first principles

Lessons by problem

Start with your problem.

Getting more customers

“We need more qualified meetings”

Companies to study

Rippling →Merge →Harness →

Useful templates

Account cohort + outreachCustomer discovery notes

Making content work

“Our content isn't bringing buyers”

Companies to study

Harness →PostHog →incident.io →

Useful templates

Competitor comparison pageEngineer-written technical articleOriginal research → content series

Launching a product

“Our launches aren't getting attention”

Companies to study

Supabase →Linear →

Useful templates

One-feature launch kitEarly-user invite and feedback

Driving developer adoption

“Developers try our product but don't adopt it”

Companies to study

PostHog →Tailscale →Linear →

Useful templates

Early-user invite and feedbackOne-person-to-team growth test

Growing existing accounts

“We need to grow existing customer revenue”

Companies to study

Datadog →Tailscale →Grafana Labs →

Useful templates

Account expansion reviewIntegration tutorial + partner distribution