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CoFounder Weekly #90: April 26, 2020

CoFounder Weekly is a newsletter about startup trendz.

🍍Food for thought (with a lil’ commentary)

😹 Funnies

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🍍Food for thought

HubSpot created a dashboard that shares the # of deals closed from the CRMs of their 70,000+ customers, benchmarked against pre-COVID data. Tasteful marketing idea and a good signal to keep a pulse on buyer behavior in these uncertain times.

Meghan Keaney Anderson @meghkeaney

New data is out. Deals climb for the first time, but don't call it a comeback... yet. hubspot.com/covid-data

Every week it seems like we’re pondering another consequence of COVID-19. Will meat shortages change our diet? Is remote work here to stay? Will I drink two bottles of wine every night for the rest of my life? Ponder more effects in this thread (and let me know what else you predict?)

Boris Wertz @bwertz

2nd & 3rd-level effects starting to emerge from COVID-19 situation: - Looming hospital bankruptcies b/c of large decrease in elective surgeries - Increasingly unreliable air cargo b/c of sharply reduced # of passenger flights & constantly changing schedules Other examples?

Quarantine is a good time to send a cold email. My theory: we’re all seeking personal connection right now, so there’s an increased likelihood you’ll get a reply. Need a template before hitting send?

Chris Cantino @chriscantino

Five sentence recipe for a homerun cold email: 1️⃣ Appreciation for the recipient’s expertise 2️⃣ What you're working on 3️⃣ Why your project is important 4️⃣ THE ASK: in simple, achievable terms 5️⃣ Excitement for their participation to add value to your project No more. No less.

This post suggests we’re in the final innings of the internet’s expansion period, resulting in an increased focus on operational efficiency. Yet a bunch of trends haven’t been adopted yet, like: VR, crypto , ecomm is still only 15% of US commerce. Makes me think we’re only in the 5th inning.

John Luttig @absoluttig

the internet tailwinds that propelled meteoric growth in Silicon Valley are stalling. what next? zero-sum games between web startups, the operationalization of SV, new financial infra, VCs investing in visions over numbers, and R&D beyond the internet.

luttig.substack.comWhen Tailwinds VanishThe Internet in the 2020s

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😹 Funnies

Paige Doherty @paigefinnn

masterclass has the ad budget of shen yun

Sooz @CruisinSoozan

Once I delete your location from my weather app, you’re officially dead to me.

Jed Bridges @JedBridges

The Batman mask is probably the worst mask design for viruses...

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FYI - I may take a Twitter hiatus this week,

Greg

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P.S. Best caption from last week’s cartoon goes to Jen Lussier: “So anyways then HE said...”