Pricing strategy

YouTube

Five SaaS pricing models ranked by real-world adoption

Rob Walling June 27, 2022

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Pricing strategy 9

• Monthly billing used by nearly half of all SaaS companies
• Annual upfront pricing generates cash to reinvest in growth
• Revenue share on GMV is a growing model beyond subscriptions

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Vision & mission

YouTube

Build your community deliberately — proximity is power

Dan Martell June 27, 2022

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Vision & mission 7

Delegation 6

• Your peer group is a choice, not a circumstance — build it actively
• Top performers filter for commitment; passing the test earns real access
• Contribute before you extract — reputation travels ahead of you

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Business models

Podcast

TikTok vs Facebook, the deep life, and process-centric email

Deep Questions with Cal Newport June 27, 2022

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Business models 9

Processes & SOPs 7

Deep work & focus 6

• Facebook copying TikTok surrenders its only durable competitive moat.
• Social media monopolies are ending; attention will fragment by niche.
• Back-and-forth email threads — not newsletters — are the real inbox poison.

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Case studies

Podcast

How Rockefeller built Standard Oil from a bookkeeper's desk

Founders June 27, 2022

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Case studies 10

Business models 8

Pricing strategy 6

• Posted freight rates were negotiable — Rockefeller built his monopoly on that.
• Every advantage at Standard Oil was seeded years earlier in a commission house.
• Secret allies, hidden companies, and retained earnings beat open competition every time.

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Resilience & grit

Podcast

Stop meditating on death and start letting it change how you live

The Daily Stoic June 27, 2022

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Resilience & grit 9

Identity & self-belief 7

• Knowing you'll die changes nothing — acting on it changes everything.
• Obstacles can't block your intentions, only your actions.
• Every setback is raw material for practising courage, patience, or wisdom.

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Founder interviews

Podcast

Brandon Chu on building product at Shopify and the power of writing

Lenny's Podcast Product Career Growth June 27, 2022

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Founder interviews 9

Roadmapping 7

Communication 6

• Writing crystallized his thinking and accelerated his career a decade—not by pre-existing mastery but through the act itself.
• Shopify pivoted overnight during COVID from grand visions to pure survival mode, focusing only on merchant adaptation and shipping three critical things.
• Platform PM requires 5–10x longer feedback cycles and demands stack-ranking constituent interests (merchants, developers, consumers) before building.

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