My First Million

The best business ideas come from noticing what's working and doing it better, faster, or for a different audience.

Intelligence is defined as rate of learning, not accumulated knowledge

Smart people with high learning rates overtake experienced people within 6 months

Hire for learning ability over current skill set for long-term value

Experience and domain knowledge are irreplaceable

Choose candidate who learns quickly over one with 10 years experience but slow adaptation

Hire for Smallest Skill Deficiency

Always hire the candidate with the smallest gap between their current capabilities and role requirements, regardless of

Constraint-Based Performance Management

Prioritize addressing performance issues based on whether that person/role is currently limiting business growth, not ab

Management Diamond Framework

A diagnostic framework for understanding why employees aren't performing by examining four core areas: what (unclear exp

Mosaic 6 Business Constraint Framework

Six core areas that limit business growth: More (traffic/leads), Metrics (tracking/optimization), Market (product-market

Identify genuinely intelligent candidates during interviews

Hiring candidates who demonstrate high learning velocity and can bridge skill gaps quickly

Hire C-level executives who can operate as true partners

Leaders you seek advice from on complex problems who bring their own networks and can operate full-stack