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Avoiding Ambition Burnout
The Founder Roundup Ep. 26
Avoiding Ambition Burnout
As a society, we often view burnout as a one-time rock bottom blow – but for most highly ambitious business leaders, it is a cyclical force that goes unnoticed and unresolved for years upon years.
Burnout is sneaky, because you don’t realize you’re borrowing from tomorrow to push through today.
The tools that give us the resilience to prevent or overcome this mountain of energetic debt aren’t something we learn about in school. Our friend, Emily Leahy, discusses the 5 lessons learned from ambition burnout in her latest article. 👇️
Weekly Wisdom
I have learned that the most valuable asset to any business is not its technology, but the ability to listen to your end user, be comfortable with criticism of your product, and surrounding yourself with a team who enjoys building with you.”
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The Founder Roundup
Boyang Niu, Co-Founder of Stylized
Boyang Niu
Professional product photos are essential but pricey. Stylized let's you make them from your phone 📱
Founded by Boyang and his Co-Founder, David Xu, Stylized allows you to effortlessly edit your product photos with the power of AI.
It starts with simply snapping a picture of the product on your phone.
After uploading the photo, Stylized removes the background and creates a 3D rendering.
This allows you to edit your product using different lighting, realistic shadows, and any background you desire.
Stylized was founded in June of 2022, launched alpha in November, and raised their pre-seed round shortly after. This allowed Boyang and David to leave their jobs at Square and Meta, respectively, to go all-in on Stylized.
In a few short months, Stylized has accumulated 7,000 users per month!
Want a professional photography studio in the palm of your hand? Head over to their website to learn more!
Kyle Kemp, Founder of Flygrade
Kyle Kemp
There are 14 million trading cards graded every year. Flygrade grades them in an instant from your phone.
Of the 14 million cards graded annually, 6 million of them are backlogged. It can often take 2-3 months to grade a trading card.
Beyond the wait, the current process also increases the likelihood that cards are damaged. From shipping to being handled by numerous people along the way, it's often not worth the risk.
Luckily, Kyle and the Flygrade team have come up with a solution:
Flygrade uses AI to instantly grade trading cards.
Currently, only 1.5% of the 950 million sports trading cards are graded every year. Flygrade estimates that number will jump to 9% with a tool to reduce cost and time.
Whether you're a collector or have a box of trading cards stored in your attic, download Flygrade to check their score!
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