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Recommended by Steve Pratt

Saying Yes to uncertainty. Finding humour, courage and community as we navigate the wild ride of modern life. This could be a love affair.

Gill is a brilliant and insightful writer and a wonderful human. I love her thinking about managing uncertainty and I learn a lot from her writing.

- Steve Pratt

SaaS CMO Pro - Bill Macaitis

Learn marketing from a trusted 7x marketing leader with 5 exits. Previous CMO/CRO @Slack, CMO @Zendesk and SVP Marketing @Salesforce.

Bill is the smartest, nicest CMO I've ever worked with and he's generously sharing all his thinking here. This former CMO of Slack and Zendesk also has one of the best recording set-ups I've ever seen!

- Steve Pratt

Please Hustle Responsibly

By Angela Hollowell

The community where underrepresented creative entrepreneurs learn, grow, and connect.

The last word in the title says it all - Please Hustle Responsibly. I love Angela's focus and values as a creative looking to make a difference. I love the promise to "Learn, grow, and connect through storytelling" - yes!

- Steve Pratt

What Work Should Be

By Bree

I believe work should be a source of joy—one of many in our lives. I write about that here.

All about rethinking work - very smart and inspiring!

- Steve Pratt

Positioning with April Dunford

A newsletter that covers all things Positioning for founders, marketers and product folks. I'm April Dunford - a positioning expert, consultant, author of the books Obviously Awesome and Sales Pitch, and host of the Positioning podcast.

Lots of smart thinking about how to create a positioning strategy and implement it. Applicable not just to tech and entrepreneurs, but to any content creator or marketer.

- Steve Pratt

A Different Kind of Podcast Company

By Corey Coates

By challenging the status quo, prioritizing kindness, and celebrating neurodiversity, we make our work make your life better.

I love hearing about companies that think differently about all aspects of their business - Corey and Podfly are wired to rethink the status quo.

- Steve Pratt

Culture Club

By Daisy

Demystifying the squishy side of business, creating practical tools to harness it.

The Creativity Guild

By Geoff & Steve

Free email newsletter every two weeks designed for creative explorers looking to reignite creative sparks and start the projects we’ve always wanted to work on. No one lives forever - let's roll up our sleeves & make stuff!

A passion project with my friend Geoff Siskind - experiments in creativity. Have you had some sort of mid-life reawakening of your creative instincts? This might be for you!

- Steve Pratt

Pod the North

By Kattie

Connecting Canadian podcasting.

A great read for people interested in the Canadian podcast industry. Kattie knows the space, the people, and the issues well and I also learn a lot about what's going on in my own back yard!

- Steve Pratt

The Audio Insurgent

By Eric Nuzum

The Audio Insurgent is a periodic newsletter that covers the evolution and revolution of the spoken word audio industry today. We talk about podcasting, audiobooks, radio (both broadcast and streaming), and other related technologies.

Eric is one of the smartest minds in podcasting and radio, he and his team produce amazing shows, and he's never shy to tell you what he thinks or where the industry needs to do better.

- Steve Pratt

Link in Bio

By Rachel Karten

Link in Bio is a newsletter about working in social media.

Shell Game

By Evan Ratliff

A podcast and newsletter about things that are not what they seem, hosted by journalist Evan Ratliff.