How to compete in an overcrowded market 🤼‍♂️ (Startup Watching #248)

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Charli Marie is the marketing design lead at ConvertKit and also runs a successful YouTube channel and podcast where she talks about design. She went super transparent in this blog post and broke down how much money she made last year and exactly where it came from. I love seeing this kind of transparency!

This is a huge post from Morgan Housel about the fundamental laws of investing. There’s some really good stuff in here that goes counter to the standard cookie cutter advice you see.

This is one of the posts that’s most on my mind this week. I’m constantly having to remind myself to stop trying to solve problems and instead act as a coach and guide. Because what makes a great manager isn’t the problems they solve, but the questions they ask. Start with these 16 questions here.

This is a super raw look at what it was like for Tracy Young to grow PlanGrid as a female founder, but it’s also one of the most raw looks at being a founder in general that I’ve read in a while. You can feel the energy behind the words.

The latest from my good friend Laura Bosco. She dives into Glossier’s use of customer feedback loops and the way they’ve built a brand that feels like your BFF.

Asia Matos is the founder of Demand Maven, a growth marketing firm that specializes in helping SaaS companies get to their first $10k in MRR. Asia knows her stuff, and she goes way deep in this thread breaking down lessons learned from an attempt at helping a recent client break into an extremely crowded market (project management).