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Hello! My name is Frederick Daso, and I am the author of Founder To Founder (F2F).
It’s good to have you here at F2F!
To get an idea of what I write about, here are my top articles of all time on Forbes:
[Forbes]: Dropping Out Of Harvard Isn't An Easy Choice. This Founder Did It Three Times.
[Forbes]: Kalshi, An MIT Betting Startup, Is Allowing People To Bet On Anything
[Forbes]: Waves, A Y Combinator Dating Startup, Makes A Splash In Our Love Lives
[Forbes]: Meet The Four MIT Students Working To Disrupt The Expert Network Industry
[Forbes]: Meet The MIT Graduate Working On A Cheaper, Decentralized Option To Cloud Computing and Blockchain
Here’s some F2F Exclusive Founder Q&As:
[F2F]: Convictional’s Chris Grouchy and Roger Kirkness Discuss How To Fundraise Properly
[F2F]: Deepbench's Yishi Zuo Has Raised 1M+ From Angel Investors. Learn How He Did It
[F2F]: Landis's Cyril Berdugo and Tom Petit Discuss Selecting The Right Investors For Your Startup
[F2F]: Waves's Emerson and Morris Hsieh Discuss Best Practices On Incorporating User Feedback
[F2F]: Simmer's Vaibhav Verma and Richard Wu Explain How To Minimize Churn On Consumer Products
Currently, all content, which is right now my Forbes stories and F2F-exclusive Founder Q&As, is free until February 3rd, 2020.
After that date, the F2F Founder Q&As will be paywalled. The cost of a subscription after February 3rd to this mailing list is $7/month or $60/year.
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