26 August 2024
This week's additions focus on strategy, leadership, and founder stories, with new digests from Rob Walling, Ryan Deiss, and Starter Story. Highlights include Growth is a multiplier: founder quality times market quality equals outcome. The more indispensable you are, the less valuable your business is
Showing 32 digests for 26 August 2024.
Six lessons from high-growth B2B SaaS investments
Rob Walling
September 1, 2024
Business models
9
Pricing strategy
7
Product-market fit
6
Growth is a multiplier: founder quality times market quality equals outcome.
Founders who drop side projects and focus see near-immediate acceleration.
Lower-priced customers churn faster — no exceptions found across 171 companies.
Outsourcing & delegation
YouTube
How to take a 30-day vacation as a business owner
Ryan Deiss
September 1, 2024
Outsourcing & delegation
9
Delegation
7
Work-life balance
5
The more indispensable you are, the less valuable your business is
Announcing a 30-day absence forces the team to build real systems
A word-for-word email template that makes the whole thing work
How an anonymous designer built a $1M/year design business from scratch
Starter Story
September 1, 2024
Case studies
10
Content marketing
7
B2B sales
6
Staying anonymous on X removed the social friction that blocked him from starting
Opinionated 'roast' content brought in a $4K/month client with no outreach
Scaled a two-person design subscription to $160K MRR in under six months
Building a data-backed go-to-market strategy for SaaS founders
TK Kader
September 1, 2024
Market research
9
Growth hacking
7
Test before scaling: one channel, one lead magnet, real data.
30–60% landing page conversion rate signals your messaging works.
Scale with conviction only after fit percentage and consumption confirm traction.
10 practical challenges to sharpen your entrepreneurial mindset
KeyPersonOfInfluence
September 1, 2024
Case studies
9
Pivoting
7
Management
6
Test every idea immediately by calling three strangers.
Carrying your day rate in cash surfaces hidden money beliefs.
Assemble a team before you need one — business is a team sport.
How to drive impact and scale teams at hypergrowth companies
Lenny's Podcast Product Career Growth
September 1, 2024
Management
9
Productivity & habits
7
Culture building
6
Rise from ICPM to leading 1,000+ people by obsessing over company priorities and saying no relentlessly
Use inquiry first, data, and willingness to challenge authority to drive decisions without formal power
Introduce deliberate chaos, let non-critical fires burn, and prioritize people over org charts
Conflict resolution
YouTube
How to resolve workplace conflict without damaging relationships
Cameron Herold
August 31, 2024
Conflict resolution
10
Communication
6
A four-phrase model keeps conflict specific, timely, and non-personal
Ten positive call-outs before one hard conversation builds real trust
Ask if you're fighting to be right — or to solve the problem
Six Leadership Traits That Earn Genuine Team Respect
Dr. Grace Lee
August 31, 2024
Delegation
8
Communication
7
Identity & self-belief
6
Confidence is internal; gravitas is how others perceive you.
Delegate success, not just tasks, to free strategic bandwidth.
Caring compassion — mutually beneficial — builds lasting team respect.
How a 17-year-old raised $3.15 million to build a mountain bike park
Brett Malinowski
August 30, 2024
Fundraising & VC
9
Prospecting & outreach
8
Case studies
7
Cold-messaging 550 LinkedIn investors as a teenager actually works.
Why Texas's small riding scene caps the park's revenue ceiling.
The blueprint for building a Whistler-level bike park in the US.
Cash flow management
YouTube
Five principles for protecting and growing wealth in a volatile economy
Dan Martell
August 30, 2024
Cash flow management
9
Long-term planning
7
Management
5
Pre-set your cuts at each threshold before emotions take over.
Daily cash reports catch drift before it becomes a crisis.
Make yourself irreplaceable before the layoff list is written.
GaryVee advises seven entrepreneurs on brand, growth, and marketing
GaryVee
August 30, 2024
Growth hacking
9
Niche selection
7
Hiring & recruitment
6
Organic creative is underinvested; paid media amplifies bad content.
Test your concept at the best location before buying real estate.
Founders are the brand's best content asset — get on more podcasts.
Founder interviews
Podcast
How Reddit balances free expression with community health
Masters of Scale
August 29, 2024
Founder interviews
10
Business models
7
Management
6
Downvotes suppress extremism better than any content moderation team
Over-controlling the message creates the very distrust you're trying to fix
Reddit ran shadow earnings calls two years before its IPO — and it worked
Resilience & grit
YouTube
Breaking free from negative emotions through body and mindset
Brendon Burchard
August 29, 2024
Resilience & grit
9
Productivity & habits
6
Your last 72 hours of sleep and food drive your mood more than childhood.
Asking 'what is my role?' instantly reframes any emotional reaction.
Journaling works best as future-casting, not just replaying the past.
Founder interviews
YouTube
From HR party of one to career coach: Madeline Mann's journey
HR Party of One
August 29, 2024
Founder interviews
10
Hiring & recruitment
7
Personal career stories are data points of one — not universal advice
Vague job descriptions and easy-apply buttons drive poor-fit applications
AI-generated resumes are flooding recruiters, masking genuinely talented candidates
Funding, press, and bias: advice for early-stage founders
How I Built This with Guy Raz
August 29, 2024
Fundraising & VC
9
PR & media
8
Business models
6
Why non-strategic investors can still be the right move
Affiliate programs and cold outreach beat a PR budget
Less than 2% of funding goes to women — use it as fuel