A library of distribution playbooks · Free, no signup

Ideas are easy.
Distribution is the moat.

Reverse-engineer how the companies you admire actually got their first customers — channel by channel, week by week. No fluff, no thought-leadership, just receipts.

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Playbooks unlocked
12
Distribution channels
$2.4B
Cumulative ARR studied
14k
Founders reading weekly
CAL AI $30M +1200% via viral|CURSOR $100M +850% via viral|NOTION $500M +22% via community|LINEAR $50M +95% via word-of-mouth|BEEHIIV $15M +180% via partnerships|OBSIDIAN $5M +40% via community|PERPLEXITY $80M +340% via word-of-mouth|GRANOLA $8M +220% via plg|SUPERHUMAN $35M +120% via referral|CAL AI $30M +1200% via viral|CURSOR $100M +850% via viral|NOTION $500M +22% via community|LINEAR $50M +95% via word-of-mouth|BEEHIIV $15M +180% via partnerships|OBSIDIAN $5M +40% via community|PERPLEXITY $80M +340% via word-of-mouth|GRANOLA $8M +220% via plg|SUPERHUMAN $35M +120% via referral|
Featured stories

Six companies, six
different routes to revenue.

Each story breaks down the channel mix, the timeline, the playbook, and the metrics. Same problem. Different distribution.

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How it works

Map the playbook in
three honest steps.

1
Pick your industry

Find the companies that already won

Filter by Consumer AI, Dev tools, SaaS — whatever you're shipping. Surface the companies that nailed distribution in your space.

2
Read the receipts

Channel mix, timeline, & exact tactics

Every story shows what % of growth came from which channel, when each milestone hit, and the tactical moves that actually mattered.

3
Steal the moves

Copy what fits, ignore the rest

The playbook section gives you concrete steps you can run this week. Not "build a brand." Actual moves: post here, hire this, ship that.

Browse by channel

Find stories by
distribution route.

Every study is tagged to the channel that drove the bulk of early growth. Pick a route and see who's already run it.

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Native placement inside real distribution playbooks. No banner blindness — founders who read these are the same ones buying the tools you sell.

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