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Howdy from Durham,
Welcome to the 2 new subscribers from this past week!
Each week, I work to provide you value through informative pieces.
This week, I'm asking for a favor.
Please reply if you have 15 min. to help us launch our startup.
Bottom line up front: we need test users.
Over the past month, we've gone from Ready, Fire, Aim to a full-fledged product.
My ask: can you volunteer 15min to help us improve v1.0 between 1/26-1/31?
What that looks like: 15 min zoom call.
What you have to do: click through our webpage (ideally, it's easy for you...but if it's not then that's the whole point. I am gathering research to see if there are any snags).
How it helps us: you're helping us prepare for a more successful startup launch.
If you already know me: it's a fun way for us to catch-up!
If you don't already know me: it's a fun way to introduce yourself!
Why you should do it: we gather valuable user feedback, we get to hang out for a lil bit, AND I'll even tell a joke if you ask me to!
Please reply to this email to set-up a time.
Lookin' forward to jammin' with some of you virtually this next week ◡̈
What I'm paying attention to:
Here's my friend, Charlotte, on a simple well-being tip:
"After hundreds of hours of listening to and learning from Huberman Lab, this is still my favorite and most impactful tiny habit:
Going into a wide peripheral gaze.
And it's so, so simple. Literally, anyone can do it - anytime, anywhere. Since your eyes are part of your brain, narrowing or widening your visual field has a profound impact on the rest of your nervous system i.e. how you feel emotionally."
Why startups built during periods of low interest rates struggle during periods of high interest rates:
"Instead of concentrating financial resources in a few promising ventures...[low interest rates] can have the tendency to spread capital and talent too thinly over a broader set of companies.
At the same time, the market becomes too quick to reward a dollar of revenue growth with several more dollars of incremental enterprise value. In turn, companies are mistakenly given a clear incentive: grow at any cost.
The unfortunate outcome is that this [low interest rate] promotes unsustainable growth models, which as we are experiencing now, are extremely difficult to snap out of, particularly when regimes (like interest rates) change."
Photos of the Week
The Durham County Library is the most beautifully designed library I've ever stepped foot in (comin' from a lad who designed a van with heavy wooden accents).
Seriously, hats off to the architects of this library.
Got to see UNC women's basketball play Duke in Chapel Hill with friends Sara, Durand, and Alex. Tar Heels won.
Thanks for reading
Reply if you're in to catch-up and help Feather AI out with a 15min zoom call!
Josh
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