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Every Tuesday morning, you'll get a carefully curated digest of insights from the CatsDojo community

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Weekly Insights

The best discussions and lessons from our community of builders. Real problems, real solutions.

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Case Studies

Deep dives into what's working (and what's not) from founders who are actually doing it.

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Tools & Resources

Handpicked tools, frameworks, and resources that our community actually uses and recommends.

Recent Editions

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Issue #42: The Truth About Product-Market Fit

Jan 14, 2025

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This week: Why most founders get PMF wrong, lessons from a failed launch, and the metrics that actually matter...

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Issue #41: Technical Debt Is Not What You Think

Jan 7, 2025

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How we lost $200k ignoring code quality, the real cost of shortcuts, and a framework for managing technical debt...

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Issue #40: Fundraising in 2025 - What's Changed

Dec 31, 2024

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The new rules of raising capital, what VCs actually want to see, and why revenue multiples are dead...

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Issue #39: Building Your First Sales Team

Dec 24, 2024

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When to hire your first salesperson, the founder-led sales trap, and compensation structures that work...

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Topics We Cover

Real insights on real challenges

Product

  • • Finding product-market fit
  • • User research tactics
  • • Feature prioritization
  • • Launch strategies

Growth

  • • Customer acquisition
  • • Retention strategies
  • • Pricing experiments
  • • Scaling challenges

Engineering

  • • Tech stack decisions
  • • Architecture patterns
  • • Technical debt
  • • Team processes

Leadership

  • • Hiring & firing
  • • Company culture
  • • Remote work
  • • Founder psychology

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