31 March 2025
This week's additions focus on mindset, strategy, and leadership, with new digests from EOS Worldwide, TK Kader, and The Daily Stoic. Highlights include Measuring the wrong things creates pressure in the wrong direction. Your ICP should target the next revenue stage, not your entire TAM.
Showing 44 digests for 31 March 2025.
AI tools & automation
YouTube
Three tactics to escape AI debug loops in vibe coding
Dylan Davis
April 1, 2025
AI tools & automation
9
Automation & tools
6
Force the AI to diagnose root cause before touching any code.
A fresh conversation resets context and raises fix probability.
Dump your whole codebase into Gemini to solve what Cursor can't.
Reacting to 16 controversial bootstrapping beliefs from a SaaS founder
Startups For the Rest of Us
April 1, 2025
Bootstrapping
9
Business models
7
Growth hacking
6
Affiliate marketing is enterprise sales — it creates a new acquisition problem
Never offer unlimited pricing on your value metric; whales fund your business
Getting to $10k MRR tells you nothing about reaching $100k MRR
Content marketing
YouTube
Building a million-dollar YouTube channel with a small audience
Sunny Lenarduzzi
April 1, 2025
Content marketing
9
Funnels
8
Conversion rate optimisation
6
Small, targeted audiences convert better than large, generic ones.
Start with bottom-of-funnel content to train the algorithm first.
Your offer monetises from day one — videos are just the entry point.
Founder interviews
Podcast
Ken Griffin: building Citadel through relentless learning and competitive edge
Founders
April 1, 2025
Founder interviews
10
Competitive analysis
8
Resilience & grit
7
Every competitive edge gets commoditized — act before yours disappears
Learning from rivals' failures is far cheaper than your own tuition
Citadel nearly died in 2008; its survival was built on 1998 research
Resilience & grit
Podcast
How to work through hardship using Stoic practice
The Daily Stoic
April 1, 2025
Resilience & grit
9
Motivation
6
Surprise amplifies suffering — Stoics trained to expect the worst.
Marcus Aurelius faltered, wept, and kept going through resolve alone.
Premeditatio malorum: visualising disaster makes you prepared, not pessimistic.
Prospecting & outreach
Podcast
How to stop job seeking and start job shopping
Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life
March 31, 2025
Prospecting & outreach
7
Closing techniques
5
Identity & self-belief
5
Applying to more jobs actively reduces your chances of landing one
Unlisted roles via networking outnumber posted jobs — most candidates never reach them
Likeability in interviews must be prepared for, not assumed
How a 19-year-old copywriter built a $25k/month freelance business
Matthew Volkwyn
March 31, 2025
Case studies
9
Prospecting & outreach
7
Identity & self-belief
6
Case studies beat retainers: one result closes the next ten deals.
Fewer applicants, easier entry: ads copy vs 260 competing email writers.
Upsell the result to the client, not a price increase to your invoice.
Your mindset, not the economy, determines business growth
Cameron Herold
March 31, 2025
Motivation
8
Resilience & grit
6
Blaming the economy is itself what shrinks your business.
Trilions circulate even in recessions — the opportunity is there.
A 10-block marketing push turned around restaurants during the 2008 crisis.
Choosing the right communication channel for tough workplace conversations
Coaching for Leaders
March 31, 2025
Communication
9
Identity & self-belief
5
Audio-only beats video when you need to manage your own emotions.
Flawless competence makes leaders less relatable — small slip-ups help.
Ask people which channel they prefer; almost nobody does.
Deep work & focus
Podcast
Building cognitive fitness in a distracted, smartphone-saturated world
Deep Questions with Cal Newport
March 31, 2025
Deep work & focus
10
Productivity & habits
7
Long-term planning
5
Smartphones are measurably shrinking human intelligence — here's the fix
Dialectical reading: why consuming both sides makes your beliefs stronger
AI 'reasoning' models aren't thinking deeper — they're just showing their work
How Nico built 17 apps and sold two for $265,000
Starter Story
March 31, 2025
Case studies
10
MVP & prototyping
8
AI tools & automation
6
Shipping 17 apps in a year — most fail, two sell for $265k
Validate with no-code hacks before building a real backend
Underprice your listing to trigger buyer competition and urgency
Resilience & grit
Podcast
Two choices every morning: happiness is a decision, character is fate
The Daily Stoic
March 31, 2025
Resilience & grit
8
Productivity & habits
7
Identity & self-belief
5
Choosing your mood before anything else is a stoic superpower.
Character is fate — your training predicts your behaviour under pressure.
You don't rise to the occasion; you fall back to your training level.
How Misfits Market turned ugly produce into a $2 billion grocery delivery business
How I Built This with Guy Raz
March 31, 2025
Case studies
10
Business models
8
Automation & tools
6
USDA grading discards edible produce on looks alone — that's the opportunity.
Perishable logistics, not grocery, is the real business Misfits had to master.
COVID doubled the customer base overnight and compressed years of growth into months.
Relationships & family
Podcast
Managing work-travel guilt as a new parent through honest communication
How I Work
March 31, 2025
Relationships & family
9
Mental health & wellbeing
5
Hiding enjoyment of work trips makes things worse, not better
Six weeks' notice for travel gives both partners time to prepare
Pre-cooking all meals before leaving removes a concrete burden