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No. 242 · January 19, 2023

Jan-Erik Asplund

Co-founder of Sacra, the private markets research you need to be a better investor

Jan-Erik Asplund’s workspace

Jan-Erik Asplund is the co-founder of Sacra, a platform for research and analysis of private companies that help you be a better investor.

He was previously the VP of Product at Animalz, a content marketing agency that provides content strategy and creation to B2B SaaS companies, venture capitalists and other tech companies.

Follow Jan-Erik on Twitter.

What is your favorite item in your workspace?

Probably my window, which floods my workspace (aka the corner of my living room) with light in the afternoon.

How do you spark creativity?

Go for a walk, take a shower, and otherwise try to distract myself from the task of being creative.

Jan-Erik’s gear

15 items.

On the desk15

On the screen10 apps

  • Discord

    for group chat

  • BetterTouchTool
  • Spotify
  • Linear

    for project and issue tracking

  • Shortwave

    for email

  • Sacra

    for research

  • Things

    for to-do tracking

  • CleanShotX

    for screenshots

  • Meeter

    for Zoom meetings

  • Alfred

    for better Spotlight

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