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How to Prioritize using these 9 Mental Models

Note: How to Prioritize using these 9 Mental Models has been republished on my…

Flywheel Effect: Why Positive Feedback Loops are a Meta-Competitive Advantage

Why Interviewing Prospective Hires is Futile, and How to make it (only slightly) Less Futile

Competitive Advantage

How Barriers to Entry Confused Me Terribly, and What I Figured Out So Far

How Barriers to Entry Confused Me Terribly, and What I Figured Out So Far

Ok, this one might be a little different from all of the other Evergreen Collections. Hang with me and let’s see what happens…

Feb 28, 2016

Why Value Creation is the Foundation of Business: How to define it, measure it, and manage it

Why Value Creation is the Foundation of Business: How to define it, measure it, and manage it

The Definition of Value Creation, How to Create & Manage Value in your Business. The Evolution of Value through History, and in the future

Sep 14, 2015

Scale as Competitive Advantage: When Scale is your ultimate weapon, and How to use it

Scale as Competitive Advantage: When Scale is your ultimate weapon, and How to use it

Evergreen is a Bi-weekly collection of links to the best learning resources in business, collected by a group of managers, founders, and…

Aug 9, 2015

The Power of Network Effects: Why they make such Valuable Companies, and how to Harness them

The Power of Network Effects: Why they make such Valuable Companies, and how to Harness them

Jun 21, 2015

How to Master the Craft of Strategy — Why One Decision can Make your Company and How to Get it…

How to Master the Craft of Strategy — Why One Decision can Make your Company and How to Get it…

No Bullshit and No Fluff — The Best Strategy Advice from Meg Whitman, Peter Thiel, Jeff Bezos. Seven new ways to evaluate your Strategy.

May 10, 2015

How Cost Leadership Builds powerful Businesses, and Why it Always Matters

How Cost Leadership Builds powerful Businesses, and Why it Always Matters

Wal-Mart, Amazon, Southwest Airlines and your Plumber compete and win because they’re the cost leader in their markets. Here’s how and why.

May 4, 2015

Business Building

The Ancient Origins of Storytelling and How You Can Apply Them In Your Life

The Ancient Origins of Storytelling and How You Can Apply Them In Your Life

The most profound way to look at storytelling is to say that it is the defining characteristic of being human. Which is not an…

Feb 15, 2016

How To Choose The Right Business Ideas

How To Choose The Right Business Ideas

That is the goal of validation — to put some rigorous thought around where to spend your time and effort to achieve the greatest results.

Jan 24, 2016

The Misunderstood, Underestimated, and Neglected Genius of Advertising

The Misunderstood, Underestimated, and Neglected Genius of Advertising

For years, I have been crippled by a self-inflicted ignorance of Advertising, something I now believe is one of the few crucial pillars…

Nov 8, 2015

Most Company Culture Posts are Fluffy Bullshit — Here is what you actually need to know

Most Company Culture Posts are Fluffy Bullshit — Here is what you actually need to know

Company Culture is an annoying subject to research. It’s a mushy marshland of vague language, incomplete redefinitions, navel-gazing…

Oct 26, 2015

Why Value Capture is the Most Important Business Idea You Haven’t Read Enough About

Why Value Capture is the Most Important Business Idea You Haven’t Read Enough About

Great businesses don’t have to be big — and big businesses can be awful. The measure of the quality of a business is all about Value…

Sep 28, 2015

How to Think About All Strategic Alliances — The Right Mindset and How to Make the Tough Decisions

How to Think About All Strategic Alliances — The Right Mindset and How to Make the Tough Decisions

1) a high-level view of the healthy mindset for a Partnership and 2) strategic insights for choosing the best partners and executing well.

Aug 30, 2015

How to get Good Business Ideas — The Mental Alchemy of Ideation

How to get Good Business Ideas — The Mental Alchemy of Ideation

Evergreen is a weekly collection of links to the best learning resources in business, collected by a group of managers, founders, and…

Jun 8, 2015

Product/Market Fit: What it really means, How to Measure it, and Where to find it

Product/Market Fit: What it really means, How to Measure it, and Where to find it

Lessons from the leaders of the Startup world on Product/market fit. Learn from Andreesen, Horowitz, Andrew Chen, Ryan Holiday, and more

May 31, 2015

How to Failure-proof your Business with Customer Development

How to Failure-proof your Business with Customer Development

Why Customer Development works, How to Find your subjects, How to Optimize Interviews for Learning, and How to Interpret the Results!

Apr 19, 2015

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