First Impression
by Hema Padhuin 💼 Business
First Impression
About the Substack
Hema Padhu writes First Impression — a newsletter for startup founders and marketers. She covers positioning, brand, GTM, and leadership.
Free Subscription Benefits
- Occasional public posts
Paid Subcription Benefits
- Subscriber-only, long-form posts
- Access to all archived posts (older than three months)
- Stories of founders and marketers who took risks, pivoted, chose unconventional paths, and redefined success.
About Hema Padhu
Interim and Fractional CMO, consultant, and advisor to over 25+ early-stage startups. Check out https://firstimpression.substack.com/, where I write about marketing and leadership.
First Impression's recommended Substacks
Nascent 🪺
Conventional startup strategies are for startups with customers. Nascent is for startups with no customers -- a methodology for founders to decide within days (not years!) whether their idea is an opportunity worth pursuing.
The VC Corner
The VC Corner is where founders stay ahead: sharp news, fundraising strategies, battle-tested playbooks, and the tools to grow.
free subscribers
Positioning with April Dunford
A newsletter that covers all things Positioning for founders, marketers and product folks. I'm April Dunford - a positioning expert, consultant, author of the books Obviously Awesome and Sales Pitch, and host of the Positioning podcast.
free subscribers
Hooked, by Madrona
Startup career and founder stories, interpreted by a curious and skeptical VC + playbooks, tools and templates... and other stuff builders need to know.
free subscribers
Aspiring for Intelligence
The latest themes, trends, and news in the world of intelligent applications
free subscribers