This week's additions focus on founder stories, leadership, and marketing, with new digests from Ahrefs, Bill Gallagher, and Y Combinator. Highlights include ARRAYFORMULA + IFERROR eliminate manual formula dragging across prospect lists Founder who stopped reading for six years 4.5x'd revenue after restarting.

SEO

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Link building with Google Sheets: find guest post prospects and emails in 15 minutes

Ahrefs October 2, 2019

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SEO 9

Automation & tools 7

• ARRAYFORMULA + IFERROR eliminate manual formula dragging across prospect lists
• Hunter add-on finds emails automatically from author name and domain
• NeverBounce validation filters out bad emails before any outreach starts

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Case studies

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How two CEOs use continuous learning to drive business growth

Bill Gallagher October 2, 2019

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Case studies 9

Business operating systems 8

Management 6

• Founder who stopped reading for six years 4.5x'd revenue after restarting.
• Learning only at the top fails — the whole team must be exposed.
• Online MBD courses unlocked hiring, strategy, and sales breakthroughs.

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Resilience & grit

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Geoff Ralston's parting advice for startup founders

Y Combinator September 30, 2019

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Resilience & grit 9

Founder interviews 6

• Every startup's path is unique — comparison is a distraction.
• When things go wrong, default to action: write code, talk to users.
• Benevolence isn't idealism — being good makes your company more successful.

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