Resources

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Newsletters

The Hustle - All startups, all the time

Trends.co - What’s the next big thing!

CBInsights - Great Newsletter on investment trends

Stacked Marketer - All things marketing and growth hacking

Writing Books + Interesting Links

Story Grid - What Good Editors Know by Shawn Coyne

Story: Substance, Structure, Style and the Principles of Screenwriting by Robert McKee

Dialogue: The Art of Verbal Action for Page, Stage, and Screen by Robert McKee

Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within by Natalie Goldberg

Save the Cat! Writes a Novel: The Last Book On Novel Writing You'll Ever Need by Jessica Brody

On Writing: A Memoir Of The Craft by Stephen King

Pep Talks for Writers: 52 Insights and Actions to Boost Your Creative Mojo by Grant Faulkner

Dialogue is the Yin to narration’s Yang. Here is how to write great dialogue.

How to Write Short: Word Craft for Fast Times by Roy Peter Clark

On Writing Well, 30th Anniversary Edition: An Informal Guide to Writing Nonfiction 30th Anniversary by William Zinsser

Copywriting Books + Courses + Links

Copywriting Course

The Boron Letters by Gary Halbert and Bond Halbert

The Adweek Copywriting Handbook: The Ultimate Guide to Writing Powerful Advertising and Marketing Copy from One of America's Top Copywriters by Joseph Sugarman

Ogilvy on Advertising Paperback – Illustrated by David Ogilvy

The Halbert Copywriting Method Part III: The Simple, Fast, & Easy Editing Formula That Forces Buyers To Read Every Word Of Your Ads by Bond Halbert and Sam Markowitz

My Life in Advertising and Scientific Advertising (Advertising Age Classics Library) by Claude Hopkins (Author)

The Story Funnel: How to Nail Your Next Launch Without Wasting Money,  Annoying Customers, and Creeping Features.

Entrepreneur + Leadership Books

The Entrepreneur Ethos by Jarie Bolander

The Hard Thing About Hard Things by Ben Horowitz

Loonshots: How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas That Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform Industries by Safi Bahcall

Algorithms to Live By by Brian Christian and Tom Griffiths

SPIN Selling by Neil Rackham

Creativity Books

21 Insights for 21st Century Creatives by Mark McGuinness

Productivity for Creative People: How to Get Creative Work Done in an "Always on" World by Mark McGuinness

Alchemy: The Dark Art and Curious Science of Creating Magic in Brands, Business, and Life by Rory Sutherland

The War of Art by Steven Pressfield

Life Lesson Books

Man's Search for Meaning by Victor Frankl

Yes to Life by Victor Frankl

The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion

It's All in Your Head by Russ

The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck by Mark Manson

Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey

Breathe by Rickson Gracie and Peter Maguire

Unfu*k Yourself by Gary John Bishop

Wise as Fu*k by Gary John Bishop

Other Interesting Books

Prisoners of Geography by Tim Marshall

Race Matters by Cornel West

Matterhorn by Karl Marlantes

This Is Your Mind on Plants by Michael Pollan

Work Racism by John McWhorter

San Fransicko by Michael Shellenberger

The Half-Life of Facts by Samuel Arbesman

Product Growth and Launch

Link Building and SEO Growth. How Visme did it.

Useful SaaS Tools

Ahrefs.com - SEO search tools

Canva.com - Graphic design tool

Respona – Research and Outreach Tool

Autopilot - Marketing automation for email and other things

Elementary Analytics – All your metrics in one place. Super useful.

Custellence – The Collaborative Customer Journey Mapping Tool

Jarvis.ai – Say "Hey!" to Jarvis. Your AI writer makes it fast & easy to create content for your blog, social media, website, and more!

Podcasts

The Entrepreneur Ethos

Find Your Side Hustle

The Knowledge Project

Very Bad Wizards