24 June 2024
This week's additions focus on mindset, strategy, and marketing, with new digests from Lenny's Podcast Product Career Growth, Brett Malinowski, and TK Kader. Highlights include Intuition is a hypothesis generator — debate and data do the winnowing. Own no cars, earn $150K/month using a 50/50 investor model
Showing 37 digests for 24 June 2024.
Founder interviews
Podcast
Dylan Field on product intuition, simplicity, and building Figma
Lenny's Podcast Product Career Growth
June 30, 2024
Founder interviews
9
Iteration & feedback loops
7
Management
5
Intuition is a hypothesis generator — debate and data do the winnowing.
Every added feature can reduce total coherence; simplicity is a hard constraint.
Ship as fast as possible; aim for a minimally awesome product, then iterate.
How to build a $150K/month exotic car rental business with investor cars
Brett Malinowski
June 30, 2024
Business models
9
Pricing strategy
7
Processes & SOPs
6
Own no cars, earn $150K/month using a 50/50 investor model
Insurance verification is the one process that can wipe you out
Personal brand attracts both renters and car investors simultaneously
How to build a consistent referral system for B2B SaaS
TK Kader
June 30, 2024
Growth hacking
9
Retention & loyalty
6
Customers want to refer — they just never get asked.
Pre-drafting the referral email makes it a single click.
Referred customers refer more, creating a compounding growth flywheel.
Five Lead Generation Campaigns to Build Demand Before You Sell
KeyPersonOfInfluence
June 30, 2024
Growth hacking
10
Prospecting & outreach
8
Pricing strategy
6
Visible demand and supply tension raises prices without extra selling.
Collect signals of interest before pitching; never sell cold.
Every data-rich lead is a compounding business asset.
Resilience & grit
Podcast
Turning pro: the habits and mindset of the true professional
The Daily Stoic
June 30, 2024
Resilience & grit
9
Identity & self-belief
8
Resistance is a bully — it only has the power you give it.
Fear never goes away; the professional acts through it anyway.
Turning pro is a single act of will, not a gradual achievement.
The two skills every COO and leader must develop now
Cameron Herold
June 29, 2024
SEO
9
AI tools & automation
5
Empathy is the most underrated leadership skill in a remote-work world
Every adult still carries the emotional needs of their teenage self
A four-step conflict model: when you, I feel, I need, how do you feel
Sam Walton: How America's richest man built Walmart from nothing
Founders
June 29, 2024
Case studies
10
Business models
8
Processes & SOPs
7
Walton spent 20 years in trial-and-error before finding the Walmart formula
Every Walmart advantage was stolen from a competitor or forced by being undercapitalised
Kmart ignored small towns for a decade, giving Walmart a free runway to grow
Conversion rate optimisation
YouTube
How to improve your website conversion rate with CRO basics
Semrush
June 28, 2024
Conversion rate optimisation
10
Copywriting
7
More sales from existing traffic — no ads or SEO required.
A 1-second page delay cuts conversion rates by 7%.
CRO fails without product-market fit and the right traffic.
Resilience & grit
YouTube
44 life and business lessons learned across 20 years of entrepreneurship
Dan Martell
June 28, 2024
Resilience & grit
9
Culture building
7
Vision & mission
6
The results you want are hiding in the work you keep avoiding
Manage energy across your day, not just tasks on a list
Your life's purpose sits right next to your worst experience
Founder interviews
YouTube
Family business lessons from the Vaynerchuk family
GaryVee
June 28, 2024
Founder interviews
8
Management
6
Community building
5
Put love before business — it resolves every family conflict
Fear of letting family down is harder than any day-to-day work
Gary pitched three brands cold, no prep, landed six figures each
Identity & self-belief
Podcast
Stoic wisdom on inner peace and self-compassion
The Daily Stoic
June 28, 2024
Identity & self-belief
8
Resilience & grit
6
Choosing chaos and conflict is always a choice, not fate
Stoic self-criticism is constructive — never punishing or cruel
Hold yourself to a high standard, not an impossible one
AI strategy & adoption
Podcast
Grammarly CEO on trust, AI, and the future of knowledge work
Masters of Scale
June 27, 2024
AI strategy & adoption
9
Founder interviews
7
Iteration & feedback loops
5
More AI content without better synthesis tools deepens information overload
User voice and agency are hard constraints, not optional product features
Open-sourcing sensitive-text detection lets the whole industry raise safety standards
Productivity & habits
YouTube
Building lasting fitness habits using the DOORS framework
Brendon Burchard
June 27, 2024
Productivity & habits
9
Identity & self-belief
6
Change your routine first — self-esteem follows behavior, not the reverse.
Most people pursue goals they've never actually defined for themselves.
Your close relationships predict income, creativity, and how long you live.
Six zero-dollar business ideas and the mindset behind them
Silicon Valley Girl
June 27, 2024
Niche selection
8
Bootstrapping
6
AI tools & automation
6
Being 1.2x better than average compounds; 0.8x effort destroys reputation
Niche AI tools beat generic apps — large companies can't serve micro-niches
US service businesses (nannies, car washes) are ripe for quality-focused entrants
AI tools & automation
YouTube
Figma's major AI and product updates from ConFig 2024
EO
June 27, 2024
AI tools & automation
9
AI strategy & adoption
6
AI auto-generates full UIs, names layers, and wires prototypes.
Figma Slides lets you demo live prototypes inside presentations.
Craft and problem-solving become the designer's edge as AI handles visuals.