?? Your Startup Guide

Welcome to Newcon Newsletter, your weekly insight into the web3, blockchain & entrepreneurship!??

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Let's kick-start the spring feelings with a great list of resources that can help you as a founder, get to learn more about the startup scene, or maybe inspire you to be a founder yourself.??

In this week's newsletter:??

1. Books list for founders ??
2. List of Angels and VCs ??
3. Female Founders Office Hours ??
4. From Zero to $32m With Allan Jones ??
5. The a16Z Marketplace 100 ??
6. Passionfroot ?? session
7. 30-sec insights ??
8. More free tickets ??

ENJOY!

Never stop?learning!

This comment section is your go-to to find books every founder should read. To be perfectly honest, I think it's books that everyone would take great learnings from. Everything from Derek Rivers and Miracle Morning to?Indie Maker Handbook and The Mom Test.?

Check out all the recommendations in the comments section, and make sure to pass on your favorites as well, so we can all contribute to this great list for everyone else as well ??

List of Angel Investors and VCs ??

I think we can all agree that fundraising is no easy process. No matter is you are successful or not, fundraising is hard and sometimes a jungle to find your way in and out of. I really hope this list provides some relief and help for you!??

John Ismailoglu collected a list of 20+ angels and VCs, from around the work that is worth looking into. Is all free. No BS. No strings attached. So I would say, there's no excuse to not at least look at the Linkedin post he made! He even listed some tools to help you connect with investors ???

Now it's your turn. Go get it!?

For the female founders #girlbosses ??

Playfair Capital has put together amazing initiatives for female founders.?Female Founder Office Hours is one of the largest office hours initiatives for women founders in Europe, with one-to-one mentoring and pitch meetings. they started in 2019 and they have already brought tother 1300 female founders. I'm a big advocate for inclusiveness, and?I think this initiative is a good way to start! if you want to know about Female Founders Office hours, go to the webpage via the photo ??

They right now accept applicants for their female founder remote office hours. The application deadline is April 2nd. and you can apply right here ??

From Zero To $32m With Allan Jones ??

Alan Jones, founder, and CEO of Bambi share his journey of raising $33 million for his company and the challenges of fundraising. He advises entrepreneurs to follow their gut and create their own experiences to gain wisdom. He also stresses the importance of sticking with your ideas, even when others don't understand them, as that's what makes them special.?

Jones explains that Bambi's success comes from its approach of looking at market dynamics and honing its marketing message, as well as deploying capital to work on product development, marketing infrastructure, and sales strategy. The company has grown tremendously fast, with a 300% growth in 2020.?

Go to the video ?? for more insights into how you can succeed as a startup founder yourself!?

?? The a16z Marketplace 100?

The a16z Marketplace 100 2023 is out! ?? This is a list of the top 100 consumer-facing marketplace startups. In case you don't already know what it is, it's a list curated by VC Andreessen Horowitz and is based on factors such as size, growth rate, and overall impact on their respective industries. This list covers a range of sectors, including e-commerce, health, transportation, and real estate. It is?a comprehensive guide to the most promising and innovative marketplace startups in the market.??

This year's list includes startups like:??

• Instacart
• Viagogo
• SSENSE
• Fever?
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• About 95 more amazing startups from around the world ??

See the full list here ??

Passionfroot ?? sessions?

Last week I had the pleasure of attending an amazing live session with Céline Flores Willers, hosted by Passionfroot. Céline is a Top Linkedin Voice and had some great advice on how you can build your personal brand on LinkedIn and increase your chances of becoming a top voice yourself.??

Some of the learnings:??

??Be consistent in posting and engaging - make sure to create organic content and share your personal experiences, including pictures where you somehow present yourself.??

?? post around 3-4 times a week - you don't have to post every day, as long as you share valuable content with your network??

??Set your location to the place you potentially want to become a top voice and write content in the local language - this will create more engagement on your post?

We all had the opportunity to ask questions directly to Céline, and I really enjoyed this session. You can catch more amazing Passionfroot live sessions here ??

30-sec insights ??

START Summit is currently on ?? in St. Gallen, Switzerland. I hope you are all having so much fun, and are learning something amazing from all the speakers! I can't wait to see all the videos from their post-event. For now, you can learn from the start summit speakers 2022 in just 30 seconds on our TikTok channel, as well as many other experts speakers ??

Free tickets to cool events ??

For the past two weeks, we have raffled off free tickets for both START SUmiit and Outer Edge LA. And the interest from you guys has been amazing, and we love seeing your excitement for going to all these amazing events, and I wish I could join you all personally ????

We hope to do more of these giveaways for you, so please send me a message, if you have ANY suggestions for new partners for Newcon, so we can potentially grant some of your wishes ??