The Friday Five: The Genius @ Apple, Startup Growth Hacking, & More
Episode XVI
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Today at a Glance:
Quote: Jim Grant on successful investing.
Tweet: A list of the cool, lesser-known websites.
Article: Tim Cook’s decade at Apple.
Podcast: Startup cheat codes for printing cash.
Bonus: Amazing video of trap feeding whale.
One Quote:
“Successful investing is having everyone agree with you…later.” - Jim Grant
Following the crowd is a great way to get the same results as the crowd.
Outperformance - in investing or life - is the result of having a variant perception of the future that is later proven correct.
One Tweet:
I love discovering new, untouched areas of the internet. Sahil (great name, by the way!) compiled a list of lesser-known websites that is guaranteed to have something that will catch your eye. Worth flipping through. I’m loving Rainy Mood for focused work.
In a similar vein, check out my list of interesting subreddits below.
One Article:
Tim Cook’s Apple - Ten Years Later
Tim Cook took over for Steve Jobs as Apple CEO on April 24th, 2011. Ten years later, Apple is as powerful as ever, with a nearly $2.5 trillion market cap and global influence that is truly unrivaled.
This article dives into Tim Cook’s decade at the helm of Apple and what made him the perfect fit to follow Jobs - the genius that Apple needed.
One Podcast:
The 3 Cheat Codes Startups Use to Print Cash - MFM
Julian Shapiro has helped hundreds of startups hack their growth. On this My First Million podcast, he shares a bunch of interesting startup growth cheat codes.
My favorite: Give the impression that your product is everywhere. Mercury (banking for startups) does this via a beautiful, shareable wiring instructions PDF; Superhuman did this with the “Sent via Superhuman” email tag.
Simple, brilliant stuff.
Listen to it on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.
One Bonus:
If I’ve said it once, I’ve said it a hundred times…nature is mesmerizing.
Sahil’s Job Board - Featured Opportunities
Hatch - Senior PM, Senior Product Marketing Manager (NEW DROP!)
Maven - GM of Partnerships & Ops (NEW DROP!)
On Deck - Forum Director, CFO Forum, VP Finance (NEW DROP!)
Skio - Founding Engineer (NEW DROP!)
Metafy - Senior Frontend Developer
Olukai - VP of E-Commerce
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SuperFarm - VP/Director Account Ops, Scrum Master
Launch House - Community Manager, Community Lead
AbstractOps - Head of Engineering
Free Agency - Chief of Staff
The full board can be found here!
We just placed a Swiss Army Knife, Head of People, Account Exec, and several other roles in the last few weeks. Results for featured roles have been awesome! If you are a high-growth company in finance or tech, you can use the “Post a Job” button to get your roles up on the board and featured in future Twitter and newsletter distributions.
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The quote on investing, Sahil patel's websites and Julian Shapiro's startup growth hacks were absolutely useful. And reading about Tim Cook's successful journey was motivating. Thank you Sahil for this newsletter!
"Following the crowd is a great way to get the same results as the crowd." A funny way to visualize this is the movie "Monty Python’s Life of Brian" (1979), a satiric comedy directed by Terry Jones about Brian (Graham Chapman), a man whose life parallels the life of Jesus.
Life Lesson: Do not follow others blindly and accidentally join a cult.
Brian: You’ve got to think for yourselves. You’re all individuals.
Crowd: Yes, we’re all individuals!
Movie Scene: https://moviewise.wordpress.com/2013/01/22/monty-pythons-life-of-brian/