Your Daily Gist — February 15, 2026

Welcome to Daily Gist — your newsletters, distilled into conversation! Today we're diving into the gap between starting and scaling companies, the psychology behind billion-dollar holidays, and why building systems beats relying on willpower. I'm starting with something that hit me hard from Brian Halligan's interview on Lenny's Newsletter — this guy co-founded HubSpot, ran it for 15 years, and now coaches Sequoia's fastest-growing founders. His big insight? It's never been easier to st