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Social Leverage Letter | Issue #20

Social Leverage Letter | Issue #20

Female Founders, Copywriting, Rejection, and Some Levity with Lindzon

January 16, 2022

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READING

"But many female investors are fighting just as hard to be taken seriously as the female founders they want to support."

Raising money is catastrophically challenging for female founders – TechCrunch

I worry we’re at risk of conflating technological growth for the social progress we really need. Women are still behind. Why?

https://techcrunch.com/2022/01/15/raising-money-is-catastrophically-challenging-for-female-founders/

Copywriting can be a challenge for startups. Luckily, Harry Dry has built a quick and dirty swipe file to help you out. And it's free.

Copywriting Examples — The world's best copy. In one place.

The only swipe file you’ll ever need. 330+ handpicked examples. Broken-down.

https://marketingexamples.com/inspiration

Rejection, no matter how painful, is part of the process. Jeff Bezos says, “I had to take 60 meetings to raise $1 million, and I raised it from 22 people at approximately $50,000 a person.”

How to Leverage Rejection — Social Leverage

When you’re a founder, odds are rejection is part and parcel to your day. Maybe even for a long time as you build your startup, find customers, and search for capital. You’re probably already familiar with the story of Amazon. Jeff Bezos says, “I had to take 60 meetings to raise $1 million, and I ra

https://www.socialleverage.com/blog/2022/1/12/how-to-leverage-rejection

LISTENING

Our founder and managing partner, Howard Lindzon, talks about life in general, how to have a successful marriage, and storytelling. And if you ever see a tweet from Howard saying, "Short Tesla", get in touch with Social Leverage HQ immediately.

52. Howard Lindzon (General Partner, Social Leverage) has the body of a ghostbuster

Listen to this episode from Non-Technical on Spotify. This week, Alexis gets non-technical with Howard Lindzon, General Partner at Social Leverage and Co-Founder of StockTwits. They talk about friendly British ghosts, the case of the missing “puffy pants,” shorting $TSLA (heh), and the only two words you need to sustain a 26-year marriage.You can find Howard on Twitter at twitter.com/howardlindzon and Alexis at twitter.com/yayalexisgay or instagram.com/yayalexisgay and twitter.com/NonTechnicalPod.This episode is sponsored by Modern Treasury! Modern Treasury makes APIs to help companies build products that move money. Psst! They’re hiring: moderntreasury.com/careers

https://open.spotify.com/episode/52mnK4n8foQtwNf8zgK0b0?si=QJJniyQ2QeulgjRwOT50BQ

WATCHING

Ali lays out a defined creative workflow for doing things like churning out videos and podcasts and blog posts and newsletters. He breaks down the process using Notion.

JOB BOARD

Senior Data Engineer

Koyfin is a rapidly growing, VC-backed, NYC-based fintech startup looking to hire a Senior Data Engineer to build and scale our product from thousands to millions of users. Our mission is to empower investors with easy to use analytics and beautiful charts, graphs and tools to understand market ...

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UKOtLoPwKqh-P4XwXedUiRG_YRa6Q145r0V5mdmi3UE/edit

Software Engineer

Job Opening: Software Engineer at beehiiv in Remote.

https://careers.beehiiv.com/en/jobs/21465

Our portfolio companies are seeking great candidates to fill roles in engineering, product management, design, sales, marketing, HR, and more. Browse ALL available opportunities here.

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Affiliate Disclosure: Social Leverage Group, LLC ("SLG"), Social Leverage Capital Fund I, LP ("SLC"), Social Leverage Capital Fund II, LP ("SLCII"), Social Leverage Capital Fund III, LP ("SLCIII") and Social Leverage Capital Fund IV, LP ("SLCIV") are all distinct entities from Social Leverage, LLC ("SL"). Social Leverage is not a registered investment advisor. SLC, SLCII, SLCIII, SLCIV, SLG and SL have used the logo and branding of Social Leverage with the permission of Social Leverage Group, LLC.