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🔥 ICYMI - 200 Places to get your startup showcased & more

Hello Kernaler's, Here's a roundup of the top posts on Kernal from last week. Jump in and share your thoughts. Discussions ⤵️ 200 Places to get your startup showcased for FREE 🔗 by Ben Waterman on KernalHey all, Happy Friday! While marketing my personal finance startup, I compiled

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The Early Days with Marie: Building Tally.so

Welcome to The Early Days: a series checking in with kickass Founders sharing honest lessons, tips & tricks and a sneak peek into building from the ground up, in public. It is a very competitive space, but we felt like there was a place for a new type of form

🍸 VC Deals and Startup Wheels

☕️ This is the Kernal Newsletter: we're the easy green run making it stupidly simple to ski the startup slopes. Full disclosure: we're also mildly addicted to alliteration 📰 Latest news: Helpful hands are pouring into Turkey and Syria. Kansas City Chiefs won 2nd place to Rihanna. Fenty

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🛠 The Early Days with Drake: Building Gravity

Welcome to The Early Days: a series checking in with kickass Founders sharing honest lessons, tips & tricks and a sneak peek into building from the ground up, in public. Have you ever wondered what that Founder who sold his company to Apple is going to build next or what

🔥 Hot Discussions: Accountability, AMAs & Advice

Hello Builders, Discussions are heating up so we rounded up the top ones here for you to read today. If something really resonates with you, jump in and share your thoughts and opinions. It's an amazing way to make your voice heard and show your support for the

🏀 How to Slam-Dunk Your Startup Idea

Hey Founders, ☕️ Welcome to the Kernal newsletter: your go-to chef that dishes up your builder burger with extra founder fries and a side of startup salad 🍔 📰 Latest news: Spy Ballons are flying. Microsoft vs Google's tension's rising. And Lebron's record-breaking NBA shot had you

🤫 Truth or Die Startup Edition

Hey Founders, Welcome to the Kernal newsletter: we're the hotel that auto-upgrades your room cuz we know you'll need 11/10 wifi to ship new features during your stay Latest news: Stripe's IPO'ing. Meta stocks growing. IG Co-Founders announced Artifact. Snapchat and

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🔧🚀 The Early Days with Sneha: Building Geeks and Experts

Welcome to The Early Days: a series checking in with kickass Founders sharing honest lessons, tips & tricks and a sneak peek into building from the ground up, in public. In the early days of ideating Geeks and Experts (fka GEXPR), it’s safe to say that my co-founder VB,

🔎 2023 Startup Signals

Hey Friends, Welcome back to the Kernal newsletter: the booster juice of startup ideas. You toss your idea in our blender and we tell you if it tastes any good.🥤 Latest news: Kim K did something at Harvard. J-Biebs sold his back pocket of music ideas for $200m. Layoff bells

Discussions AMA

🔑 The Essential Takeaways from a16z's Steph Smith

Steph Smith is a writer, podcast host for a16z, self-taught developer, and recent book author who has sold over 220,000 copies of her book "Doing Content Right." Recently, Steph joined us for a member-exclusive AMA 👀 😎 to share her insights on content creation, building a personal brand, writing

👟 Walk Before You Fly

Howdy Fam, Welcome back to the Kernal newsletter: the who, what, where, when, why of the startup metaverse. Jump in, the water's warm. BYOBusiness though. Latest news: Davos 2023 is here. Recession vibes are near. LVMH passed €400B this year. Microsoft and Amazon collectively cut 38,000 jobs.

😏 AI Hacks for your Startup Idea

Hey Everyone, This is the Kernal Newsletter: the friend that nods & listens to your 2023 goals when inside we're wondering how to optimize AI for investor outreach. Latest news: Microsoft's 'bout to drop $10B into OpenAI. Powell's backing up on climate. Meme

🛠 Less Goals, More Results

Happyyyyyy 2023 Founders, Welcome back to the Kernal Newsletter: the friend that doesn't get offended seeing their secret santa gift resold on craigslist b/c you need to buy more ramen noodles to get you through the long startup nights Latest news: Apple's valuation dropped below

🍾 2022 Kernal Wrapped

Hey Builders, There's 48 hours 'till 2023. You ready to clink glasses?   As we wrap up another year, we wanted to look back on all the amazing times we shared together. Most of that gratitude comes down to the people AKA you. And if you're

🎄'The Night Before Build-Mas

Morning Founders, Our boss is chilling at the chalet so we're shaking things up today. Why? Because you've worked too hard this year to read a boring email. All of 2022, you've: * hustled when others have netflixed * built-in-public when others have hid-in-private * shipped boldly

🎁 Gifts to Get Your Startup Bestie

Hey Pals, Welcome back to the Kernal Newsletter: the friend that doesn't judge you for ghosting us b/c we know you're hustling your Xmas cards to clients 📬 Latest news: world cup finals are Sunday, SBF (aka the #1 person not to lend your crypto to)

Product Updates

🎉 Feature Drop: Landing Pages with Yep.so

Creating a landing page is a great way to validate your idea and get early feedback from users. What you might know, is that Kernal is your startup cheerleader from day one of your idea. What you may *not* know is that we're thrilled to announce our NEW

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The Early Days - Building Yep with Kieran

Welcome to The Early Days: a series checking in with kickass Founders sharing honest lessons, tips & tricks and a sneak peek into building from the ground up, in public. When it comes to starting a new business or launching a new product, it can be tempting to spend time

Tools/Resources

The Seven Essential Elements of a Landing Page

Are you interested in validating your startup idea and talking to customers? Creating a landing page may be the perfect way to get started! A landing page is a focused, concise page that explains your product or service. Not only is it a great way to start building a list

🎁 Affordable gift ideas for the startup founder in your life

Hello all, As the holiday season approaches, it's time to start thinking about what to get the special startup founder in your life. Whether you're shopping for your own entrepreneurially-minded self or for someone else, our gift guide has you covered. From practical tools to help

😅 What All Founders Want for Christmas

This is the Kernal newsletter: the support group for founders addicted to building kick-ass startups where there's always an extra seat @ the table 🪑 Latest news for Kernalers: ChatGPT is taking over Twitter, everyone tested Lensa AI to see their 2050 avatar and our world economy continues is still

🧨 a16z's Secret Weapon

Hey Startup Besties, This is the Kernal newsletter: the startup friend that nods their head and acts interested when you tell us your Spotify personality.   Latest news for Kernalers: you're Spotify Wrapped out, tired from cheering on your World Cup team and debating if you should watch Lindsay

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The Early Days- Building Zaidi with @OmaThrive

Welcome to The Early Days: a series checking in with kickass Founders sharing honest lessons, tips & tricks and a sneak peek into building from the ground up, in public. Providing tools to help creators protect their businessesOpportunity: (Source)More than 50 million people worldwide consider themselves to be creators.

🎁 May the Sales Be Ever in Your Favour

Happy Friday Pals, Welcome back to the Kernal newsletter: the trusty Haymitch to your courageous Katniss as you navigate the Black Friday wilderness. Latest news: Disney got Bob the Builder back, Web 3 vibes are rough, SBF hasn't replied to my LinkedIn invite and the world economy is

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The Early Days - Building Kradl with Anna Grigoryan

Welcome to The Early Days: A series that checks in with kickass Founders who share honest lessons, tips & tricks and a sneak peek into building their startup in public, from the ground up. Podcast Discovery should not be an accident This week we're catching up with Anna