The Side Project Marketing Checklist Whether you’re starting a new startup or side project anytime soon, or have one already, this is an impressive marketing checklist worth bookmarking. Copywriting that connects with people I suck at copywriting, but thankfully this guide gave me some great ideas to think about. How to email 10,000 tech startups […]
The following guide outlines how I emailed 10,000 startups using GrowthList, my hand-researched list of 10,000+ fast-growing start-ups, for a new project I’m working on. The Project In 2015 I launched FoundersPerks. It’s a collection of exclusive perks and discounts from some of the hottest tech startups. The business model is simple: pay a one […]
What follows is the story of how Chris and Greg, a couple of bootstrapping serial entrepreneurs with many years experience living in Tokyo on a budget, decided to launch an online magazine to show the world that visiting and living in Tokyo doesn’t always need to cost a lot of money. Tokyo Cheapo, the blog […]
Here’s how I use email outreach to onboard new paying customers, and how you can too. For the last three years, I’ve been updating a newsletter curating the best business, tech and design news. Since its launch, it’s grown from a tiny audience into an informational staple that reaches 10,000+ people every week. And like […]
This is my new weekly newsletter featuring 5-6 links covering business, travel/life hacks and cool products I’ve discovered recently. It’s basically a lighter, more personal version of FoundersGrid, for curious, adventurous and independent thinkers. I hope you enjoy it. 1. If you’re involved or interested in how SaaS businesses work, this is a must-watch video […]
Yesterday on Twitter Jon Russell asked his followers who’s attending Rise this week, a huge tech conference in Hong Kong that according to their site, had 53,000 attendees last year. Here’s my response: Sorry, busy working on product and customers. — Chris ✈️ (@KintuLabs) July 10, 2017 I have a few founder friends attending Rise […]
I’ve just waited 40 minutes outside in 30c heat for a coworking space to open. At 9.40am, 40 minutes after they’re due to open according to their website and social media channels, I have had enough. So I walk over to another co-working space that’s just 10 minutes away. It’s open – so a least […]
A beautiful day to stroll around Nyhavn A post shared by Chris (@myeggnoodles) on May 4, 2017 at 6:09am PDT I’ve built some great friendships with a lot of Danes (one is the godfather of my child) during the past 12 years of traveling, hence I’ve always wanted to check out Denmark after hearing so […]
The following guide outlines how I approach building lists of companies at GrowthList, which I hope can help other startups considering building their own lists of companies they can use for prospecting purposes. Researching companies For our B2B list I kept track of job boards to research companies who were hiring and used AngelList and […]
Manual outreach – like it or not – has become extremely popular over the past year or two due to an abundance of new tools available for finding and sending emails, along with the impressive results it can drive. But manual outreach is a double edge sword for many people within the tech space. We […]
