The Founder Roundup

Introducing community voting

March 21, 2023

Welcome back to the Founder Roundup! A big thank you and welcome to all our new subscribers. If you haven’t reached out and introduced yourself yet, please do! I’d love to meet you.

We took last week off, which means no new founders to share with you. I do have some exciting news though: We are now asking the community to help us select the companies we feature by voting for their favorites.

We have received so many applications to be featured, that we’ve only been able to select ~10%. That didn’t sit right with us. Now, even if a company isn’t selected, they’ll get thousands of eyeballs on what they’re building.

Voting runs each week from 9:00AM CST on Monday through 9:00AM CST the following Monday. The top three companies at the end of each week will be selected for features.

I hope you’ll take a moment to vote for your favorite company. If you’d like a weekly email summarizing the current cohort of companies under consideration, hit the button below 👇️ 

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Apply to be featured! If you or someone you know is interested in applying to be featured as Founder of the Day by Startup Founder Daily, the application can be found here.

Participate in a Founder Focus Group: If you’re a founder who has raised or plans to raise VC money, we’d like to hear what your experience was like. Fill out this form to sign up.

Founder Mastermind: I’m very excited to be presenting at Founder Mastermind Jumpstart Summit this August. The Founder Mastermind is designed to help you get on track and stay on track with trusted experts along the way. Early Bird registration prices run through March 31st. Click here to register.

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