How I Use Decision Logs to Break Down Audacious Team Problems
One of my favorite tools to bring the team along for sprawling, long-running problems is a decision log. Here's why.
Writing on product, growth, marketing, and continuous learning.
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The Best Newsletters I Actually Read Every Week
Discover the 9 most valuable email newsletters to spark creative ideas and level-up your skills in 2021.
The One Thing by Gary Keller: Summary, Notes & Lessons
A goal-setting classic I recommend to anyone who wants to be more effective. Focus is the key.
How to Build an Authentic Audience as a Developer
Any software developer can use this simple, proven formula to earn the attention of lifelong fans by building useful tools and sharing what you know.
A Delightfully Short Guide to Static Site Generators
Take a crash course through the most exciting tools that introduce API-driven content through GraphQL and even make it a snap to add smart functionality through serverless functions.
3 Ways OKC’s Thunderplains Conference Transformed My Career
How the habits and connections around Oklahoma City's Thunderplains Conference led to me breaking into my dream software startup job in less than one year.
TailwindCSS: How I Accidentally Learned to Love CSS Again
Embracing the utility-first workflow with Tailwind CSS has made a night-and-day difference when I
The Best Book on Startup Marketing: Traction
One primary factor separates new businesses with explosive growth from gut-wrenching failures: Traction. In this episode, I unpack one of the best books I
They Ask, You Answer by Marcus Sheridan: Summary, Notes & Lessons
A refreshing take on how to create content that matches modern buying habits. A solid read for inbound marketers, but not a classic by any stretch.
The Hard Thing About Hard Things by Ben Horowitz: Summary, Notes & Lessons
An excellent collection of practical leadership advice gathered from the startup trenches.
Inspired by Marty Cagan: Summary, Notes & Lessons
A battle-tested guide to product management from a Silicon Valley legend. Read for a solid crash course on customer-driven product discovery.
Building a StoryBrand by Donald Miller: Summary, Notes & Lessons
Anyone can use this framework to clarify their brand's message through razor-sharp storytelling to sell more stuff and help more people.
Managing Oneself by Peter Drucker: Summary, Notes & Lessons
This book is an essential (and classic) guide to sculpting your own effective career as a knowledge worker.
Remote by Jason Fried & DHH: Summary, Notes & Lessons
A short guide to Basecamp's opinonated approach to more effective and enjoyable distributed work.
Linchpin by Seth Godin: Summary, Notes & Lessons
A simple, but useful call to embrace the kind of brave creativity that makes you an indispensible knowledge worker in today
How I Landed My Dream Software Job in 12 Months
In this talk, Matt unpacks the 3 cornerstone habits that paved the way to consistently grow as a software developer, balloon his professional network, easily share the best takeaways to begin building an audience — and of course, get his dream software job.
22+ Free Resources for Video Creators (That I’ve Actually Used to Save Time)
Use these free templates, tools & time-saving tricks to crank out professional looking videos in a fraction of the time.
Why Every Fast-Growing Professional Needs a 3-Circle Network
There's a more authentic way to grow your career faster and give back to the community. I call it building a 3-Circle Network and it's helped me land my dream job at a software startup and "randomly" get a YouTube video with 20,000+ views.
Set a Marketing Budget From Scratch in 5 Easy Steps
re going to start with some practical questions, use a couple rules of thumb, avoid discounting of-the-wall channels, and tie everything together by basing our marketing spend off our revenue goal.
Inbound & Hypergrowth: 25 Game-Changing Insights to Fuel Your Business
I’ve distilled the most actionable, valuable insights from two conferences into 25 bite-sized nuggets you can start leveraging today to grow your business.
5 Time-Tested Principles to Track Your Digital Marketing ROI
Which marketing channels made you the most money yesterday, last week, or last month? ...No clue? You need a solid ROI tracking plan for your business.
5 Free Marketing Tools You Should Be Using to Spy on Your Competition
Become a world-class marketing sleuth by using these 5 tools to understand what makes your competitors successful.
Get Your Video Ranked in YouTube Search With These Simple SEO Techniques
YouTube = The 2nd largest search engine in the world. Want to rank number-one? Start with these quick wins to claim the top spot.
How to Conduct an 80/20 Social Media Audit
A social media audit can provide desperately needed clarity by helping you clearly evaluate which channels are growing your business and which ones are draining your time, energy, and money.