The Busy Beaver Issue: Podcast, Prompts, Paid Plus, and Productivity 👀
Everything we’ve been building while you were sleeping (or automating)...
I’ve been quite the busy beaver lately. (Actually more like a caffeinated cyborg with too many browser tabs open, but “busy beaver” sounds cuter for branding.)
There’s so much epic stuff cooking for all you Microteamers out there who are done playing small and ready to Scalemaxx without megahiring.
As you know, one of the best practices of being a Microteam founder is to build scalable systems and processes instead of just overloading yourself with work. So that’s what I’ve been heads down doing, building those scalable processes so I can deliver value for you, week after week.
So this issue is a bit of a “hey, this is what I’m working on for you” issue instead of a particular tool or deep thought, but I promise the value will only continue to compound over time for you.
Let’s get into it 👇
🎙️ Exponential Podcast Now Live
Yes, we did it. We hit record on the Exponential Scale Podcast, where we dive into the concepts on how to Megascale your Microteam, hacks and productivity tips, and interviews with Microteam founders that explain how they somehow outscaled entire departments without losing their minds (or their weekends).
Expect guests who drop truths, jokes, and occasionally their startup trauma. It’s like “How I Built This,” if everyone was allergic to middle management. I’ve been busy lining up interviews not only with great Microteam founders, but also the heads of great tech companies like Make, Zapier, N8N, and more… stay tuned!
🎧 Check out the first few episodes here:
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The T-Shaped Skills Assessment & 30-Day Challenge
You can’t scale like a pro if your skills look like a lowercase “i.”
It’s time to build your T-Shape — deep in your zone of genius, broad enough to connect the dots across everything else.
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Perfect for founders who want to grow faster without feeling like a confused intern in their own business.
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Transform a weakness into a competitive advantage!
⚡ Access the free T-Skills Assessment and 30 Day Challenge here →
🤖 GPTs, Templates, Tools & Automations
You know that feeling when you realize half your week is just clicking buttons and moving text between apps?
We hate that too.
So we’re building an arsenal of AI hacks, leverage stacks, and plug-and-play automations to make you look like you have a 20-person team (without paying for a 20-person Slack).
Coming soon, starting next week:
“From Idea to Actionable Business Steps in 5 GPTs”
“Automate Your Client Onboarding in 10 Minutes Flat”
“Replace Your Admin Assistant with a Robot (Lovingly)”
“The Microteam Tool Stack: Everything You Actually Need, Nothing You Don’t.”
These are real recipes, not “use ChatGPT for marketing” fluff.
You’ll get them weekly, free here on the Exponential Scale newsletter. So, stay subscribed, and tell your friends.
💎 Bonus for the Paid Subscribers
If you love the free edition but want more bite:
Deeper Dives — extended playbooks & frameworks
Swipeable Prompts & Automation Scripts — cut-and-paste, proven to work
Bonus Interview Insights — the extra founder wisdom we couldn’t fit
Exclusive Resources — PDFs, templates, and early drops
Upgrade to Get the good stuff, just $9/month
Or keep reading free forever and feel mild FOMO when some of the paid-only stuff drops. Either way, we’re here for you!
Do you want FREE access to the paid community? Refer your friends! Check out the Substack referrer plan and if you refer a bunch of folks you can get free month(s) of access to the paid Exponential Scale newsletter. Go get it!
🌐 Scalebrate Community Hub Launching Soon
This is where it gets spicy.
The Scalebrate Hub will be the home base for Microteams worldwide.
Where you get:
💬 Community & Accountability with fellow Microteam founders. Share wins, wobbles, and automation flexes, and partner for mutual growth
🧩 Tools & Templates you can plug right into your ops. Steal playbooks from other overachievers
🎓 Courses & Challenges to sharpen your T-skills
🎉 Scalebrity Recognition: celebrate wins, fuel momentum, and get accountability (without anyone micromanaging you)
Because scaling shouldn’t feel like therapy with spreadsheets.
It should feel like a movement.
Join the waitlist: Scalebrate Hub →
💌 Stick with It!
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The future doesn’t belong to the big, it belongs to the fast, the focused, and the slightly unhinged.
Our goal for you Microteam founders that are small in size, mighty in output is to help you:
Reclaim your time
Automate your grind
Multiply your output
Celebrate your progress
Subscribe, share, and join the movement that’s rewriting what scale looks like.
Think big. Stay lean. Scale Smarter.
— The Scalebrate Crew