Podcast Of The Week: A Customer Acquisition Cost Masterclass With Jessi Pujji

Jessi Pujji knows a thing or two about customer acquisition. He’s a Jedi at social media marketing and has worked with some of the largest modern direct-to-consumer brands to help create and execute on their campaigns. Pujji showed up on the Founder’s Field Guide Podcast (ep. 27) with Patrick O’Shaughnessy this week and gave an … Continue reading Podcast Of The Week: A Customer Acquisition Cost Masterclass With Jessi Pujji

Comparison Is The Primary Sin Of Modern Life

“Comparison is the primary sin of modern life.” Michael Ray, Stanford Professor* The surest way to have enough (or not enough) of something is to pick a comparison that proves your point. I’m broke next to Warren Buffett. He’s (currently) middle class next to Jeff Bezos. I’m rich compared to a bum on the street. … Continue reading Comparison Is The Primary Sin Of Modern Life

Podcast Of The Week: Online Dating Is Changing The World

Sometimes a quirky claim ends up being way deeper than it appears at face value. This is one of those claims: online dating is changing the global economy, and in no small way. Dan McMurtrie and his firm Tyro Partners published a paper titled, "Dating Market: Thesis Overview" and it's been widely shared in the … Continue reading Podcast Of The Week: Online Dating Is Changing The World

Podcast Of The Week: From Concept To Product To Scale

Patrick O'Shaughnessy sat down with Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger, co-founders of Instagram, for a wide ranging conversation covering everything from coming up with new ideas, to learning to fly, to being coffee obsessed. This is not the How I Built This episode (which is also very good) or a tell-all about the Facebook acquisition, … Continue reading Podcast Of The Week: From Concept To Product To Scale

Podcast of the Week: “Waldenponding”

Venkatesh Rao is one of those people I steal way too much intellectual capital from. Russ Roberts is another one of those people. The two of them, together, on EconTalk, make for a delightful conversation. The central concept is Rao's critique of "Waldenponding," which is his word for people who put all smartphone/social media/engagement completely … Continue reading Podcast of the Week: “Waldenponding”

Podcast Of The Week: C.R.E.A.M. – The NBA In China Edition

When Wu-Tang said, "Cash rules everything around me / C.R.E.A.M. Get the money / dollar dollar bill ya'll," they cemented the acronym. With Houston Rockets GM Daryl Morey tweeted, "fight for freedom, stand with Hong Kong," he gave us all a reason to revisit the acronym. It's still Cash, but it also could be China, … Continue reading Podcast Of The Week: C.R.E.A.M. – The NBA In China Edition

Podcast of the Week: The Opposite of Distraction isn’t Focus, it’s Traction

Nir Eyal is making the rounds promoting his new book, Indistractable. His behavioral design work is fascinating (see also Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products), and lends a lot of credibility to why we should pay attention to this new book. Eyal applies the same methods that get us hooked to our smartphone vibrations and … Continue reading Podcast of the Week: The Opposite of Distraction isn’t Focus, it’s Traction