Latest edition: 23 September 2026London — published continuously since 2026Free forever
The Founder Gazette
Startup news, held to newspaper standards

Filed under: product launch

5 stories

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Startup tips

A shop's 'No Influencers' sign became a 600-unit product

Four Winds Craft Guild in Nantucket put up a sign telling influencers to stay away, got shouted at for it, and then started selling handmade copies of the sign. The lesson is cheaper to borrow than to earn.

182 · 3 September 2026
Founder practice

One startup bans video at its own launch events

The rule is simple: no cameras in the room when the product is shown. The reasoning is that a product should be able to survive the excitement built around it.

177 · 2 September 2026
Startup news

Pickle sparkling water sells out and lands six-month Ocado exclusive

YEW Drink put brine, dill and cucumber in a can, ran out of it, and talked a national grocer into six exclusive months at £1.69.

113 · 22 August 2026
Growth tactics

Launch to a Facebook group before you buy a single ad

A team that says it has worked on more than 200 consumer brand launches built its own brand inside a Facebook group instead of paying for reach. The detail behind the tactic is thin, but the sequencing is the lesson.

43 · 10 August 2026
Startup news

Teen influencers pick the products in indu's £50 skincare bundle

London skincare brand indu beauty gave three teenage sisters control of its first creator collaboration: they chose the contents, named it, and one of them designed the box.

29 · 9 August 2026