Strategy: Long-term planning
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Test before committing: avoid expensive mistakes on new initiatives
Bill Gallagher
May 16, 2022
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MVP & prototyping
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- Plan backwards from the future; ask what will go wrong
- Run cheap experiments before committing real budget
- Don't bet everything at the start — reserve resources
How BasicFit became Europe's dominant low-cost gym operator
Business Breakdowns
February 16, 2022
Business models
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Unit economics
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- How owned-and-operated gyms lower costs faster than franchises can compete
- Clustering strategy creates winner-take-all infrastructure moat at scale
- Low-cost supply unlocked 10 years of TAM expansion in European gym market
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How to decarbonize your business: John Doerr's speed and scale plan
Masters of Scale
January 13, 2022
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Pricing strategy
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- The climate transition is the greatest economic opportunity of the next century.
- Six measurable sectors can cut 59 gigatons of emissions to net zero.
- Move others to act — personal virtue alone won't reach the gigatons needed.
Long-term planning
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Marc Andreessen: six insights on timing for entrepreneurs
Masters of Scale
January 4, 2022
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Identity & self-belief
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- Timing beats funding, hiring, and competition as your biggest risk.
- Good ideas that look bad are the only ones worth pursuing.
- Open-mindedness declines naturally — founders must actively fight it.
Two tools for navigating crisis and dramatic change
Bill Gallagher
September 21, 2021
Pivoting
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- Triage first: cut costs and preserve cash to buy thinking room
- SWT replaces SWOT by centering trends over opportunities
- Connecting trends to strengths and weaknesses reveals real pivot options
Long-term planning
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Technology's long arc: lessons for founders navigating deep tech
Bill Gallagher
April 28, 2021
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Deep work & focus
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Origin stories
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- Most 'new' technologies have been developing for over a century.
- A triple crisis of food, climate, and energy demands urgent deep tech deployment.
- Fall in love with the problem, not your solution.
How Disney built a sustainable brand ecosystem through strategic acquisitions
Masters of Scale
March 23, 2021
Business models
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Case studies
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- Keep acquired brands separate — merging them destroys the value you bought
- Shanghai Disneyland: localise culture, don't export it, for faster loyalty
- A diverse ecosystem survives shocks that kill a monoculture
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How to set your KPI as a startup founder
Y Combinator
February 1, 2021
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Processes & SOPs
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- Only four KPIs are valid — pick one and don't invent your own
- Secondary metrics are where the real weekly optimisation happens
- Custom top KPIs make investor comparisons impossible
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Startup survival and growth advice during a pandemic
Y Combinator
December 14, 2020
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Cash flow management
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Product-market fit
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- Default alive matters more than ever — get revenue that covers survival
- Venture rebounded to pre-pandemic pace faster than anyone expected
- Startups that survive will be primed to capture the secular shift to digital
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Jeff Bezos: core principles from his shareholder letters and speeches
Founders
November 23, 2020
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Decision-making
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Business models
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- Most decisions are two-way doors — treat them that way
- Build around what customers will always want, not what changes
- Cleverness is a gift; kindness and bold choices define you
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Recession Signals, Tech Monopolies, and Work-From-Home Futures
Startups For the Rest of Us
November 3, 2020
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Cash flow management
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Remote teams
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- Growth is flatlining for the middle 60% of SaaS companies—not recession yet, but warning signs to watch.
- Google strips data to force reliance on paid ads, while antitrust suits reshape how founders compete.
- Mid-market founders need access to public markets, but US regulations lock them out until unicorn scale.
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Scaling up during a crisis: strategy, leadership, and mindset
Bill Gallagher
August 14, 2020
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Management
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Resilience & grit
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- Playing not to lose means missing the chance to lead recovery.
- Two tools above all else: get your team right, nail your vision.
- Your habits set the ceiling — the leader is the real bottleneck.
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How to identify and fix the vital need in your business right now
Bill Gallagher
April 15, 2020
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Pivoting
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Resilience & grit
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- Most crisis responses move you further from the real problem
- A five-level hierarchy tells you exactly which need to fix first
- Peel back your offering one step at a time to find what you can sell now
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Recession business strategy: offense and defense in uncertain times
Noah Kagan
March 26, 2020
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Cash flow management
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Growth hacking
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- Pre-set two revenue-drop scenarios before you need them.
- Track leading indicators daily — not last month's revenue.
- Downturns create permanent winners; position now for the recovery.
Long-term planning
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The timeless wisdom of Warren Buffett on business and investing
Founders
December 8, 2019
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Unit economics
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Identity & self-belief
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- Concentrate capital in one exceptional business with durable advantage, not diversified portfolios.
- Stop digging when in a bad deal; sunk costs don't justify throwing more money away.
- Independent thinking beats crowds: build what you believe in, not what research groups suggest.