What's New

This week's additions focus on founder stories, strategy, and ai, with new digests from Acquired, Ahrefs, and Bill Gallagher. Highlights include Netflix spun out Roku two weeks before shipping its own hardware. Find hacked pages, redirect failures, and duplicate content with Google alone

Origin stories

Podcast

Netflix's streaming era: from Roku spinout to global content flywheel

Acquired November 25, 2018

Origin stories 9

Business models 8

Pivoting 6

Netflix spun out Roku two weeks before shipping its own hardware.
The Quickster fiasco erased 80% of Netflix's market cap in months.
Debt-funded content flywheel drove 30% subscriber growth year after year.

SEO

YouTube

Technical SEO audit using only Google search operators

Ahrefs November 21, 2018

SEO 9

Find hacked pages, redirect failures, and duplicate content with Google alone
Specific search operators expose unwanted indexed URLs in minutes
When free Google audits fall short and a crawl tool becomes worth it

Culture building

YouTube

How Sportique built a people-first business that profits by design

Bill Gallagher November 21, 2018

Culture building 9

Case studies 7

Hiring & recruitment 5

One bad culture hire can infect a whole team and poison customer relationships.
Shoot for purpose and excellence — profit follows, but not the reverse.
Values only stick when leaders model them and hiring filters for them first.

Founder interviews

YouTube

Work, dignity, and technological determinism with Andrew Kortina

Y Combinator November 20, 2018

Founder interviews 8

AI strategy & adoption 6

Business models 5

Dignity tied to work was a scarcity tool — it may now exclude people.
Silicon Valley sells meaning the way Wall Street sells money, less honestly.
Fin uses human workers to deliver AI-level assistance today.

Origin stories

Podcast

Richard Branson's early business life: struggle, instinct, and protecting the downside

Founders November 19, 2018

Origin stories 10

Business models 7

Bootstrapping 5

Branson had no real personal wealth until 25 years into building Virgin.
Every major deal was structured to cap losses and keep upside unlimited.
The branded venture capital model: 50/50 partnerships, small teams, open upside.

What's New

19 November 2018

Netflix's streaming era: from Roku spinout to global content flywheel

Technical SEO audit using only Google search operators

How Sportique built a people-first business that profits by design

Work, dignity, and technological determinism with Andrew Kortina

Richard Branson's early business life: struggle, instinct, and protecting the downside

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