founders.menu

Shutting down @foundersmenu. ❌ After writing this newsletter consistently for 35 weeks to what are almost 750 subscribers now, I sadly saw minimal revenue growth in the platform for the digital library after adding over 1129 ingredients [tools, reads, streams] and handmade templates on the web. I still find it odd that free signups have grown fairly well, but paying members who also return regularly are very few, making an 8-month commitment worth revisiting. After careful reflection (alongside reading Quit by Annie Duke), I concluded it’s time to let go of pursuing @foundersmenu, despite wishing for more reasons to continue pushing. The numbers sadly tell a different story. Despite it never being too early to quit, I think the best time to quit is when you notice you are viewing the waste of time as much greater in the future than in the past… This might sound oversimplified, but a waste of time, energy or resources shouldn’t be viewed in retrospect, but rather forward-looking. Meaning: it’s wise to focus your efforts towards where your highest expected value lives, to mitigate excess waste. Once you align yourself with that expected value quitting something will naturally follow and ask two things of you: 1. Acknowledge you have failed & 2. Accept you have wasted time, effort or money – both of these are true for me when I look at @foundersmenu. What now? The @foundersmenu library (all tools, streams, reads and templates) will merge with @earlytools this week. That said, all paying @foundersmenu members will be grandfathered in @earlytools with full access to the whole library (+ free editorial submissions) this week. 🤝 So what about @foundersmenu? The brand will also evolve (at some point). I love the name, framing and concept. But more as an exclusive club for founders to meet at curated invite-only dinners in real life. I will launch applications maybe this year, who knows. Thanks to all @foundersmenu users who got as excited as I was from day one of this project. Not all things are meant to last, and this project is one of them.

Does founder mode begin with  focus mode? 👀 I am a ruthless user of iOS focus mode from Mon-Fri, 9-7. After reading @paulg I noticed it's a great starting point to develop founder mode from personal development and even leadership POV. This is my iPhone setup to activate founder mode: 1. Download & Setup @blankspacesapp for iOS 2. Go to Settings > Focus > Create a new “Founder Mode” or “Work” Focus (ensure “Share Across Devices” is ticked on) 3. Determine the People & Apps you want to allow — limit yourself to 10max each 4. Customise the Lock Screen: either create a new one or use an existing one 5. Customise the Home Screen: create a new screen and add the Blank Spaces widgets 6. Set a schedule to activate automatically Mon-Fri when you want to get sh*t done 7. Activate “founder mode” from the control centre (Mac or iOS) to limit distractions Founder mode = enforcing a strict regime on your iPhone to guard a healthy headspace. 🤝

Founder mode in 3 key ideas.

Just passed 700 subscribers for the weekly @foundersmenu newsletter on @beehiiv. 🎉 The latest issue is going out on 3min. 👀

I built an iOS share sheet shortcut to bookmark inspiring websites into any @NotionHQ database. ✨

I use this bookmarking hack EVERY DAY. This @Appleshortcut stores a link via 2 clicks on the share sheet in an @airtable base of choice, so you never lose a URL that inspired you. ✨ Comment if you want it. ↓

24 @foundersmenu newsletters with 24x mental models for founders in 2024. 🤩 Only question I have: what mental models should I do next?

Just added ingredient detail pages to @foundersmenu, so you can see what each one is about and even watch a video without leaving the platform. 👀

The newsletter subscriber growth of @foundersmenu over the last 4 weeks... 100% non-paid. ☝️

Insights, insights, insights. ✨ @markpollard has the nuance to elevate your customer conversations.

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Want to find investors for your next startup idea? 💰 Then you'll need a thorough database... 1. Google "vc-mapping" 2. Open @gilionofficial's link 3. Click explore "Explore investors" 4. Filter all 2,500+ investors and VCs

Want to improve your blog's SEO visibility? 🔎 Setup JSON-LD structured data – here's how ↓ 1. Visit webcode .tools 2. Click structured data generator 3. Fill out example metadata 4. Copy the resulting schema 5. Paste into your post's <head> 6. Dynamically fill it on page load

Want to navigate @X at the speed of thought? ⚡️ Memorise these 𝕏 shortcuts. ↓

Just @mwseibel on what makes an entrepreneur...

Want to breeze through your @X feed without needing to click anything on your desktop browser? 🌐 Use these 𝕏 timeline shortcuts. ↓

Almost forgot to mention that @foundersmenu now has 856+ item detail pages for all Tools, Reads, Streams and Templates – this means you can watch stage-specific videos without leaving founders.menu. ⚡️ Listens & more ingredients coming soon. ↓

 Keyboard Shortcuts are THE productivity hack. ✨ To get set up on Mac, do this: Apple menu > System Settings > Keyboard > Keyboard Shortcuts. I use [@@] for my main email & [/schedule] for my @Tidy_Cal scheduling link literally daily. Oh, and I also have these set up. ↓

Founders: if you had to choose a community platform to use & return to often, which would you pick? ⬇️

Want to grow your #newsletter? Then you'll need a lead magnet. 💥 This is how to automate it. ↓ 1. Build a downloadable info product 2. Create a @gumroad page for it 3. Promote it on your page & socials 4. Setup @make_hq automation (shown) 5. Add & attribute @beehiiv subscribers