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Preparing for Google Zero

Jun 24, 2025

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15 min read

Preparing for Google Zero

How will we find customers when moats for distribution vanish?

CJ Gustafson
CJ Gustafson
The Mostly Mailbag

May 30, 2025

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16 min read

The Mostly Mailbag

May's best reader questions, sponsored by MUFG

CJ Gustafson
CJ Gustafson
Niches are Larger than You'd Think

May 6, 2025

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9 min read

Niches are Larger than You'd Think

“You speak to the core loud enough so everybody else can hear.”

CJ Gustafson
CJ Gustafson
Announcing “Looking for Leverage”: A Newsletter for PE-Backed Leaders

Apr 8, 2025

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9 min read

Announcing “Looking for Leverage”: A Newsletter for PE-Backed Leaders

Guest post: Where can we get gains from AI internally?

CJ Gustafson
CJ Gustafson
I Hate How Great IRL Is

Apr 1, 2025

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8 min read

I Hate How Great IRL Is

I guess I should go

CJ Gustafson
CJ Gustafson
I’m going all in

Mar 6, 2025

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3 min read

I’m going all in

Starting today, I work for myself. (And all 61,000 of you.)

CJ Gustafson
CJ Gustafson
Which Balance Sheet Do I Back?

Jan 5, 2025

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13 min read

Which Balance Sheet Do I Back?

01/05/25 Benchmarks for Operators

CJ Gustafson
CJ Gustafson
What a year, you guys

Dec 31, 2024

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5 min read

What a year, you guys

A lotta nerds out there, huh

CJ Gustafson
CJ Gustafson
My Road to 50,000 subscribers

Aug 13, 2024

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5 min read

My Road to 50,000 subscribers

My fingers hurt

CJ Gustafson
CJ Gustafson
A friendly heads up

May 10, 2024

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3 min read

A friendly heads up

Yesterday's price is not today's price

CJ Gustafson
CJ Gustafson
Celebrating 50 Episodes

Mar 28, 2024

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9 min read

Celebrating 50 Episodes

Mostly Media

CJ Gustafson
CJ Gustafson
Mostly Making Moves in 2024

Dec 26, 2023

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8 min read

Mostly Making Moves in 2024

What's in store for Mostly metrics in the new year

CJ Gustafson
CJ Gustafson
Big Ass Announcement

Aug 28, 2023

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5 min read

Big Ass Announcement

It's time to "Run the Numbers"

CJ Gustafson
CJ Gustafson
"Amp it Up" - Big Announcement

May 16, 2023

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7 min read

"Amp it Up" - Big Announcement

And looking at the difference between customer Renewal vs Retention

CJ Gustafson
CJ Gustafson
I lost $209,640 of my own money trying to start a business.

Jan 31, 2023

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7 min read

I lost $209,640 of my own money trying to start a business.

Writing about failure sucks. But here's the real story.

CJ Gustafson
CJ Gustafson
Something new is happening....

Jan 11, 2023

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4 min read

Something new is happening....

Mostly more

CJ Gustafson
CJ Gustafson
Special Announcement: Launching the "Mostly talent" collective

Nov 10, 2022

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2 min read

Special Announcement: Launching the "Mostly talent" collective

Connecting finance, strategy, and ops pros with jobs at top startups

CJ Gustafson
CJ Gustafson
Does your company name really matter?

May 3, 2022

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8 min read

Does your company name really matter?

And how to find a good domain name

CJ Gustafson
CJ Gustafson
SMI #024: Market Map Maker

Mar 1, 2022

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5 min read

SMI #024: Market Map Maker

A better way to put logos in your PowerPoint slides

CJ Gustafson
CJ Gustafson
SMI #022: Glassdoor for Software Pricing

Feb 17, 2022

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5 min read

SMI #022: Glassdoor for Software Pricing

De-mystify software discounting

CJ Gustafson
CJ Gustafson
SMI #021: The Laws of Success

Feb 13, 2022

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6 min read

SMI #021: The Laws of Success

Performance is about you, success is about us

CJ Gustafson
CJ Gustafson
SMI #020: Dog Park Live Streams

Feb 9, 2022

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5 min read

SMI #020: Dog Park Live Streams

Make sure other dogs are at the park before making the trek

CJ Gustafson
CJ Gustafson
SMI #018: What this newsletter will be when it grows up

Jan 30, 2022

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3 min read

SMI #018: What this newsletter will be when it grows up

Remixing biz ideas, concepts, metrics, and models...to steal

CJ Gustafson
CJ Gustafson
SMI #017: How Boxing Prepared Me for Business

Jan 28, 2022

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9 min read

SMI #017: How Boxing Prepared Me for Business

Honing a craft and respecting the game

CJ Gustafson
CJ Gustafson
SMI #016: There's No Grown Up in Charge

Jan 17, 2022

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2 min read

SMI #016: There's No Grown Up in Charge

Congrats, you've been promoted to regional manager

CJ Gustafson
CJ Gustafson
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