Reps and time-in-market beat any clever strategy refinement.

The Investing Advice I Wish I Knew Earlier · Toby Newbatt

Maximize output by ruthlessly managing what energizes and drains you

Jim Collins — What to Make of a Life · Jim Collins

Spend 80% of your time on what energizes you most

The Great CEO Within · Matt Mochary

Apply mathematical thinking to life decisions for maximum fulfillment

The Prof G Pod — Scott Galloway on Business, Technology, and Life Frameworks · Scott Galloway

Default dead plus slow growth plus no time equals company death

Default Alive or Default Dead · Paul Graham

When customer validation fails, change direction based on what you learned rather than pressing forward on a broken plan

The Four Steps to the Epiphany · Steve Blank

Four iterative steps to find and validate a scalable business model before scaling the company

The Four Steps to the Epiphany · Steve Blank

Optimizing Burn Rate

Elon Musk Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic · Ashlee Vance

Use structured evaluation to decide when to change course or stay the path

The Lean Startup · Eric Ries

Calculate your exact wealth target by multiplying your annual burn rate by 25

The Algebra of Wealth: A Simple Formula for Financial Security · Scott Galloway

Move so fast that competitors cannot catch up, even at the cost of near-term efficiency

Masters of Scale · Reid Hoffman