The Most Popular Blog Posts

This blog post is a compilation of the most popular, shared, and controversial blog posts from the past 60 weeks. The author has identified two common themes that make these posts so engaging: they challenge people's behavior, beliefs, or sense of belonging, or they solve a problem that is a deep burning pain for many people.

Why This Blog Post Was Created

The author compiled this list of blog posts for three main reasons.

• To offer new readers an easy digest of posts to get started with.
• To provide long-time readers an appendix of important blog posts to revisit when they become more relevant to them.
• To gain a better understanding of what works and what doesn't on the blog.

Blog Post Characteristics

The blog posts on this list generally fall into one of these two categories:

• They challenge one of people's Three B's: Behavior, Beliefs, or Belongings.
• They solve a problem that's a deep burning pain for a lot of people.

Top Blog Posts & Key Takeaways

The blog post then proceeds to list and discuss ten of the most popular blog posts, highlighting their key takeaways and why they resonated with readers.

Growth & Business Lessons From The Blog

Throughout the blog post, the author shares valuable insights and practical advice for businesses of all sizes, with a particular emphasis on the challenges and opportunities faced by startups.

Key Lessons and Strategies

Here are some of the key lessons and strategies covered in the top blog posts:

• Pricing: The importance of finding a pricing model that works, and the author shares their own early pricing experiments (some of which they admit were failures).
• SEO: The blog post provides a practical guide to SEO for startups, dispelling myths about SEO being shady or underhanded.
• Remote Work: The author discusses the advantages and challenges of building a distributed team, sharing insights from Groove's experience as a fully remote company.
• Customer Development: The author emphasizes the importance of customer development, encouraging readers to engage with their customers at every stage of business growth.
• Founder Journey: The blog post also explores the unique experiences of being a non-technical founder, including the challenges of loneliness and the importance of building a strong team.
• Startup Acquisition: The author shares their personal story of turning down a significant acquisition offer, providing valuable insights for founders facing similar decisions.

Call to Action

The blog post concludes with a call to action, encouraging readers to enjoy the blog posts on the list and to continue following the blog for more valuable insights and experiences.