Map every role in a small acquisition target to know exactly where human capital risk can crater your business

Acquiring Minds: Joe Wynn, $600k SDE, 90% seller note — Acquiring Minds · Acquiring Minds

Achieve expert-level performance in any domain through structured deliberate practice that systematically targets specific weaknesses with focused effort and feedback

The Road to Excellence: Acquisition of Expert Performance in Arts Sciences Sports and Games · K. Anders Ericsson

Effort counts twice because it both builds skill and deploys it

Angela Duckworth - Grit The Power of Passion and Perseverance at Talks at Google · Angela Duckworth

What you practice matters more than how much you practice

Smash fear, learn anything · Tim Ferriss

Replace traditional marketing with engineering-driven distribution

Growth Hacker is the New VP Marketing · Andrew Chen

A company is just a group of people — make that group exceptional

Elon Musk USC Commencement Speech · Elon Musk

Invest in others' success and the returns compound for decades

Masters of Scale: Make Everyone a Hero · Reid Hoffman

Buy quality businesses

Berkshire Hathaway Shareholder Letter 1995 · Warren Buffett

Acquire businesses with strong economics

Berkshire Hathaway Shareholder Letter 1986 · Warren Buffett

Transform envy of others' success into a roadmap for your own growth.

Mindset · Carol S. Dweck

Build free tools and microsites that generate leads as long-term marketing assets

Traction · Gabriel Weinberg & Justin Mares