"I had all the disadvantages necessary for success" - Larry Ellison

Charlie Munger: "I hated sending other people invoices and needing money from richer people. I thought it was undignified. I wanted my own money. Not because I loved ease or social prestige — I wanted the independence."

Slowly and then all at once!

I interviewed Tyler Denk, founder and CEO of beehiiv in a 113 minute long podcast. In only 3.5 years, beehiiv has scaled to $20M ARR plus $10M in other revenue -- servicing thousands of newsletters and creators. In this pod we talk about: 1) Raising A $2.6M Seed Round in 30

The importance of differentiation

More than words, companies communicate through design and engineering Things like: - whether this was built with love and care - what caliber of talent you are able to recruit - how high your standards are …all come through loud and clear when people use the product

Half the game is knowing what game you're in. The best founders have insane clarity of thought and can tell the difference between urgent and important. And that's how they get shit done

We built a tool to turn any company website into a Jingle. It’s called Jingle Maker and it’s powered by Eleven Music. Here’s a thread of our favorites. Try it with your website. Starting with Granola, but it’s a Breakfast Cereal ad

I interviewed Tyler Denk, founder of beehiiv in a 113 minute long podcast. Now, I’ve distilled all of those learnings into a short newsletter. In only a few years, beehiiv has scaled to $20M ARR with an additional $10M in revenue servicing thousands of publications and creators.

Good news. I have found a new book. Bad news. That is also nearly finished. It's Endurance the book on Shackleton's journey. Nearly finished and then will start reading A Man of all markets

This is going to be incredibly hard. I just mapped out the next few months of work for the podcast. And the sheer challenge of what lies ahead is making me confident it’s the right choice. Reminds me of a story about a young John D. Rockefeller. He was looking for work and

"Money comes naturally as a result of service"

I've spent over 15 hours over the past few days studying one company and it's two-founders. Can't believe this is what i 'have' to do. Insanely rewarding

About to enter my AirBnB Cereal Box phase