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State of Startup Media in Canada: Why We Need More Tech Leaders to Speak Up
Startup Media Canada

State of Startup Media in Canada: Why We Need More Tech Leaders to Speak Up

write a response here, which went viral on number of startup accelerators, but we lack the funding to back it up. These two tweets by Canadian tech founders sum it up well. 2. Better Press This is exactly why we launched

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The Best MVP is a Startup Newsletter
Startup Newsletter

The Best MVP is a Startup Newsletter

Top Newsletters for Founders. One last important thing about newsletters: You own your audience. You're not at the mercy of platforms or algorithms, as many content creators are. Too often, creators wake up to find themselves banned, and their entire business is gone! 2. Blogging Blogging can feel overwhelming at first, which is why I'm…

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Bye Bye Lean Startup: The Modern Way to Build a Startup
The Modern Way to Build a Startup

Bye Bye Lean Startup: The Modern Way to Build a Startup

John Rush, a well-known indie hacker, summarizes this approach incredibly well: think about building an audience first. This consequently will more likely lead to success! Think of it as building a "camel startup", which is more sustainable, compared to a "unicorn startup" that requires a lot of money to stay afloat! One caveat to note…

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Rethinking Startup Press: Why We need Better Coverage
Press for Early-stage startups

Rethinking Startup Press: Why We need Better Coverage

FoundersPress: 1. Bootstrapping is becoming more mainstream. Bootstrappers certainly need a channel to share their stories, but where can you find these stories? Platforms like X are a great starting point, but they can get noisy. This is why we're developing FoundersPress to provide dedicated coverage of bootstrapping stories. 2. Early-stage stories go uncovered. There’s…

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Top 13 Ways to Fix the Canadian Startup Ecosystem
Canada Startup Ecosystem

Top 13 Ways to Fix the Canadian Startup Ecosystem

FoundersPress to provide more of a global platform with global reach. 5. Tech conferences that don't bring politicians. We need to bring bootstrapping founders and full-time entrepreneurs to showcase their story. Give them a platform! In other words, let's bring actual practitioners, and not gurus and celebrities as it doesn't help local founder scale up…

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Top Startup Memes to Crank Up the Laughter
Startup Memes Paying Customers

Top Startup Memes to Crank Up the Laughter

Startup pitch deck promises are always off the charts showing a hockey growth stick but reality is something else. 2. "We're in talk with investors" We all have been there too many times, buying domains and never using them. 4. The Waitlist Won't look like this unless you do marketing Everyone wants a piece of…

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Founders Press: Media Platform for Founders
FoundersPress startup news

Founders Press: Media Platform for Founders

Founders Press is a media platform that spun out of the FoundersBeta community. Let’s face it, current press coverage for early-stage startups is far from ideal. It's 99.9% focused on startup fundraising or layoffs! Any innovative startup doesn’t get covered unless they’ve raised funds. The headlines and content are all about fundraising! Most of these…

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Massive List of Startups Resources for Founders
Startup Resources

Massive List of Startups Resources for Founders

How to validate your business idea in less than 24 hours How to find a cofounder in Toronto How to find a technical co-founder 3. Building an MVP that Sells An MVP doesn’t have to be a full blown product. As a matter fact, it shouldn’t be! It can be a newsletter, facebook group, and…

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Building a Global Founders Community
FoundersBeta Community

Building a Global Founders Community

FoundersBeta started as a little group for founders initially in Canada to get support and get connected with resources. This was called FoundersCanada. This was a side-project initially. I started this, while was working on my first startup. If you ever tried to build a startup you know how brutal it is! Literally in the…

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