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Writing, Strategic positioning, and building Intellectual assets for SaaS founders.
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Joined June 2011
Learning to reverse engineer businesses and break them down shows you how simple things are. We just overcomplicate everything.
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“You must forget your limits. You must forget your doubts, your pain, your past. You must forget that internal voice screaming, begging, not one more step. And when it’s not possible to forget it, you must negotiate with it. Yes, you raise some excellent points, but let’s
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Just re-listened to Founders #186 which covers Shoe Dog by Phil Knight. Some key takeaways: • Control what's important to the business • Start before you feel ready • Build with Mission-driven people, not just talent Must read if you haven't.
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Feeling stuck creatively? Increase analog time. • Bring a book to bed • Write on notebooks • Take walks in silence Just you, your mind, and your ideas. Works every time.
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COD montage from the White House wasn't on my bingo card.
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3 thoughts you will experience when trying to document your thinking: • "I don't know what to write about" • "I have nothing valuable to write" • " This won't help anyone" Ignore them. Instead, use this 4-Step prompt: 1. What problem did I solve this week? 2. How did I
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Productivity hack: Guys, stop bringing taking your phone to the toilet. You're welcome.
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I see experienced professionals leaving money on the table because they aren't leveraging their knowledge. Things you do daily could turn into consulting, products or services. Don't sleep on what you know. Start writing it down.
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If you think you don't know enough to create a product. 1. Read this 2. Follow it 3. See how it goes 4. Repeat
The "Weekend Product" playbook: Friday night: Pick one thing you explain to people all the time. Write it down as a step-by-step guide. Don't overthink it, just write like you're texting a friend who needs help. Saturday morning: Open a Google Doc and clean it up. Add a short
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Info isn't going anywhere. Math teachers teach students exactly how to solve problems. They still need tutors.
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Another benefit of documenting your thinking: • You stop making mistakes faster Why? Sitting down to write your stupidity makes it hard to ignore.
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How much of your life is being defined by your reaction to pixels on a screen?
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Most founders are wasting their most valuable asset: their thinking. They generate insights every week. They just don’t capture them. After reading Meditations by Marcus Aurelius, I realized one thing. Marcus never intended for Meditations to be published. He wrote it to
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Timeless formula for making money from knowledge: 1. Capture daily decisions 2. Extract repeatable patterns 3. Name the patterns 4. Publish them or put them to work Document -> Distill -> Distribute -> Leverage That's it.
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“If an action or utterance is appropriate, then it’s appropriate for you. Don’t be put off by other people’s comments and criticism.” - Marcus Aurelius
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You can’t take our country — and you can’t take our game.
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