What I'm consuming

A lot of founders chase venture fund logos and valuations like a sport. It's a waste of time. Here's what you really need on your cap table:

Ten tweets/threads that you shouldn't miss if you are building a community

https://twitter.com/5harath/status/1440695163391660047?s=27

A 10-bullet writing masterclass from David Ogilvy: "The better you write, the higher you will go in Ogilvy & Mather. People who think well, write well. Good writing is not a natural gift. You have to learn to write well." Replace "Ogilvy & Mather" with your company name.

Here’s why it’s so dangerous to scale a product with questionable product/market fit: The Traction Treadmill

It’ll kill your company.

Let me explain why it happens.

Referral programs are your missing puzzle piece. PayPal used one to acquire 100m users. DropBox used it to grow 3900% in 15 months. Airbnb grew 900% YoY for 1st-time bookings.

@elonmuskc says one customer should generate three.

Use these 7 referral programs to grow

Wow. Today is the 1 year anniversary of Maven. It's my 3rd internet startup and 7th company. Learning a lot. These are written as reflections for me and not lessons for you. I hope you'll appreciate me thinking out loud and sharing what's going through my head...

A 17 year old high school dropout turned a $10K loan from his mom into a $1B+ company.

The crazy part?

They’ve never bought an ad.

This is the crazy story

My guide to startups:

I've lost millions, hired hundreds, raised millions and sold companies before the age of 30

Read this to become better:

10 years ago I dropped out of college.

Today I'm one of the youngest VPs at a venture-backed company in Canada.

Here are 10 lessons on finding success your own way:

We ALL have a problem.

We overestimate what can be done in a day, yet underestimate what can be accomplished in a week, month, or year.

THREAD: 10 Steps to get from where you are to where you want to be.

Early career years are painful.

You feel like an idiot 98% of the time - lost, confused and insecure.

I wish I had a cheat sheet of principles for my first job. So I put one together.

Here are 20 things about building a career I wish I knew sooner:

How to get rich, learn anything, and get more done.

11 Tweets to change your life.

I built a SaaS from zero to a ~$75 Million valuation in 3 years.

Here are 8 lessons I learned the hard way (so you don't have to):

Apple, Nike, Coca Cola.

3 legendary companies.

1 common marketing trait: Great copywriting.

Here are 10 copywriting tips to help you master marketing

Sir James Dyson went from being in debt to a multi-billionaire.

But it took him 15 years and 5127 prototypes to get there.

Here are 6 of his most thoughtful ideas on entrepreneurship