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CoFounder Weekly: November 22, 2020

CoFounder Weekly is a newsletter about startup life.

🥭 Food 4 thought

💻 Startup & investor corner

😹 Funnies

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🥭 Food 4 thought

Paul Graham @paulg

If we ever undertake multi-generation trips to distant stars, the initial crew will be optimistic enthusiasts, but their grandchildren will have reverted to the mean and will curse their grandparents for consigning them to live and die aboard a spaceship.

Dionne Warwick @_DionneWarwick

Did you know that the artist can see the names of the playlists you’re adding their songs to on Spotify? 👀

Simon Sarris @simonsarris

Everyone who used a dating app to find their spouse had an arranged marriage, they just don't realize it

Divia (22/30 Do Stuff November) Eden @diviacaroline

Do you personally know anyone who has had an arranged marriage?

Ryan Barrett @schnarfed

"One could write an entire book on what this chart shows us." - @MaxCRoser ourworldindata.org/us-life-expect…

Alex Kaschuta @kaschuta

What is nobody talking about but is hugely important?

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🥝 Startup & investor corner

Ale Resnik @AleResnik

Most common career mishaps I've seen: Taking the advice to heart from people that are one, two, sometimes three generations prior in the labor market.

Jessica McCabe @HowtoADHD

I’d like to propose an #ADHD friendly service. Form concierge. You pay an annual fee and then anytime you need to fill out a form you can call and someone will walk you through it. Someone make this happen 😂

Elizabeth Yin @dunkhippo33

Some thoughts on network effects and how it's a double edge sword: First, what are network effects? Most people get this wrong, so it's important to establish definitions upfront Read on >>

Joe Vennare @JoeVennare

News: @Levels raised $12M in funding led by @a16z for its glucose monitoring system. - 1,000 ppl completed the beta - 50K ppl are on the waitlist - revenue is growing >40% MoM Preparing for full-scale launch in early '21, here's a breakdown of their market, model & approach 👇

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🥝 Funnies

sheeta verma @sheetaverma

Tech dudes will make two people laugh and then say “I should do stand up”

Chris Bakke @ChrisJBakke

Here's the SIMPLE story of how I became a multi-MILLIONAIRE in my 20s, and how other millennials can too: ▫️NO Starbucks ▫️LIVE with roommates ▫️LIMIT your intake of avocado toast ▫️SHARE a Netflix login ▫️SELL your SaaS startup to a publicly-traded company for 40x revenue

Gianmarco Soresi @GianmarcoSoresi

My parents are divorced so this Thanksgiving I’ll have to decide which one I’d rather give coronavirus

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Greg

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