Podcasts Acquired – Interview with Charlie Munger Link Charlie Munger’s first-ever podcast interview. The sound quality is a bit sketchy (it was recorded at a private dinner), but Charlier more than makes up for it with his razor-sharp mind. It’s hard to believe he’s still able to go so strong at 99. How I Write […]
I’ve worked in growth marketing for venture-backed SaaS startups and helped lead an e-commerce business to a successful acquisition. I’ve managed hundreds of thousands of dollars of paid advertising spend, launched dozens of growth experiments (some succeeded, many more failed), and worked with amazing teams of engineers, product managers, marketers, and more. But it wasn’t […]
A couple of months ago we were approached by an Amazon aggregator who wanted to see if we were open to selling the business. As successful Amazon Sellers we saw many of these emails and usually just ignored them as we had some specific profit goals we were targeting before we were looking to exit. […]
Last updated: March 2021 Technology MacBook Pro 13 w/ Touchbar (Late 2016 model) I’ve been using Mac laptops since university and upgraded to the 13 inch Touch Bar model when they were released at the end of 2016. While I loved my previous Mac laptops I’m not very happy withthis model. The logic board fried […]
(Last updated: October 2022) Below is a list of popular ‘turns out’ style content that it (drumroll…) turns out, may not be correct after all. That is – if you are willing to accept the counterarguments. Books Documentaries Other
Another year is coming to an end so it’s time to take a look at some of the best things I’ve read, listened to and used throughout the year. Books I didn’t quite hit my target of 52 books, but I’m not concerned. Mao’s Great Famine by Frank Dikötter The first in the People’s Trilogy […]
Back in 2012, I decided to give myself a goal of reading 52 books. I took the challenge seriously, aiming for at least 30 minutes of reading each day, and using a habit-tracking app to keep track of the days when I reached this goal. This led to some interesting outcomes, like coming home late, […]
I’m currently reading “Mao’s Great Famine”, the first book in the “Peoples Trilogy” series by Frank Dikötter. The book covers the infamous Great Leap Forward period of 1958-1962 when Mao Zedong decided he would force China to surpass Britain’s industrial output within 15 years. The result was widespread famine and suffering across China. As I […]
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them. Excerpt from “For the Fallen”, Laurence Binyon My mother’s father served in both World Wars. He died before I […]
I recently launched a side project I’ve been working on: [GrowthJobs.io](https://www.growthjobs.io/), a job board that features a curated list of the best jobs in growth. Growth is quite a broad term, but basically if the role would naturally fit within a growth team – growth marketer, growth engineer, product manager, analyst, head of growth – […]