10 March 2025
This week's additions focus on mindset, leadership, and marketing, with new digests from TK Kader, The Daily Stoic, and KeyPersonOfInfluence. Highlights include 70–80% gross margin is non-negotiable regardless of how you're funded Every obstacle is an opportunity to practice excellence.
Showing 46 digests for 10 March 2025.
SaaS profit margins: benchmarks, levers, and what actually matters
TK Kader
March 16, 2025
Unit economics
9
Bootstrapping
6
Processes & SOPs
5
70–80% gross margin is non-negotiable regardless of how you're funded
PE-backed firms outperform bootstrapped founders on net margin at every stage
Five levers — CAC, ACV, churn, NRR, expenses — compound when pulled together
Resilience & grit
Podcast
Stoic principles for staying calm under pressure
The Daily Stoic
March 16, 2025
Resilience & grit
9
Management
7
Identity & self-belief
6
Every obstacle is an opportunity to practice excellence.
Ego — not external enemies — is the greatest threat to any leader.
Stillness and poise are the most unbeatable weapons under pressure.
How to structure your first big partnership deal
KeyPersonOfInfluence
March 16, 2025
Business models
9
Influencer & partnerships
7
Negotiation
5
Great partnerships need four parties, not two.
An 18-year-old made $10k in one night with zero capital.
You don't need resources — find partners who already have them.
Identity & self-belief
Podcast
How introverts can thrive in business without becoming extroverts
Lenny's Podcast Product Career Growth
March 16, 2025
Identity & self-belief
9
Public speaking
8
Management
7
Accepting yourself fully is what makes you powerful, not performing extroversion
Introverted leaders succeed through deep conviction, one-on-one trust, and focused expertise
Practical tactics: speak early in meetings, protect deep-work time, signal ambition openly
Leadership skills that transcend technology and trends
Cameron Herold
March 15, 2025
Management
9
Hiring & recruitment
6
Processes & SOPs
5
13 leadership skills every employee should be trained and certified in
One skill per quarter beats cramming; certifications unlock promotions
Situational leadership: match your style to each person's skill and commitment
When your MBA stops working: five signs to seek executive education
Dr. Grace Lee
March 15, 2025
Communication
8
Identity & self-belief
7
Positive reviews and no promotion means credentials, not competitiveness, are the problem.
Imposter syndrome is useful data — your intuition flagging a real skills gap.
Executive education builds communication, influence, and visibility that degrees never teach.
Identity & self-belief
Podcast
Stoicism, Buddhism, and embracing impermanence with Young Pueblo
The Daily Stoic
March 15, 2025
Identity & self-belief
8
Resilience & grit
7
Mental health & wellbeing
6
Everything you love exists because of change — including you
Feeling an emotion and acting on it are not the same thing
Enough is rarer than wealth — and you can't buy it
Prospecting & outreach
YouTube
How to land and grow high-paying copywriting retainers
Matthew Volkwyn
March 14, 2025
Prospecting & outreach
9
Resilience & grit
7
Branding
6
Why 95% of people would quit if they knew the real timeline
Replace low-paying clients instead of stacking more
Personal brand multiplies luck and locks in $10k+ permanently
Apollo: Connoisseurs of Complexity
Business Breakdowns
March 14, 2025
Case studies
9
Fundraising & VC
7
Business models
6
How Apollo engineered a perpetual capital machine by merging insurance with credit origination
Why Apollo returns to painful deals like Las Vegas after Caesar's fiasco—learning is growth
From Drexel's collapse to $750B: complexity as competitive advantage in modern finance
Five Steps to Earn $10,000 a Month as a Beginner
Dan Martell
March 14, 2025
Business models
10
Prospecting & outreach
7
Outsourcing & delegation
6
Collect payment before building anything to prove real demand.
SaaS and consulting offer 70–90% margins; avoid low-margin models.
The buyback loop frees time for reinvestment, not rest.
Founder interviews
YouTube
Followers don't matter: content quality, discipline, and social media for business
GaryVee
March 14, 2025
Founder interviews
9
Social media
7
Resilience & grit
6
A 461-follower account beat 15M followers because one post was better.
Discipline — not ice plunges or morning routines — is what changes outcomes.
No one has wasted time; every detour is part of the story.
Productivity & habits
Podcast
Eight Stoic strategies for decluttering your life this spring
The Daily Stoic
March 14, 2025
Productivity & habits
9
Deep work & focus
6
Relationships & family
5
You don't lack time — you lack ruthlessness about what consumes it.
Possessions, habits, and grudges you hold silently own you.
Daily cleansing rituals prevent the dust of life from becoming permanent grime.
Founder interviews
Podcast
How Vanta's Christina Cacioppo built a $2.5B compliance unicorn
Masters of Scale
March 13, 2025
Founder interviews
10
Business models
8
Market research
7
Stop building until strangers independently name the same problem.
Painful, necessary tasks earn outsized customer loyalty even for rough products.
Start your leadership team at 20 people, not 50.
Productivity & habits
Podcast
Embracing limits and imperfection to reclaim meaningful action
Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life
March 13, 2025
Productivity & habits
9
Deep work & focus
6
The fantasy of 'finally being in control' is the real productivity trap.
Agency only arrives once you stop chasing control entirely.
Avoiding a task costs more time than just doing the next small step.
Productivity & habits
YouTube
How distraction and discouragement silently destroy long-term performance
Brendon Burchard
March 13, 2025
Productivity & habits
8
Deep work & focus
7
Resilience & grit
6
Two hours of daily distraction costs you 100 workdays a year.
Distraction is a symptom — the real cause is unaddressed discouragement.
Discouragement left unchecked slides into defeatism and kills momentum.