Hiring & recruitment

YouTube

How to hire A-players: training, testing, and cultural fit

Cameron Herold August 11, 2025

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Hiring & recruitment 9

Culture building 6

• Interviewing is a trainable skill most leaders have never actually practised.
• Ask candidates to show evidence, not explain systems — knowing isn't doing.
• Bring external experts to test technical skill; you own the culture interview.

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Long-term planning

YouTube

Five Phases Every Founder Must Master to Reach $10M

Ryan Deiss August 11, 2025

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Long-term planning 9

Processes & SOPs 6

Cash flow management 5

• Growth follows S-curves, not straight lines — five distinct phases.
• No man's land kills companies that over-hire before systemising.
• Loyalty over competence is the silent ceiling on every scaling business.

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Communication

YouTube

Redefining selfishness: how advocating for yourself serves everyone

Coaching for Leaders August 11, 2025

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Communication 9

Identity & self-belief 8

Management 6

• Allies flock to you only once you're already going somewhere
• NAP work (Not Actually Promotable) silently hijacks your career
• Yesterday's goals are not a valid reason to say yes today

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AI tools & automation

YouTube

How AI agents work and how to build one without code

Silicon Valley Girl August 11, 2025

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AI tools & automation 9

Automation & tools 7

No-code & low-code 6

• AI agents reason and iterate; workflows just follow a fixed script
• A real content pipeline publishes 10 shorts a day with zero human input
• No developer needed — interns built this using Naton, Clap AI, and ChatGPT

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Work-life balance

Podcast

How digital platforms shift from useful to exploitative

Deep Questions with Cal Newport August 11, 2025

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Work-life balance 8

Business models 7

• Good tools turn bad slowly — that's the whole strategy.
• AI is now in the same honeymoon phase Facebook once was.
• Paying upfront is the simplest protection against extractive tech.

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Founder interviews

Podcast

How Crumbl cookies scaled to 1,000 stores in eight years

How I Built This with Guy Raz August 11, 2025

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Founder interviews 10

Business models 7

Social media 7

• A/B testing cookie recipes like a tech product unlocked rapid scale
• Weekly rotating menu with Sunday drops engineered viral FOMO
• Zero outside investors until $1B revenue — franchising funded everything

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Delegation

Podcast

Stoic leadership and habit: action over theory and ego

The Daily Stoic August 11, 2025

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Delegation 9

Identity & self-belief 8

Productivity & habits 6

• Marcus Aurelius gave away half his power — voluntarily.
• Real strength is how much you empower others, not keep.
• Stoicism is a daily habit, not a debating framework.

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