Hey, this is Napkin Notes: the only newsletter that admits this is a pre-scheduled message b/c our entire team is:

• stuffing our faces with tasty food

• drinking negronis

• returning secret santa gifts

• and trying to use up our 2023 audible credits

All before the 2024 new years eve ball drops. 🍾

And we hope you’re doing the same.

But if you’re not and want something fun to skim in the Uber over to your NYE party, here’s what we’re gonna dig into:

• 🎁 Some Kernal-wrapped gems

• 🤣 A few December Startup Laughs

• 🔗 Free folder of goal-setting templates for 2024

🎁 Kernal Wrapped 2023 Edition

• 🚀 693 new startups

• 💬 5372 comments and feedback given

• 💸 over $44.3M of investment interest across startups this year

• 🎟 7 demo day events hosted

• 🎙64 startups pitched live

• 🤝 2813 introductions made

🥁 Top 5 Categories readers are interested in:

1. AI

2. Personal Growth

3. Automation

4. Productivity

5. Marketing

📌 Top 5 categories of startup ventures being built by readers

1. AI

2. Marketplace

3. Community

4. Education

5. Social Media

📰 Some December Startup Laughs

And heck, if something from this last holiday week has drummed up a startup idea in your head, let it out by clicking below.

☕️ Our Goal Setting Guide for 2024

Need help to hit the ground running in 2024? Tap below. We’ve got tons of guides and e-books calling your name.

Have an awesome weekend.

P.S. If you haven’t submitted your startup idea here to Forum Ventures’ pitch competition to win 1% in the venture they build, do that here.

P.S.S. Happy new yearrrrrr 🍾

💚 The Kernal Fam