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“Let me know how I can be helpful.” That sounds like a friendly offer, but for those deep in startup... [Product Hunt]( [Read in browser]( [Fixing founder and investor relations]( “Let me know how I can be helpful.” That sounds like a [friendly offer](, but for those deep in startup world, it’s a [punch line]( too. The phrase, spoken from investors to founders, often unintentionally amounts to lip service. It may seem trivial but the topic matters because founders have so many [more options]( for approaching financing today than they had five years ago — [secondary markets for private equity](, [crowdfunding](, [bootstrapping](, [minimally-dilutive capital](, [micro-investments](, and [factoring](. So founders who do choose to fundraise often seek more than just cash. They want investors who [align with their vision]( and, well, help. And many modern investors do want to help. Ex-founders and early-stage employees-turned-investors especially understand the grind, and sit on a trove of wisdom and expertise. As [Alexis Ohanian put it](: “I truly believe the future belongs to those who can assemble and activate their cap tables to be a league of super contributors.” There are two problems, “founders are busy and can’t put tasks on a silver platter, and investors want to help but don’t want to step on toes,” explained Brian Murray, an investor and Partner at Craft Ventures, in a [Product Hunt Maker Story](. So Murray and his co-founder, Fahim Ferdous (who also co-founded [AdQuick](), built Cabal. [Cabal]( is an all-in-one platform to help founders and teams surface what they need from investors and make it easy for them to contribute. The tool combines an email client, an e-signature product, a lightweight CRM, and workflows. In a demo, Murral illustrates some of the tools including one of Cabal’s workflow features, the Ask tab. Here, founders can share a page with advisors that shows companies the startup is targeting, and people the advisor knows at those companies. Startups can draft pre-written emails that advisors can use to reach out to the contacts. Check out the [demo video]( to see other ways investors can be helpful. [Get help]( MIC CHECK 1,2 After building a high-end audio company used by the likes of Radiohead and Coldplay, maker David Brown is launching [Tula Mic]( to allow anyone to capture professional-quality sound on the go. [Tula Mic]( is a pocket-size USB microphone that connects to your computer, phone, or tablet and is capable of up to 12 hours of recording using its own internal battery and memory. [SEE HOW IT WORKS]( Maker Stories Founders deserve more from their investors I didn’t feel like I was doing enough to help the startups I was funding. So I built a platform to fix it. [Read more (5min read)]( Thursday, 24 March 2022 Yesterday's Top Products [Tome]( [The storytelling tool for work]( [▲ 983+]( [RADAAR]( [Not just another scheduling tool]( [▲ 853+]( [TweetShots by DivByZero]( [Convert top Tweets into beautiful images ready to be shared]( [▲ 534+]( [Mux]( [Video performance analytics for online media and developers]( [▲ 390+](  [Promoted]( [SpyBuster]( [Unmask a spy and save your data]( [▲ 430+]( [Loopin With Chrome]( [Meetings made easy]( [▲ 429+]( [Unco]( [3D illustration set of 150+ heroes, objects, and animations]( [▲ 220+]( [Yess]( [Automate freelance workflow to better work with clients]( [▲ 210+]( [Clanq]( [We empower parents to save and grow money for their children]( [▲ 142+]( [Vagon Streams]( [No-code interactive cloud streaming]( [▲ 193+]( [RecMaster]( [The easiest screen recorder for Windows and Mac]( [▲ 125+]( [Discover many more]( CAT NIPS - GM. [Jemi for NFTs]( lets you build a website or gallery to display all of your NFTs. You can think of it as “Squarespace for NFTs.” - [MicroFounder]( gives solo developers the resources they need to build profitable Internet startups. - How do you say “I like you” in web3? “We're frens.” [Web2 Web3 Bot]( is a GPT-3 Twitter bot figuring out the difference between web2 & web3. - [HomeRoom]( lets you invest in homes remotely and rent out each room separately. This seeks to increase income for the investor and give renters more affordable housing options. [Tell us how we're doing]( [We're working on improving Product Hunt every day and we want to hear from you. What do you love? How could we do better? All feedback is helpful.]( [Speak your mind]( We send this email daily. Feel free to update your [email preferences]( or [unsubscribe]( from these emails at any time. [Advertise](, [Twitter](, [Facebook](, [Stories](