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What can writers learn from Warren Buffett's annual letter to shareholders?

including a look at the typical price range, why it's a good idea to offer promotional pricing to early subscribers, and how to handle monthly vs. annual pricing.

I don’t want to pretend like I’m too good for ugliness, for effort, when I know very well that it’s the price that unlocks everything beautiful in the world.

Email consultant Dan Oshinsky has launched newsletters for the New Yorker and BuzzFeed — and he's learned a few things about how to do email right.

Learn simple and tangible Google search examples you can use for B2B prospecting, Lead Generation, Market Analysis, etc.

'Around the Block' is a passion project of mine that focuses on street artist David Zinn. I began work on it through my own sense of creative frustration, with the loose idea being 'I want to go and make a film about a street artist'. But when it came to editing it, it felt more apt for it to become an analogy for what it's like to be involved in the creative process that perhaps anyone in a creative industry can identify with. Much like David finds inspiration in the cracks, streaks and specks on the pavement, I personally find that getting out and finding shots with a camera in my hand is...

The Creator Economy, NFTs, and the Rise of the Solo Corporation

There's a lot to like about stoicism, but it falls short in some key areas for me. Here's my take on it and the other influences on my personal philosophy.

When words bring you closer to the prisoner in his cell, to the patient dying on his bed alone, to the starving child, then it's a prayer." Elie Wiesel speaks of the power of prayer and forgiveness in the wake of profound suffering.

A great “Life Hack” is to simply combine these two into one basic approach to living your life: “Go positive and go first, and be constant in doing it.”

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F. Scott Fitzgerald pens a beautiful 1933 letter to his daughter, which offers a timeless list of things to worry about and things not to worry about.

In 2005, I cofounded Y Combinator, the first "accelerator." Today there are hundreds of them all over the world, but in 2005 what we were doing was so unusual that most people in Silicon Valley...

When hiring a team, we tend to favor the geniuses who hatch innovative ideas, but overlook the butterflies, the crucial ones who share and implement them. Here’s why it’s important to be both smart AND social. *** In business, it’s never enough to have a great idea. For any innovation to be successful, it has […]

In 1995, Craig Newmark started sending an email to a few friends. That missive led to one of the most important--and profitable--internet companies of all time. An exclusive, in-depth conversation with the founder of Craigslist.