14 August 2023
This week's additions focus on marketing, mindset, and leadership, with new digests from Brett Malinowski, Rob Walling, and TK Kader. Highlights include Faceless Snapchat shows earned mid-six figures monthly before age 18 A missing WHERE clause wiped every customer credit card token overnight.
Showing 33 digests for 14 August 2023.
How two teenagers built a six-figure content automation business on Snapchat
Brett Malinowski
August 20, 2023
Growth hacking
9
Iteration & feedback loops
7
Processes & SOPs
6
Faceless Snapchat shows earned mid-six figures monthly before age 18
Going viral is a learnable skill: read drop-off graphs and iterate every video
Snapchat's gated portal system means less competition and instant monetisation
How to survive a critical data loss without losing your business
Rob Walling
August 20, 2023
Processes & SOPs
9
Crisis management
6
A missing WHERE clause wiped every customer credit card token overnight.
Three ranked recovery plans meant the team had a fix within 30 minutes.
Untested backups have shut down seven-figure startups — test yours monthly.
Sales systems & CRM
YouTube
Pipeline coverage equation: how much pipeline does your SaaS need?
TK Kader
August 20, 2023
Sales systems & CRM
9
Unit economics
7
Growth hacking
5
Most SaaS growth problems are a maths failure, not a product failure.
Divide revenue target by win rate, then by ACV, to get exact opportunity count.
Split that opportunity target across inbound, outbound, and referrals to act on it.
Identity & self-belief
YouTube
Human value in an AI world: vitality over functionality
KeyPersonOfInfluence
August 20, 2023
Identity & self-belief
8
Resilience & grit
6
AI handles 80–90% of work; your irreplaceable energy is the rest
Vitality means being the ingredient others can't replicate or remove
Stop saving time with AI — use it to shift into vitality work
Creator economy lessons from a decade at Apple, YouTube, Patreon, and Spotify
Lenny's Podcast Product Career Growth
August 20, 2023
Case studies
9
Business models
8
Iteration & feedback loops
7
Fans want to pay creators — the barrier is the artist's own reluctance
In two-sided marketplaces, supply must come first, always
Start talking to acquirers from day one, framed as partnership
LinkedIn's new creator and recruiting features worth using
Neil Patel
August 19, 2023
Social media
9
Hiring & recruitment
7
Community building
5
Collaborative posts can multiply reach from thousands to 207,000 impressions.
Job-seekers can now signal interest in companies before recruiters reach out.
Daily posting for 30 days is the single highest-leverage action to take.
How to turn B players into A players
Cameron Herold
August 18, 2023
Management
9
Delegation
5
Skill gaps and values gaps require completely different fixes
Behaviour and core values are deeply ingrained — often unchangeable
Sometimes the right answer is removing them from the team entirely
Product-market fit
YouTube
Five principles startup CEOs must master to avoid failure
EO
August 18, 2023
Product-market fit
9
Culture building
8
Vision & mission
6
Talk to three to five customers every day, not monthly.
Culture is collective habit — it cannot be declared, only shaped.
The CEO's job is exactly three things: strategy, team, resources.
How Cadence Travel rebuilt structure and clarity with EOS after the pandemic
EOS Worldwide
August 18, 2023
Case studies
9
Business operating systems
7
Pandemic halved headcount; company came back stronger at 85 people
An org chart with no accountability is functionally worthless
Using a professional EOS implementer beats the cost of DIY cleanup
GaryVee Brisbane Q&A: Business growth, mindset, and authenticity
GaryVee
August 18, 2023
Motivation
9
Content marketing
7
High-volume organic social is still the fastest growth lever in 2023
Seeking a breakthrough traps you — enjoying the process sets you free
There is no convincing anyone: execute first, watch opinions change
Automation & tools
YouTube
Build a DIY vehicle maintenance tracker in SmartSuite
Layla at ProcessDriven
August 18, 2023
Automation & tools
9
Processes & SOPs
7
Formulas auto-calculate next service mileage so you never miss an interval
Service manual screenshots live inside the app — pull them up on your phone
Recurring alerts fire every 3 months even if you stop logging miles
SEO and growth strategies that compound over time
Neil Patel
August 17, 2023
SEO
9
Long-term planning
7
Growth hacking
6
Updating existing pages quarterly beats publishing new content
Free tools in your niche passively build backlinks and domain authority
Buying low-monetised web properties converts existing traffic into leads
Identity & self-belief
YouTube
Mindset, social media, and self-awareness for founders and creators
GaryVee
August 17, 2023
Identity & self-belief
10
Social media
7
Facebook Reels is the most underused organic reach platform right now.
Avoiding hard feedback builds resentment — kind candor is the fix.
Blaming algorithms, parents, or luck is the real performance killer.
Resilience & grit
Podcast
All you can do is this
The Daily Stoic
August 17, 2023
Resilience & grit
9
Identity & self-belief
6
You control effort and virtue; outcomes and others' choices you don't.
Deserving success differs from getting it—both matter differently.
Lead others toward growth, but accept you can't force their change.
Closing techniques
YouTube
How to handle too many copywriting leads at once
Joanna Wiebe
August 17, 2023
Closing techniques
8
Pricing psychology
6
Competing demand is a closing tool when used with empathy.
Never hold a slot — tell prospects exactly where they stand.
A trusted overflow network means no lead ever goes unanswered.