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founders.menu 014 » more than 50+ ingredients added
Learn about The Creative Act by Rick Rubin, tap into 40x added Distribution tools, 10x new reads and get a special decision tracker Notion template.
Julian Paul
April 07, 2024
Servus & happy Sunday. ☼
Read time this week → 4.5 minutes.
A warm welcome to 10x new subscribers who got a template, an account or signed up directly for the founders.menu newsletter – it’s great to have you!
This week I am writing to you from the eternal city of Rome, Italy whilst sipping on some proper Italian espresso. I hope your Sunday is hinting at the coming summer with as much sunshine as we have here. 🇮🇹
But without further ado, let’s get into this week’s founders.menu. ↓
Starter » a mental model
The Creative Acy by Rick Rubin ↓
The way to ship good ideas is far more procedural and less chaotic than you think it is. The simplified creative act is taking the sum of our ideas as potential material, selecting/using the ones that resonate and representing those that seem useful or significant in the moment. In detail, we can develop creative ideas in 4 stages (my simplified version)…
1. Seed → capture an exciting idea — context and time are key here, for context changes the content.
2. Experimentation → discover what a seed has to offer — have an open vision and follow where the energy/excitement pulls you.
3. Crafting → apply a filter to build up and break ideas down — be realistic about your seed.
4. Publish → ensure the highest standard — know what arriving at “just right” feels like.
Skipping one of these stages might result in you not honoring an idea’s potential in the way that it is meant to be realised. You can read more depth in my Creative Act Book Takeaways, which summarises more topics like taste, perfectionism, artistry and processes in more depth.
Ponder this → where can you apply the creative act in your daily work?
This week, I want to start sharing a summary of the founders.menu platform state, so you know what value you’re tapping into across all data categories:
ϟ Tools | ䷀ Reads | ⦿ Streams | ⟐ Templates |
|---|---|---|---|
554 [+40] | 64 [+10] | 15 [-] | 9 [+1] |
Each week, you will see changes in this table, after which you can dive into the founders.menu platform and see changes across each item type with the newest items always shown first – much more transparent, right?
⟐ Templates update
 | I recently had to make a tough decision, so I designed a Notion template to make sense of the moving pieces. My dilemma was to stick or quit building a product. These 11x prompts tap into the motivations of heart, mind & soul to nudge decisions – give it a try! |
䷀ Reads update
With 10 fresh reads mostly in the categories of [2] MVP → Business, you will find free reads, you will surely enjoy:
ϟ Tools update
With 40 new tools added in the Distribution category, tons of great additions will help you collect user feedback and deliver better customer support. Here are three highlights:
What’s next?
The founders.menu/blog is still in the works. With its release next week, I will also open up founders.menu/submit for anyone to suggest ingredients they feel should be included on the menu. What else should I focus on?
Feel free to suggest anything via public.founders.menu. 🤝
Desert » past week’s startup highlights
 | [1] Chet Kapoor, the CEO of Datastax just announced that they acquired Langflow to accelerate genAI and RAG workflows for lowcode development. This will help developers to scale their applications faster. |
 | [2] Jeremy Bell, the Founder & CEO of Mayday just announced the calendar app just got acquired and will sunset its service on May 5th, 2024. Migration is possible, but no further details were shared. |
 | [3] Kevin Syström, the Founder of artifact.news just announced that the service got acquired by Yahoo, despite having been announced to wind down in February 2024. |
 | [4] Nathan Sharp, the Co-Founder of retro.app just announced a new feature: Journals. An easy way to get personal with a closed friend group you care about. It’s now basically an app that’s dedicated to a small space for your friends (the video is inspiring to watch). |
 | [5] David Kircos, the Founder of quadratichq.com just is building Python, SQL, and AI to analyze data the developer way and share results the spreadsheet way. And they just raised $5.6M to go all in. |
Sides » this week on early.tools
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W14 2024 in review ↓
‣ @lenson_ai [Waitlist] by @barret_jessy
‣ @getshuttle [Beta] by @gielcobben
‣ @feelmuddy [Waitlist] by @aranibatta
‣ @Blobr_io [Beta] by @AlexandreAirva1
‣ @houseofpitchapp [Alpha] by @maryglazkovaCuration resumes 08/04/24.
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Apr 6, 2024
Fín » food for thought
In my view, there are two types of content repurposing. Either you share short-form ideas and then expand them up into longer/deeper ideas, or you share long-form ideas first and shorten them into bite-sized sharable pieces.
I think both have their merits:
Long-form first prompts you to think about a topic at a deep level, which allows nuanced thoughts to emerge.
Short-form first prompts you to share an idea as quickly as possible to see what spikes your audience’s interest.
I don’t think there is a rule for this more than doing long-form for ideas that occupy lots of your headspace. And short-form for quick pop shots.
What do you think of Hunter Hammonds challenge for this?
I think I'm going to accept the challenge.
Write & publish a mid to long-form piece everyday for 100 days.
Go deeper into some topics via YouTube, shorter into others on Twitter.
Should I do it?
— Hunter Hammonds (@_hunterhammonds)
Apr 4, 2024
See you next week. ☻
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