Dan Martell
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Dan Martell shares practical playbooks on founder productivity, hiring, delegation, and using AI and systems to scale companies faster.
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Contracts & agreements
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Five ways your team is putting your SaaS company at risk
Dan Martell
February 27, 2023
Contracts & agreements
9
Cybersecurity basics
8
Processes & SOPs
6
- No signed agreement can let a contractor claim your codebase at exit.
- A developer who owns your GitHub repo can hold you to ransom.
- Employees unknowingly hand third-party apps full access to your CRM data.
Business structure
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How to hire the right lawyer for your tech startup
Dan Martell
February 20, 2023
Business structure
8
Hiring & recruitment
6
- Your family lawyer is costing you when deals get complex
- Wrong-fit lawyers can turn a small acquisition into a $100k legal bill
- Get referrals from founders, not your accountant
Resilience & grit
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The pinata protocol: three principles for long-term success
Dan Martell
February 13, 2023
Resilience & grit
10
Productivity & habits
7
- Bamboo grows 90 feet in five weeks — after four years underground.
- 1,000 days at 90% compliance transforms your life more than perfection ever could.
- A failed course launch with zero sales led to an eight-figure business.
Raising money from customers or strategic investors: three risks to know
Dan Martell
February 6, 2023
Fundraising & VC
9
Contracts & agreements
6
- Customer-investors can leak your financials to their competitors
- Taking investment often turns you into a cheap custom dev shop
- Strategic investors can quietly block your future acquisition
Three questions that helped me shut down a $1.8M business
Dan Martell
January 24, 2023
Niche selection
9
Post-mortems
6
- Serving all entrepreneurs blocked the 20% only he could deliver.
- Would you still offer this if paid only on results?
- A seasoned buyer reveals decisions you already know you should make.
Five SaaS pricing strategies to increase revenue without new features
Dan Martell
January 16, 2023
Pricing strategy
10
Business models
5
- Experienced acquirers change pricing first — not the product
- Feature usage data reveals which capabilities belong in top tiers
- Upsells via partner bundles add near-pure profit with no new code
Six SaaS business categories worth building in 2023
Dan Martell
January 9, 2023
Niche selection
10
Business models
7
AI strategy & adoption
6
- AI can already handle 95% of customer support — the data exists
- IoT sensor fleets need a management software layer nobody has built yet
- No-code lets you launch and sell software without writing a single line
Identity & self-belief
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Four mindset hacks to replace fear with forward focus
Dan Martell
January 2, 2023
Identity & self-belief
9
Resilience & grit
8
Motivation
7
- Fear and faith are both future projections — you choose which.
- Swapping 'have to' for 'get to' rewires how tasks feel instantly.
- A single memorised question can interrupt fear and reset focus.
The buyback loop: three steps to escape founder overwhelm
Dan Martell
December 26, 2022
Time management
10
Delegation
7
Processes & SOPs
6
- Audit your calendar to expose the tasks silently draining you
- Record yourself working to train replacements with zero extra time
- Fill reclaimed time with skills, beliefs, and identity — not busywork
Hiring & recruitment
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Four strategies for building a high-performance team
Dan Martell
December 19, 2022
Hiring & recruitment
9
Delegation
8
Identity & self-belief
5
- Not training people caps them at exactly the information you give
- Hire people whose personal 10-year vision matches what you need built
- Your team's growth ceiling is set by your own leadership growth
Influencer & partnerships
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How to build a high-converting SaaS affiliate program
Dan Martell
December 12, 2022
Influencer & partnerships
9
Sales systems & CRM
6
- Affiliates can fund a third of demand generation with zero ad spend
- Show affiliates earnings-per-click data to make saying yes effortless
- Operationalise before moving on — abandoning working channels kills growth
Productivity & habits
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Five habits that destroy a founder's time and momentum
Dan Martell
November 21, 2022
Productivity & habits
10
Delegation
6
Outsourcing & delegation
5
- Delaying decisions costs more than making the wrong one
- Penny-pinching on expert help keeps you doing low-value work
- Self-medicating after big weeks silently kills your best days
Hiring & recruitment
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How to hire the right person next in your business
Dan Martell
November 14, 2022
- Hire to buy back your time, not to add capacity.
- Score role options on money, time saved, and affordability.
- Document the first two weeks before making any offer.
AI tools & automation
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Overcoming physical setbacks: mindset lessons from Ironman training
Dan Martell
November 7, 2022
AI tools & automation
10
MVP & prototyping
6
Content marketing
6
- Three injuries before race day — he started anyway and finished
- Asking 'how did I contribute?' turns bad luck into actionable lessons
- Filter feedback by source: experts over well-meaning family
How to grow your business without burning out using the replacement ladder
Dan Martell
October 31, 2022
Delegation
9
Outsourcing & delegation
7
Productivity & habits
5
- Hire to buy back calendar time, not to add capacity
- Your buyback rate turns delegation into a measurable 4× return
- Admin, delivery, then marketing: the exact order to offload work