29 December 2025
This week's additions focus on mindset, strategy, and leadership, with new digests from Matthew Volkwyn, Rob Walling, and Starter Story. Highlights include Email gigs have dried up — funnel copy is where the money is SaaS revenue compounds so slowly it takes years, not months.
Showing 47 digests for 29 December 2025.
The three highest-paying copywriting projects for 2026
Matthew Volkwyn
January 4, 2026
Copywriting
9
Copywriting
7
Pricing strategy
6
Email gigs have dried up — funnel copy is where the money is
A single funnel is a business's core revenue asset, worth $10K–$25K
Three project types — funnel, video, list — can build a six-figure practice
The brutal truths every SaaS founder must know before starting
Rob Walling
January 4, 2026
Business models
9
Resilience & grit
7
Bootstrapping
6
SaaS revenue compounds so slowly it takes years, not months.
8–10% monthly churn can never be outrun by more signups.
Stress and burnout are near-universal — going it alone makes it worse.
Non-technical founder hits $20K MRR in 90 days using borrowed distribution
Starter Story
January 4, 2026
Case studies
10
Business models
8
MVP & prototyping
6
Partnering with an existing audience beats building your own for years
Domain knowledge in a niche matters more than coding ability
50% equity traded for instant customer access — $10K/month profit result
Content marketing
YouTube
How one founder built a $30K/month AI dating app while employed
Superwall
January 4, 2026
Content marketing
10
Social media
9
Funnels
7
Use your day job salary to fund contractors and experiments.
PR won't drive users, but it builds domain authority for SEO.
Set a hard revenue milestone before quitting — then hold the line.
How Rising Team shifted from bottom-up to enterprise go-to-market
TK Kader
January 4, 2026
B2B sales
9
Pricing strategy
7
Pivoting
6
Bottom-up and enterprise deals took equal effort — so cut bottom-up entirely.
Rate every prospect 1–10 in the first 30 minutes; stop chasing low scores.
Per-manager pricing unlocked deals that per-seat pricing consistently stalled.
Founder interviews
Podcast
Ryan Holiday and Mel Robbins browse books and swap recommendations
The Daily Stoic
January 4, 2026
Founder interviews
9
Identity & self-belief
6
Co-writing a book with your adult child can heal a fractured relationship
Mel's daughter saved 'Let Them' by inventing the 'Let Me' second half
Ryan Holiday's next book: an unauthorised biography of Admiral Stockdale
AI strategy & adoption
YouTube
How to stay irreplaceable and build AI-powered businesses
KeyPersonOfInfluence
January 4, 2026
AI strategy & adoption
9
Identity & self-belief
8
MVP & prototyping
6
AI owns the functional middle — human value is initiation and closure
Three ingredients build any AI product: IP, UX data, and LLM prompts
Plural careers — running many things at once — become the new normal
Molly Graham's leadership frameworks for scaling, change, and growth
Lenny's Podcast Product Career Growth
January 4, 2026
Management
9
Resilience & grit
7
Long-term planning
6
Why giving away your best work is the path to career growth
80% of team problems are structural — not people problems
Never promise stability: broken promises demoralize faster than anything
Productivity & habits
YouTube
How Bill Gurley uses peer networks to accelerate career growth
Tim Ferriss
January 4, 2026
Productivity & habits
9
Relationships & family
6
Four people sharing 10,000 hours each yields 40,000 hours of expertise.
Trust and shared obsession are the only two tests for a real peer.
Knowledge generosity — writing, sharing — compounds everyone in your network.
How Rolex became the world's dominant watch brand
Acquired
January 3, 2026
Origin stories
9
Business models
8
Branding
7
Rolex survived the quartz crisis by selling identity, not timekeeping
A foundation ownership structure let Rolex ignore shareholders and play centuries-long
30% of Swiss watch industry revenue — next competitor is at 7.5%
MVP & prototyping
YouTube
How to start a one-person AI business without code
Dan Martell
January 3, 2026
MVP & prototyping
10
AI tools & automation
9
Prospecting & outreach
6
Pre-sell a prototype before writing a single line of code
No-code AI tools can build a working MVP in days
Growth hacks: distribution partners, pixel swaps, marketplace integrations
From manager to director: why your current thinking will hold you back
Dr. Grace Lee
January 3, 2026
Management
9
Identity & self-belief
7
Hard work at director level signals you're still executing, not leveraging.
Your potential is capped by capacitance — raise it by changing your environment.
Directors diagnose root causes; managers manage symptoms — that gap is malpractice.
AI strengths and weaknesses: a practical map for getting real results
Dylan Davis
January 3, 2026
Culture building
9
Contracts & agreements
8
Vision & mission
6
AI is a savant, not a spectrum — superhuman at six tasks, broken at six others.
Hidden dependencies and lack of context are why AI advice stays frustratingly generic.
Systemize your strongest AI spike now to build compounding leverage.
Resilience & grit
Podcast
The Let Them Theory through a Stoic lens: Mel Robbins and Ryan Holiday
The Daily Stoic
January 3, 2026
Resilience & grit
9
Identity & self-belief
8
Vision & mission
5
Accepting people as they are is more powerful than trying to change them.
Jealousy at others' success signals desires you're blocking yourself from pursuing.
Most people privately share the same values — extreme voices distort what we think others believe.
Costco's Membership Model and Supply Chain Excellence
Acquired
January 2, 2026
Case studies
9
Business models
8
Processes & SOPs
5
How membership fees enable Costco's thin profit margins strategy
Supply chain innovations that revolutionized warehouse retail operations
Jim Sinegal's unconventional leadership approach and company culture