10 January 2022
This week's additions focus on mindset, strategy, and finance, with new digests from TK Kader, Masters of Scale, and Dr. Grace Lee. Highlights include No dominant standard exists for contract red lines — huge gap. Build for 100 people who love it before chasing a million.
Showing 17 digests for 10 January 2022.
Three SaaS ideas evaluated using market-first principles
TK Kader
January 16, 2022
Business models
9
Niche selection
7
No dominant standard exists for contract red lines — huge gap.
Start with market size and macro trends, not the product idea.
CRM is a $41B category with no version built for creators yet.
Founder interviews
Podcast
Masters of Scale at 100: Founders on what actually matters
Masters of Scale
January 15, 2022
Founder interviews
10
Resilience & grit
7
Management
6
Build for 100 people who love it before chasing a million.
Loneliness and self-doubt compound with success, not against it.
Vulnerability in storytelling is what audiences actually remember.
How to build capacity and achieve meaningful goals
Dr. Grace Lee
January 15, 2022
Goal setting
9
Identity & self-belief
8
Resilience & grit
7
Capability is about holding energy, not just taking action
Unknown unknowns are where your biggest opportunities hide
Busyness and responsive action are not the same thing
ClickUp Educational HQ: Student and Teacher Setup Guide
Layla at ProcessDriven
January 14, 2022
Processes & SOPs
9
Productivity & habits
6
Three lists — classes, textbook notes, due dates — form the full HQ.
Tasks model non-task entities; recurring tasks keep class schedules alive automatically.
Relationship fields link chapters to classes and exams, replacing manual cross-referencing.
Long-term planning
Podcast
How to decarbonize your business: John Doerr's speed and scale plan
Masters of Scale
January 13, 2022
Long-term planning
9
Pricing strategy
6
The climate transition is the greatest economic opportunity of the next century.
Six measurable sectors can cut 59 gigatons of emissions to net zero.
Move others to act — personal virtue alone won't reach the gigatons needed.
Seven tips to do SEO faster without a team
Neil Patel
January 13, 2022
SEO
9
Content marketing
7
Double down on topics Google already ranks you for.
Find backlink targets by reverse-engineering smaller competitors.
Site speed and prioritised fixes beat scattered technical effort.
YouTube AdSense revenue across three channels with 7M subscribers
Silicon Valley Girl
January 13, 2022
Pricing strategy
9
Growth hacking
5
Audience geography beats view count for YouTube CPM revenue.
Shorts drove 580K subscribers but earned almost nothing directly.
Total 2021 AdSense across three channels: $240K before taxes.
Deep work & focus
Podcast
Building intellectual capacity: training, focus, and managing screen time
Deep Questions with Cal Newport
January 13, 2022
Deep work & focus
9
Productivity & habits
7
Your brain needs deliberate training before deep work is even possible
Constant distraction outside work hours quietly destroys your focus capacity
Pre-allocating more calendar time forces honest confrontation with scarce time
Compliance & regulation
YouTube
1095-C ACA reporting requirements and 2022 updates for employers
HR Party of One
January 13, 2022
Compliance & regulation
9
Accounting basics
6
Good faith relief is gone — penalties now apply for any filing error.
Two new Part 2 codes cover ICHRA plans offered to spouse but not dependents.
March 2nd furnishing deadline is now permanent; no 2022 filing extension.
Five low-competition niches with high affiliate and content earnings potential
Ahrefs
January 12, 2022
Low-DR sites earning 80k–300k monthly visits prove small players can compete
A four-point filter — market size, monetisation, keyword demand, competitor DR — guides every pick
Daily fantasy sports offers the highest upside but demands an editorial team to sustain
Cannabis legalization and the emerging U.S. market
Business Breakdowns
January 12, 2022
Unit economics
9
Business models
8
Market research
6
$100B market shifting from illicit to legal channels; MSOs enjoy 50%+ margins while institutions excluded.
Safe banking reform could unlock $100B+ capital inflow and TSX uplisting, eliminating custody barriers.
Federal illegality creates structural inefficiency: U.S. MSOs trade at 4-5x EBITDA while growing 40-50% annually.
Objection handling
YouTube
How to stand out in job interviews by dropping credentials
Dr. Grace Lee
January 12, 2022
Objection handling
8
Identity & self-belief
7
Prospecting & outreach
5
Listing credentials makes you indistinguishable from every other candidate.
Treat every interview as a sales call: sell value aligned to their goals.
Prepare objection responses, not scripted answers to common questions.
Founder interviews
Podcast
How Marc Lore built Diapers.com and Jet.com by making others leap with him
Masters of Scale
January 11, 2022
Founder interviews
10
Business models
8
Prospecting & outreach
6
Selling before the product exists — and collecting checks anyway
Why losing money on diapers was the right long-term bet
Bad unit economics can be the correct call to change a narrative
How to use the EOS Life Journal and Planner
EOS Worldwide
January 11, 2022
Goal setting
7
Business operating systems
5
Sort every task into four quadrants, then delegate the bottom two.
Plan the next day the night before — always, every day.
Weekly clarity breaks keep your vision and priorities from drifting.
Content marketing
YouTube
Four streams of passive income for online entrepreneurs
Sunny Lenarduzzi
January 11, 2022
Content marketing
9
Pricing strategy
8
MVP & prototyping
7
Audience size means nothing without profitable, targeted content.
One focused online course beats multiple courses every time.
Passive income is semi-passive — the upfront work is unavoidable.