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.

Fundraising & VC

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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

Niche selection

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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.

Pricing strategy

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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

Niche selection

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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.

Time management

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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


Hiring & recruitment 9
  • 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

Delegation

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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

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