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Initiator Creator - Issue 143
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Initiator Creator - Issue #143 - ( Read in browser ) By Saurabh Y. // 27 Oct 2024 Entrepreneur How to Know It’s Time to Pivot Your Startup - Every A process-oriented approach that helped Hoop find its fit The Power Of Introverts: Lessons From Successful Business Owners - Forbes Introverted business owners might not be the life of the party in team meetings, but they've got some serious superpowers when it comes to running a business. To Beat the Market, You Have to Outsmart Yourself - Every How one venture capitalist hacked his psychology to generate returns Stop avoiding conflict on your teams - Doug Turnbull You must pull uncomfortable conversations to the surface - the ones everyone unconsciously avoids. You need to force the digging deep, about fundamental ideas and values, until it’s solved. How to win at Lifetime Customer Value (LCV) - Conversion rate expert The most successful companies can outbid their competitors in advertising—not just because they outconvert their competitors, but also because their customers keep returning to spend more. MarketerData Shows Instagram Reels are Best For Reach — But Not Engagement - Buffer A deep dive from our data scientist has uncovered some fascinating patterns in Instagram reach and engagement — and how they've evolved over the years. Are We Too Impatient to Be Intelligent? - Behavioral Scientist we’ve sometimes allowed the urgent to drown out the important. The short-term consideration drowns out the long-term consideration. 9 tips for Reddit marketing (that Redditors won't hate) - Hootsuite Reddit marketing is tricky for brands to get right. Here’s how to break through to your audience without being roasted. How to prioritize marketing activities & avoid random acts of marketing - Mkt1 You know if you don’t prioritize effectively and choose the right activities for your specific company, you’ll fall into the random acts of marketing (R.A.M.) trap—where everything feels urgent, but nothing truly moves the needle. 3 Companies That Nailed Their Go-To-Market Strategy in One Slide - Substack Alida, Bazaarvoice, and Overhaul share how they applied the 8-question GTM framework Developer Software with a Soul: AI's Underestimated Frontier - Nfx The software exhibited a degree of humanness – a quality that is vastly underestimated in both founder and investor circles. The story of web framework Hono, from the creator of Hono - Cloudflare Hono is a fast, lightweight web framework that runs anywhere JavaScript does, built with Web Standards. Of course, it runs on Cloudflare Workers. Self-documenting Code - Lack of Imagination Think back to the last time you looked at an unfamiliar block of code. Did you immediately understand what it was doing? If not, you’re not alone The curious case of the missing period - Substack When the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol is not simple Caching In: Defining, Optimizing, and Invalidating Your Cache - Convex Covers the basics as well as all the complex implications of this seemingly simple concept. Designer Journey-Centric Design: The Evolution of UX-Design Operations for The Coming Era - NN/g Product-centric design does not leverage design’s potential for creating long-term business value and profitability. Journey-centric design can optimize customer experiences. Just Your Type - Google The past, present, and future of personal expression through fonts Graphic designers share their top tips for choosing the right fonts - Creative Boom Selecting the perfect typeface for your design projects couldn't be more important. Graphic designers share their expert insights on how to do so. Accelerators Maximize Efficiency in User Interfaces - NN/g Alternate methods for accomplishing frequent actions in user interfaces support expert users by speeding up their interactions, without hindering novice users. Designing For Gen Z: Expectations and UX Guidelines - LinkedIn Let’s take a closer look at Gen Z, how they use tech, and why it might be a good idea to ignore common design advice and do the opposite Interesting Read How to Make Friends with Fear: The F.E.A.R. Framework - Ness Labs Launching a startup, developing a new product, or stepping into a new market means navigating the unknown. No matter how much we plan, there’s always uncertainty. And that uncertainty brings fear Your life is not a story: why narrative thinking holds you back - Psyche Our stories help us make sense of a chaotic world, but they can be harmful and restrictive. There’s a liberating alternative A History of Microwave Ovens - Taylor Town People started seriously thinking about heating things with radio waves circa 1940. Community Submissions If you like to share a project or article with the rest of the readers then please DM me at @ICforpreneurs or hit reply Outro 🙏Thank you for reading Initiator Creator issue #143 We rely on word of mouth If you’re enjoying IC, chances are your peers will, too! Help us reach more readers by sharing Initiator Creator. Want to get featured? Submit an article for us to include or hit reply. Anything else? Hit reply to send us feedback, review or say hello. Your feedback is invaluable to us
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Initiator Creator - Issue #146 - ( Read in browser ) By Saurabh Y. // 08 Dec 2024 Presented by NorthPoll Developer AI Product Development Lifecycle: tackling uncertainty - Reva Products have evolved to leverage LLMs at their core, and so companies have to adapt to using LLMs in their development cycle. Teams building products now face a set of challenges that do not align with the more controlled elements outlined above. I Didn't Need Kubernetes, and You Probably Don't Either - Ben Houston...
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Initiator Creator - Issue #144 - ( Read in browser ) By Saurabh Y. // 10 Nov 2024 Entrepreneur The new era of AI business models - Substack So far, two main business models have emerged that AI companies are leveraging. How to Navigate Product Discovery Like a Map - Tim herbig Instead of rigid processes, think of Discovery as a path you navigate. Rethinking the startup MVP: Building a competitive product - Linear Today's Minimum Viable Product (MVP) is often about building a better version of...