Oversimplified: Issue 87
Lessons on email marketing, arguing constructively, and data science in production
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đ What I Read
Six Lessons from Six Months at Shopify
Another great read from Alex Danco on his experience recently joining Shopify. Lessons 1, 2, and 6 stood out to me as especially actionable.
A Few Things I've Learned About Email Marketing
âLike a lot of people, I get a lot of unwanted emails, and at first I was really opposed to doing any kind of email marketing because I was worried Iâd be the source of that unwanted email.â This quote resonated with me, as did several of the learnings here that I also noticed digging into the world of email marketing for the first time.
Frameworks for Hiring
Erik Torenbergâs latest post on hiring for startups is one of my favorite things Iâve read on the subject. This nicely aggregates insights from a bunch of other sources into one neat place.
Beginner's Guide to Arguing Constructively
This guide on effective arguments is really well-written, and concise for the amount of information that it provides. If nothing else, check out the âMindsetâ section.
How to Price Your SaaS Product
Iâve been thinking a bit about pricing strategy lately, as you might have seen from my notes on Monetizing Innovation. If Iâm being honest, I wish I found this guide earlier. I could have saved myself some time!
đ„ What I Found Interesting
Product Prioritization
Prioritization is a hard problem. Shreyas Doshi breaks down his framework for thinking about strategy and allocating resources.
Data Science in Production
I feel like Iâve recommended this repo from Eugene Yan before, but itâs worth bringing up again. I could spend hours combing through the A/B testing and Data Discovery sections here.
đ€ Quote I'm Pondering
âThe single greatest danger for a founder is to become so certain of his own myth that he loses his mind. But an equally insidious danger for every business is to lose all sense of myth and mistake disenchantment for wisdomâ â Peter Thiel
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