This week's additions focus on marketing, strategy, and founder stories, with new digests from Rob Walling, TK Kader, and Joanna Wiebe. Highlights include A $4k MRR GitHub-based project tool sold for $128k at 3.5× SDE. Pitching before a growth inflection point makes you a stale deal.

Outsourcing & delegation

YouTube

How to build a million-dollar business in 60 days

Dan Martell October 16, 2023

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Outsourcing & delegation 9

Unit economics 7

• High gross margins are the prerequisite for any scalable business.
• Removing yourself from sales unlocks a business that earns while you sleep.
• Owners outperform renters — equity and profit sharing change how people show up.

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Resilience & grit

Podcast

Overcoming super distractions by treating their root cause

Deep Questions with Cal Newport October 16, 2023

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Resilience & grit 9

Productivity & habits 8

Identity & self-belief 7

• Super distractions are pain relief, not entertainment — treat the pain instead
• Cold-turkey abstinence fails; replacing psychic pain sources is what works
• NPR left Twitter; traffic dropped just 1% — social media matters far less than assumed

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Growth hacking

YouTube

Day trading attention: marketing in the TikTokification era

GaryVee October 16, 2023

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Growth hacking 9

Social media 9

Long-term planning 6

• Creative quality now drives distribution — not media spend
• Interest graphs have replaced follower counts on every major platform
• Most teams are decades behind on distribution-native content skills

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