A word from a CEO #103
Avoid calling a meeting 98% of the time Hi all – Now that Drift is a Digital First company and so many of us are still working from home (and will continue…
Avoid calling a meeting 98% of the time Hi all – Now that Drift is a Digital First company and so many of us are still working from home (and will continue…
Good-to-great transformations Hi all – In his book Good to Great, Jim Collins’ flywheel represents the way processes help build momentum and structure towards consistent success. Amazon has done this well. With…
Protecting your castle Hi all – In 1995, Warren Buffett was asked a question during a shareholder’s meeting. “What are the fundamental rules of economics you use to make money…
100 lessons in 100 weeks Hi all – This is the 100th edition of my newsletter, The One Thing. That means I’ve spent 100 weeks thinking about and sharing the…
In a Product Led Growth (PLG) business, your product is a primary driver of how you acquire, convert, and expand your customers. But who actually owns “growth” at a PLG company?1 Is…
Working with something completely new is always thrilling and a little bit scary as you don’t have any guides or templates to help you. You have to experiment and take…
In working with and advising many startups over the years, a common theme is knowing when it’s time to proactively scale up growth, and how to do so in a smart…
The internet gave birth to two children: The startup and the creator. Both phenomena are curiously similar, yet they differ on one central point: financing. Startups can raise millions of dollars in…
What I've learned since launching the usage-based pricing playbook Back in November I started writing about why forward-thinking SaaS companies are shifting to usage-based models. While many of the most…
1. First Principles Thinking The mental model of mental models. A first principle is a basic assumption that cannot be deduced any further. It forces you to think like a…