This week's additions focus on marketing, strategy, and mindset, with new digests from Lenny's Podcast Product Career Growth, Rob Walling, and TK Kader. Highlights include Crowdsource decisions with a structured curiosity loop, not vague advice-seeking SaaS data models need one-to-many flexibility built in from day one.

Founder interviews

Podcast

Sam Zell, William Zeckendorf, and the pursuit of freedom over money

Founders April 10, 2023

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Founder interviews 10

Bootstrapping 8

Pivoting 6

• Sam Zell at 81: still doing deals, optimising for freedom not money
• Zeckendorf's Hawaiian technique made one plus one equal three
• How debt addiction destroyed a $25–30B real estate empire

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Social media

YouTube

Relevance beats awareness: how brands win on social media

GaryVee April 10, 2023

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Social media 9

Branding 7

• Fortune 500 brands don't lack awareness — they lack relevance
• Social media turns algorithmic engagement into free consumer insights
• Outsourcing social before you understand it yourself always backfires

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Productivity & habits

Podcast

Acta non verba: reading as action, and testing every impression

The Daily Stoic April 10, 2023

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Productivity & habits 8

Deep work & focus 6

• Claiming you want change without reading a single book is just words
• Reading is a first act of commitment, not a transformation
• Epictetus: treat every perception as counterfeit until tested and verified

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