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2 resources from Lenny's Podcast / Lenny's Newsletter we point founders to, and the questions each answers.

🎧 Podcast
Free Intermediate

Geoffrey Moore on finding your beachhead, crossing the chasm, and dominating a market

On Lenny's Podcast / Lenny's Newsletter by Lenny Rachitsky & Geoffrey Moore ~75 min

Why we picked it

The author of Crossing the Chasm explaining beachhead selection in plain, modern language, the fastest way to absorb the framework without reading the whole book. Lenny's is a trusted operator source.

  • Identify a single target segment where you can be the obvious winner
  • Sequence adjacent markets deliberately, like knocking down bowling pins
  • Match your go-to-market playbook to the adoption stage you're in
  • Focus creates the references that let you expand later
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🎧 Podcast
Free Intermediate

Jason Fried challenges your thinking on fundraising, goals, and growth

On Lenny's Podcast / Lenny's Newsletter by Lenny Rachitsky (host), Jason Fried (guest) 90 min

Why we picked it

The strongest articulate case for NOT raising, from the 37signals co-founder who built a massively profitable business with zero investors. Essential counterweight to VC-default groupthink.

  • Staying small and profitable is a valid, often superior strategy, not a failure mode
  • Raising money imposes a growth trajectory and loss of control that many founders never actually wanted
  • Build for profit and independence first; funding should follow a genuine need, not ambition-signaling
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