Turn salary negotiation into a strategic, theatrical process
Young and Profiting with Hala Taha — yap-natalie-ellis · Young and Profiting with Hala Taha
Stop asking $3 questions and start asking $30,000 ones
Young and Profiting with Hala Taha — yap-natalie-ellis · Young and Profiting with Hala Taha
A great business hits you in the head with a 2x4 — usually because one input in the equation is free or anomalous.
Go From $10k to $1M in 3 Years With This Strategy | Mohnish Pabrai · Codie Sanchez
Score market geography before evaluating any business-specific metrics in a service acquisition
Owned and Operated: I Have $5M, Do I Buy an HVAC Company or a Security Business? · John Wilson
Use three explicit triggers to decide whether to consolidate acquired brands before the complexity becomes unmanageable
Owned and Operated: The REAL Reason Rebranding Can Add $5M/Year · John Wilson
Architect the business for transferability from day one, not after the grind
Blue Collar Business Ep 32: Dirt to Dollars, Excavating Success with Clay Hudspeth (HudX) · Sy Kirby
Exploit mandatory product replacement cycles to generate project revenue from existing accounts
Owned and Operated: I Have $5M, Do I Buy an HVAC Company or a Security Business? · John Wilson
Seven life strategies that compound into both material wealth and personal happiness.
7 Strategies for Wealth & Happiness · Jim Rohn
Control ownership of a franchise lets the tax code co-fund the purchase — a structural after-tax edge a passive minority stake can't fully capture.
New England Patriots President Jonathan Kraft Expects NFL ROI to Beat Stocks (Sportico, 2024) · Sportico
Major-league franchises aren't trophies — they're a long-duration asset that beats stocks risk-adjusted, and private equity is now manufacturing the liquidity that was always missing.
New England Patriots President Jonathan Kraft Expects NFL ROI to Beat Stocks (Sportico, 2024) · Sportico
A branded set of ~30 individually-named training principles that turned tacit gym knowledge into teachable, ownable IP.
Brothers of Iron: Building the Weider Empire · Joe Weider, Ben Weider, Mike Steere
Reveal whether a franchise fee buys you a launch pad or a lasting competitive edge.
Acquiring Minds: Phil Miller, $100K store to Pawville (11 locations, PE exit) — Acquiring Minds · Acquiring Minds
Acquire a business with real estate for near-zero capital by pairing with a REIT buyer
Acquiring Minds: Phil Miller, $100K store to Pawville (11 locations, PE exit) — Acquiring Minds · Acquiring Minds
Layer multiple revenue streams onto idle square footage to multiply business value from a single fixed-cost envelope
Acquiring Minds: Phil Miller, $100K store to Pawville (11 locations, PE exit) — Acquiring Minds · Acquiring Minds
Before entering a market, ask: is it big and interesting, can we make it better, and is it a good business to be in?
Michael Rubin on Building Fanatics Into a Billion-Dollar Empire (Boardroom cover story) · Boardroom (Rich Kleiman)
Enter a market whose biggest cost is customer acquisition — when you already own the customers.
Michael Rubin on Building Fanatics Into a Billion-Dollar Empire (Boardroom cover story) · Boardroom (Rich Kleiman)
Don't be the only winner in the winner's circle.
Mike Repole on Next Up with Adam Breneman (full episode) · Next Up with Adam Breneman
Negotiate acquisition working capital that exceeds your equity injection for a net-positive day-one cash position
Acquiring Minds: Joe Wynn, $600k SDE, 90% seller note — Acquiring Minds · Acquiring Minds
Close SMB deals faster by bypassing the broker and negotiating directly with the seller
Acquiring Minds: Joe Wynn, $600k SDE, 90% seller note — Acquiring Minds · Acquiring Minds
Use third-party approval requirements to negotiate aggressively on price and structure when buying a distributorship
Acquiring Minds: Joe Wynn, $600k SDE, 90% seller note — Acquiring Minds · Acquiring Minds
Convert ad-hoc service customers into recurring-contract clients to stabilize lumpy business cash flow
Acquiring Minds: Joe Wynn, $600k SDE, 90% seller note — Acquiring Minds · Acquiring Minds
Rewire the pain and pleasure your nervous system links to a behavior, using a repeatable six-step conditioning process.
Awaken the Giant Within · Tony Robbins
Make from genuine personal fascination, then impose a three-act structure — the drama comes from the structure, not the subject.
LIVE: Casey Neistat Unfiltered on Modern YouTube — The Colin and Samir Show (Press Publish NYC) · The Colin and Samir Show
A research org wins by concentrating compute on a few big bets and disbanding the rest — not by letting a bottom-up credit market allocate it.
Why Google failed to make GPT-3 + why Multimodal Agents are the path to AGI — with David Luan of Adept · Latent Space (swyx & Alessio)
Build a durable independent podcast network on believed-in sponsorship plus listener memberships — and on shows that outlast any single host, sponsor, or tool.
Building an Indie Podcast Network with Myke Hurley (Streamlined Solopreneur) · Myke Hurley
Stack life from broad theme down to the concrete decision in front of you.
Your Theme (CGP Grey) · CGP Grey
Companies run at room temperature by default. Founders are exothermic — they inject heat into the system. The job is to protect that heat from being politicked away.
Invest Like the Best EP.394 — Tobi Lütke: Building Islands of Innovation · Patrick O'Shaughnessy / Colossus
Quarterly community-giving program as both ritual and culture-binding mechanism.
Patrick Terry on School of Hard Knocks (full episode) · School of Hard Knocks Podcast
Design your leisure intentionally to compound wealth, fitness, and intelligence simultaneously
How to Get Rich — Naval · Naval
Build something so authentically yours that no one can compete with you
How to Get Rich — Naval · Naval
Find the right market, product, and personal fit before optimizing how hard you work.
How to Get Rich — Naval · Naval
Build monopolies by combining network effects, zero marginal cost, and scale economies
How to Get Rich — Naval · Naval
Take accountability like an equity stake to unlock proportional upside in any work
How to Get Rich — Naval · Naval
Unite building and selling—in one person or two founders—to create an unstoppable venture
How to Get Rich — Naval · Naval
Compound trust and returns by committing to iterated relationships where cooperation wins.
How to Get Rich — Naval · Naval
Select careers where creative leverage decouples your hours from your economic output.
How to Get Rich — Naval · Naval
Shift from selling hours to owning assets and equity that generate income while you sleep
How to Get Rich — Naval · Naval
Break compulsive eating with radical honesty, trigger mapping, and abstinence planning
Fatty Liver Expert: Your Liver Is Filling With Fat Right Now - Dr David Unwin — The Diary Of A CEO · The Diary Of A CEO
Break the blood sugar hunger cycle by anchoring every meal with protein before adding vegetables and fat
Fatty Liver Expert: Your Liver Is Filling With Fat Right Now - Dr David Unwin — The Diary Of A CEO · The Diary Of A CEO
Convert any selling conversation into a buying conversation using structured intelligent questions
The Sales Bible: The Ultimate Sales Resource · Jeffrey Gitomer
Track every deal at the right level and prevent feast-or-famine income cycles
The New Strategic Selling · Robert B. Miller, Stephen E. Heiman, and Tad Tuleja
Make every problem visible and exploit every asset—before the competitor does
The New Strategic Selling · Robert B. Miller, Stephen E. Heiman, and Tad Tuleja
Map every person who can derail or advance your sale into one of four decisive roles
The New Strategic Selling · Robert B. Miller, Stephen E. Heiman, and Tad Tuleja
Make every leadership commitment observable, time-bound, and verified by a committed listener
The Leadership Dojo: Build Your Foundation as an Exemplary Leader · Richard Strozzi-Heckler
Build leadership through partner practice, daily solo practice, and real-world application
The Leadership Dojo: Build Your Foundation as an Exemplary Leader · Richard Strozzi-Heckler
Create a practice space where embodied learning, peers, and a teacher develop leadership
The Leadership Dojo: Build Your Foundation as an Exemplary Leader · Richard Strozzi-Heckler
Shared goals dissolve intergroup hostility that contact alone cannot fix
Influence: Science and Practice · Robert B. Cialdini
What comes first warps perception of what comes next—sequence is a lever of influence.
Influence: Science and Practice · Robert B. Cialdini
Treat your marketing team as part publisher — build a systematic content production engine
Inbound Marketing: Get Found Using Google, Social Media, and Blogs · Brian Halligan and Dharmesh Shah
Transform your website from a product brochure into a magnetic industry resource
Inbound Marketing: Get Found Using Google, Social Media, and Blogs · Brian Halligan and Dharmesh Shah