Reply with a link to what youโre working on and Iโll say something nice about it.
Building things is hard. You deserve a pat on the back.
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Happening later today ๐ Would love to see you there!
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Inspiration from , a good set of weekly review questions:
โซ๏ธWhatโs the right lesson to take from this week?
โซ๏ธWhat am I currently procrastinating about?
โซ๏ธWhose advice will help me solve my problems?
โซ๏ธWhatโs my current biggest priority?
โซ๏ธWhatโs weighing on my mind?
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โWhen a lot of things start going wrong all at once, it is to protect something big and lovely that is trying to get itself bornโand that this something needs for you to be distracted so that it can be born as perfectly as possible.โ
โ Anne Lamott
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Matt Mochary has been CEO coach to , the founders of OpenAI, Notion, Rippling, Robinhood, Coinbase, Reddit, Plaid, Flexport, Opendoor, partners at Sequoia, YC, Benchmark, and many others.
He also open-sourced his entire curriculum, templates and all. Here's a link ๐
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Marketing also needs goals that promote long-term thinking.
This creates tension with sales sometimes. But if marketing only focuses on short-term revenue it will be much harder to hit more aggressive goals 6 months from now.
You have to feed the funnel today to win tomorrow.
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TL;DR 5 newsletters that have made me a better marketer:
1/ Marketing Brew
2/ Marketing Millennials
3/ Good Content
4/ Demand Curve
5/ Kevan Lee
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Recently, I had the pleasure of interviewing on all things advisory work, including:
โข Advising while having a FT job
โข Mentoring others
โข Advisor equity conversations
โข How how he prices his advice
โข His detailed marketing playbook
โข His paid Substack
And more!
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How to hire (and what to look for) in your first VP Marketing or CMO:
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We had a ton of fun at marketing standup this week thanks to Monster Workshop template.
bit.ly/3eBxEMx
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11 newsletters every PLG operator should know ๐
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I just discovered 's World Builders newsletter. "Become a better storyteller." I'm hooked!
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"A podcast growth and ideas company" ... How cool. You definitely caught my attention
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Takeaways from my Q&A with :
๐ Embrace async work
๐คฉ Figure out what you want, and go for it!
๐ฟ Bookmark Every.to and
โฐ Get the kids an "OK to wake" clock :)
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๐๏ธ Interview w/ Stella Garber of Trello, Atlassian, and TBD stealth startup on Kevan Lee
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My latest newsletter: How we're approaching brand archetypes at
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"What might my life look like if the person I choose not to disappoint is me?"
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8 pillars of B2B branding ...
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I canโt remember how to write 1, 1000, 51, 6, and 500 as Roman numerals!
IM LIVID.
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For decades, startups largely followed a well-trodden playbook for how to start and scale a company. First, pick an HQ city (usually where the founding team lives) and then hire your first 50-100 employees and (mostly) serve customers in that area.
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So many GREAT topics on the agenda at 's Ascent (our annual #peopleops event). Two of my favorites:
๐ฏ #ESG Impact
โญ๏ธ Creating Distributed Companies from Scratch
Free registration. Come one, come all!
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The Top 100 Early-Stage Companies to Work For ๐ ๐
top100bywillreed.com/meet-the-top-1
Kudos to for compiling such a great list! Awesome to see some fave companies on there like &
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This was a lot of fun ๐
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Episode 55 of the VITALIZE podcast is hereย
If you want to understand more about Oyster's mission and more about my perspective on globally distributed work, I encourage you to tune in below!
Thank you for having me again @justingordon212ย
thevitalizepodcast.com/tony-jamous-po
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I'm a huge fan of all things transparency, so I love that we're sharing our Employee Guide with the world!
Super useful for team-building, handbook creation, inspiration, etc. :)
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Take a dive into our The Reef, our Workplace hub in @NotionHQ : bit.ly/3txxwlV
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This week's newsletter is full of resources for anyone looking for #remotework. Includes a list of the Top 99 distributed teams in tech ( ๐ & more)
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5/ And the primary lesson I've taken from the last decade is not of scale, but of speed and leverage: I believe in nothing more deeply than the ability of small groups of open-minded and insanely ambitious people to rapidly change the world
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Amazing to see in the today! ๐คฏ
Very grateful to partner with 80+ companies on an employee mental health pledge. You can join us here: pledge.thriveglobal.com
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Congrats & team on the new release!
Anyone with a blog, newsletter, or publication ... is the gold standard ๐ฏ
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Iโve curated 250+ of the best agencies & freelancers in product design, marketing, community, branding, etc... I've come across in my 10+ years working w/ startups.
RT or join as a member and I'll DM you a link to the full database
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Some thoughts about leading a marketing team during a downturn:
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