22 April 2024
This week's additions focus on strategy, mindset, and founder stories, with new digests from Rob Walling, EO, and TK Kader. Highlights include Salaried employment is less secure than it looks — layoffs are common Deadlines — not talent — are the only reliable forcing function for progress
Showing 37 digests for 22 April 2024.
12 ways programmers can make money from their coding skills
Rob Walling
April 28, 2024
Business models
9
MVP & prototyping
7
Pricing strategy
5
Salaried employment is less secure than it looks — layoffs are common
Start with marketplace apps or plugins before attempting SaaS
Your personality and existing skills should drive which path you choose
Founder interviews
YouTube
Building high-value AI startups fast: lessons from three companies
EO
April 28, 2024
Founder interviews
10
Pivoting
9
Fundraising & VC
7
Deadlines — not talent — are the only reliable forcing function for progress
Raising too much money too early kills startup discipline
AI startups only win with real differentiation, not GPT wrappers
Three principles for executing a SaaS go-to-market strategy
TK Kader
April 28, 2024
Growth hacking
9
Business models
6
Traffic, conversion, activation: the three metrics that reveal if GTM is working
Channel-level data shows where to double down and what to cut
Pipeline quality and ICP fit matter more than raw lead volume
How to raise $250k before writing a single line of code
KeyPersonOfInfluence
April 28, 2024
Fundraising & VC
9
MVP & prototyping
7
Growth hacking
6
A waiting list of 1,100 sign-ups replaced a product as proof of demand.
Survey data showing £50–100/month willingness-to-pay surprised the founder.
Launch-day Zoom events converted waitlist into £100k ARR immediately.
Identity & self-belief
Podcast
How to balance ego with striving across every career stage
The Daily Stoic
April 28, 2024
Identity & self-belief
10
Resilience & grit
7
Humility is a competitive advantage, not a weakness — at every stage.
Measuring by an inner scorecard beats chasing external validation.
Amor fati: failure is an invitation to rebuild, not a verdict on you.
Founder interviews
Podcast
How Kayvon Beykpour changed Twitter's product culture and what he learned building Periscope
Lenny's Podcast Product Career Growth
April 28, 2024
Founder interviews
10
Business operating systems
7
Product-market fit
6
Sacred cows aren't blockers — they're a free product roadmap
Acqui-hired founders, given protected silos, shipped Twitter's biggest bets
Periscope failed because live-only products can't retain without async scaffolding
How to build a vivid vision and grow the people who execute it
Cameron Herold
April 27, 2024
Culture building
8
Vision & mission
8
Delegation
6
A polarising three-year written vision beats any mission statement by committee
Grow leadership skills virally — employees certify each other across silos
Leaders spending 50% growing people create self-managing, self-directing teams
How articulation directly drives your career compensation
Dr. Grace Lee
April 27, 2024
Communication
10
Identity & self-belief
5
Promotions go to those who best communicate their value, not their technical skill.
Words are thinking — without language for an idea, it stays unrealised.
Selling is something you do for people, not to them.
How Tim Stoddart built a $5M portfolio from a sobriety blog
Starter Story
April 27, 2024
Case studies
10
SEO
8
Prospecting & outreach
7
One SEO agency funds an entire portfolio of acquired businesses
Rank for problems people search — not for being yourself
The founder is the biggest bottleneck; document and get out of the way
Work-life balance
Podcast
Happiness, meaning, and the stoic life with Arthur Brooks
The Daily Stoic
April 27, 2024
Work-life balance
9
Productivity & habits
8
Identity & self-belief
7
The route to happiness runs through suffering, not around it.
Most people overschedule because idleness triggers the brain's rumination network.
Stoicism is preparation — love and outward service are the missing performance.
Competitive analysis
YouTube
How to analyse competitor traffic sources beyond Google
Semrush
April 26, 2024
Competitive analysis
9
Growth hacking
6
Referral sources reveal exactly which sites you should target for links
High direct traffic signals a brand people bookmark — worth noting
Top Pages shows why competitors earn traffic, not just where it comes from
How to attract customers and grow a business on social media
Silicon Valley Girl
April 26, 2024
Social media
9
Growth hacking
9
Content marketing
8
Viral views and paying customers rarely come from the same video.
Email is the only audience the algorithm can't take from you.
Instagram daily posting plus DM automation converts viewers into leads fast.
How Axios stays trusted while media distorts reality
Masters of Scale
April 25, 2024
Business models
8
Culture building
6
Case studies
5
Social media algorithms make America look far more divided than it is.
Being trusted beats being neutral — Axios bans all public political activity.
AI won't replace human sourcing; Axios is betting on that edge.
Founder interviews
YouTube
How DoNotPay grew to $230M valuation with seven employees
EO
April 25, 2024
Founder interviews
9
Pitching investors
7
AI strategy & adoption
5
19 VC rejections reversed by three specific pitch changes
Seven employees, $230M valuation — lean beats headcount
AI lies; DoNotPay uses a second AI to police the first
How to build a brand story that resonates and scales
How I Built This with Guy Raz
April 25, 2024
Branding
9
Community building
7
Social media
5
Own your online real estate before scaling — social media is rented.
Lead with product quality; story becomes the surprise that builds loyalty.
Break your story into sections — match the slice to the audience.