The Progress Loop: The One Email That Helps Founders Work With Advisors
The article introduces the "Progress Loop," a concise bi‑weekly email founders can send to advisors, investors, or mentors. It outlines a six‑section format—Activities, Wins, Learnings, Stuck, Focus for the next two weeks, and Help Us With—that forces founders to document reality, celebrate progress, and surface blockers. By turning updates into a paper trail, the loop gives advisors actionable insight that a quarterly call can’t provide. The author argues that this habit sharpens self‑reflection and accelerates problem‑solving before crises hit.
Why I Told My Friend Not to Take $67 Million in Cash.
A founder selling his company faced a choice between a $67 million cash payout and stock in the acquiring public firm. Taking cash would trigger roughly 37% combined federal, NIIT and California taxes, erasing about $24.8 million on day one and creating...
Understanding Negative CAC
The post introduces "negative CAC," where a business earns profit during the acquisition phase instead of paying for it. By replacing cold‑traffic ads ($85 per lead, 7% close rate) with $2,000 ticketed workshops, the company generated $1,100 net per attendee...
The Weekly Offer System
The post introduces a "Deal of the Week" system that turns a single weekly offer into a predictable revenue engine. The author claims the model generated over $100 million in sales within the first 90 days and cites Crumbl Cookies as...
10 Truths About Failure Nobody Taught You
The article outlines ten hard‑earned truths about failure, urging readers to treat repeated setbacks as lessons that haven’t been mastered yet. It argues that expertise is built on mistakes transformed into heuristics, and that confidence stems from a track record...
We Hit 100,000 Subscribers on YouTube in 63 Days.
In just 63 days, the creator amassed 100,000 YouTube subscribers by publishing five high‑impact videos, each averaging hundreds of thousands of views. The channel’s portfolio includes a 1.3 million‑view “7 Rules of Money” video and several pieces on elite finance experiences....
Three Partners, Three Roles, One Multi-Billion Dollar Bet
Acquisition.com announced a managing‑partner‑led restructure, appointing the author as CEO, Leila as Executive Chair, and Alex to head the firm’s money‑generation engine. The trio aims to scale a multi‑billion‑dollar enterprise by expanding a $300 million real‑estate portfolio toward a $1 billion target...