Dan Price on Revenue

CitiGroup announced 20,000 layoffs in January despite $9.2 billion in annual profit. Since then their stock has soared 22% because "costs are lower." Guess how upper management gets paid? Via stock. So they all got a huge raise. Corporate incentives are all backward.

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Why it worked

Leads with a specific number, which is concrete enough to be worth a second of attention.
Uses concrete numbers instead of vague claims, which makes it credible and quotable.
Follows a clear Hook → Context → Landing shape, so the reader always knows where they are.
Ends on a short line that is easy to quote and repeat.
Short enough to read in full without expanding, which removes a step before the point lands.
Short sentences keep the pace up, so the reader never has to re-read a line.

The mechanics

Hook: Leads with a number
Structure: Hook → Context → Landing
Style: Conversational paragraphs at a steady pace.
Tone: punchy
Mechanisms: Specificity
Written for: Founders and operators

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