
The 80/20 Principle

Writing for Leverage, Teenage Billionaires, The Problem with Mainstream Media, and More - David Perell on Off the Chain, Hosted By Anthony Pompliano • Podcast Notes
podcastnotes.orgThe "80/20 principle" for founders
Traction: 80% distribution, 20% product
Growth: 80% retention, 20% acquisition
Revenue: 80% existing customers, 20% new leads
Pricing experiments: 80% positioning tweaks, 20% actual price changes
Brand building: 80% customer experience, 20% logo design
Sales: 80% listening, 20% pitching
Community building: 80% empowering... See more
Traction: 80% distribution, 20% product
Growth: 80% retention, 20% acquisition
Revenue: 80% existing customers, 20% new leads
Pricing experiments: 80% positioning tweaks, 20% actual price changes
Brand building: 80% customer experience, 20% logo design
Sales: 80% listening, 20% pitching
Community building: 80% empowering... See more
GREG ISENBERG • Tweet
July 2023
If you collected lists of techniques for doing great work in a lot of different fields, what would the intersection look like? I decided to find out by making it.
Partly my goal was to create a guide that could be used by someone working in any field. But I was also curious about the shape of the intersection. And one thing this exercise sh... See more
If you collected lists of techniques for doing great work in a lot of different fields, what would the intersection look like? I decided to find out by making it.
Partly my goal was to create a guide that could be used by someone working in any field. But I was also curious about the shape of the intersection. And one thing this exercise sh... See more