•Most ____ have this _____ (feel stressed, struggle with, tired of)
•We have this simple _____ (solution)
•So that you can have _____ (happy ending)
Conversational tone -> People lower their guard
Don't judge. Empathize.
Headlines: They don't write themselves
80% of people only read the headline
•Write: 25 headlines, pick best 3, iterate
•Goal: Reader stops scrolling, reads the next line
•Create: Curiosity gap between Problem and Promise
Write for 3rd-5th grade reading level
Stop-the-scroll landing pages
The loop: What's in it for me? Is it legit? How do I act? Repeat.
Five Boosters:
•Your help + their happy ending
•Get personal - story, opinion
•Kill the "but" - objections
•Build trust - proof
•One CTA
Design for mobile!
Write attention-getting letters
•Audience: Company/Investors/Friends of House/Build in Public
•Topics: What happened? Why it happened? What's next?
•Structure: Hero's journey: Who? Needs? Hurdles? At stake?
Two step CTA: How you can help + follow-up personal email
•Create internal newsletter - network at scale, show thinking
•Invite yourself to the fire - send plan to head of response
•Create a group - "rising stars" - invite cool people
#1 Power move in high IQ meetings: Enthusiasm!
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FTX-ed by SBF? WTF! How to Read Bear Market Signposts
FTX is like Enron*Lehman*Madoff
1. How can we spot these ahead of time?
2. Why do they keep happening?
3. Where do we go from here?
*The best careers and investments are made entering at the lows.*
1. Could we see it coming? Did we? Being early vs late…
I saw Enron 4 years early, and two analysts who also saw the fraud put sell ratings on the company in 1996, and lost their jobs and left finance by the time Enron went bankrupt in 2001.
Often we see something is off, but there’s too much individual career risk to do anything about it.
Some see it and call it (especially if it's their job - short sellers and reporters). Some see it and avoid it. Others fall for the FOMO and play until the music stops.