Vet the GC as rigorously as the GC vets you to protect cash flow and culture
Blue Collar Business Ep 32: Dirt to Dollars, Excavating Success with Clay Hudspeth (HudX) · Sy Kirby
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
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
Eliminate service failures by defining non-negotiables that protect every touchpoint.
UpFlip Ep222: College Hunks $300M/yr (Nick Friedman) — The UpFlip Podcast · The UpFlip Podcast
Win incumbent rights by guaranteeing the counterparty their peak earnings, then cut them into the ancillary markets they never monetized.
Michael Rubin on Building Fanatics Into a Billion-Dollar Empire (Boardroom cover story) · Boardroom (Rich Kleiman)
Every interaction between two people either charges or drains the battery. You can't skip to high trust — you have to charge it.
Invest Like the Best EP.394 — Tobi Lütke: Building Islands of Innovation · Patrick O'Shaughnessy / Colossus
A brand is a mnemonic shortcut. Break the shortcut and you destroy the value.
Daniel Lubetzky on School of Hard Knocks (full episode) · School of Hard Knocks Podcast
Override genetic pessimism to take asymmetric bets, with one hard rule: avoid total ruin.
How to Get Rich — Naval · Naval
Act before your stage advances—reversal odds drop from 93% to 50% with each year of delay
Fatty Liver Expert: Your Liver Is Filling With Fat Right Now - Dr David Unwin — The Diary Of A CEO · The Diary Of A CEO
One customer testimonial outperforms a hundred sales pitches—collect, deploy, and systematise proof
The Sales Bible: The Ultimate Sales Resource · Jeffrey Gitomer
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
We obey authority automatically, often responding to its symbols rather than its genuine expertise
Influence: Science and Practice · Robert B. Cialdini
Make a large ask first so your real request looks like a generous concession.
Influence: Science and Practice · Robert B. Cialdini
Build platform-specific authority by listening first, then contributing value consistently
Inbound Marketing: Get Found Using Google, Social Media, and Blogs · Brian Halligan and Dharmesh Shah
VITO-to-VITO referrals produce 40% higher close rates and 2.5x more referrals downstream
Getting to VITO (The Very Important Top Officer) · Anthony Parinello
Arrive at VITO's phone call as an expected contact, not a cold interruption
Getting to VITO (The Very Important Top Officer) · Anthony Parinello
Assert and maintain momentum throughout the sale — assertively, not aggressively
The Challenger Sale: Taking Control of the Customer Conversation · Matthew Dixon and Brent Adamson
Take extreme ownership of your birth experience by questioning defaults and self-educating
Making Bitcoin Babies: Sovereignty Starts in the Womb | Bitcoin 2026 — Bitcoin Magazine · Bitcoin Magazine
Run self-improvement empirically: try, track honestly, and keep only what works for you
21 Harsh Truths About Why You’re Still Lost - Mark Manson — Chris Williamson · Chris Williamson
Pair an evocative meme title with a plain subtitle to maximize reach without sacrificing credibility
Bitcoin Fights Communism | Allen Farrington — THE Bitcoin Podcast with Walker · THE Bitcoin Podcast with Walker
Treat developmental traits as features built for the life-stage's job, not bugs to suppress.
The Surprising Science of Adolescent Brains · Jennifer Pfeifer
Separate what children owe the household from what they can sell back to it
How Parents Raise Bad Investors · Louise Hill
Financial habits are being set by age seven — start before school shapes the wrong ones
How Parents Raise Bad Investors · Louise Hill
Dying without a will hands a stranger's rulebook to the people you love most.
68% of People Are Making This Expensive Mistake · Sam Grice
Your mortgage broker should know your life plans, not just your last payslip
UK Mortgage Expert: The Key Things You Need To Know · Anthony Emmerson
Match your fixed-rate term to where rates are heading and what your life requires
UK Mortgage Expert: The Key Things You Need To Know · Anthony Emmerson
Visible political donations are the tip; think tanks and media funding are the dangerous mass below
Labour MP: This Budget Just Tax The Rich! · Liam Byrne
Match your spending to your lifetime income curve, not just today's balance
The Economist's Guide To Getting Rich · Erik Angner
If you don't know what you're doing, index funds are your only rational move
The Economist's Guide To Getting Rich · Erik Angner
Parental wealth, not personal effort, is the dominant engine of opportunity in the 21st century.
The Wealth Gap No One Talks About · Eliza Filby
If you can retire early, you probably won't want to — so build for choice, not cessation.
The New Rules for Building Wealth in 2025 · Rob Dix
Thirty years of data tells you almost nothing — you need a century across many countries
The Golden Age of Returns is Over · Mike Staunton & Paul Marsh
Home bias is always wrong — own the world, not your postcode
The Golden Age of Returns is Over · Mike Staunton & Paul Marsh
The 20th century was exceptional — build your retirement plan around something closer to 5% real
The Golden Age of Returns is Over · Mike Staunton & Paul Marsh
The equity premium is not pi — it is not a constant and cannot be looked up
The Golden Age of Returns is Over · Mike Staunton & Paul Marsh
The returns you see are the markets that survived — the losers were quietly erased
The Golden Age of Returns is Over · Mike Staunton & Paul Marsh
Teams with better cultures report more errors — they're not making more, they're hiding fewer.
Do We Need To Change Our Minds About Index Funds? · Tim Harford
Financial media's incentive structure guarantees bad forecasts — by design
If You Understand This, You'll Never Fear a Market Crash Again · William J. Bernstein
Four sociological markers that signal speculative mania — regardless of asset class
If You Understand This, You'll Never Fear a Market Crash Again · William J. Bernstein
Design for the worst 1-2% of times — that's when compounding breaks
If You Understand This, You'll Never Fear a Market Crash Again · William J. Bernstein
Ultra-low rates keep dying firms alive, blocking creative destruction and killing productivity growth
The Interest Rate Crisis Has Just Begun · Edward Chancellor
Interest is crystallised impatience — the inescapable price tag on every transaction across time
The Interest Rate Crisis Has Just Begun · Edward Chancellor
Crashes are more frequent since 1980 — understand why before assuming the next one
The Next Global Crash Is Inevitable - Top Economist · Linda Yueh
Shame, not greed or laziness, is the most common destroyer of built wealth.
Therapist Explains: How to Fix Your Money Issues · Vicky Reynal
Wages across sectors are the fastest proxy for where real productivity actually lives.
Ex-Government Economist: Politicians Are Lying About the Economy · Vicky Pryce
Act fast, preserve tissue, and choose the right pain relief to maximize reattachment chances.
What should you do if you accidentally cut off your finger? - Jason Hoellwarth · TED-Ed
An external observer sees what you can't — and rebuilds you stronger.
A good coach will help you break your actions down AND build them back up again #TEDTalks · TED
Diversify because the worst risks are the ones you can't name.
This Is How You Build Wealth · Richard Coffin (The Plain Bagel)
Median-by-age data is a snapshot of one era's rules, not a forecast of yours.
Have Boomers Rigged The System? · Tom Nicholas
We rewrote 'a normal life' around one cohort's exceptional decade — then locked the rest out.
Have Boomers Rigged The System? · Tom Nicholas