29 May 2023
This week's additions focus on strategy, mindset, and marketing, with new digests from Lenny's Podcast Product Career Growth, Rob Walling, and TK Kader. Highlights include Why designing for the hardest use case first beats MVPs Hackers exploited a missing account-disable feature to send phishing emails
Showing 30 digests for 29 May 2023.
Business operating systems
Podcast
How Rippling builds fast: small teams, deep expertise, and designing for complexity
Lenny's Podcast Product Career Growth
June 4, 2023
Business operating systems
9
Processes & SOPs
7
Management
6
Why designing for the hardest use case first beats MVPs
Small founding teams and a single system of record drive Rippling's velocity
Product managers must become world experts — not delegate the learning
What a spam hack taught me about startup resilience
Rob Walling
June 4, 2023
Post-mortems
9
Crisis leadership
7
Hackers exploited a missing account-disable feature to send phishing emails
Blacklisted IPs can kill an email tool's core value overnight
Most startup crises aren't fatal if you stay calm and lead
Sales systems & CRM
YouTube
Three principles for predictable, scalable B2B SaaS revenue growth
TK Kader
June 4, 2023
Sales systems & CRM
9
Long-term planning
6
Growth hacking
5
Target 5x your revenue goal in pipeline — not just the number itself.
Inconsistent sales activity is the real cause of unpredictable revenue.
The GTM machine that got you here won't get you to the next level.
Identity & self-belief
Podcast
Cicero's paradox: only the wise person is truly rich
The Daily Stoic
June 4, 2023
Endless desire makes any fortune feel like poverty — sufficiency is wealth.
Frugality is revenue: a surplus on 100 beats a deficit on 600.
Virtue is the only asset that cannot be seized, burned, or lost at sea.
How to use partnerships to access resources you don't own
KeyPersonOfInfluence
June 4, 2023
Business models
9
Outsourcing & delegation
7
Fundraising & VC
5
Advisory board of three PhDs for £12k beats a £90k degree
Structuring deals is the only thing that unlocks partnerships
Brand, product, distribution: partner for each instead of building all
Long-term planning
YouTube
Why podcasters should stop monetizing and chase a bigger market
Neil Patel
June 3, 2023
Long-term planning
9
Content marketing
7
Fundraising & VC
5
Free content plus a giant TAM beats podcast ad revenue every time
0.1% of a $100B market dwarfs 50% of a $1M market
Trade ads for equity in fast-growing companies instead of cash
Resilience & grit
YouTube
Gary Vaynerchuk answers entrepreneurship and life questions from elementary students
GaryVee
June 2, 2023
Resilience & grit
9
Motivation
7
Founder interviews
5
Being born with talent means nothing without relentless daily practice.
Envy is the enemy of happiness — gratitude for what you have wins.
Try your idea even when everyone around you says it won't work.
Five tactics to make any business process more efficient
Layla at ProcessDriven
June 2, 2023
Context switching costs more time than most people realise
Silent approval clauses prevent client stalemates from killing momentum
Incentive alignment beats process redesign for changing team behaviour
TikTok ads quick-start guide for e-commerce
Neil Patel
June 1, 2023
Paid ads
10
AI tools & automation
5
Optimise for add-to-cart first, not purchases — algorithm needs to learn.
Spark ads turn organic TikToks into native-looking paid placements.
Pixel + three events unlocks smarter targeting and conversion attribution.
EO hits 100K subscribers: lessons from building a global founder interview channel
EO
June 1, 2023
Case studies
9
Resilience & grit
7
Prospecting & outreach
6
Cold outreach — sent repeatedly — unlocked access to Silicon Valley unicorns
Start small, embrace failure, avoid people who drain your momentum
Join an early-stage startup before trying to build your own
Cash flow management
YouTube
Five ways to manage accounts receivable and avoid cash flow problems
HR Party of One
June 1, 2023
Cash flow management
9
Processes & SOPs
5
Poor AR tracking can trigger IRS scrutiny and credit loss.
Standardised communication pathways speed collections and reduce friction.
Contracts with late fees enforce payment even from trusted clients.
How to craft compelling presentations using story structure and empathy
Lenny's Podcast Product Career Growth
June 1, 2023
Public speaking
9
Communication
5
Your audience is the hero — not you. Design every talk for them.
The what is / what could be contrast works in any format, any length.
Nervous presenters usually have the best content — use that depth.
Founder interviews
Podcast
Jimmy Iovine: using fear as fuel to break barriers and build Interscope
Masters of Scale
May 31, 2023
Founder interviews
9
Resilience & grit
7
Fear is most useful when you let it push you forward, not back.
Ego is a barrier — dropping it unlocks creative breakthroughs with artists.
Iovine built Interscope by giving artists control, then fought to keep it.
Founder interviews
YouTube
From El Salvador refugee to $180M natural gas trader
Noah Kagan
May 31, 2023
Founder interviews
9
Resilience & grit
7
Lost $60M in three weeks, reversed position, made back $180M.
Stress tolerance — not skill — separates top traders from the rest.
Find what you're genuinely good at; everything else is wasted effort.
Building a personal brand as a COO: from operator to thought leader
Cameron Herold
May 31, 2023
Branding
8
Business models
7
Outsourcing & delegation
6
Brand equity inside a company can outvalue financial equity.
Charge three times your target rate — only 30% of consultant time is billable.
AI filters will expose personal brands built on borrowed content.