Connor Gross

@andruyeung flying there next friday for a trip. Would love any recs 🙏🏼

I’m currently in Lofoten, Norway. I’ve never been anywhere like this before. It’s the most bizarre place I’ve ever been. For one, during the summer the sun does not set. 24 hours of daylight every day. The locals call it the Midnight Sun. It’s currently 12 AM and people are still hiking. Kids are still playing outside. After five days of consistent daylight I’m in a euphoric, trance-like dream state. Everyone should experience this at least once.

Fun fact: This video from 8 months ago with 15 views just got us a sales call.

@aymanalabdul 👋 around if you want to meet up!

Heading to NYC - who should I meet up with?

@BenSharf I just figure out how to have my iphone contacts to sync to my macbook yesterday (realized I had 2 icloud acounts).

Am I the only one who can name examples of things in my life that I do that I know are inconvenient, yet I don’t take the little time to fix the inconvenience? For example, the phone charger on my kitchen counter sits behind the coffee pot and it’s a really short cord so every time I use it I have to leave my phone behind the machine. I could buy a longer cord so I can use my phone with ease, yet I have just continued to be annoyed using the shorter one. I then thought of other examples like this as well so I had to figure out if I was the only weirdo or not.

Easiest decision I've ever made this past weekend.

A few crazy facts about Ted Turner: • Won America's Cup in sailing in 1977 • Bought the Atlanta Braves and Hawks. • Was the largest land owner in America until 2011 (2M acres) • Had a 55,000 bison herd • Built CNN from the ground up

Just learned that Ted Turner passed. If you want to read about one of the greatest American entrepreneurs, I can't recommend the book "Call Me Ted" enough. Honestly, a top inspiration for how to build a career and life.

Feels like a massive widening gap in the health & wellness space. Category 1: Natural everything. Nothing man made. Primal. Ancestral. Category 2: Candy as vitamins. Junk food as protein.

Hosting a Consumer Brand dinner at KYU NYC on May 6th 📣 16 seats filled with 8 & 9 figure Growth Marketers, Founders, and the Teams behind the fastest growing brands. We have 3 spots left. If you want a free seat, shoot me a DM 🤠

damn. Literally had this idea last week. What going to buy the TryUnslop.com and vibe code it.

Work is so much more fun when things are tangible. • Having a product/service you can build and influence directly • Working in the same room with people you enjoy • Having the ability to get more in the weeds. Not delegate more. Counter to a lot of growth advice, but I find it makes my days more fun when these 3 things are done.

@therahulissar it’s insane. And everyone who didn’t start a peptide brand is running a supplement brand with GLP1 ads

So I guess everyones starting a peptide brand? Had 3 calls just today for peptide brands. Probably the fastest growing category in the last 12 months. We spend mid 6 to 7 figures a month on just Meta alone for peptide and it's about to get bigger.

Underrated 2 for 1 special: Spend the fist 20 minutes at the gym doing cardio + responding to your texts + emails. Time flies by. You’re warmed up. Loose ends are tied 🤝

Wonder how many brands will run a tariff refund sale this summer. Looking at you @Fabletics 👀

@Jack_Raines 🔒

Some news: I wrote a book! For the last few years, I've obsessed over the idea of "opportunity costs," particularly with how to make the most of each stage of life before it's gone. From that obsession came Young Money. Pre-order here (and more below): penguinrandomhouse.com/books/786678/y…

@StumpGuyTy so awesome

My wife and I started Amelia’s Swedish candy 8 months ago. Here are all the cool brands we already have done, or will be doing an event for: - Sundance - Make A Wish - Kiln - Bohme - Boncom - Secret lives of Mormon Wives - Kiln - Aptive - Purple Mattress - UofU and BYU business schools. - BYU Sports Not bad!

@MatznerJon 😭

Who's with me?

One immediate impact of the venture money entering the DTC/CPG space in the last 6 months is • Growth talent • Creative talent • Retail talent Are ALL getting paid a lot more than they were 12 months ago. Lot of CPG investment funds will flow right back to talent & ads.

@davegerhardt @exitfivemedia you're a legend

hit 4 years of working on Exit Five (@exitfivemedia) this week. We will reach 12M marketers through our content this year. Two big in-peson events with NPS scores above 80. An amazing team of 7 teammates that I wish I saw more. Thousands of members and people in our community (I consider anyone on the newsletter, listening to the podcast, or in the community part of the “community”) We will reach $5M revenue this year which is awesome. But the impact we are making and the connections we are helping to make happen — that’s the whole thing right there. That’s what has made this super fun and more rewarding than I ever expected. Beyond "it's just B2B marketing, bro." I could make a list right not of dozens of people with stories of promotions, raises, leaving a shit job, bad boss, making new friends, hanging out outside of work. It’s about more than B2B marketing. But that’s where it starts. Come to learn more about the job, the craft of marketing - and stay because you made some worthwhile connections Thanks for all of the support. Tell someone about Exit Five or get our emails here: exitfive.com/newsletter

@AutismCapital unreal life hack

Life pro tip: You can now disable Shorts in the YouTube app Go to settings (the top right gear icon) —> time management —> daily limits —> shorts feed limit —> select 0 minutes. Boom. Shorts gone. Hallelujah. Nature has healed. 🙏🏼