The Friday Dispatch

By Ken at MastermindJam.com

The Friday Dispatch is a weekly curated newsletter for online entrepreneurs. Each Friday, we send you hand-picked articles to help you grow your web-based business.

Previous issues

[FD117] Growing a business in fits and starts

#117 Oct 5, 2018

[FD116] Pricing determines your business.

#116 Sep 28, 2018

[FD115] Wanna stash your dough in Puerto Rico? Fine, just don't make a Slideshare about it.

#115 Sep 21, 2018

#114

Sep 14, 2018

[FD114] 6 Steps to gather better video testimonials
#113

Sep 7, 2018

[FD113] Rare, Medium or Well-done?
#112

Aug 31, 2018

[FD112] Giving new meaning to the slogan: “if it fits, it ships.”
#111

Aug 24, 2018

[FD111] Okay, sailing has little to do with B2B content strategy, but here it is anyway. – Welcome back to the Friday Dispatch!It's been a couple weeks since the last issue, and here's why:I u
#110

Aug 3, 2018

[FD110] From launch to $1k MRR, strategies for pillar content, and timing your exit.
#109

Jul 27, 2018

[FD109] We need to talk: mental health & entrepreneurship
#108

Jul 20, 2018

[FD108] Effort auditing, inside Ramit's evergreen funnel, a guide to better email CTA – Hey there!In this issue, you'll find 9 exceptional articles to help you grow your business.But first,
#107

Jul 6, 2018

[FD107] E-com SEO, SaaS pricing, hyperbolic discounting, & 10 funnel viz tools
#106

Jun 29, 2018

[FD106] Can you 8x your price? 🤔 – Confession: I've been bad at the internet this week.I'll tell you more about that later.But first...H
#105

Jun 22, 2018

[FD105] Launching next week: Mastermind Sprints – This weekend, I'm putting the final touches on the first ever Mastermind Sprints program I'm building
#104

Jun 15, 2018

[FD104] Tools, Lead Gen, and Bootstrapping a Real Estate-Focused SaaS
#103

Jun 8, 2018

[FD103] Father's Day Bright Luxury SaaS Churn on Instagram – Here are two quick questions: When you receive a referral code for an app you signed up for, or for a
#102

Jun 1, 2018

[FD102] Lowered churn by 60%, but SaaS discounts do the opposite.
#101

May 25, 2018

[FD101] The great GDPR kerfuffle – Thanks for being a Friday Dispatch subscriber!If you had just woken up from a coma today, here's what
#100

May 11, 2018

[FD100] 🎉 With articles about quitting, scaling, and growth. 🎯 – 100 issues of this newsletter! Yay!
#99

May 4, 2018

[FD99] Inside this issue: 👉🏼 9 entrepreneur dads and 25 lead gen ideas
#98

Apr 27, 2018

[FD98] We're discussing Women Make, Mentors, SaaS, and Userlist.io – Trying something new in MastermindJam this week: topic-based mastermind groups.Feel free to suggest a
#97

Apr 20, 2018

[FD97] Family matters, 4 list building tips, SaaS expenses, & MicroConf – The Friday Dispatch mirrors what I've been reading and focusing on, IRL. And, this week I've really b
#96

Apr 13, 2018

[FD96] Ecom Trends for 2018, Drip Marketing for SaaS – With the soft launch of the new MastermindJam in the rearview mirror, what are my thoughts?Absolute e
#95

Mar 30, 2018

[FD95] It did make the boat go faster – Hello from the Friday Dispatch!It's been a long hiatus, that's for sure.It got tough, week after week
#94

Nov 24, 2017

Thank you. (and a small status update)
#93

Nov 17, 2017

The Friday Dispatch - Issue #93 – Happy Friday, everyone!
#92

Nov 10, 2017

The Friday Dispatch - Issue #92
#91

Oct 27, 2017

The Friday Dispatch - Issue #91
#90

Oct 13, 2017

The Fridayest of Friday Dispatches — No. 90
#89

Oct 6, 2017

MastermindJam's 89th Friday Dispatch
#88

Sep 29, 2017

MastermindJam's 88th Friday Dispatch
#87

Sep 22, 2017

The Friday Dispatch - Issue #87 – Hello!Only 3 links to share today, folks. I'm busy wrapping up a lot of loose ends on MastermindJam's
#86

Sep 15, 2017

The Friday Dispatch - Issue #86
#85

Sep 8, 2017

The Friday Dispatch - Issue #85 – Happy Friday, everyone!I'm devouring articles as fast as I can on the riveting topic of the business
#84

Sep 1, 2017

The Friday Dispatch - Issue #84 – Happy Friday, everyone!It's Labor Day weekend in the US, and if you're anything like I me, you're loo
#83

Aug 25, 2017

The Friday Dispatch - Issue #83
#82

Aug 18, 2017

The Friday Dispatch - Issue #82
#81

Aug 11, 2017

The Friday Dispatch - Issue #81
#80

Aug 4, 2017

The Friday Dispatch - Issue #80
#79

Jul 28, 2017

The Friday Dispatch - Issue #79
#78

Jul 21, 2017

The Friday Dispatch - Issue #78
#77

Jul 14, 2017

The Friday Dispatch - Issue #77
#76

Jul 7, 2017

The Friday Dispatch - Issue #76
#75

Jun 30, 2017

The Friday Dispatch - Issue #75
#74

Jun 23, 2017

The Friday Dispatch - Issue #74
#73

Jun 16, 2017

The Friday Dispatch - Issue #73 – Hey everyone, and happy Friday!Important MastermindJam Update:I'm currently straddling two software s
#72

Jun 9, 2017

The Friday Dispatch - Issue #72 – Happy Friday, everyone!Today, I turn 40. I'm busy wrapping up loose ends at the day job, and working
#71

Jun 2, 2017

The Friday Dispatch - Issue #71
#70

May 26, 2017

The Friday Dispatch - Issue #70 – I have two quick questions for you, before you start your Memorial Day weekend (U.S. folks):1. When w
#69

May 19, 2017

The Friday Dispatch - Issue #69
#68

May 12, 2017

The Friday Dispatch - Issue #68
#67

May 5, 2017

The Friday Dispatch - Issue #67 – I'm feverishly working to finish the relaunch of MastermindJam before the end of the month. I made a
#66

Apr 28, 2017

The Friday Dispatch - Issue #66
#65

Apr 21, 2017

The Friday Dispatch - Issue #65 – Hey everyone!Thanks for letting me take a few weeks off from publishing this newsletter. It's been re
#64

Feb 10, 2017

The Friday Dispatch #64 (the overwhelmed edition) – TL;DR: Last newsletter issue for a few weeks! Scroll down for your links!So, here's the deal... I'm i
#63

Feb 3, 2017

The Friday Dispatch #63
#62

Jan 27, 2017

The Friday Dispatch #62
#61

Jan 20, 2017

The Friday Dispatch #61 – I'm sure some of you were glued to the TV today, watching something unfold in a certain capital city
#60

Jan 13, 2017

The Friday Dispatch #60
#59

Jan 6, 2017

The Friday Dispatch #59 – Hello everyone!In last week's newsletter I asked these slightly introspective questions:What changes
#58

Dec 30, 2016

The Friday Dispatch #58 Goodbye 2016 – 2016 is drawing to a close. Depending on how your year went, you may be happy or sad to see it go.I'm
#57

Dec 23, 2016

The Friday Dispatch #57 🎄 🎅
#56

Dec 16, 2016

The Friday Dispatch - Issue #56
#55

Dec 9, 2016

The Friday Dispatch - Issue #55
#54

Dec 2, 2016

The Friday Dispatch - Issue #54
#53

Nov 25, 2016

Friday Dispatch #53: The Turkey Issue – Happy Thanksgiving, Friday Dispatch readers!Even if you're not in the U.S. it's worthwhile to take ti
#52

Nov 18, 2016

Your product may already be obsolete :(
#51

Nov 11, 2016

A hot coffee tale. Plus: do you have the work ethic to be a success? – I love when I catch a glimpse of an entrepreneur's secret sauce.I ordered this gooseneck pour over wa
#50

Nov 4, 2016

😃 It's been 0 years since the Cubs won a World Series! ⚾️ – Raise your hand if you're still nursing a hangover from the Cubs World Series victory this week. That
#49

Oct 28, 2016

Make sure you're doing the work that really matters.
#48

Oct 21, 2016

Twitter was down. Someone hold me. – Sorry for the late arrival, folks. Due to a string of huge, still-ongoing DDOS attacks affecting U.S.
#47

Oct 14, 2016

Trial to paid conversion rate advice from under your bed – This is an important month at MastermindJam, as I'm working hard to get the beta version of MJ2 finis
#46

Oct 7, 2016

The Friday Dispatch - Issue #46
#45

Sep 30, 2016

The Friday Dispatch - Issue #45
#44

Sep 23, 2016

The Friday Dispatch - Issue #44 – Quick show of hands: raise your hand if you've never done ANY business forecasting for your current b
#43

Sep 16, 2016

The Friday Dispatch - Issue #43
#42

Sep 9, 2016

The Friday Dispatch - Issue #42
#41

Sep 2, 2016

The Friday Dispatch - Issue #41 – Hey there,Only three links in this issue. Keeping it short and sweet this week, folks.Have a great we
#40

Aug 26, 2016

The Friday Dispatch - Issue #40
#39

Aug 19, 2016

The Friday Dispatch - Issue #39
#38

Aug 12, 2016

The Friday Dispatch - Issue #38
#37

Aug 5, 2016

The Friday Dispatch - Issue #37
#36

Jul 29, 2016

The Friday Dispatch - Issue #36
#35

Jul 22, 2016

FD35: Why are we so afraid of business competition?
#34

Jul 15, 2016

The Friday Dispatch #34: Now with more Pokémons. – Hey! Put the Pokémon Go game down for a sec and glance at this week's Friday Dispatch!
#33

Jul 8, 2016

The Friday Dispatch - Issue #33
#32

Jul 1, 2016

The Friday Dispatch - Issue #32 – Welcome back to the Friday Dispatch, I apologize for missing last week!Last week, I didn't publish th
#31

Jun 17, 2016

The Friday Dispatch - Issue #31 – Are you struggling to find a business idea? If you’re coming up empty in your quest to find and valid
#30

Jun 11, 2016

The Friday Dispatch - Issue #30 – Finding and validating a business idea can be a real pain in the ass.Are you struggling to find a bus
#29

Jun 3, 2016

The Friday Dispatch - Issue #29 – Quick question: Are you struggling to find a business idea?If this is a problem you're having, reply
#28

May 27, 2016

The Friday Dispatch #28:🎗 Memorial Day Weekend Edition 🍻 🍖🍗🌭🍔 – HAPPY FRIDAY! Heading into the Memorial Day weekend here in the U.S., many of us are looking forward
#27

May 20, 2016

The Friday Dispatch - Issue #27
#26

May 13, 2016

The Friday Dispatch - Issue #26 – Some longtime subscribers are getting buried in links from curated newsletters like this, so I'm maki
#25

May 6, 2016

The Friday Dispatch - Issue #25
#24

Apr 29, 2016

The Friday Dispatch - Issue #24 – C'est la weekend, n'est pas?I hope this newsletter is finding you in a good place, ready for the week
#23

Apr 22, 2016

The Friday Dispatch - Issue #23
#22

Apr 15, 2016

The Friday Dispatch - Issue #22
#21

Apr 8, 2016

The Friday Dispatch - Issue #21
#20

Apr 1, 2016

The Friday Dispatch - Issue #20
#19

Mar 26, 2016

[Friday Dispatch #19] Lean and mean edition. – First, I'm sorry for being a day late! I was enjoying a Spring Break vacation with my family this wee
#18

Mar 18, 2016

The Friday Dispatch - Issue #18
#17

Mar 11, 2016

FD No.17: Big changes coming soon that may help you – Big changes on the horizon for MastermindJamIf I were to tell you that MastermindJam is offering a me
#16

Mar 4, 2016

Here's MastermindJam Friday Dispatch #16
#15

Feb 26, 2016

Your MastermindJam Friday Dispatch - Issue #15
#14

Feb 19, 2016

The Friday Dispatch - Issue #14
#13

Feb 12, 2016

MastermindJam Friday Dispatch - Issue #13
#12

Feb 5, 2016

MastermindJam Friday Dispatch #12
#11

Jan 31, 2016

MastermindJam Friday Dispatch #11 – Sorry this is late, everyone! The family and I have been really sick with a stomach bug for the last
#10

Jan 22, 2016

MastermindJam Friday Dispatch #10
#9

Jan 15, 2016

The Friday Dispatch - Issue #9 – “A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week.”—George S. Patt
#8

Jan 8, 2016

The Friday Dispatch - Issue #8
#7

Jan 1, 2016

The Friday Dispatch - Issue #7
#6

Dec 26, 2015

The Day After Christmas Dispatch - Issue #6 – Delayed by a day to give you the gift of one less thing in your inbox. Hope everyone had a happy holi
#5

Dec 18, 2015

The Friday Dispatch - Issue #5
#4

Dec 11, 2015

MastermindJam Friday Dispatch #4
#3

Dec 4, 2015

MastermindJam Friday Dispatch #3 – Happy Friday! This is Issue #3 of the MastermindJam Friday Dispatch. Last week’s issue was pretty wel
#2

Nov 27, 2015

MastermindJam Friday Dispatch #2 – Happy Friday!This is issue #2 of the MastermindJam Friday Dispatch. Last week's issue was pretty well
#1

Nov 20, 2015

MastermindJam Friday Dispatch – Welcome to the MastermindJam Friday Dispatch!Or, should I say...Hey, welcome to the first issue of my