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Free essays on startups, hiring, productivity and ambition from OpenAI's CEO, including the widely read "How to Be Successful" and startup playbook posts.
Why I recommend it: Dated in places but still one of the clearest free reads on early-stage company building.
A free newsletter of operating playbooks for software companies, organised by function — sales, marketing, operations, product and finance.
Why I recommend it: If you are building or joining a startup, the function-by-function playbooks are the practical part most advice skips.
Daily writing and research publication covering AI, business strategy, and how knowledge workers actually use new tools, plus its own suite of AI products.
Why I recommend it: I read Every when I want thinking about AI that goes beyond hype cycles. The essays are long but they change how you work.
Interview with operator Sarah T. Khan on why AI investments stall between purchase and measurable results, and how to spot the gap before it becomes expensive.
Why I recommend it: The lesson applies at any size: buy tools for a named problem with a named owner, or the spend quietly disappears.
