6 March 2023
This week's additions focus on mindset, marketing, and finance, with new digests from Lenny's Podcast Product Career Growth, TK Kader, and Neil Patel. Highlights include Both grew up middle-class in India with no early computer access; tech gave them careers, each other, and a path to Sil… AI resets the playing field — startups can now challenge entrenched SaaS giants.
Showing 31 digests for 6 March 2023.
The IPL: How cricket built the world's second-largest sports league
Business Breakdowns
March 8, 2023
Case studies
9
Business models
8
Unit economics
6
Indian players banned from rival leagues give the IPL an unbeatable cornered resource
Franchise salary cap of $13M against $60M media revenue creates extraordinary operating leverage
The player auction engineers competitive balance — any team can win, so everyone keeps watching
Automation & tools
YouTube
Building a client CRM and appointment tracker in SmartSuite
Layla at ProcessDriven
March 8, 2023
Automation & tools
9
Sales systems & CRM
7
Processes & SOPs
5
Repurpose a patient management template — no coaching template exists yet
Link client priorities to specific appointments for full session history
Integrate Typeform or HubSpot to auto-create clients and appointments
How to fully empower leaders by passing the baton
Bill Gallagher
March 7, 2023
Delegation
9
Management
5
Having management systems isn't the same as letting go
Nine months of asking questions replaced reflexive problem-solving
Real test: a month away with the team running growth alone
Hiring & recruitment
YouTube
Why every CEO needs a trusted second in command
Cameron Herold
March 7, 2023
Hiring & recruitment
9
Management
7
Processes & SOPs
6
Hire a COO at 100 staff — an EA fills the gap before that
The right COO complements your weaknesses, not your strengths
Employee net promoter score beats every other company metric
How to monetize free fitness content using SEO
Semrush
March 7, 2023
SEO
9
Content marketing
7
Keyword difficulty ~70, volume ~5K is the small-site sweet spot.
Plan the keyword before filming — not after publishing.
Free content scaled to 500K monthly views and six-figure revenue.
Five productivity strategies for designing your time by default
Dan Martell
March 7, 2023
Time management
8
Productivity & habits
7
Schedule big rocks first — reactive work fills every gap if you don't
Multitasking costs 3–4× more time than batching similar tasks
A Sunday calendar review prevents a week of misaligned busy-work
How BlueTick went from struggling side hustle to profitable SaaS
Startups For the Rest of Us
March 7, 2023
Case studies
9
Pivoting
7
B2B sales
5
One agency trial — executed well — triggered 500x email volume growth
Expansion revenue, not marketing, drove MRR doubling in three months
Being solo let Mike make commitments no larger competitor could offer
Resilience & grit
YouTube
iPhone vs. DSLR for vlogging: just start creating content
GaryVee
March 7, 2023
Resilience & grit
9
Identity & self-belief
8
Bootstrapping
6
Your phone is good enough — stop waiting for better gear
Live below your means; 95% of startup investments go to zero
Saying yes to new technology is a rare and powerful edge
Compliance & regulation
YouTube
Pregnant Workers Fairness Act: what employers need to know
HR Party of One
March 7, 2023
Compliance & regulation
10
Employers with 15+ staff must now accommodate pregnant workers by law.
FMLA's 50-employee threshold misleads many smaller companies into non-compliance.
Maternity leave is medical recovery — not vacation — set that expectation.
Productivity & habits
Podcast
How asking the right questions builds mental fitness
Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life
March 6, 2023
Productivity & habits
9
Identity & self-belief
7
Autopilot is the default — questions are the override mechanism.
A three-step framework: get clear, get intentional, expand possibility.
Five minutes of daily check-ins outperforms hours of occasional reflection.
Five PPC strategies to improve campaign ROI
Neil Patel
March 6, 2023
Remarketing visitors are 70% more likely to buy than cold audiences.
Transfer learnings across platforms to make every channel more efficient.
Mobile landing pages need different design, not just a scaled-down desktop version.
SaaS sales and marketing metrics every founder must track
Rob Walling
March 6, 2023
Unit economics
9
Conversion rate optimisation
8
B2B sales
7
Visitor-to-trial conversion benchmarks differ sharply with or without credit card
Net negative churn: grow MRR without adding a single new customer
NPS and CSAT measure long-term vs short-term customer happiness differently
Productivity & habits
Podcast
Why reading physical books is essential for deep thinking
Deep Questions with Cal Newport
March 6, 2023
Productivity & habits
8
Deep work & focus
7
Digital skimming physically prevents empathy, inference, and critical thought.
Screen reading rewires the brain toward pre-literate, tribal reactivity.
Seven concrete steps to build — or rebuild — a serious reading habit.
Lessons from 1,000 startup investments: what Plug and Play learned
EO
March 6, 2023
Case studies
10
Fundraising & VC
7
Hiring & recruitment
6
After 1,000 investments, people matter more than the idea
Failure pattern-matching beats success stories as an investor edge
Missed Airbnb at $2M valuation — a $200M lesson in risk aversion
Ray Kroc and the making of McDonald's: franchise, real estate, and obsession
Founders
March 6, 2023
Origin stories
10
Business models
8
Fundraising & VC
5
Owning land — not burgers — is what actually built McDonald's empire.
Kroc signed away 1.4% of a 15-cent hamburger and nearly went broke.
Total obsession destroyed every personal relationship Kroc had.