Friends,

In our last newsletter, we’ve introduced our latest Entrepreneur-in-Residence Michael Steinmann, since then, we have been busy exploring an exciting opportunity in the residential real estate market. As a matter of fact, we are really onto something, having talked to many people inside the shared living space over the last few weeks, we're looking to build something huge for a roaring market.

We’re now in the middle of our search for a technical co-founder, a CTO, to join us on this exciting journey. Finding the right business partner is no easy task. At Builders, we know very well how challenging finding the right co-founders can be. To share how serious we are about this opportunity, we’ve written a letter for our future business partner in tech.

In the process of talking to potential co-founders, we've gotten a lot of questions about partnering with Builders as a CTO. This is why we’ve decided to list some of the most talked-about subjects in our latest Medium article, so hopefully moving forward, we can go right into the more inspiring and ambitious parts of the conversation.

If this resonates with you, let’s connect and dive into the challenges ahead! Not you, but perhaps this reminds you of someone? Recommendations are always much appreciated.

What we’re following 👀

• The IPO market is the hottest it has been in years with SaaS companies in the spotlight.

• Snowflake, the recent IPO success story, is one of the biggest successes of the startup studio model.

• Ben Thompson from Stratechery elaborates on the long-standing question whether to bundle or unbundle software products.

• An inside look on how one of the top VCs evaluates early stage tech startups.

• Fellow startup studio, eFounders, has been working on the next batch of promising SaaS startups.

• We loved this article on the Art of choosing the right startup name.

• Marc Andreessen on Productivity, Scheduling, Reading Habits, Work, and more.

Come build with us 🧑‍💻

• Digital Product Design Lead at Builders

• Full-Stack (Symfony, React) Developer at Builders

• Founder Associate Traineeship at Builders

• Growth Traineeship at Builders

Internships 🎓

• Influencer Brand Research Internship at Influentials (NL)

• Customer Success Internship at Influentials (NL)

Right now, our search continues. Feel free forward this message to your friends in tech and potentially score a bottle of champagne in the process.

For now, stay safe & healthy, and have a great week,

Michael van Lier

Managing Director at Builders