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In This Edition:
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9 YC Startups Everyone’s
Chasing Right Now
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13 Must-Ask Startup
Questions for
Candidates
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100 AI Productivity Tools
Changing Work Forever
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30 Power Communities
Behind Big Startups
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The 80/20 of Successful
SaaS SEO
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⚡ 100 AI
Productivity
Tools Everyone’s
Downloading
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Ever feel buried
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Handle customer
queries and
routine ops
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Whether building
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See the full
list of 100 AI
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100 AI
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Tools You’ll
Wish You
Knew Sooner
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9 YC Startups
Everyone’s
Chasing Right
Now
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YC’s Summer
2025 Demo Day
showcased how
quickly the market
is shifting from
AI-powered apps to
fully autonomous
agents and the
tools that enable
them.
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Key signals from
the most in-demand
startups:
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⚡ Agent-first
platforms
– Dedalus
Labs is
building a
“Vercel
for AI
agents,” cutting
deployment
from hours
to
clicks.
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Fintech
for AI
growth
– Autumn
simplifies
complex,
usage-based
billing for
AI
companies—positioning
itself as a
Stripe for
the agent
era.
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Proven
traction
early
– RealRoots
and Getasap
Asia are
already
generating
millions in
revenue with
rapid
month-over-month
growth.
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️ Critical
use
cases
– From
Solva’s
automated
insurance
claims to
Perseus
Defense’s
counter-drone
tech, AI
agents are
moving into
high-stakes
operations.
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Which of these
trends—agent
infrastructure,
vertical AI, or
AI-driven
defense—will shape
the next wave of unicorns?
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Discover the
full analysis
and see which
of these
agent-driven
trends could
define the
next wave of
unicorns.
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13 Must-Ask
Startup
Questions for
Candidates
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⚡13 Startup
Questions Every
Candidate Should
Ask
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The best
candidates today
don’t just answer
questions— they interview
back with depth
and
precision.
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A powerful set of 13
founder-proof
questions
is emerging as a
benchmark for top
candidates.
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Each one uncovers
what’s really
happening beneath
the pitch
deck.
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A few that stand
out:
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“What’s one
thing you’ve
had to
change your
mind about
since
starting the
company?”
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⚡ “If you
had to 10×
the business
without
raising
another
dollar, how
would you do
it?”
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“What are
you
personally
worst at as
a founder,
and who or
what makes
up for
it?”
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These aren’t just
questions—they’re
signals of serious
talent.
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They reveal
candidates who
think like owners,
understand
survival math, and
can spot red flags
before
joining.
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Founder
takeaway
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Next time hiring
begins, be
ready.
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Answers to these 13 questions
will say more
about a
company’s DNA
than any job
description ever
could.
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Discover the
complete list of 13
founder-proof
questions
that top
candidates use to
evaluate
early-stage
startups.
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13 Smart
Questions
Every
Startup
Candidate
Should Ask
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AI Agents For The
Entire Customer
Journey
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The Startup
Reading List
That Separates
Winners from
Strugglers
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A curated reading
list every
entrepreneur
should
know—covering
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business model and
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fit, to scaling
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surviving the hard
truths of
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books aren’t
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playbooks drawn
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battles.
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Explore the
full startup
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The 80/20 of
Successful SaaS
SEO
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Winning SaaS SEO
isn’t about
chasing every
keyword—it’s about
focusing on the
20% of efforts
that drive 80% of
results. The
proven playbook:
create authority
around high-intent
topics, build a
lean content
engine that
compounds over
time, and invest
early in technical
health to scale
without
friction.
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The
Boring
Marketer
@boringmarketer
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The
80/20
of
successful
SaaS
SEO:
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5:06
AM
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Sep
13,
2024
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21
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5
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Click to
uncover the
simple,
high-leverage
SEO moves
powering
breakout
growth for
SaaS
companies.
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Lessons from a
$500K Student
Carpooling App
That
Collapsed
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A student
ridesharing
startup once
raised $500K,
rocketed to 70,000
users, and topped
the App Store—then
vanished. The
reasons reveal a
masterclass in
what to avoid:
non-technical
founding teams, a
perfection-first
build cycle, paid
ads before
product–market
fit, premature
heavy funding, and
chasing side
problems over the
core
mission.
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day one.
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The Lazy Content
Marketing Guide
for Startup
Founders
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Great content
marketing doesn’t
have to mean
endless blog posts
and complex
funnels. The
high-leverage
approach:
repurpose core
insights into
multiple formats,
automate
distribution with
simple tools, and
double down on
topics that
already convert.
Think one strong
idea → many
channels →
compounding
reach.
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Natia
Kurdadze
@natiakourdadze
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Lazy
content
marketing
guide
for
startup
founders:
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8:22
PM
•
Aug
31,
2025
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230
Likes
14
Retweets
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8
Replies
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Click to
learn the
minimal-effort
playbook
that drives
maximum
content ROI
for
time-strapped
founders.
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