27 May 2024
This week's additions focus on marketing, mindset, and leadership, with new digests from Lenny's Podcast Product Career Growth, GaryVee, and TK Kader. Highlights include Profitability was a survival lesson: never let investors control your fate Your voice in every language — AI dubbing is already here.
Showing 33 digests for 27 May 2024.
How Canva built a $2.3B ARR profitable business through product obsession
Lenny's Podcast Product Career Growth
June 2, 2024
Case studies
10
Product-market fit
8
Business models
7
Profitability was a survival lesson: never let investors control your fate
Onboarding — not the product features — was the real activation unlock
800 in-house coaches replace managers to scale people alongside the company
Three social media trends shaping the next wave of creator attention
GaryVee
June 2, 2024
Social media
9
Growth hacking
8
Iteration & feedback loops
5
Your voice in every language — AI dubbing is already here.
AI personas will own audiences without any human creator behind them.
Streaming your ordinary day passively beats producing content.
Three principles for revamping your SaaS go-to-market strategy
TK Kader
June 2, 2024
Growth hacking
8
Niche selection
7
Copywriting
5
ICP is not your TAM — it's who buys in the next 12 months.
Your 10X message must answer why now, not just why you.
Master one channel before adding more — scatter kills growth.
How to start a new business from scratch using the CHAOS method
KeyPersonOfInfluence
June 2, 2024
Business models
8
Customer discovery
7
Prospecting & outreach
6
Build audience before product — validate ideas, not features
Three-brochure test reveals which offer customers actually want
Track Leads, Appointments, Presentations, Sales before scaling anything
Productivity & habits
Podcast
Routines vs. habits: building structure to enable flexibility
Masters of Scale
June 1, 2024
Productivity & habits
9
Deep work & focus
5
Habits are on autopilot; routines are intentional but flexible—both free cognitive bandwidth for complex decisions.
Predictable daily structure builds cognitive control and creativity, not chaos.
Schedule loosely held routines with built-in wiggle room; flexibility over time beats rigid structure.
Why quality beats bestseller status for author-founders
Cameron Herold
June 1, 2024
Branding
8
Pitching investors
5
Bestseller rankings cost money and no one actually cares.
1,000 gifted books can generate $110K+ in annual revenue.
A ghostwriting service cut book production to 13 hours total.
How one Reddit hack turned a failed launch into a million-dollar business
Starter Story
June 1, 2024
Case studies
9
Growth hacking
7
A perfect launch with zero users forced a total rethink of distribution
Keeping content on-platform bypassed Reddit's anti-spam rules entirely
Building an email list converted borrowed attention into a durable asset
Cash flow management
YouTube
14 money rules for building lasting wealth as an entrepreneur
Dan Martell
May 31, 2024
Cash flow management
9
Identity & self-belief
7
Hiring & recruitment
5
Spending habits — not salary — determine who gets rich
Delayed gratification beats compound interest every time
Money is a tool to buy time; purpose is the real goal
Founder interviews
YouTube
Business lessons from 20 years of restaurants, sports, and nightlife
GaryVee
May 31, 2024
Founder interviews
10
Branding
7
Communication
6
Performance on the field — or in the kitchen — always comes before the brand deal.
Post-COVID killed Friday nights in cities; contrarians are building bigger dining rooms.
Humility is the unlock: caring less about others' opinions makes ambition fun, not stressful.
11 reasons business systems fail (and how to fix them)
Layla at ProcessDriven
May 31, 2024
Processes & SOPs
9
Culture building
6
Systems fail because of people problems, not missing software
Half-committed 'try' rollouts guarantee failure when things get hard
Building without maintenance plans turns systems into liabilities
How QuestBridge scaled college access for low-income students
Masters of Scale
May 30, 2024
Case studies
10
Pivoting
7
Processes & SOPs
5
Why QuestBridge had to kill its beloved original program to scale
Convincing elite colleges to offer unconditional four-year full scholarships
How QuestBridge accidentally reshaped university admissions practices nationwide
Identity & self-belief
YouTube
How to become the person you idealize
Brendon Burchard
May 30, 2024
Identity & self-belief
9
Resilience & grit
6
Without a clear character ideal, you become someone by accident.
Self-discipline means showing up with no enthusiasm, energy, or hype.
You've already met the person who can unlock your next opportunity — follow up.
How to write a press release that gets picked up by media
Semrush
May 30, 2024
Any business event can qualify as newsworthy to time-pressed journalists
The inverted pyramid structures your story so editors can cut from the bottom
Personalised outreach to a researched media list beats mass distribution
Compliance & regulation
YouTube
Legal tax reduction strategies for entrepreneurs and creators
Silicon Valley Girl
May 30, 2024
Compliance & regulation
10
Pricing strategy
5
Short-term rentals can legally zero out your W-2 tax bill.
Vehicles over 6,000 lbs unlock full purchase-price deductions.
Paying your kids up to $13,850 is tax-free for them and deductible for you.
Organic social media is the most underpriced attention available today
GaryVee
May 30, 2024
Social media
9
Content marketing
8
Identity & self-belief
5
Follower count no longer determines reach — content quality does.
Niche passion content finds new audiences the algorithm never could before.
Authenticity is the only mechanism that produces long-term platform longevity.