Hi friends,
I hope you had a great Memorial Day Weekend!
Today is all about relevant content we have used in our first few weeks for the Accelerator. So let's get to it.
“People often call me an optimist, because I show them the enormous progress they didn't know about. That makes me angry. I'm not an optimist. That makes me sound naive. I'm a very serious “possibilist”.
Hans Rosling
Top 5
📈 It's great to be reminded of what we think we know for sure, but actually don't. This is both true in life and startups. That is why at the start of our Customer Development workshop, we showcase ‘facfulness’ to our founders. You can see what I am talking about in Hans Ted Talk, “How Not To Be Ignorant”.
💯 Two things I believe in: new businesses creating modern solutions and doing things that don't scale. We try to invest in such companies. How about an example in a broader category? Meet Melio.
💀 “I Messed Up and I'm Sorry”. Basically, ignore your customer and die. All in a tweetstorm. That's the main lesson Justin Kan goes into detail after building a billion dollar company and failing to deliver the second time around.
🚀 I don't know much about UFC. But Anthony has a good piece on how hustle took it from $2 million to $10 Billion. Read the story.
🦄 Content is the organic approach to marketing that we all wish knew how to execute. But, it's so hard. The Kapwing team put together their guide on updating old content and growing their audience as a result. Take a look in “Content Cleanup: How We Acquired 100k Users on Search by Updating Old Content”.
Events
Raleigh Founded member? Then you can request a discount for VC University.
RIoT on connecting rural communities to the global Economy event.
The Scoop
Raleigh Founded is expanding their team and looking for an Events + Community Fellow.
bOPS - bOPS is a stealth company founded by an industry expert and leveraging digital twins to maximize a corporations productivity. The company is expanding their initial team and looking for a CTO. Hit reply for full role description.
That's it for today fam,
Gabe