AI is magic, but it only amplifies a skilled operator — mandate it, then redeploy the people it frees.

Jamie Salter on Brand Strategy & AI — Reuters Momentum (AC15) editorial interview · Reuters (interviewer: Arriana McLymore) — reupload via DWS News

Extract peak insight from non-fiction by reading to comprehension, not to completion

eReaders, Kindle, Kobo, and Workflows with Jason Snell — Mac Power Users · Mac Power Users

Secure real user commitments before writing a single line of production code

I Built a $20K/Month App in 83 Days — Starter Story · Starter Story

Build a specific model for the path to critical mass before smart critics see it

Reid Hoffman, LinkedIn Founder: It's Time To Quit Your Job When You Feel This! · Reid Hoffman

Key patterns from successful startup founders: persistence through rejection, pivoting, and staying close to users

Founders at Work · Jessica Livingston

Discover what customers want through their behavior not their words

How to Start a Startup · Paul Graham

Do things that don't scale to build the foundation for things that do

Bill Gurley — All Things Business and Investing · Bill Gurley

Convert interest into adoption instantly by setting up users on the spot

Do Things That Don't Scale · Paul Graham

Dominate a tiny market before expanding to conquer larger ones

Do Things That Don't Scale · Paul Graham

Do things that don't scale to get your startup off the ground

Do Things That Don't Scale · Paul Graham

Replace traditional marketing with engineering-driven distribution

Growth Hacker is the New VP Marketing · Andrew Chen

Find the early metric that predicts long-term success and optimize it

Lean Analytics · Alistair Croll & Benjamin Yoskovitz

A quarterly cadence for setting, tracking, scoring, and reflecting on goals

Measure What Matters · John Doerr

Define the What (Objectives) and measure the How (Key Results)

Measure What Matters · John Doerr

Let the athletes who use your product drive every innovation cycle

Shoe Dog · Phil Knight

Distinguish truly flawed ideas from poorly designed tests

Loonshots · Safi Bahcall

Match your distribution channel to your buyer type -- five channels for five distinct customer pr...

Crossing the Chasm, 3rd Edition Marketing and Selling · Geoffrey A. Moore

A B2C alternative to the chasm model that drives consumer technology adoption through four interl...

Crossing the Chasm, 3rd Edition Marketing and Selling · Geoffrey A. Moore

Eight proven strategies to solve the platform cold-start problem and reach critical mass

Platform Revolution · Geoffrey G. Parker, Marshall W. Van Alstyne & Sangeet Paul Choudary

Measure customer interest through real commitments, not words

The Mom Test · Rob Fitzpatrick

Watch what customers do, not what they say, and let them hijack your roadmap

Masters of Scale · Reid Hoffman

Go to the source and experience the world your work depicts before you create it

Creativity, Inc. · Ed Catmull & Amy Wallace

Build a product whose value to each user grows as more users join, creating winner-take-all

7 Powers · Hamilton Helmer