Exor: how the Agnelli family rebuilt a crisis-era conglomerate into a global holding company

Business Breakdowns October 1, 2025

• Ferrari grew from 15% to nearly half of Exor's portfolio value.
• A 50-60% NAV discount treated as a buyback opportunity, not a problem.
• Healthcare technology is the clearest future growth bet for the group.

Giftology: five principles for building relationships through strategic gifting

Cameron Herold October 1, 2025

• 80% of your gift budget should target assistants, spouses, and kids — not the decision-maker.
• Holiday gifting is wasted noise; random timing creates the real impact.
• The best gifts ask what the recipient wants, not what you'd enjoy giving.

Five AI business ideas founders can launch before AGI arrives

Silicon Valley Girl October 1, 2025

• LLMs are electricity — build the specialised app on top.
• No-code tools mean non-programmers can ship AI agents in weeks.
• Early movers capture most value; the window is open now, not later.

How Will Cannon built two SaaS companies doing $30M by copying what works

Starter Story October 1, 2025

• One-star reviews of market leaders reveal your product's winning twist
• Cold email alone drove Uplead's first $1M ARR with a five-line template
• Twenty failed businesses before two that worked — persistence is the framework

Why organic social is the new mid-funnel for Fortune 500 brands

GaryVee October 1, 2025

• Organic social proves creative before a single media dollar is spent.
• Live shopping took one brand from $5k/week to $50k/night.
• Follower count is nearly worthless — buy creator attention like media.

Turning down $17 million: John Amaechi on integrity and identity

The Daily Stoic October 1, 2025

• Turned down $17M, got cut anyway — and calls it right
• Staking identity on occupation leaves you dangerously exposed
• People reliably choose comfort over integrity — even high performers

Standing out in the job market and leading teams effectively in the age of AI

How I Work October 1, 2025

• A short video application cuts through AI-generated resume noise.
• Critical thinking means challenging AI output, not nodding along.
• New leaders should coach with questions, not jump to giving advice.

How Figma turned a blocked acquisition into a $30 billion IPO

Masters of Scale September 30, 2025

• Adobe's blocked bid became fuel — Figma IPO'd at double the price.
• Good enough is now mediocre; design craft is the only edge left.
• We're in the MS-DOS era of AI prompting — better interfaces are coming.

Test your strategy by explaining it to someone who doesn't care

Alex M H Smith September 30, 2025

• Disinterested outsiders give the only unbiased read on your strategy.
• Recording the chat reveals what to cut, keep, and lead with.
• Strategy is half the idea, half how well you can sell it.

The 6S Copywriting Framework: Writing Good Copy, Not Almost Good

Matthew Volkwyn September 30, 2025

• Most copy fails at deeper levels — not the sentence level.
• A six-layer iceberg model that diagnoses why copy doesn't sell.
• Why AI produces average copy and experts capture the opportunity cost.

When and how to hire your second in command as a founder

Cameron Herold September 30, 2025

• Giving a small role a COO title is a costly mis-hire
• Hire when critical growth tasks sit on your calendar forever
• Design the role and responsibilities before naming it

How quitting alcohol unlocked wealth, energy, and better decisions

Dan Martell September 30, 2025

• Sobriety added 9,000 productive hours over 13 years of business building.
• A clouded mind makes inconsistent decisions — nearly cost a major deal.
• Quitting resets your peer group toward people who think in decades.

The Quick Guide to Every ChatGPT Feature (When & How to Use Each)

Dylan Davis September 30, 2025

12 commandments for bootstrapped SaaS founders

Startups For the Rest of Us September 30, 2025

• Marketing and distribution matter more than your product quality
• Eight classic traps that silently kill bootstrapped startups
• Your psychology, not competition, is the biggest threat to success

From $997 experiment to $1M coaching business using the POP method

Sunny Lenarduzzi September 30, 2025

• Validate demand with 52 client interviews before building anything
• Sell a live bare-bones program first; refine it with real feedback
• A 59% sales close rate comes from YouTube pre-warming every lead