

Got it, thanks!

I think it’s connected to the data you’ve put on Nomadlist’s website. I’ve had similar issues and fixed them directly there.

Tailwind UI has a license where you're not allowed to make your own UI library from it, ie cloning the product. Is that what your customers are asking to do, ie resell the icons themselves or is it more that they want to use the icons in their products (but the icons are not the primary product)?

The latter. Here is one recent scenario:
_A customer wants to use the icons in his premium WordPress themes. That means his customers will get access to the majority of my icons for free. And that means probably thousands of people._

Ah ok I see what you mean. Yeah then in that case your license idea sounds good. Maybe you could do a royalty as well, ie 5% of the revenues? You'd have to know how to calculate it accurately though so they don't screw you

So sorry, just saw this reply. If you DM me a paragraph or two regarding what you’re thinking about, I’d be happy to ask him

I think your looking for is known as "Redistribution Rights", typically you pay a significant higher amount for that or include a revenue share.

Shutterstock which also has icons sells their extended license for $99

Good point. For many $750 would be too much, but for some it would be a bargain. So taking a revenue cut is a more flexible deal, but it adds up to my mental burden to always track it. I’ll think about it. 😊

Which email marketing platforms do you rate for a small business (1-4 employees) for 3,000-10,000 subscribers? Please vote with your Emoji or add any I haven't thought about.
• Mailchimp :monkey_face:
• Mailerlite :feather:
• Hubspot :bathtub:
• Lemlist 🍋

I like ConvertKit 🙌

Lemlist!

Definitely Mailerlite! No other way to go

Why such a limited choice? How about…


They use UTM for tracking clicks and opens, and not pixel-tracking.


Very cheap, but awful UX. Created by a passionate developer.

(affiliate link)
Has a flat-fee, but as you grow it becomes more of a bargain.

Maybe this helps make up your mind:

is there a tool available like couch surfing where I can offer my skills in my hometown for nomads and other nomads can explore people before entering a new destination?

I.e. I'd like to travel to madrid in April, it would be nice to connect with people already there who can offer a bar tour or maybe show me around or any business like skills to share knowledge etc. ?

Not exactly the same thing, but there are a few sites for booking tours/experiences with locals.
I've booked something for Bangkok in a couple of weeks on withlocals(dot)com
And there are also Airbnb experiences

After a careful review now Now MailerLite is becoming my favorite. 😊 But I wonder if anyone has done a deliverability review for Flodesk. That flat-fee is truly attractive to me.

thank you all so much, trying not to go for over analysis paralysis and just make a decision!

Second Airbnb Experiences, value for money can vary widely across experiences though

Validating an idea by doing competitive research is not effective. The most effective way to validate an idea is to gather feedback from the people who would benefit from the idea (customers) and understand what problems the idea would solve for them, what they do and don't like about it, AND what they do and dont like about the competitive landscape. If you compare your initial idea to companies that are already winning in the market (and have had years to refine and build) you will always come up short. Breakthrough companies (even in super crowded marketplaces) come from founders who learn to socialize their ideas effectively, gather feedback effectively, and apply that feedback to their GTM strategies and product roadmaps effectively.

kszgcmrujmcrn I would also add that there doesn't need to be a competitive advantage; there could be a UX differential. Some people could prefer to do things your way instead of the other way.

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