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Daily Edition · Page 9

THE DAILY INDEX

Technology, AI, software, security, crypto and business

HEADLINES & TRENDS

TLDR Founders

TLDR Founders

WHAT'S WORKING IN SAAS PRICING RIGHT NOW

Credit-based pricing exploded 126% in 2025 because it splits the difference between predictable licenses and pure usage. Customers can budget, while vendors protect margins on volatile AI costs. Meanwhile, per-seat pricing isn't dying like everyone predicted. It's evolving. OpenAI and Figma now tie seats to capability tiers and product access. Salesforce lets customers swap unused licenses for AI credits. Nobody knows what AI is actually worth yet, so the winners are offering multiple ways to pay.

growthunhinged.com · 15 min

TLDR Founders

STOP HIRING FOR EXPERTISE: HOW TO RECRUIT A-PLAYERS

A polished resume from Google often can't ship anything at your startup. That's because you hired an expert, not a builder. The hiring framework that actually works: evaluate drive first, then potential, then expertise. Drive is the internal engine you can't coach or install. Potential is how fast someone climbs. Expertise only matters after the first two spike. To test for drive, don't even look at the résumé before the interview: ask what they've obsessed over, when the hardest they've ever worked was, and why. If someone has never been deeply consumed by anything, they won't suddenly become consumed by your company.

extremefoundership.substack.com · 6 min

TLDR Founders

LOCAL ≠ SMALL BRAND IMPACT

Founders never ask how to build a local press strategy, and that's a mistake. If you're trying to reach small business owners, educators, or non-technical professionals, the Boston Globe might outperform TechCrunch. Local publications punch above their weight on Facebook, where community stories spread fast through geographic networks. The playbook is simple. Find customers in target cities, hear their stories, then pitch their story to local reporters. You get awareness, they get visibility. Local journalists don't need proof that your company matters to the world. They need proof it matters to their city.

lindsayamos.substack.com · 8 min

TLDR Founders

THE MOST IMPORTANT SKILL FOR THE NEXT 10 YEARS

The skill that will remain relevant for decades is agency: the ability to act, iterate, and adapt without permission. High-agency individuals treat life as an experiment, use AI and tools as amplifiers rather than crutches, and build generalist capabilities to thrive across changing industries. Developing agency requires setting goals, experimenting, analyzing results, and creating your own processes, enabling long-term adaptability, skill acquisition, and control over your future.

links.tldrnewsletter.com · 8 min

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WHY AI STARTUPS MUST RELEARN GROWTH EVERY QUARTER

Product-market fit resets every three months at Lovable because AI capabilities and user expectations shift too fast to rely on long-term scaling, even past $200M ARR. Roughly 95% of growth comes from shipping new features, while funnel optimization contributes only about 5%, forcing teams to prioritize velocity over polish. Influencer-driven demos, free credits, and large communities now outperform paid ads, making word of mouth the primary growth engine.

links.tldrnewsletter.com · 1 min

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