This week's additions focus on operations, finance, and founder stories, with new digests from Acquired, Ahrefs, and Bill Gallagher. Highlights include How SoftBank's $100B fund turned WeWork's founder into an unchecked liability RankMath beats Yoast with built-in rich snippets and nofollow tagging

Post-mortems

Podcast

WeWork's collapse: from $47 billion unicorn to SoftBank bailout

Acquired October 25, 2019

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Post-mortems 9

Origin stories 7

Fundraising & VC 7

• How SoftBank's $100B fund turned WeWork's founder into an unchecked liability
• A profitable real estate business disguised as a technology company
• Adam Newman walked away with $700M+ while 14,000 employees lost their equity

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SEO

YouTube

Six free WordPress plugins for a fast, SEO-ready site

Ahrefs October 23, 2019

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SEO 8

Automation & tools 7

• RankMath beats Yoast with built-in rich snippets and nofollow tagging
• Three plugins push a blank WordPress install below one-second load times
• Table of contents plugin can win SERP jump links and lift CTR

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Business operating systems

YouTube

How a temp staffing firm achieved 174% growth without adding headcount

Bill Gallagher October 23, 2019

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Business operating systems 10

Processes & SOPs 7

Hiring & recruitment 5

• 174% growth in three years with no dedicated sales team
• Staff had far more capacity than the owner ever tapped
• A walking exercise uncovered the company's purpose in under an hour

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