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December 10: you are not building a product, you are building a business

Respectful Leadership • 0 implied HN points • 06 Dec 25
💼 Business Entrepreneurship
  1. Building a business is different from just creating a product. It's important to focus on how to sustain and grow your company.
  2. Learning from experienced speakers can provide valuable insights. They can share real-life lessons about overcoming challenges and finding success.
  3. Networking is crucial. Meeting the right people can help you find support and guidance as you grow your business.

The realities of building a scalable programme (and how you can join mine: Authority Club)

The Ask Newsletter — by Ellen Donnelly • 0 implied HN points • 11 Dec 25
💼 Business Entrepreneurship
  1. Authority Club is a six-month, small-group program that helps coaches and consultants become known as the go-to authority by teaching them a One Big Idea, a long-form Body of Work, and how to grow client connections.
  2. The programme gives practical support — an Authority Manifesto, live trainings and AMAs, monthly content clinics, and peer ideation — so members turn ideas into client-attracting writing and signature offers.
  3. The method is outcome-focused and sustainable: it helps members charge premium rates, scale beyond trading time for money, and includes coaching to handle the personal doubts of claiming authority.

The Eight Steps to Authority Status

The Ask Newsletter — by Ellen Donnelly • 0 implied HN points • 03 Dec 25
💼 Business Entrepreneurship
  1. Authority is built by sharing original thinking and codifying your frameworks and long-form ideas, which makes you remembered and trusted.
  2. Turning that authority into leverage — through IP, group programs and clear processes — lets you scale, charge for outcomes, and stop trading time for money.
  3. Becoming an authority is a staged journey that requires identity shifts, clear positioning and structured support, so you can’t shortcut the steps without getting stuck.

Why are you talking so much?

Respectful Leadership • 0 implied HN points • 03 Jan 26
💼 Business Entrepreneurship
  1. Listen twice as much as you talk when pitching or selling; asking more questions helps you reach your real goal instead of just delivering a presentation.
  2. Ask about the investor’s interests and investment thesis so you can show how your company aligns; listening builds trust and proves you can take advice.
  3. Treat meetings as a chance to evaluate fit and long-term compatibility, since an investor will be involved for years; make sure you enjoy working with them.
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A couple teenagers launched a media company that now drives 240 billion annual views

Simon Owens's Media Newsletter • 0 implied HN points • 09 Feb 26
💼 Business Entrepreneurship
  1. Pubity Group became a massive platform-native media network with roughly 170 million followers and about 240 billion annual views, sustaining that scale across multiple platform cycles without outside capital.
  2. The founder learned the platforms early by experimenting and treating posting like a game, using systematic testing to figure out what content scales.
  3. The company is turning platform-native virality into longer-term value by leaning into wholesome content as a business opportunity and building durable brands, original franchises, and real revenue.