This week's additions focus on founder stories, strategy, and leadership, with new digests from Masters of Scale, Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life, and Noah Kagan. Highlights include Why Schultz gave all employees health insurance while losing money Prepping food in batches eliminates decision fatigue at the worst moment

Case studies

Podcast

How Starbucks built a values-driven business at massive scale

Masters of Scale March 7, 2018

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Case studies 10

Culture building 8

Vision & mission 6

• Why Schultz gave all employees health insurance while losing money
• The parent-benefits insight that rescued nine years of China losses
• Profit and conscience are frenemies — discipline makes them scale together

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Productivity & habits

Podcast

Batch processing in kitchen and business: Allison Schaaf on PrepDish

Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life March 5, 2018

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Productivity & habits 9

Deep work & focus 7

Processes & SOPs 5

• Prepping food in batches eliminates decision fatigue at the worst moment
• Quarterly planning catches repetition and gaps that weekly planning misses
• A mid-afternoon walk at your low-energy hour beats skipping it every evening

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Founder interviews

YouTube

How Pat Flynn built a loyal online audience from scratch

Noah Kagan March 5, 2018

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Founder interviews 9

Content marketing 7

Niche selection 5

• Be the most helpful person in a small niche before selling anything
• 1,000 true fans at $100/year beats chasing viral scale
• Radical transparency — not tactics — is what makes a brand stick

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Founder interviews

Podcast

How Brian Scudamore built 1-800-GOT-JUNK into a global franchise

How I Built This with Guy Raz March 5, 2018

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Founder interviews 10

Business models 7

Hiring & recruitment 6

• A $700 truck bought to pay for college became a global franchise.
• Firing your entire team can be the right — and necessary — move.
• The wrong president nearly destroyed 20 years of growth in months.

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