Unit economics

YouTube

Buying vs. renting: a real numbers breakdown

Noah Kagan March 15, 2019

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Unit economics 9

• A $67k apparent profit shrank to a $4,800 advantage over renting
• Your down payment tied up in property has a real opportunity cost
• High mortgage overhead kills financial flexibility when income drops

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SEO

YouTube

How to rank YouTube videos using a 7-step SEO process

Ahrefs March 14, 2019

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SEO 9

Content marketing 7

Social media 5

• Engagement drives ranking — optimization alone won't move the needle
• Session watch time is a direct ranking signal most creators ignore
• Series playlists and a channel page hack multiply views without extra content

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Pitching investors

YouTube

Investor pitch and customer pitch require separate approaches

Y Combinator March 14, 2019

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Pitching investors 9

B2B sales 7

Fundraising & VC 6

• Jargon builds credibility with customers but kills investor pitches
• Investors need six specific answers, not product detail
• Same pitch for both audiences is a common founder mistake

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Long-term planning

YouTube

How to find disruptive strategy using the IDEAS process

Bill Gallagher March 13, 2019

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Long-term planning 9

Competitive analysis 7

Culture building 6

• Disruptive ideas look crazy at first — that's what protects them
• 70% of transformative innovations came from employees, not founders
• A window firm 10x'd by acquiring its own distributors for exclusivity

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Culture building

Podcast

How cognitive diversity unlocks opportunity and prevents groupthink

Masters of Scale March 12, 2019

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Culture building 9

Founder interviews 7

Niche selection 6

• Wall Street's monoculture hid a $7 trillion women's investment market
• Homogeneous teams build blind spots — then reward people for ignoring them
• Hiring opposites, not copies, is how Ellevest outperformed without a CMO

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Goal setting

YouTube

Essentialism in practice: how Greg McKeown decides what matters most

Noah Kagan March 11, 2019

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Goal setting 9

Long-term planning 6

Productivity & habits 5

• Why a 10-out-of-10 clarity signal beats logical decision-making
• Success itself can pull you off track faster than failure
• Separate platforms look complementary but are completely different businesses

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Founder interviews

YouTube

How Domonique Fines built a career in tech events without a tech background

Y Combinator March 11, 2019

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Founder interviews 8

Identity & self-belief 7

• No tech background required — curiosity and hustle got her to YC
• Bringing Oakland communities into Silicon Valley by starting very small
• Reframing 'I'm just one person' to 'I am the person'

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