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Newsletter that sends startup ideas via visual storytelling
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Smoothie โ€” Newsletter that sends startup ideas via visual storytelling

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Smoothie is a free newsletter that sends founders startup opportunities through visual storytelling.
Why visual storytelling? Because typical newsletters are boring.
Be on top of emerging opportunities like: DAOs, GPT-3, CRISPR, and Carbon Capturing!
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Matthew Kim
TLDR; Smoothie is a free newsletter that analyzes data trends and sends founders startup ideas via visual storytelling (sort of like a comic book). That way, you get the best opportunities through content that's "easy to digest" ๐Ÿ˜‰ Hi Product Hunt ๐Ÿ‘‹ Iโ€™m Matt Kim, Co-Founder of www.withsmoothie.com. In 2018, I quit my job in Toronto and bought a one-way ticket to San Francisco with no plan. I lived in hostels trying to get a job in tech. I managed to work at Sensor Tower and Facebook for the last 3 years. Earlier this year, I quit my job to pursue my own startup! After months of hard work, weโ€™re ready to share what weโ€™ve been working on. Iโ€™ve been passionate about entrepreneurship my whole life. But as a founder, it was hard to find the next big startup idea. Where do you even start? Marc Andreessen said, โ€œIn a great market - a market with lots of real potential customers - the market pulls product out of the startup.โ€ So I asked myself...why not start with the market? Thatโ€™s why we made Smoothie ๐Ÿš€ Itโ€™s a newsletter that sends data-driven startup ideas through visual storytelling. Why visual storytelling? Because typical newsletters are boring. Subscribe to Smoothie today, we're excited to have you join! Let me know if you have any questions (:
Porush Puri ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ
@mattkim_5 Wow Looks Great! Excited for the next edition. Congratulations on the launch!
Matthew Kim
@porush_puri Thanks for your support! Also saw that you helped share on Twitter. That means so much, really appreciate it ๐Ÿ™
Jake Schonberger
Very honored to know the team & hunt Smoothie! @mattkim_5 and team are an incredible crew and I highly suggest any founders or to-be founders check out Smoothie :)
Matthew Kim
@jake_schonberger1 Thanks so much for the hunt Jake! Excited to help founders discover their markets/ideas ๐Ÿ™Œ
John Ababseh
As an avid newsletter reader, smoothie came in and blended something amazing :) always looking forward to the next article
Matthew Kim
@john_ababseh LOL Love the pun. The articles are "easy to digest" ๐Ÿ˜‰
David J. Kim
keeping on top of emerging trends in a way that really draws you in - never knew that's what I needed
Matthew Kim
@between_team Thanks for subscribing and I'm excited to continue sending you cool emerging startup trends ๐Ÿš€
Shun Kakinoki
Matt! Congrats on the launch. The quality and the visuals of the newsletter is just jaw dropping each time. Wish the best!!!
Matthew Kim
@shunkakinoki Thanks so much Shun! Excited to continuing sending you startups ideas and trends!
Oz
I've been reading Smoothie lately. It's easy to understand, beautifully visual and I look forward to it every week.
Matthew Kim
@okazu thanks so much for supporting Oz. you're been a HUGE help and we couldn't have built Smoothie without you. I'll be making a separate Thank You message for you ๐Ÿ˜‰
Kaz Tamai
@okazu @mattkim_5 +1 with Matt. Thanks Oz for your hustle.
Kei Watanabe
Congrats and thank you Matt! I've been waited for something like this for newsletter. This is so helpful!
Matthew Kim
@kei_watanabe thanks Kei! will be sending lots of startup opportunities through visual storytelling ๐Ÿš€
Mia Pham
Exactly what I need in my life. Amazing work! Congratulations on your launch and best of luck! P.S. your graphics are killer!
Matthew Kim
@mia_pham thanks so much mia! would love to get your feedback for our articles if you have some time! all the credits go to our graphics team ๐Ÿ™
goulart
Can I provide you a with a storytelling sketch to add to your list of articles? It's about a startup software product I'm working on (details about the product at www.mewatools.com)
Matthew Kim
@hugo_silva7 iโ€™m interested, please email! matt @withsmoothie.com
Satoru Sasozaki
I tend to subscribe many things but barely read. Smoothie is one of the few newsletters I actually read til the end. Great job Matt! Keep doing what you do!
Matthew Kim
@ssasozaki Thanks so much Saso! So happy to hear that you're enjoying Smoothie and that it's helpful!
Abdullah Al Mallak
Great initiative, However, i couldn't sign up to it, it bounces back saying that "something wrong has happened".
Matthew Kim
@abdullah_mallak what's your email? i'll try to add it manually feel free to email me! matt @withsmoothie.com
Pฤฑnar Gรผler
Great idea! The design of the newsletter looks fun! It's gonna be a breath of fresh air in my inbox which is full of marketing garbage.
Matthew Kim
@pinar wow thanks so much for the support Pinar! looking forward to sending you awesome ideas/trends also saw that you're at mobile action! I'm actually meeting up with Aykut today (:
Elvin Lee
@mattkim_5 subscribed! an amazing way to learn about these topics ๐Ÿ‘ I'm curious to learn about the process of creating these engaging visual stories!
Matthew Kim
@elvin_lkh thanks so much elvin! also saw your response - our next article is about no-code ๐Ÿš€
Blair Griffiths
This is such a cool way to learn about startup opportunities instead of reading through a bunch of articles/ blogs!
Matthew Kim
@blair_griffiths thanks so much for the kind words Blair! i actually heard of WFHomie before because our previous idea was a virtual event marketplace ๐Ÿ˜…
Kaz Tamai
@blair_griffiths Thanks Blair. We will be improving a lot from here with the community. Your insights & feedbacks are appreciated as we send out the future articles!
Andrew Pang
Love newsletters that help curate and summarize information, but this one goes a step above those and has beautiful visuals. Makes for fun, quick but informative reads!
Matthew Kim
@andrew_pang Thanks for the support Andrew! Excited to get your more amazing ideas through the visual storytelling โค๏ธ
Datz Daito
Love it as a founder who's looking for next big thing! Pop illustration helps motivate me up to search even non-interest industry!
Matthew Kim
@dattsu_ thanks so much for your support! looking forward to continue sending you awesome ideas/trends!
Basim Ibsies
I really love the product. Super engaging way for people to learn! I would love to see more content like this! Congrats on the launch!
Matthew Kim
@basimio thanks so much basimio, really appreciate it! ๐Ÿ™
Alexander Zhou
Such a great newsletter! I subscribe to a bunch of different newsletters and at a certain point the walls of text become too much. Smoothie makes it easy for me to understand what's hot within venture capital, in a very easy to digest format! :)
Matthew Kim
@alexander_zhou thanks so much alex, that's exactly what we're trying to do. love that you're getting value from our visual storytelling (:
Stacey
This is fantastic @mattkim_5! Love the storytelling newsletter concept and can't wait to see more. Such an interesting idea.
Matthew Kim
@sjdeakins thanks stacey! looking forward to continue sending you awesome startup ideas ๐Ÿš€
Kevin Huang
Amazing idea! Love the visual approach to it. Hope this newsletter can inspire a new wave of founders to build great things for the world <3
Matthew Kim
@kevinzhuang10 at the end of the day, thatโ€™s exactly it! canโ€™t wait to see the amazing things they build ๐Ÿš€