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Every Tuesday morning, you'll get a carefully curated digest of insights from the CatsDojo community
Weekly Insights
The best discussions and lessons from our community of builders. Real problems, real solutions.
Case Studies
Deep dives into what's working (and what's not) from founders who are actually doing it.
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
This week: Why most founders get PMF wrong, lessons from a failed launch, and the metrics that actually matter...
Issue #41: Technical Debt Is Not What You Think
Jan 7, 2025
How we lost $200k ignoring code quality, the real cost of shortcuts, and a framework for managing technical debt...
Issue #40: Fundraising in 2025 - What's Changed
Dec 31, 2024
The new rules of raising capital, what VCs actually want to see, and why revenue multiples are dead...
Issue #39: Building Your First Sales Team
Dec 24, 2024
When to hire your first salesperson, the founder-led sales trap, and compensation structures that work...
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Topics We Cover
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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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