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Learn about what it means to be a Nowist, direct roadmap integration, new blog posts and innovation-centric startup news.
Julian Paul
April 28, 2024
Happy Sunday. ☼
Read time this week → 3.5 minutes.
A warm welcome to new subscribers who got a template, an account or signed up directly for the founders.menu newsletter – it’s great to have you!
Starter » a mental model
The #NOWIST ↓
Similar to the ancient stoics, Max McKeown wrote about the need to focus on the NOW in order to excell as humans in 2016 – NOW is where change truly takes place. Overindexing on the past will shift focus away from what you can change in the future. “Nowists” seek joy in doing things because they love the process over the results. “Thenists” suffer from regret and worry because they dweel in what can never be changed.
I’d only like to add that the optimist Nowist therefore is most likely to achieve growth and success in life. It is especially that optimistic approach that will help you tell a story worth telling for decades to come.
All entrepreneurs are fierece optimistic Nowists.
Ponder this → where are you overindexing on your past? Break that thought pattern and shift your focus forward.
ϟ Tools | ䷀ Reads | ⦿ Streams | ⟐ Templates |
|---|---|---|---|
600 [+17] | 64 [+5] | 15 [-] | 9 [-] |
ϟ Tools update highlights
Close → Sell more efficiently by unifying your outreach, engagement, and automation into a simple, flexible CRM.
Copper CRM → The CRM that works for you, so you can spend time on relationships.
BreakCold → Nurture B2B contacts effortlessly in less than 30 minutes per day using email & socials to close deals faster. –
MEMBERSAttio → Powerful, flexible and data-driven CRM to build the exact CRM your business needs.
Sizle → Fast, secure document sharing with live analytics and lead insights. –
MEMBERS
䷀ Reads update highlights
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On top of that, I also reformatted the navbar, to add more clarity into what the website’s brand is with a logo, the two main navbar items and a members section have moved to the right on the desktop version of founders.menu.
What’s next? Add item detail pages, so the entire founders.menu has a better opportunity to get discovered via search.
Desert » past week’s startup highlights
 | [1] Jesse Lyu just launched the Rabbit r1 to the public and did a live unboxing keynote, before first products hit pre-ordering customers next week. The responses have been quite positive in comparison to humane AI pin. From the demo and initial reviews it seems a lot more capable and fast for a gen 1 product in this category. |
 | [2] Jason Rugolo has launched the IYO, an AI wearable audio device that functions more like headphones instead of another handheld device. The only question: would you wear a hands-free audio device as large as this? I think hands-free is the future, so this is a welcomed direction imho. |
 | [3] Govind Balakrishnan launched Rio as a waitlist product under the Curio brand. It’s a personal news assistant that will do the legwork of fact-checking for you. Interested? Check early.tools next week! |
 | [4] Wisani Shilumani just launched heyboardroom.com to help professionals find dates and potential partners that are more on “their level” – will this work? I think only time will tell, but it is promising. |
 | [5] Irvin Zahn just exited Beat with subframe.com, a new way to get production-ready code in no time. Think of Subframe as a drag-and-drop visual editor that eliminates the need for both Figma and Framer, for example. |
Sides » this week on early.tools
W17 2024 in review ↓
‣ @skyffelhq [MVP] by @ericzakariasson
‣ @lemni_ai [Waitlist] by @krijnrijshouwer
‣ Unicorns Club [Waitlist] by @yuliyayugo
‣ klemmbrett [MVP] by @itslucaswithc
‣ @Chronicle_HQ [MVP] by @tejgwCuration resumes 29/04/24.
Check the #linkinbio ⇪
— early.tools (@earlytools)
Apr 28, 2024
Fín » food for thought
We’ve all heard Reid Hoffman, the Founder of LinkedIn say this. But this illustration reminded me of how this feels like when you take into consideration the spin, wind and many other variables on your way down. It’s not supposed to be easy, so keep going and jump off that cliff to figure it out. ✈️
"Starting a company is like jumping off a cliff and assembling the plane on the way down. - Reid Hoffman
— Andrew Gazdecki (@agazdecki)
Apr 27, 2024
See you next week. ☻
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