This week's additions focus on mindset, leadership, and marketing, with new digests from TK Kader, KeyPersonOfInfluence, and Lenny's Podcast Product Career Growth. Highlights include Start with market and jobs-to-be-done — never code first. Most founders are stuck at level one — daily AI use only.

Founder interviews

YouTube

From waiter to $1.5M/year solopreneur: Marc Lou's path

Starter Story August 5, 2024

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Founder interviews 10

MVP & prototyping 7

Resilience & grit 7

• 30 failed startups before one product hit $40K in month one
• COVID wiped four years of work to zero in 24 hours
• Reusable boilerplate sold itself — product-market fit feels unmistakable

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Paid ads

YouTube

Organic-first social media ads: spend only on what already works

GaryVee August 5, 2024

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Paid ads 9

Growth hacking 7

Iteration & feedback loops 5

• Only boost content the algorithm already proved people want
• Paid creative without organic validation wastes money regardless of budget
• $100 local dinner ads can generate six to eight qualified leads

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Productivity & habits

Podcast

Stoic practice: finding small wins and accepting impermanence

The Daily Stoic August 5, 2024

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Productivity & habits 8

Resilience & grit 7

• Death keeps happening whether we notice it or not.
• Zeno and Marcus both rejected epic wins in favour of daily steps.
• Showing up and doing the work is how manuscripts — and lives — get built.

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