Ramen savings, the evil of private equity & Case Study: GE Health
Hello there and welcome to Founder's Compass, a good way to get oriented around the labyrinthian world of startups.
Tool of the week
Curios what others are using to build their startups? Ramen tools (love the name) is helping with that, showcasing indie creators and their usual tech stack that you can copy and build your own products. Take a look here:
Video of the week
How Yahoo is still alive, what is a leveraged buyout and how private equity is consistently murdering businesses across America. Your startup might suffer the same fate if you’re not careful. Learn more here:
Top 5 stories of the week
How Ahrefs is hacking their maintenance costs on a large scale
Tips for finding the best founding team and what to give them
Simple design rules so your designs don’t look like a rubber boot
Some updates and your feedback
Let’s update you regarding what’s going on at Creative Motion & ReaktorX:
We’ve made a free collection of the workshops we offer, find it here.
ReaktorX’s Demo Day is happening soon, in Paris, at the largest tech conference in Europe, VivaTech.
We’re still working on our Venture Map, you should see updates soon.
We’re recruiting for one of our startups, ASEMBLD. Ping us if you’d like to join!
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Case Study of the week: MRI’s for Kids
GE Healthcare is an example of a company that focused on user-centricity to improve a product that seemingly had no problems. Diagnostic imaging has revolutionized healthcare, yet GE Healthcare saw a problem in how pediatric patients reacted to procedures.
More specifically, kids didn’t like MRI’s. They were noisy, scary and uncomfortable. They ended up crying, moving around, ultimately messing up the results of the machine.
