The Eight · weekly, free

Eight things
worth your attention.

A weekly letter on brand, growth and taste. Eight short pieces — something I have changed my mind about, something working in a client's business, a piece of positioning worth stealing from, and five more. Written, not curated. It takes four minutes.

Free. Weekly, from September 2026. Unsubscribe whenever — no sequence, no funnel, no webinar.

The eight, every week

The same shape each time, so you know where to look. Consistency is the whole point — a letter you can scan in four minutes and act on in one.

01
The pattern
One thing I have seen three times this month across different businesses. Patterns are worth more than opinions.
02
From the work
Something real from a live engagement, anonymised. What the constraint turned out to be, and what it cost to find it.
03
Worth stealing
A piece of positioning, naming or copy from any category, and the specific reason it works.
04
The correction
Something I used to believe and no longer do. Changing your mind in public is the cost of being worth reading.
05
A market read
Something moving in one of the eight markets, and what it means for anyone building across borders.
06
The object
A brand, a building, a menu, a piece of design worth looking at properly. Taste is a professional discipline, not a hobby.
07
One question
Something to ask your own business this week. Usually uncomfortable, always answerable.
08
The line
One sentence worth keeping. Mine or someone else's, always attributed.
Who it's for

Founders, brand directors and operators building something that has to work in more than one place. People who would rather read one considered thing a week than twenty unconsidered ones a day.

Who it isn't for

Anyone looking for growth hacks, engagement bait, or a free version of the paid work. This is a letter, not a lead magnet with a countdown timer attached.

Most growth problems are structure problems in disguise.

If that lands, the letter will too.

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