💸 Bootstrapping to $100,000/mo 🎯 One-Sentence Pitch ⌛ Four Thousand Weeks

Thanks to the 1,055 new founders who joined last week. =.lq3zSSI_Bj9LhdAMTOb2fW8cxHFYBoRVuUGXFNarTyc Hey there, Thanks to the 1,055 new founders who joined last week. Founder Finds is a series from Trends.vc that focuses on you. Built to help you improve your habits, health, mindset and productivity. This issue is brought to you by [OneSchema](=.TGS7MNiBE0XiRrHd1NgEKQ1RCiOdek7JmDhvuu4K_0Y)… =.kgSgJDHebbHE_b1SPNLV6i484NBU6B7-kxCukZoxCwY Building a CSV importer? [OneSchema](=.ASalOGklSi8EEZ86h5aieyAThb1MjGmx55pRgYi-Ejk) is the embeddable CSV Importer for SaaS (👉 See a [demo here](=.RsnjrIXtDRo7niO7ebnBVOOfUH1IagJ5dOlXXVHaQvQ)). Product and engineering teams use [OneSchema](=.3U-8zdfdIXQEYPtlwQQiEjtZX6ugFTVpu0sroXBzetE) to save [months of development time building a CSV importer](=.B7yJU-G-_riFtinHifHHfbFcLfWwFqu4W_cQVI9v2Ao). 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Founder Finds #0022 🪶 Remember This There are more people who surrender than those who fail. 🤓 Fav Finds Tools, tweets and more from [Trends Pro Members](=.da0zgXml-mOvFiK4xywI-ji6Nsclns0FnnKMI1pohBQ) ⌛ [Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals](=.I550-D0lbJ3v-6wn9KUdDvpYg5PbQLOs0JMXUyagcKs) shared by [Kevin Deol](=.d-IcwHaCyssLEsDkYoYehnLJjsj0pQn6lNEjIRzbhZQ) A philosophical approach to time management, reminding us that life is finite and more isn’t always better. 🎵 [Groove.cm](=.inCHCjFGbygI7eGYxu9GyBCZceSz5BxDVA52yHtId0U) shared by [Gabriel Limma](=.PXMXFlzV7sb_yeE1ukuaASyH7OSWPOVv2b2X-IMMcz8) An all-in-one suite of apps with a free plan to build your sales funnel. 🖋️ [Collaborative Creative Writing with ChatGPT](=.jsQgIgzHgWjtn4rUpnxzm8HWLZZMO7-1gM3Dq3D8WpA) shared by [Stewart Townsend](=.sN2RQeCfwzG6IZDqt5wa9adPIWELu9mMR13saOuGYUw) A blog post detailing how you can use ChatGPT as a writing assistant. 📘 Read This =.n5D9ZDzWVT4uhItSieewnm1xQnhYrujfkmYTQfY6RII [A Map For Indie Living](=.rL1CHvbMck0nPCZ1K60lBOoDbYbuCBN0hk_CVmz0f1M) =.TaE2nQV_sznINPy__h3frLNV50956gcq4OG8Mvz8EzU=.vdPFvvH0dwJYSPtic9eo_nXkt2HUwCnPaMT47X2NRkg [Tom Critchlow](=.uk6mNipja0uNwVAP5zSWKRGAVzcg20f7GECttI5ConI) says trading time for money is a great economic tool. 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[Build by Tony Fadell](=._VpZEKf9ukIMS1JfNJNtfAHOUcyCsO_f2D0HOoaq1PU) Tony Fadell led the team that created the iPod and the iPhone. He's also learned a lot of lessons from failures too. The book is full of stories and advice about leadership, startups, design, and decision-making. What product are you obsessively using right now? Truthfully it's ChatGPT, which I'm using daily for creating Product Prompts. Other than that the one product I use the most is actually Centered - [](=.TanSSTsOjdT8lyiPSDW9hcWqJBl4SOxsl4NYWzj_UQY). It's the ultimate productivity hack, with AI coaches, fantastic music, and even 1:1 working sessions. It's become essential to my day. What are you bullish on? AI of course :) It's just so clear to me that there are so many use cases and so many industries which are going to change dramatically, really quickly. I'm trying not to get over-hyped but I genuinely believe it's going to be as transformative to our lives as the internet itself was. 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