What's New

This week's additions focus on founder stories, leadership, and mindset, with new digests from Bill Gallagher, Acquired, and Noah Kagan. Highlights include Your money anxiety is cultural, not personal — and that's freeable. Starbucks' moat is employee investment, not the coffee itself.

Identity & self-belief

YouTube

Transforming your relationship with money: from scarcity to sufficiency

Bill Gallagher April 5, 2017

Identity & self-belief 9

Motivation 6

Your money anxiety is cultural, not personal — and that's freeable.
Scarcity thinking always produces more scarcity; sufficiency grows naturally.
Money in service of purpose motivates everyone; a dollar target motivates almost no one.

Origin stories

Podcast

How Howard Schultz took Starbucks public and built a consumer empire

Acquired April 3, 2017

Origin stories 10

Fundraising & VC 7

Culture building 6

Starbucks' moat is employee investment, not the coffee itself.
Howard priced the IPO at $17 against his bankers' advice — and won.
The IPO was a visibility event, not just a capital raise.

Productivity & habits

YouTube

10 practical life upgrades you can start today

Noah Kagan April 3, 2017

Productivity & habits 8

Deep work & focus 7

Find your peak productivity window — not everyone's is 5 a.m.
Cold showers and physical challenges build a tolerance for discomfort.
Hiring an editor raises the floor of your output in any domain.

Founder interviews

Podcast

How Steve Case built AOL and brought the internet to America

How I Built This with Guy Raz April 3, 2017

Founder interviews 9

Pivoting 6

Management 5

Community, not content, was AOL's real killer app from day one.
AOL's decade of obscurity before becoming a household name.
Why the Time Warner merger failed despite sound strategic logic.