Most founders are scared of marketing.

They think it's douchey.

Instead, they do Field Of Dreams marketing:

"If you build it, they will come".

They won't. You need marketing.

The problem is, most marketers are aggressive.

They think in clicks and funnels, not brand...
For years, we hired marketing agencies who would embarrass us with cheesy and overly aggressive tactics.

So, we stopped doing it. We focused on organic growth, and in many instances it meant that we lost out on huge opportunities to well funded and better marketed competitors...
This was profoundly stupid.

Finally, we came to our senses and, infomercial style, said "there's got to be a better way".

Last year, we co-founded @doubleupgrowth with @aidanhornsby to create a growth marketing agency that focuses on marketing great product tastefully....
They do marketing in a way that lets founders sleep at night.

One cool story:

Over the past year, they have been working with @foundmyfitness, who I think is doing insanely important work educating the world about science and health...
They grew @foundmyfitness's recurring revenue by 413% by focusing on base hits behind the scenes.

Nothing aggressive.

Nothing flashy.

Just best practices, done tastefully.

So cool seeing this come to fruition:

doubleup.agency/foundmyfitness

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15 Mar
One of the most impactful things I've done in the past 10 years is join a business forum.

Every month, I sit in a room and pour my heart out about my business and life problems to a group of 5 other entrepreneurs.

It's the same group every time and it's 100% confidential...
I have multiple groups and do one most weeks for the past 10 years.

I've been in groups with people who run popsicle businesses, puzzle companies, woodworking shops, tech companies—you name it.

Entrepreneurs have oddly universal problems and I've learned something from everyone
We've helped one another navigate:

- Failed business partnerships
- Bankruptcies
- Divorces
- Fraud
- Health scares
- Lawsuits
- Exits
- Toxic employees
- Mental health issues
- Deaths in the family
- Issues with kids

You name it, we've dealt with it and learned as a group...
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15 Mar
So this oil prospector dies and goes to heaven. At the gate, St. Peter reads the account of his life and tells him that he's qualified for heaven, but there was a problem

"See that crowd over there? They're all oil prospectors who've arrived before you".... 👇
"And the way things work here, you can't get in until after them. So I'm afraid this looks like a long wait for you."

"Not a problem," replies the man. "I know how to get rid of that crowd..."
So he turns towards them and shouts, "Hey, did you hear? Oil has been discovered in hell!"

And sure enough, as soon as they heard him, every single one of them ran off towards hell....
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26 Feb
Every designer/developer in the world:
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26 Feb
One of the hardest things to figure out:

Do you want to chop wood (individual contributor) 🪓

OR

Build a sawmill (start a business) 🪚

Chopping wood is tiring but satisfying labour. You can work quietly and get into a flow state.

But...
It's 100% dependent on you. If you get sick, you can't chop wood, and therefore your income dries up.

😫No breaks.

🙃No delegation.

🤦‍♂️Limited to your personal output.

💸Hard to get wealthy.

On the flip side...
Build a sawmill and you can delegate.

Build systems.

Have others eventually do the work.

You can massively increase your output and become wealthy.

But...
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25 Feb
Yesterday I wrote a thread about Nathan Latka.

I got a lot of interesting DMs and responses 🤣

Here's a few of them (some requested to anonymity):

Promoting a conference with speakers who...didn't agree to speak:

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24 Feb
Nathan Latka presents himself as a big podcast host and "best-selling author", but he allegedly makes his money by shaking down founders.

He has them come on his podcast, then refuses to post the episode until they share their metrics and promote him.

Read on, more fun below 👇
2/ “I’m the most sued podcaster and I love it.”

@NathanLatka

Here's Vox on how his scheme works:

"Entrepreneurs who’ve gone on Latka’s show, seeking publicity for their companies, allege that the pitch for coming on his podcast is misleading"...

vox.com/recode/2019/11…
3/ "Founders claim that one of the podcast’s main goals was to extract financial data from founders that Latka then packaged and sold to investors and other interested parties."...
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