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
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
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
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
Compound trust and returns by committing to iterated relationships where cooperation wins.
How to Get Rich — Naval · Naval
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
World-class managers coach to known behaviors and innovate around unknown obstacles to unstick deals
The Challenger Sale: Taking Control of the Customer Conversation · Matthew Dixon and Brent Adamson
A data-derived taxonomy that reveals which rep type wins complex sales by a landslide
The Challenger Sale: Taking Control of the Customer Conversation · Matthew Dixon and Brent Adamson
Turn a salary ask into a 90-day evidence campaign before you set foot in the room.
HR Expert: How To Negotiate A Pay Rise · Wayne Clarke
Finance depends on performance and narrative — remove the theater and the market ceases to exist
The Problem With Passive Investing Nobody Talks About · Philip Roscoe
Partnership structures align risk with decision-making; corporate structures dissociate them
The Problem With Passive Investing Nobody Talks About · Philip Roscoe
The mortgage market profits from borrowers who forget to refinance on time
The Mortgage Trap Hitting Millions of Homeowners · Tarun Ramadorai
Distinguish capital that builds value from capital that merely shuffles ownership.
The UK Is The Most Unequal High-Income Country In The World · Paul Collier
Post-war prosperity was built on explicit inclusion — its erosion explains today's political rage
Extreme Wealth Will Destroy Democracy · Martin Wolf
Precision bombing creates a 3-stage ladder where tactical success breeds strategic failure
The Iran War Expert: I Simulated The Iran War for 20 Years. Here's What Happens Next · Robert Pape
Moral questions are questions about well-being — and well-being can be studied scientifically
Science Can Answer Moral Questions · Sam Harris
Price strategically by creating value first, communicating it effectively, structuring prices to capture it, and managing competition through policy rather than reaction
The Strategy and Tactics of Pricing: A Guide to Growing More Profitably · Thomas T. Nagle, Georg Muller, and Evert Gruyaert
Master the two things that matter in any venture deal: how the economics work and who has control of the company
Venture Deals: Be Smarter Than Your Lawyer and Venture Capitalist · Brad Feld and Jason Mendelson
Trade profitably in any market condition by following trends and managing risk like a professional
The Tao of Trading: How to Build Abundant Wealth in Any Market Condition · Simon Ree
Evaporate conflicts at their root instead of merely managing symptoms
Conflicts · Edward de Bono
Replace two-sided arguments with three-party creative design
Conflicts · Edward de Bono
Every venture deal term maps to economics or control - master both to negotiate from strength
Venture Deals by Brad Feld and Jason Mendelson · Brad Feld and Jason Mendelson
Build lasting happiness through faith, family, friendship, and meaningful work
The Happiness Professor: THIS Will ACTUALLY Make You Happier · Arthur Brooks
Three-element structure that separates real strategy from fluffy goals and slogans
Good Strategy Bad Strategy · Richard Rumelt
Install one core belief to systematically dismantle any obstacle in your path
Everything is Figureoutable · Marie Forleo
Transform your founder-dependent business into a sellable asset
Built to Sell: Creating a Business That Can Thrive Without You · John Warrillow
Harness dopamine as a path signal rather than just an endpoint reward
How to Change Your Brain with Dr. Andrew Huberman · Andrew Huberman
Business development through code, not connections
Growth Hacker is the New VP Marketing · Andrew Chen
Three tiers of daily ambition that eliminate guilt and guarantee progress
The 100 Best Frameworks · Sahil Bloom
Prepare your company like a Boy Scout before hitting the fundraising trail so that nothing slows down or kills your deal
Venture Deals: Be Smarter than your Lawyer and Venture Capitalist · Brad Feld & Jason Mendelson
Consistent allocation transfers that tame irregular income
Profit First for Real Estate Investing · David Richter
Three accounts that give instant clarity on business health
Profit First for Real Estate Investing · David Richter
Match your strategy to the specific conditions of the ground you occupy
The Art of War · Sun Tzu
A structured eight-week program to build a lifelong mindfulness practice
Full Catastrophe Living · Jon Kabat-Zinn
Recognize the recurring structural patterns behind chronic problems
The Fifth Discipline Fieldbook · Peter Senge
Every real strategy has three elements: diagnosis, guiding policy, action
Good Strategy/Bad Strategy: The difference and why it matters · Richard Rumelt
Transform your organization from visionary-driven pioneers to mainstream-focused settlers as you ...
Crossing the Chasm, 3rd Edition Marketing and Selling · Geoffrey A. Moore
Prepare for the next pandemic
Lifespan Why we age{u2014}and why we don't have to · David A Sinclair
Understand the four types of karma to strategically work through your life's backlog
Karma · Sadhguru
Change what you believe about stress and change its effect on your body
The Upside of Stress · Kelly McGonigal
Master the dual forces of circadian rhythm and sleep pressure for optimal rest
Why We Sleep · Matthew Walker
See opportunities others miss by combining courage with financial intelligence.
Rich Dad Poor Dad · Robert T. Kiyosaki
Remove invisible barriers to action by making the first step laughably easy
Feel-Good Productivity · Ali Abdaal
Introduce an inferior option to make your preferred choice look irresistible
Predictably Irrational · Dan Ariely
Design a customer-centric pipeline from lead generation through qualification to close
Traction · Gabriel Weinberg & Justin Mares
Immunize decisions against overconfidence by imagining failure in advance
Thinking, Fast and Slow · Daniel Kahneman