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Why Founder’s Need Boundaries
1) Don’t forget about you The Breakdown Being a founder is a stressful job. These stats my friend Alex Friedman shared are concerning but not surprising. Being a founder requires being willing to take on tremendous risks–credit card debt, responsibility to investors, ensuring your staff is paid, keeping the lights on in your building, etc……
Read MoreAxios owes Morning Brew a drink
With the Axios announcement to Cox last week for $525M we’re in a clear window of acquisitions of the digital media industry. Why is this happening? Let’s first start by recognizing the purpose behind every deal varies. In my mind there are three types of acquisitions for media companies: Marketing Playbook Strategic Media Private Equity…
Read MoreHow Physician Enablement Care Platforms Fared in Q2
You all know that I love diving into the care platforms, particularly the affiliate based models (agilon, Privia, ApolloMed). Here’s what you need to know about what they have going on thru the first half of the year.
Read MoreSwipe File: My Top 3 Must-Read Marketing Books
Throughout my marketing career, I’ve kept a SWIPE FILE (inspiration file) of my favorite MARKETING IDEAS: tweets, thoughts, articles, podcasts, ads, TikToks and our favorite, MEMES. Every week I’ll be sharing 3 of my favorites from my archives + what I’m adding to my swipe this week. 1) Copywriting handbook My 3 key takeaways from…
Read MoreInflation Is Driving Credit Card Startups Too
Last week, I wrote about some alarming macroeconomic trends that could impact fintech companies— a dramatic increase in consumer credit card balances. My thesis is that, similar to how a portion of debit card spend made its way to fintech companies over the last few years, a portion of the $46 billion increase in credit…
Read MoreHow Inflation Is Impacting Credit Card Infrastructure Startups
Inflation Is Driving Credit Card Startups Too Last week, I wrote about some alarming macroeconomic trends that could impact fintech companies— a dramatic increase in consumer credit card balances. My thesis is that, similar to how a portion of debit card spend made its way to fintech companies over the last few years, a portion…
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