What's New

This week's additions focus on founder stories, leadership, and mindset, with new digests from Noah Kagan, Bill Gallagher, and How I Built This with Guy Raz. Highlights include Four P's — Purpose, Product, People, Pay — matter more than ownership. Switching from discounting to service-first strategy transformed the business overnight.

Identity & self-belief

YouTube

Being a CEO Is Overrated: Why You Should Be an Employee Instead

Noah Kagan March 17, 2017

Identity & self-belief 9

Founder interviews 5

Four P's — Purpose, Product, People, Pay — matter more than ownership.
Entrepreneurship adds a fifth P: Problems that employees never face.
Take the job if it delivers all four P's at your price.

Case studies

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How Headsets.com grew by betting on service over price

Bill Gallagher March 16, 2017

Case studies 9

Niche selection 6

Hiring & recruitment 5

Switching from discounting to service-first strategy transformed the business overnight.
Buying headsets.com for $1M instantly credentialed them with manufacturers and search engines.
Daily huddles and extensive hiring screens create alignment most businesses skip entirely.

Processes & SOPs

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How a rubber belt distributor cut owner hours and 4x'd gross profit

Bill Gallagher March 15, 2017

Processes & SOPs 9

Hiring & recruitment 7

Unit economics 5

Removing the founder bottleneck grew gross profit 4x in one year
One word changed a KPI and fixed a chronic fulfilment failure
FACE and PACE tools turn vague accountability into owned, measurable outcomes

Productivity & habits

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Five steps to become a faster learner at anything

Noah Kagan March 13, 2017

Productivity & habits 7

Playing around with a skill is not the same as learning it.
Real learning only starts when you apply it for real stakes.
Teaching what you know is the step most people skip.

Founder interviews

Podcast

How Manoj Bhargava built Five-Hour Energy into a category-defining product

How I Built This with Guy Raz March 13, 2017

Founder interviews 10

MVP & prototyping 7

Business models 6

A 2-ounce shot beats a 16-ounce can: tiredness and thirst are separate problems.
Copycats from Coke, Pepsi, and Red Bull failed — product quality is non-negotiable.
Determination beats passion: get up the 21st time, urgency beats planning.

What's New

13 March 2017

Being a CEO Is Overrated: Why You Should Be an Employee Instead

How Headsets.com grew by betting on service over price

How a rubber belt distributor cut owner hours and 4x'd gross profit

Five steps to become a faster learner at anything

How Manoj Bhargava built Five-Hour Energy into a category-defining product

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