Running a small business is lonely work. These are the twenty blogs and newsletters our team recommends to founders, operations managers and supply chain analysts in 2024. Mix of free and paid, deep and daily.

Strategy & Operations (6)

  1. Stratechery by Ben Thompson — subscription weekly on tech strategy. Dense, essential for anyone whose business touches software or platforms.
  2. Not Boring by Packy McCormick — weekly deep-dive essays on business strategy, markets and specific companies.
  3. Harvard Business Review Daily — a 5-minute daily email of the best management thinking.
  4. The Generalist by Mario Gabriele — weekly founder and company profiles with a long-term lens.
  5. Lenny's Newsletter — product and growth playbooks from top operators.
  6. First Round Review — infrequent but every post is a masterclass in operations.

Supply Chain & Logistics (6)

  1. FreightWaves — daily industry news, data and commentary. The de facto freight news outlet.
  2. Supply Chain Dive — concise daily digest of enterprise supply chain stories.
  3. JOC.com (Journal of Commerce) — subscription, deep ocean and port analysis.
  4. The Loadstar — London-based, strong on global container shipping and air cargo.
  5. Logistics Management — US-focused, strong on warehouse and distribution.
  6. Transport Topics — trucking-focused weekly with excellent data journalism.

Finance & Economy (4)

  1. Matt Levine's Money Stuff — witty daily on markets, M&A and finance absurdity. Free on Bloomberg.
  2. The Daily Shot — charts-first macro email, picked up by WSJ.
  3. Of Dollars And Data — Nick Maggiulli on personal finance and investing with real numbers.
  4. Grant's Interest Rate Observer — subscription contrarian financial analysis.

Technology & Automation (4)

  1. Benedict Evans — Sunday email on tech, big-picture trends and data.
  2. Protocol Enterprise — focused on B2B software and infrastructure.
  3. Dense Discovery — Friday curated email of design, tech and thought.
  4. Future (a16z) — investment thesis pieces from Andreessen Horowitz across markets.

How to Read Them

Don't subscribe to all 20. Pick three to five that fit your current goals. Set aside 20 minutes a day. Archive aggressively — a healthy inbox beats a thorough one.

Tip: Create a dedicated Gmail label (or Readwise Reader feed) for "industry reading" so you can batch-review once a week instead of being interrupted all day.
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