AI strategy & adoption

YouTube

Data is the new oil: how to avoid wasted AI investment

Lean Startup Co. December 3, 2024

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AI strategy & adoption 9

Data & analytics 7

• Your proprietary operational data beats any general model.
• Most AI failures trace back to data problems, not model choice.
• Design the model as swappable; build the system around it.

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Time management

Podcast

A kinder approach to time management using the PLAN pyramid

Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life December 2, 2024

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Time management 9

Productivity & habits 7

Work-life balance 5

• Why starting from future goals keeps you perpetually behind
• Integration beats greatness as the lens for getting things done
• Adjusting and noticing count as planning skills — not just preparation

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Pitching investors

YouTube

Offer publishing: how copywriters can earn equity in client offers

Matthew Volkwyn December 2, 2024

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Pitching investors 9

MVP & prototyping 8

Fundraising & VC 5

• Own a percentage of the offer, not just a flat copywriting fee.
• Your low-ticket front end is a hidden sales mechanism, not just a product.
• If the creator can't stop reselling you, the product will convert.

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Compliance & regulation

YouTube

Whop CEO Steven on building a billion-dollar creator commerce platform at 26

Brett Malinowski December 2, 2024

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Compliance & regulation 8

Culture building 6

• Commerce is the bedrock of connection — own the full customer loop.
• Digital payments are only 10% of US GDP; the internet is still early.
• Physical businesses like gyms and apartment buildings are the next frontier.

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Hiring & recruitment

YouTube

Hire for attitude and proven skill set, not attitude alone

Cameron Herold December 2, 2024

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Hiring & recruitment 9

• "Hire for attitude, train for skill" is obsolete — short tenures killed it
• Proven skill means done it before, not just knows how it works
• A Vivid Vision document repels poor fits and magnetically attracts A players

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Management

YouTube

Leading through outrage: temperance as a leadership virtue

Coaching for Leaders December 2, 2024

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Management 9

Resilience & grit 7

Communication 6

• Temperance — not weakness, but confident institutional restraint — is leadership's missing virtue.
• Build trust with antagonists before the crisis, not during it.
• Norms of process, owned bottom-up, keep polarised communities functional.

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Deep work & focus

Podcast

Cal Newport's unified theory of digital life and knowledge work

Deep Questions with Cal Newport December 2, 2024

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Deep work & focus 9

Productivity & habits 7

Processes & SOPs 5

• Digital tools conflict with Paleolithic brains — that's the root of most modern distraction
• Grand goal thinking harms the life dimensions you're not focused on
• Productivity monitoring software measures activity proxies, not what actually matters

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Founder interviews

YouTube

How Fernando built two AI SaaS apps to $15K MRR as a solo founder

Starter Story December 2, 2024

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Founder interviews 10

Niche selection 8

Processes & SOPs 7

• Solo founders can outcompete big platforms by solving one problem extremely well
• A 10-day public build challenge validated the idea before any real commitment
• 90% margins, four-hour workdays, zero employees — by deliberate design

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Founder interviews

Podcast

How five college friends built Dude Perfect into a YouTube empire

How I Built This with Guy Raz December 2, 2024

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Founder interviews 10

Resilience & grit 6

Culture building 5

• Every shot is 100% real — one fake would destroy all trust
• Four years of weekend drives and day jobs before anyone quit
• Shared faith was the only thing that kept five founders together

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