The Free Marketing Agency for Startups

One year ago, I started a Twitter account giving shoutouts to founders.

Here's a recap of our first year:

On January 1, 2022, I started a Twitter account giving shoutouts to founders. It was a fun way to meet new people and learn about the next great companies being built.The idea seemed to resonate with the community and we grew quickly. A few months later, I decided this could be much more than a standalone Twitter account. I brought my Brother-in-Law, Henry, on board to help me expand to our current platforms.We now share our Founders' stories to an audience of ~10,000 across our socials, newsletter, podcast, and website– all for free. We have received over 400 applications to be featured and have featured 75 amazing founders and their companies.SFD is built on the hypothesis that a media company giving free marketing to startups is possible. It's a symbiotic relationship: We have a never-ending source of content, and founders get PR attention at a stage where they need it most.The goal is to create a marketing agency that is solely supported by our partner sponsors, without the need to charge founders a dime. We're a media company. Our content just happens to be founder features.We've come a long way since then. I cannot thank you all enough for making the first year of Startup Founder Daily so special. 

Here's to a huge 2023 🥂

– Luke

Housekeeping

We took a break from featuring founders around the holidays. We'll pick back up the second week of January. That means the next normal edition of the Founder Roundup will published on Tuesday, January 17th.We'll be sending out fresh invitations to be featured this week. If you or someone you know is interested in being featured as Founder of the Day, please encourage them to apply!We have some big announcements for 2023 dropping soon. We can't wait to share them with you! In the meantime, please reach out and introduce yourself if we haven't met yet.P.S. – We are making some changes to our website. If something isn't working or displaying properly, please bear with us and let me know at [email protected].

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