28 March 2022
This week's additions focus on strategy, mindset, and founder stories, with new digests from TK Kader, The Daily Stoic, and Masters of Scale. Highlights include LinkedIn's organic reach still outperforms paid channels for B2B buyers Virtue alone is the highest good — not fame, wealth, or success
Showing 16 digests for 28 March 2022.
Three B2B SaaS channels that consistently generate quality leads
TK Kader
April 3, 2022
Growth hacking
9
Prospecting & outreach
6
Niche selection
5
LinkedIn's organic reach still outperforms paid channels for B2B buyers
Webinars build trust at scale without ad spend
All three channels compound when aimed at the same ICP simultaneously
Resilience & grit
Podcast
Seven life-changing Stoic practices for daily use
The Daily Stoic
April 3, 2022
Resilience & grit
10
Identity & self-belief
8
Virtue alone is the highest good — not fame, wealth, or success
Love of fate turns every obstacle into fuel, never a block
Meditating on death is the Stoic path to daily gratitude
How the Ukraine war exposed hidden supply chain risk
Masters of Scale
April 2, 2022
Supply chain
9
Long-term planning
5
300,000+ companies are exposed — most don't know it yet
Software and IT are among the highest-risk sectors tied to Russia
Supply chain health is now a board-level brand reputation issue
Content marketing
YouTube
Seven free tools to write content faster
Neil Patel
April 2, 2022
Content marketing
9
Copywriting
6
AI drafting tools eliminate the blank-page problem instantly.
Frase.io automates competitor research to help you outrank top pages.
Seven free tools replace what a content team normally handles.
Automation & tools
YouTube
ClickUp vs Monday.com: standout features, reliability, and which team fits each tool
Layla at ProcessDriven
April 1, 2022
Monday wins on permissions, security, and multi-language support
ClickUp gives more features per dollar with no product add-ons
ClickUp bugs and weak lower-tier permissions frustrate larger teams
Founder interviews
Podcast
How Airbnb.org mobilised hosts and community to house Ukrainian refugees
Masters of Scale
March 31, 2022
Founder interviews
10
Vision & mission
7
Culture building
5
Hosts booked Ukrainian listings they'd never use, sending $15M directly to locals.
Find the Venn diagram of your company's strength and the world's greatest need.
A Rwanda refugee camp visit convinced Gebbia that safe sleep is a basic human right.
Productivity & habits
Podcast
Day batching, burnout, career capital, and reading depth
Deep Questions with Cal Newport
March 31, 2022
Productivity & habits
9
Deep work & focus
7
Niche selection
5
Dedicating full days to one role eliminates context-switching costs.
Use time-blocking gains to work fewer hours, not cram in more.
Don't switch careers until the new skill is already paying.
Hiring & recruitment
YouTube
How to hire faster: a seven-stage framework
HR Party of One
March 31, 2022
Hiring & recruitment
9
Processes & SOPs
7
Prospecting & outreach
5
Disclosing salary in job postings eliminates the biggest time-waster in hiring.
Treat recruiting like a sales funnel — timing and follow-up decide the outcome.
One person accountable for both recruiting and hiring outperforms split roles.
Deep work & focus
YouTube
How to protect maker time and stay productive as a founder
Y Combinator
March 31, 2022
Deep work & focus
9
Productivity & habits
7
Pivoting
5
Interrupting a programmer resets 1–2 hours of loaded context.
Advisory boards and accelerators feel productive but rarely are.
Hedging across multiple paths guarantees losing to focused competitors.
McKinsey & Company: how the world's top consulting firm was built and sustained
Business Breakdowns
March 30, 2022
Origin stories
9
Business models
8
Culture building
6
McKinsey's real marketing engine is its alumni — trained consultants become future clients
Margins rival software: 60–70% gross, ~25–30% EBITDA, on $10B revenue
Bower sold his partnership shares at book value — the truest signal of values over wealth
Deep work & focus
YouTube
How to become likeable by making others feel appreciated
Dr. Grace Lee
March 30, 2022
Deep work & focus
7
Contracts & agreements
6
Trying to be likeable is a goal you can't control.
Real likeability comes from making others feel understood.
Genuine curiosity triggers reciprocity — they start liking you.
How the Wright Brothers solved human flight on $1,000 and relentless resourcefulness
Founders
March 29, 2022
Origin stories
10
Resilience & grit
8
Productivity & habits
5
Two bicycle mechanics beat Bell, Edison, and Langley with under $1,000
Independent thinking and obsessive reading beat funding and credentials
After history's first flight, first words: fix the motor, get back to work
Nvidia's rise from 90 competitors to GPU dominance, 1993–2006
Acquired
March 28, 2022
Origin stories
10
Business models
7
Nvidia survived near-bankruptcy by shipping new chips every six months, not eighteen.
Programmable shaders transformed GPUs from commodity hardware into a platform Intel couldn't absorb.
Early GPU-powered science hinted at machine learning dominance two decades away.
Prospecting & outreach
YouTube
No-code cold outreach: tools and workflow for B2B SaaS
Rob Walling
March 28, 2022
Prospecting & outreach
10
AI tools & automation
8
Copywriting
6
A three-stage no-code stack for prospecting, emailing, and managing replies
Short, human emails that start conversations outperform long sales pitches
Podcast outreach gets 20% replies; sales cold email averages around 5%
Raising investment for a SaaS while running a services business
Dan Martell
March 28, 2022
Fundraising & VC
9
Business models
7
Pitching investors
6
Your consulting history is your strongest investor signal, not a liability.
Use theme days to split focus; migrate the ratio gradually.
Pivot-or-persevere on a fixed cadence removes emotion from hard decisions.