Hello and welcome to Laconeat’s newsletter!
Today you’ll find:
My last master-class and interview
Second-order Corona-crisis effects
Several great articles about the economy and business
Tradional selection of the best business tools
Some cool playlists, videos, and online events!
This week I made a master class on how to sell B2B services and which are the best niches for business in crisis, and today I’m going to share some cool services from this speech with you.
Also, I shared my vision on the Coronavirus situation in Ukraine with Varlamov, one of the most famous bloggers in CIS. Careful: both videos are in Russian.
Starting this week I will share COVID resources and researches only if they are about economic consequences and are aiming to help you make better decisions. I believe you all understood we are on the edge of paradigms and at the beginning of a big crisis, so we need to think deeper about the future and our role to act smart and strategically.
First, this is a Glimpse. A service for finding growing trends released a special page related to COVID consumer trends. Find yours!
Second, this super interesting research on how VC and founders feel about the Coronavirus crisis. https://www.nfx.com/post/the-vc-startup-sentiment-survey/
Third, check out this amazing collaborative google document about second-order effects of C-virus. I found it very useful.
Do you remember Lenny Rachitsky? I shared his coolest articles on how to build and scale a marketplace. This week Lenny is answering how to lead your company through the pandemic. Highly recommend!
Unrivaled Ray Dalio shares his BRILLIANT article about how all the world empires born, develop and die. If you want to read just one piece from this newsletter, you found it.
If you really care about your startup success and you are going to build a global unicorn, you definitely should follow Andrew Chen, a partner in Andreessen Horowitz, top Silicon Valley VC firm. His articles are smart, insightful, detailed. If you are not familiar with Chen, check his 2018 best essay collection.
Here are two of my favorite essay:
The red flags and magic numbers that investors look for in your startup’s metrics. Looks like clickbait headline? Yes, it is, but the article is a real must-read for all entrepreneurs and marketers.
How to build a growth team – lessons from Uber, Hubspot, and others. This essay is not about recruiting, but how to build a Growth team and make it a real driver of growth, not just a business unit. Check it out!
What Value do you create as a business? It looks like a simple question, but look deeper, and you find that it is not just about producing goods or doing services. The author of this article clearly explains what types of value exist, how they fit with each other and affects on your business metrics and overall success. 50 claps for this gentleman!
This is time for great services and tools, isn’t it?
Tools for LinkedIn sales/hiring automation:
Lempod and Lemlist. They are brothers but are not twins. First is the best for content boosting. Second – for custom email sequences.
Expandi – is all-in-one platform, from search and connections to messages and follow-ups. This is a secret weapon!
Automate everything and you will never work a day in your life..
Zapier – the most famous service for automation and connecting all that services and app you use in everyday life.
Phantom buster – this tool is not such powerful as Zapier but has his own cool features for LinkedIn automation
Anyway, the business doesn’t live on LinkedIn alone, so check some other cool tools:
Tired and limited by Canva and Crello? Try Kapwing, a new innovative service for self-made graphic design and video creation.
Want to translate a phrase, quote or slang to a foreign language? Check Reverso, it finds the exact phrase in books and articles and gives you truly contextual translation.
Living in times when you can’t make a real event for your friends, teammates or customers, challenge us to find the best webinar solution. Restream is just perfect. Check by yourself!
Who doesn’t want some new cool music? No one, I agree. So listen:
Do you have some time for a couple of amazing videos?
Sometimes AI looks scary and makes us doubt about what reality is. Check this new open-source neural network, that creates real-people avatars. Demo:
An incredibly touching music video about migration, family, and loss from director Colin Read. Watch it, just 4 minutes:
Also, today is the last day when you are able to see the cool and rare documentary Rams, about one of the most famous industrial designers in history, for free.
By the way, are you going be home on April 18th? Just kidding. Don’t forget to sign up for One World.
One World: Together At Home is a historic, cross-platform global special that will celebrate and support healthcare workers and others on the frontlines, and the World Health Organization (WHO) as they lead the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. The broadcast will include leading global health experts alongside exciting performances by the world’s top artists and comedians.
A nice visual content for a dessert :)
Wonder how the Arctic Pole was looking 90 million years ago?
This is all for this week. See you soon!
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