The Founders' Fuel

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Great content targeted at startups founders (or aspiring ones!), in your inbox twice a week. Join 6,500+ founders who get new proven tactics every week: 5-minute read and 100% free. 💬

Actionable insights for founders building startups and mastering their mindsets. Click to read The Founders' Fuel, by Oliver Stafurik, a Substack publication with tens of thousands of subscribers.

The Founders' Fuel Actionable insights for founders building startups and mastering theirfrom thefoundersfuel.com

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  Founder Secrets2023 · foundersecrets.io · ▲489

  Weekly newsletter on how top founders grew their startups

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  Designing Growth2021 · ▲113

  Weekly startup design & growth insight for your inbox

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  Startup Spark2023 · ▲121

  Weekly newsletter with startup ideas and an A-Z launch guide

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  Readership.fyi2023 · stumbleagain.substack.com · ▲184

  Discover the best free tools for startup founders

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  From Spark to Startup2024 · sparktostartup.substack.com · ▲200

  Startup ideas that you can launch over a weekend

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  Fresh Startup/SaaS Ideas2022 · unvalidatedideas.com · ▲65

  3 new ideas in your inbox, every week, for free.

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  WallHop – 12ft.io is gone, so I built a replacement▲287

  wallhop is a free paywall bypass. Paste any article link to read it without paywall popups, ads or clutter. No signup, no extension. A simple 12ft.io alternative.

  Growth · 11d ago · wallhop.io

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  Prefer▲201

  The execution layer for AEO

  Growth · 22d ago · tryprefer.com

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  MakerMap▲197

  A living map of makers and what they’re building

  Growth · 26d ago · makermap.lol

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  Screen Studio 3.0▲1,832

  Beautiful screen recordings with instant shareable links

  Growth · 2025 · screen.studio

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  Tana▲1,665

  Put your notes to work with voice and AI

  AI · 2025 · tana.inc

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  I got laid off from Meta and created a minor hit on Steam▲1,581

  I was at FB/Meta from late 2013 to early 2023, mostly working in the compiler/runtime spaces. I got hit in the spring 2023 layoff wave. I immediately started making games in my newfound free time (a lifelong interest, and I even worked in AA(A?) back ca. ~2000), and in October 2023 I stumbled upon the idea of a roguelike pachinko/plinko game inspired by Luck Be A Landlord. Things snowballed quickly, I started talking to publishers, then worked like crazy through all of 2024, almost the hardest I've ever worked in my career, and launched the game in December 2024. It's sold…

  Work · 2025

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  Tanka▲1,410

  AI Messenger with smart reply & long term memory for teams

  AI · 2025 · tanka.ai

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  Tool Finder▲1,327

  Your shortcut to better software

  AI · 2025 · toolfinder.com

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  I built an app to stop me doomscrolling by touching grass▲1,203

  i wanted to change the habit of reaching for my phone in the morning and doomscrolling away an hour so i built an app to help me. now i have to literally touch grass before accessing my most distracting apps the app is built in swiftui, uses the screen time apis provided by apple and google vision to recognise grass or not i'd love to get your thoughts on the concept.

  Life & fun · 2025 · touchgrass.now