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Mark Zuckerberg’s WhatsApp messages I’m not going to say it’s my personal main focus when I have a number of other areas I’m more...
19th Jun 2026
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Mark Zuckerberg’s WhatsApp messages

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19th Jun 2026
I’m not going to say it’s my personal main focus when I have a number of other areas I’m more focused on like building the metaverse
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Why didn't you launch last year?
17th Dec 2013
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Why didn't you launch last year?

from Justin Jackson [alt+shift+b] in startups

17th Dec 2013
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AI for Work & Life Hackathons need a “why” –
15th May 2025
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AI for Work & Life

from Jamesin’s Substack [alt+shift+b] in startups

15th May 2025
Hackathons need a “why” –
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Why you should go after a market with strong demand Building a new product is an enormous risk. You're risking your time, energy, and resources. Look...
2nd Oct 2020
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Why you should go after a market with strong demand

from Justin Jackson [alt+shift+b] in startups

2nd Oct 2020
Building a new product is an enormous risk. You're risking your time, energy, and resources. Look for a evidence of demand!
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Doomprompting Is the New Doomscrolling. The new slot machines of thought — AI’s infinite scroll and the quiet outsourcing of our intention.
10th Aug 2025
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Doomprompting Is the New Doomscrolling.

from Working Theorys [alt+shift+b] in startups

10th Aug 2025
The new slot machines of thought — AI’s infinite scroll and the quiet outsourcing of our intention.
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The time to eat the hors d’oeuvres is when they’re being passed The efficient market hypothesis is a widely taught financial theory that states, roughly, that under...
3rd Sep 2012
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The time to eat the hors d’oeuvres is when they’re being passed

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3rd Sep 2012
The efficient market hypothesis is a widely taught financial theory that states, roughly, that under certain generally-held conditions…
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Why are you doing? It’s crucial to know why you’re doing what you’re doing. Social norms are powerful. The inputs...
5th Sep 2016
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Why are you doing?

from Derek Sivers podcast [alt+shift+b] in startups

5th Sep 2016
It’s crucial to know why you’re doing what you’re doing. Social norms are powerful. The inputs that influence you are powerful. A great talk, book, or video can instantly change how you think. For example, if you want to make a lot of money, you need to admit that. If...
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What’s Up with Austin? Austin is a mediocre city, but a great place to live.  The post What’s Up with Austin? appeared...
21st Jun 2022
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What’s Up with Austin?

from David Perell [alt+shift+b] in startups

21st Jun 2022
Austin is a mediocre city, but a great place to live.  The post What’s Up with Austin? appeared first on David Perell.
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What is “founder mode”? We held a YC event a couple of months ago where Brian Chesky from Airbnb gave a passionate talk...
7th Oct 2024
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What is “founder mode”?

from Tom Blomfield [alt+shift+b] in startups

7th Oct 2024
We held a YC event a couple of months ago where Brian Chesky from Airbnb gave a passionate talk about his experience running Airbnb over the last 17 years. He believed that as Airbnb hired more professional managers, he lost a close connection with the details of the end product...
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How I price products
15th Jul 2016
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How I price products

from Justin Jackson [alt+shift+b] in startups

15th Jul 2016
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Deploying Django with Kamal In this post I'll walk you through my template to deploy a Django monolith using Kamal, but you...
11th Sep 2023
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Deploying Django with Kamal

from anthonynsimon.com [alt+shift+b] in startups

11th Sep 2023
In this post I'll walk you through my template to deploy a Django monolith using Kamal, but you could also adapt it for Rails or Laravel.
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Five Unbreakable Rules for Startups I’ve been involved with 4 startups over the last 10 years or so, 3 as a co-founder. I’m a follower...
13th Dec 2015
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Five Unbreakable Rules for Startups

from Tom Blomfield [alt+shift+b] in startups

13th Dec 2015
I’ve been involved with 4 startups over the last 10 years or so, 3 as a co-founder. I’m a follower of Paul Graham and the YC camp of startup wisdom. There’s now a great deal of literature laying out the unbreakable rules for startups. Despite studying this literature, I’ve...
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Technology, Innovation, and Great Power Competition – 2023 Wrap Up We just wrapped up the third year of our Technology, Innovation, and Great Power Competition class...
6th Feb 2024
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Technology, Innovation, and Great Power Competition – 2023 Wrap Up

from Steve Blank [alt+shift+b] in startups

6th Feb 2024
We just wrapped up the third year of our Technology, Innovation, and Great Power Competition class –part of Stanford’s Gordian Knot Center for National Security Innovation. Joe Felter, Mike Brown and I teach the class to: Give our students an appreciation of the challenges and...
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On risk taking The real risk takers are not who you think they are
1st Dec 2025
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On risk taking

from Better than Random [alt+shift+b] in startups

1st Dec 2025
The real risk takers are not who you think they are
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Sensitivity Isn’t Static The sensitivity of our senses ebbs and flows. If you’re looking to be more perceptive, start by...
30th Mar 2023
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Sensitivity Isn’t Static

from David Perell [alt+shift+b] in startups

30th Mar 2023
The sensitivity of our senses ebbs and flows. If you’re looking to be more perceptive, start by changing your environment. The post Sensitivity Isn’t Static appeared first on David Perell.
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UX Entropy In the olden days, video calls were hard. Circa 2012, if your next meeting was online, it was...
30th Sep 2025
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UX Entropy

from Allen Pike [alt+shift+b] in startups

30th Sep 2025
In the olden days, video calls were hard. Circa 2012, if your next meeting was online, it was important to start the process 5-10 minutes early. The process, at that time, was some or all of the following incantations and rituals: Find the meeting URL Find the meeting...
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Hiring a geo-guesser, change merchants, one distribution channel is all it takes Hey, this is Jakob Greenfeld, author of the Business Brainstorms newsletter - every week I write...
7th Aug 2023
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Hiring a geo-guesser, change merchants, one distribution channel is all it takes

from Business Brainstorms [alt+shift+b] in startups

7th Aug 2023
Hey, this is Jakob Greenfeld, author of the Business Brainstorms newsletter - every week I write this email to share the most interesting trends, frameworks, opportunities, and ideas with you. Let's dive in! 💡 Opportunities “request for service: roast my onboarding for SaaS...
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2026.18: Long-term, Peripheral & Myopic Visions The best Stratechery content from the week of April 27, 2026, including Amazon and AI, the future of...
1st May 2026
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2026.18: Long-term, Peripheral & Myopic Visions

from Stratechery by Ben Thompson [alt+shift+b] in startups

1st May 2026
The best Stratechery content from the week of April 27, 2026, including Amazon and AI, the future of AR devices, and Beijing's myopia.
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Be independent. Here’s how to live: Be independent. All misery comes from dependency. If you weren’t dependent...
1st Dec 2021
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Be independent.

from Derek Sivers podcast [alt+shift+b] in startups

1st Dec 2021
Here’s how to live: Be independent. All misery comes from dependency. If you weren’t dependent on income, people, or technology, you would be truly free. The only way to be deeply happy is to break all dependencies. People think we live in a world of politics, society,...
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MLIR Part 13 - Running GPT-2 Running GPT-2 We now have a Python tensor language, an MLIR builder, a transformation pipeline and a...
19th Jun 2026
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MLIR Part 13 - Running GPT-2

from Stephen Diehl [alt+shift+b] in startups

19th Jun 2026
Running GPT-2 We now have a Python tensor language, an MLIR builder, a transformation pipeline and a native execution boundary. The remaining task is to connect those pieces to the pretrained model and check that the result agrees with our original NumPy implementation. The...
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“Steve Jobs supposedly said, returning to Apple, that his plan was to stay alive and grab onto the… “Steve Jobs supposedly said, returning to Apple, that his plan was to stay alive and grab onto the...
7th Aug 2016
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“Steve Jobs supposedly said, returning to Apple, that his plan was to stay alive and grab onto the…

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7th Aug 2016
“Steve Jobs supposedly said, returning to Apple, that his plan was to stay alive and grab onto the next big thing — to listen for the footsteps. He tried video, ...
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5 Thoughts on LEGO's (Ace) Manufacturing PLUS: Apple Watch at 10, McKinsey AI bot.
2nd May 2025
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5 Thoughts on LEGO's (Ace) Manufacturing

from SatPost by Trung Phan [alt+shift+b] in startups

2nd May 2025
PLUS: Apple Watch at 10, McKinsey AI bot.
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Samsung Galaxy S24 Unpacked Event Set for Jan. 17 PCMag.com: The company says it will show off "the newest additions to the Galaxy mobile...
3rd Jan 2024
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Samsung Galaxy S24 Unpacked Event Set for Jan. 17

from Tech + Economics + Humans [alt+shift+b] in startups

3rd Jan 2024
PCMag.com: The company says it will show off "the newest additions to the Galaxy mobile device portfolio." In its teaser video, the company goes a step further and explicitly states that "Galaxy AI is coming," so get ready for some form of on-device,...
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Why I'm building a new SaaS in 2018
7th Mar 2018
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Why I'm building a new SaaS in 2018

from Justin Jackson [alt+shift+b] in startups

7th Mar 2018
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The Deep Research problem OpenAI’s Deep Research is built for me, and I can’t use it. It’s another amazing demo, until it...
18th Feb 2025
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The Deep Research problem

from Essays - Benedict Evans [alt+shift+b] in startups

18th Feb 2025
OpenAI’s Deep Research is built for me, and I can’t use it. It’s another amazing demo, until it breaks. But it breaks in really interesting ways.
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Claude Code and the new age of software development
6th Feb 2026
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Claude Code and the new age of software development

from Justin Jackson [alt+shift+b] in startups

6th Feb 2026
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Franchise Thinking On the sequel economics of ideas.
10th Feb 2026
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Franchise Thinking

from Working Theorys [alt+shift+b] in startups

10th Feb 2026
On the sequel economics of ideas.
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The Subprime AI Crisis None of what I write in this newsletter is about sowing doubt or "hating," but a sober evaluation of...
16th Sep 2024
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The Subprime AI Crisis

from Ed Zitron's Where's Your Ed At [alt+shift+b] in startups

16th Sep 2024
None of what I write in this newsletter is about sowing doubt or "hating," but a sober evaluation of where we are today and where we may end up on the current path. I believe that the artificial intelligence boom — which would be better described as a
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I want Apple's Vision Pro The Apple Vision Pro has a very appealing use case: "the workplace of your dreams".
16th Jun 2023
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I want Apple's Vision Pro

from SatPost by Trung Phan [alt+shift+b] in startups

16th Jun 2023
The Apple Vision Pro has a very appealing use case: "the workplace of your dreams".
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Unbundling AI ChatGPT and LLMs can do anything, so what can you do with them? How do you know? Do we move to...
5th Oct 2023
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Unbundling AI

from Essays - Benedict Evans [alt+shift+b] in startups

5th Oct 2023
ChatGPT and LLMs can do anything, so what can you do with them? How do you know? Do we move to chat bots as a magical general-purpose interface, or do we unbundle them back into single-purpose software?
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Reading the Bible start to finish I like going to the source. Like finding musicians’ influences, and getting to know that music too....
27th Jan 2023
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Reading the Bible start to finish

from Derek Sivers [alt+shift+b] in startups

27th Jan 2023
I like going to the source. Like finding musicians’ influences, and getting to know that music too. Same with film, art, philosophy, and technology.
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Thoughts For Sale Mass-market intellectualism is an oxymoron, right? Ask Substack.
20th Nov 2024
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Thoughts For Sale

from Working Theorys [alt+shift+b] in startups

20th Nov 2024
Mass-market intellectualism is an oxymoron, right? Ask Substack.
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attribution is fake, counterintuitive founder ideas, what’s your question? attribution is fake
4th Aug 2025
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attribution is fake, counterintuitive founder ideas, what’s your question?

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4th Aug 2025
attribution is fake
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The hot round fallacy I originally wrote this essay for The Information, where it was published on Feb 16. Here's a fun...
3rd Mar 2022
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The hot round fallacy

from Aaron's Essays [alt+shift+b] in startups

3rd Mar 2022
I originally wrote this essay for The Information, where it was published on Feb 16. Here's a fun little paradox in fundraising: Founders and the media love to talk about how quickly funding rounds happen these days—think about the big, rapid-fire raises...
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Scott Forstall emails Steve Jobs | Elon Musk on tweeting He mentions third party developers. I do think at some point we will want to enable third parties to...
19th Apr 2022
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Scott Forstall emails Steve Jobs | Elon Musk on tweeting

from Internal Tech Emails [alt+shift+b] in startups

19th Apr 2022
He mentions third party developers. I do think at some point we will want to enable third parties to write apps for P2.
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Meta Earnings, Meta’s Timing Problems, The Financial Tail Meta's earnings were a bit disappointing; future promises about AI products were more disconcerting.
3rd Aug 2026
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Meta Earnings, Meta’s Timing Problems, The Financial Tail

from Stratechery by Ben Thompson [alt+shift+b] in startups

3rd Aug 2026
Meta's earnings were a bit disappointing; future promises about AI products were more disconcerting.
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Why people buy products
6th Aug 2013
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Why people buy products

from Justin Jackson [alt+shift+b] in startups

6th Aug 2013
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Best practices for raising a VC round Having raised a number of VC rounds personally and observed many more as an investor or friend, I’ve...
4th May 2011
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Best practices for raising a VC round

from cdixon [alt+shift+b] in startups

4th May 2011
Having raised a number of VC rounds personally and observed many more as an investor or friend, I’ve come to think there are a set of…
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Never have a limit on your income Imagine two people. One is a toy maker. One is a masseuse. For the toy maker, that’s no...
6th Apr 2008
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Never have a limit on your income

from Derek Sivers podcast [alt+shift+b] in startups

6th Apr 2008
Imagine two people. One is a toy maker. One is a masseuse. For the toy maker, that’s no problem. Have the manufacturer make a million more. So which business would you rather be in? One that makes money while you do other things, or one that only profits by your own two...
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Why are people looking at your website?
9th Jan 2011
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Why are people looking at your website?

from Justin Jackson [alt+shift+b] in startups

9th Jan 2011
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Do you need marketing tracking and automation?
7th Aug 2021
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Do you need marketing tracking and automation?

from Justin Jackson [alt+shift+b] in startups

7th Aug 2021
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A short film for my friend's birthday When I first met Pierre, I couldn't have foreseen what the next three years of our friendship would...
11th Jun 2026
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A short film for my friend's birthday

from Shilin typing [alt+shift+b] in startups

11th Jun 2026
When I first met Pierre, I couldn't have foreseen what the next three years of our friendship would be like. I had just come back to Montreal. Twice I'd failed to get a place in Toronto. My dream of traveling in a van had also fallen apart. So I rented a U-Haul and went to pick...
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Finish the year strong
12th Dec 2017
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Finish the year strong

from Justin Jackson [alt+shift+b] in startups

12th Dec 2017
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Open Office Hours at NYC Tech Week NYC Tech Week is next week. It will be a week filled with events for the tech sector to engage and...
12th Oct 2023
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Open Office Hours at NYC Tech Week

from AVC [alt+shift+b] in startups

12th Oct 2023
NYC Tech Week is next week. It will be a week filled with events for the tech sector to engage and connect with each other. A particularly great part of tech week is VC Open Office Hours. There are over 100 VC investors signed up to participate next week. Here is how it works: 1/...
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An empty dance floor Awkwardness kills data-driven decision making
6th Jul 2026
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An empty dance floor

from Better than Random [alt+shift+b] in startups

6th Jul 2026
Awkwardness kills data-driven decision making
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Cultivating agency I didn’t always know that I wanted to have kids. I wasn’t against it, necessarily – for awhile,...
23rd Aug 2022
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Cultivating agency

from Nadia Asparouhova [alt+shift+b] in startups

23rd Aug 2022
I didn’t always know that I wanted to have kids. I wasn’t against it, necessarily – for awhile, there were just more reasons in the “why not” column than the “why”: uncertainty about whether I’d be a good parent, fear of losing my identity, a lack of maternal instinct. Those...
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Some will always say you’re wrong Some people are into money. Some aren’t. Some people are inspired by helping the needy. Some...
3rd Jun 2013
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Some will always say you’re wrong

from Derek Sivers podcast [alt+shift+b] in startups

3rd Jun 2013
Some people are into money. Some aren’t. Some people are inspired by helping the needy. Some aren’t. Some people are into fame, power, and prestige. Others are into anonymity and freedom from responsibility. You have to know your preferences well because no matter what you...
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Some tips for interacting with the press Here are a few things I’ve learned over the years about the best ways for entrepreneurs to interact...
1st Mar 2012
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Some tips for interacting with the press

from cdixon [alt+shift+b] in startups

1st Mar 2012
Here are a few things I’ve learned over the years about the best ways for entrepreneurs to interact with the press (by press I mean blogs as…
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Pots of Gold Here’s a painful contradiction at the heart of spending time on startups: all the good stuff you can...
6th Dec 2021
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Pots of Gold

from Aaron's Essays [alt+shift+b] in startups

6th Dec 2021
Here’s a painful contradiction at the heart of spending time on startups: all the good stuff you can create is in the future, but all the patterns you look at to learn what to do are in the past. This makes your brain do funny things. On the one hand, you see how huge things can...
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How Aristotle Created the Computer The philosophers he influenced set the stage for the technological revolution that remade our world....
20th Feb 2017
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How Aristotle Created the Computer

from cdixon [alt+shift+b] in startups

20th Feb 2017
The philosophers he influenced set the stage for the technological revolution that remade our world. Originally published by The Atlantic…
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Information is the (other) currency of venture capital Many seasoned entrepreneurs have had the following experience.  A VC eagerly wants to meet with you....
1st Sep 2009
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Information is the (other) currency of venture capital

from cdixon [alt+shift+b] in startups

1st Sep 2009
Many seasoned entrepreneurs have had the following experience.  A VC eagerly wants to meet with you.  You have what seems like a very good…
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Building a bare-metal Kubernetes cluster on Raspberry Pi I’ll be walking you step by step on how I built a bare-metal, 3-node Kubernetes cluster running on...
19th May 2021
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Building a bare-metal Kubernetes cluster on Raspberry Pi

from anthonynsimon.com [alt+shift+b] in startups

19th May 2021
I’ll be walking you step by step on how I built a bare-metal, 3-node Kubernetes cluster running on Raspberry Pi. I'll also share some tips and tricks I learned along the way.
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The Hero as Flexible Bureaucrat against efficiency and accountability
28th Jun 2025
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The Hero as Flexible Bureaucrat

from Nothing Human [alt+shift+b] in startups

28th Jun 2025
against efficiency and accountability
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The Bluesky exodus, one year later The company has 40 million users and big plans for the future. So why don't its users seem happy?...
4th Nov 2025
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The Bluesky exodus, one year later

from Platformer [alt+shift+b] in startups

4th Nov 2025
The company has 40 million users and big plans for the future. So why don't its users seem happy? PLUS: The NEO Home Robot goes viral + Ilya Sutskever's surprising deposition
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Asia is much more important to U.S. interests than the Middle East We need to prioritize, and our priorities should be clear.
1st Nov 2023
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Asia is much more important to U.S. interests than the Middle East

from Noahpinion [alt+shift+b] in startups

1st Nov 2023
We need to prioritize, and our priorities should be clear.
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2026 predictions It’s that time again—as 2025 comes to a close, it’s time to drop 2026 predictions. I think 2026 is...
29th Dec 2025
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2026 predictions

from haseeb qureshi [alt+shift+b] in startups

29th Dec 2025
It’s that time again—as 2025 comes to a close, it’s time to drop 2026 predictions. I think 2026 is going to surprise, both to the upside and to the downside. Organized by category: Macro / Chains $BTC is > $150K by year-end, but BTC dominance decreases in 2026. Despite the...
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Encore Anxiety Fear of disappointing people you've already impressed is more paralyzing than fear of impressing...
14th Jul 2025
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Encore Anxiety

from Working Theorys [alt+shift+b] in startups

14th Jul 2025
Fear of disappointing people you've already impressed is more paralyzing than fear of impressing nobody at all.
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Industry roundup #13 When "buy, don't build" stops applying to dev tools
7th Sep 2026
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Industry roundup #13

from Better than Random [alt+shift+b] in startups

7th Sep 2026
When "buy, don't build" stops applying to dev tools
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Looking for AI use-cases We’ve had ChatGPT for 18 months, but what’s it for? What are the use-cases? Why isn’t it useful...
19th Apr 2024
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Looking for AI use-cases

from Essays - Benedict Evans [alt+shift+b] in startups

19th Apr 2024
We’ve had ChatGPT for 18 months, but what’s it for? What are the use-cases? Why isn’t it useful for everyone, right now? Do Large Language Models become universal tools that can do ‘any’ task, or do we wrap them in single-purpose apps, and build thousands of new companies...
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things i learned about contracting Always sign a contract for any job Charge by project, not by hour Give a quote properly Charge 1/2...
20th Sep 2025
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things i learned about contracting

from Shilin typing [alt+shift+b] in startups

20th Sep 2025
Always sign a contract for any job Charge by project, not by hour Give a quote properly Charge 1/2 upfront Don’t start until the payment goes through or is wired and in transfer Do your work well. Go the extra mile. Underpromise but overdeliver Never complain to the people you...
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How many units can you sell?
11th Jan 2021
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How many units can you sell?

from Justin Jackson [alt+shift+b] in startups

11th Jan 2021
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Indonesia, home to the world’s largest nickel reserves, struggles to achieve its EV dreams China’s growing involvement and the rapid shift to lithium batteries dissuade investors.
3rd Feb 2025
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Indonesia, home to the world’s largest nickel reserves, struggles to achieve its EV dreams

from Rest of World - Global [alt+shift+b] in startups

3rd Feb 2025
China’s growing involvement and the rapid shift to lithium batteries dissuade investors.
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The Public Policy Case for Banning Crypto The Public Policy Case for Banning Crypto It's time to stop tiptoeing around this issue. Democratic...
1st Jun 2022
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The Public Policy Case for Banning Crypto

from Stephen Diehl [alt+shift+b] in startups

1st Jun 2022
The Public Policy Case for Banning Crypto It's time to stop tiptoeing around this issue. Democratic societies should outright ban crypto. It's time for politicians to stop listening to so-called "moderate" positions on crypto because they are not moderate. Allowing crypto to...
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The TWA Hotel The core concepts are simple. The implementation is borderline excessive. The post The TWA Hotel...
2nd Sep 2022
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The TWA Hotel

from David Perell [alt+shift+b] in startups

2nd Sep 2022
The core concepts are simple. The implementation is borderline excessive. The post The TWA Hotel appeared first on David Perell.
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Warren Buffett emails Microsoft exec I prefer to structure investing as a no-called-strikes game and just wait for the fat one
4th Jan 2026
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Warren Buffett emails Microsoft exec

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4th Jan 2026
I prefer to structure investing as a no-called-strikes game and just wait for the fat one
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The Granny Hobby Protocol And the hands-on, thumbs-off economy
3rd Apr 2024
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The Granny Hobby Protocol

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3rd Apr 2024
And the hands-on, thumbs-off economy
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How to build a simple HTML landing page using Tailwind CSS The easiest way to configure Tailwind CSS and Tailwind UI so you can build a simple HTML site
12th Feb 2021
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How to build a simple HTML landing page using Tailwind CSS

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12th Feb 2021
The easiest way to configure Tailwind CSS and Tailwind UI so you can build a simple HTML site
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The bowling pin strategy A huge challenge for user-generated websites is overcoming the chicken-and-egg problem: attracting...
21st Aug 2010
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The bowling pin strategy

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21st Aug 2010
A huge challenge for user-generated websites is overcoming the chicken-and-egg problem: attracting users and contributors when you are…
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The age of average In the early 1990s, two Russian artists named Vitaly Komar and Alexander Melamid hired a market...
20th Mar 2023
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The age of average

from Articles - Alex Murrell [alt+shift+b] in startups

20th Mar 2023
In the early 1990s, two Russian artists named Vitaly Komar and Alexander Melamid hired a market research firm to survey the public on what they wanted in a work of art. Across 11 countries they then set about painting a piece that reflected the results. Each piece was...
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MLIR Part 9 - A Python Frontend for MLIR A Python Frontend for MLIR Last time we took MLIR through a GPU backend and looked at what it takes...
1st Mar 2026
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MLIR Part 9 - A Python Frontend for MLIR

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1st Mar 2026
A Python Frontend for MLIR Last time we took MLIR through a GPU backend and looked at what it takes to launch the resulting code. We now need something at the other end of the compiler: a way to describe tensor computations in Python and construct the IR which those backends...
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Bangladesh has millions of e-rickshaws. They’re finally becoming legal Bangladesh’s EV industry will likely grow now, and drivers no longer have to worry about being fined...
1st Jul 2024
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Bangladesh has millions of e-rickshaws. They’re finally becoming legal

from Rest of World - Global [alt+shift+b] in startups

1st Jul 2024
Bangladesh’s EV industry will likely grow now, and drivers no longer have to worry about being fined or having their vehicles impounded.
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Argentines are recruiting friends, strangers into Worldcoin’s cash-for-eyeballs scheme With inflation and unemployment gripping the nation, a burgeoning network of intermediaries is...
1st May 2024
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Argentines are recruiting friends, strangers into Worldcoin’s cash-for-eyeballs scheme

from Rest of World - Global [alt+shift+b] in startups

1st May 2024
With inflation and unemployment gripping the nation, a burgeoning network of intermediaries is convincing people to have their irises scanned at Worldcoin Orb centers.
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How To Improve QA With Data Boutique For In-House Web Scraping Independent data help you get to 99% reliability
5th May 2023
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How To Improve QA With Data Boutique For In-House Web Scraping

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5th May 2023
Independent data help you get to 99% reliability
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The public you is not you I hope you don’t have to learn this lesson the way I did. a blog post sharing what I had learned...
25th Sep 2007
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The public you is not you

from Derek Sivers podcast [alt+shift+b] in startups

25th Sep 2007
I hope you don’t have to learn this lesson the way I did. a blog post sharing what I had learned while switching between the PHP programming language and Ruby on Rails framework. At the time, my blog had no readers, so I didn’t think anyone would see it. I just wrote it for...
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How to ride a recession A storm is coming. In 2020 Britain suffered its deepest recession in over 300 years. Two years...
2nd Aug 2022
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How to ride a recession

from Articles - Alex Murrell [alt+shift+b] in startups

2nd Aug 2022
A storm is coming. In 2020 Britain suffered its deepest recession in over 300 years. Two years later and the UK’s economic picture is not much prettier. This article argues that whilst recessions are a threat to some businesses, they are an opportunity for others. It argues...
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Podcast translations, Apple opportunity, being unreasonable, don't hire corporate executives, the... Hey, this is Jakob Greenfeld, author of the Business Brainstorms newsletter - every week I write...
5th Jun 2023
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Podcast translations, Apple opportunity, being unreasonable, don't hire corporate executives, the MVP of physical businesses.

from Business Brainstorms [alt+shift+b] in startups

5th Jun 2023
Hey, this is Jakob Greenfeld, author of the Business Brainstorms newsletter - every week I write this email to share the most interesting trends, frameworks, opportunities, and ideas with you. Let's dive in! 💡 Opportunities “When the Apple VR headset drops tomorrow, every social...
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ChatGPT's 2025 strategy | Peter Thiel | Apple exec meeting ChatGPT should be cool. Right now, it’s useful but not cool.
15th Jun 2025
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ChatGPT's 2025 strategy | Peter Thiel | Apple exec meeting

from Internal Tech Emails [alt+shift+b] in startups

15th Jun 2025
ChatGPT should be cool. Right now, it’s useful but not cool.
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Feb 2023 What up XO fam. I've had plenty of caffeine this morning so I'm going to be firing from the hip on...
3rd Mar 2023
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Feb 2023

from XO Capital - Field Notes [alt+shift+b] in startups

3rd Mar 2023
What up XO fam. I've had plenty of caffeine this morning so I'm going to be firing from the hip on this one. Example: Guys (and gals). Listen. buying MRR is lovely. Here's proof (and 13 people agreed). If you haven't tried
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Five Rides for 2025 Some lists are just worth making
5th Jan 2026
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Five Rides for 2025

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5th Jan 2026
Some lists are just worth making
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Interviews from the Future of Web Apps in Miami
3rd Mar 2010
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Interviews from the Future of Web Apps in Miami

from Justin Jackson [alt+shift+b] in startups

3rd Mar 2010
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Repeatedly follow-up to show you care I knew a music publicist in New York City when she was at the peak of her success. A few of her...
14th Jan 2018
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Repeatedly follow-up to show you care

from Derek Sivers podcast [alt+shift+b] in startups

14th Jan 2018
I knew a music publicist in New York City when she was at the peak of her success. A few of her clients had hits, so everyone wanted to work with her. She was flooded with new music. Whenever someone sent their music, it would go into an inbox. That inbox was completely...
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The Three Pillars of World-class Corporate Innovation My good friend Alexander Osterwalder, the inventor of the business model canvas (one of foundations...
11th Nov 2022
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The Three Pillars of World-class Corporate Innovation

from Steve Blank [alt+shift+b] in startups

11th Nov 2022
My good friend Alexander Osterwalder, the inventor of the business model canvas (one of foundations of the Lean Methodology) has written a playbook (along with his associate partner Tendayi Viki,) From Innovation Theater to Growth Engine to explain how to build and implement...
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Google, Nvidia, and OpenAI OpenAI and Nvidia are both under threat from Google; I like OpenAI's chances best, but they need an...
1st Dec 2025
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Google, Nvidia, and OpenAI

from Stratechery by Ben Thompson [alt+shift+b] in startups

1st Dec 2025
OpenAI and Nvidia are both under threat from Google; I like OpenAI's chances best, but they need an advertising model to beat Google as an Aggregator.
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How to Estimate Sales Using Inventory Web-Scraped Data A powerful use case for web data
4th Mar 2024
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How to Estimate Sales Using Inventory Web-Scraped Data

from Data Boutique [alt+shift+b] in startups

4th Mar 2024
A powerful use case for web data
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Notes from the book “Decoding the Why” Finished (well, skimmed) the book “Decoding the Why: How Behavioral Science is Driving the Next...
3rd Sep 2023
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Notes from the book “Decoding the Why”

from Inverted Passion [alt+shift+b] in startups

3rd Sep 2023
Finished (well, skimmed) the book “Decoding the Why: How Behavioral Science is Driving the Next Generation of Product Design”. It’s a decent introductory book if you have not delved into behavioral science before, but if you have, most of the ideas in the book won’t come across...
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The Slop Society In the last week we've seen the emergence of the true Meta — and the true Mark Zuckerberg — as the...
17th Jan 2025
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The Slop Society

from Ed Zitron's Where's Your Ed At [alt+shift+b] in startups

17th Jan 2025
In the last week we've seen the emergence of the true Meta — and the true Mark Zuckerberg — as the company ended its fact-checking program, claiming that (and I quote) "fact checkers have been too politically biased and have destroyed more trust than they've
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I launched a mobile app. Mobile development has always felt like the holy grail of engineering.
13th Apr 2026
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I launched a mobile app.

from Jamesin’s Substack [alt+shift+b] in startups

13th Apr 2026
Mobile development has always felt like the holy grail of engineering.
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Monzo growth I’ve been asked a few times recently how we got customers to sign up to Monzo in the early years and...
1st Aug 2022
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Monzo growth

from Tom Blomfield [alt+shift+b] in startups

1st Aug 2022
I’ve been asked a few times recently how we got customers to sign up to Monzo in the early years and I haven’t been able to give a satisfactory answer in a sufficiently short space of time. I thought I’d write out my thoughts in a longer piece so I can feel less bad about giving...
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Life is like high school When you’re in high school, it’s all about popularity, cliques, and being cool. Many people get...
1st Jun 2000
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Life is like high school

from Derek Sivers podcast [alt+shift+b] in startups

1st Jun 2000
When you’re in high school, it’s all about popularity, cliques, and being cool. Many people get out of college thinking the world will be like that — like the harder you work, the more you’ll be rewarded. But it’s not. But you can make this work in your favor. You can...
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Constraint Solving with MiniZinc Constraint Solving with MiniZinc MiniZinc is a powerful constraint modeling language that allows you...
21st Apr 2023
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Constraint Solving with MiniZinc

from Stephen Diehl [alt+shift+b] in startups

21st Apr 2023
Constraint Solving with MiniZinc MiniZinc is a powerful constraint modeling language that allows you to express complex problems declaratively and solve them efficiently. First, install MiniZinc from the official website. You can use the MiniZinc IDE for an integrated environment...
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Anthropic and Alignment Anthropic is in a standoff with the Department of War; while the company's concerns are legitimate,...
2nd Mar 2026
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Anthropic and Alignment

from Stratechery by Ben Thompson [alt+shift+b] in startups

2nd Mar 2026
Anthropic is in a standoff with the Department of War; while the company's concerns are legitimate, it position is intolerable and misaligned with reality.
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A good find
13th Aug 2025
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A good find

from Justin Jackson [alt+shift+b] in startups

13th Aug 2025
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How Should You Write? There are two ways to write: The Printer Method and the Pixel Method. With the Printer Method, you...
11th Oct 2021
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How Should You Write?

from David Perell [alt+shift+b] in startups

11th Oct 2021
There are two ways to write: The Printer Method and the Pixel Method. With the Printer Method, you write and rewrite every sentence until it’s perfect. Nail the first sentence, then the second, and so on. Perfection is the name of the game so you don’t advance to a new sentence...
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In defense of exploding term sheets There’s a lot of content out there arguing that exploding term sheets—ones that expire after a set...
14th Apr 2022
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In defense of exploding term sheets

from Aaron's Essays [alt+shift+b] in startups

14th Apr 2022
There’s a lot of content out there arguing that exploding term sheets—ones that expire after a set amount of time, whether or not they’re accepted—are bad. Some of this comes from founders who do not appreciate the pressure; some if it comes from VCs who want to emphasize their...
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Cynicism kills progress
2nd Jan 2019
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Cynicism kills progress

from Justin Jackson [alt+shift+b] in startups

2nd Jan 2019
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At least five interesting things for your weekend (#15) Working-class wealth, the education gap, zero-sum thinking, data uncertainty, and indigenous...
1st Oct 2023
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At least five interesting things for your weekend (#15)

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1st Oct 2023
Working-class wealth, the education gap, zero-sum thinking, data uncertainty, and indigenous knowledge
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Your Startup Is Probably Dead On Arrival Your Startup Is Probably Dead On Arrival If you started a company more than two years ago, it’s...
17th Mar 2026
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Your Startup Is Probably Dead On Arrival

from Steve Blank [alt+shift+b] in startups

17th Mar 2026
Your Startup Is Probably Dead On Arrival If you started a company more than two years ago, it’s likely that many of your assumptions are no longer true. You need to stop coding, building, recruiting, fund raising, etc., and take stock of what changed around you. Or your company...
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The Rebrand I’d guess that upwards of half of USV’s portfolio companies have changed the name of their company...
7th Feb 2023
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The Rebrand

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7th Feb 2023
I’d guess that upwards of half of USV’s portfolio companies have changed the name of their company during their lifetime. It is not hard to understand why. Founders start out with an idea and not much more. By the time they have built a product, built a team, and found product...
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I made a mistake. Indie Worldwide build in public update 2023
8th Dec 2023
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I made a mistake.

from Anthony Castrio's Official Newsletter [alt+shift+b] in startups

8th Dec 2023
Indie Worldwide build in public update 2023
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OpenAI Is Just Another Boring, Desperate AI Startup What is OpenAI? I realize you might say "a foundation model lab" or "the company that runs ChatGPT,"...
3rd Oct 2025
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OpenAI Is Just Another Boring, Desperate AI Startup

from Ed Zitron's Where's Your Ed At [alt+shift+b] in startups

3rd Oct 2025
What is OpenAI? I realize you might say "a foundation model lab" or "the company that runs ChatGPT," but that doesn't really give the full picture of everything it’s promised, or claimed, or leaked that it was or would be. No, really,
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YouTube: The Learning Machine Can YouTube have a similar impact on education as the printing press did? Yes, and the explosion of...
3rd May 2024
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YouTube: The Learning Machine

from SatPost by Trung Phan [alt+shift+b] in startups

3rd May 2024
Can YouTube have a similar impact on education as the printing press did? Yes, and the explosion of sports footage on the platform helps to explain why.
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There are no strong opinions weakly held It's a shield for loud conviction and quiet backpedaling if needed.
1st Sep 2025
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There are no strong opinions weakly held

from Better than Random [alt+shift+b] in startups

1st Sep 2025
It's a shield for loud conviction and quiet backpedaling if needed.
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Listicle of Buddhist Lists Listicle of Buddhist Lists Buddhism has more lists than a Buzzfeed article. Inspired by the List of...
15th Jan 2019
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Listicle of Buddhist Lists

from Stephen Diehl [alt+shift+b] in startups

15th Jan 2019
Listicle of Buddhist Lists Buddhism has more lists than a Buzzfeed article. Inspired by the List of Buddhist Lists, here are the Buddha's teachings as millennial listicles. Plus or minus some bad puns. Mindfulness: Noticing your brain is completely bonkers right now, and being...
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Building a standing desk
20th Feb 2011
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Building a standing desk

from Justin Jackson [alt+shift+b] in startups

20th Feb 2011
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A framework for choosing what to do A year ago, I left YC and felt a bit lost about what to do next.[1] A lot of people were pretty sure...
28th Feb 2022
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A framework for choosing what to do

from Aaron's Essays [alt+shift+b] in startups

28th Feb 2022
A year ago, I left YC and felt a bit lost about what to do next.[1] A lot of people were pretty sure they knew what I should do. But...I didn't and most of their suggestions didn’t excite me. As I thought through my possible paths, I realized that I didn't have a useful framework...
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17 Takeaways from Mary Meeker's AI Deck PLUS: Elon vs. Trump, Taylor Swift, Moncler's $17B Secret Sauce and Ukraine Drone Tech.
6th Jun 2025
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17 Takeaways from Mary Meeker's AI Deck

from SatPost by Trung Phan [alt+shift+b] in startups

6th Jun 2025
PLUS: Elon vs. Trump, Taylor Swift, Moncler's $17B Secret Sauce and Ukraine Drone Tech.
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How many trials should I be getting for my SaaS? One misconception I see from new SaaS founders: they need more trials than they think they do.
15th Aug 2020
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How many trials should I be getting for my SaaS?

from Justin Jackson [alt+shift+b] in startups

15th Aug 2020
One misconception I see from new SaaS founders: they need more trials than they think they do.
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The Self Is The Platform On Consumer AI, and why individual leverage is eating collective coordination.
18th Sep 2025
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The Self Is The Platform

from Working Theorys [alt+shift+b] in startups

18th Sep 2025
On Consumer AI, and why individual leverage is eating collective coordination.
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a16z VCs are experts at analyzing industries and identifying new opportunities, which is why it’s odd...
19th Nov 2012
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a16z

from cdixon [alt+shift+b] in startups

19th Nov 2012
VCs are experts at analyzing industries and identifying new opportunities, which is why it’s odd that the VC industry itself has so…
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The Best Companies Are Dictatorships Everyone wants democracy until they see what it builds
1st Aug 2025
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The Best Companies Are Dictatorships

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1st Aug 2025
Everyone wants democracy until they see what it builds
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The mirror: It’s about you, not them. If you see a gorgeous painting that fascinates you, does it matter if you find out the artist didn’t...
7th Jul 2009
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The mirror: It’s about you, not them.

from Derek Sivers podcast [alt+shift+b] in startups

7th Jul 2009
If you see a gorgeous painting that fascinates you, does it matter if you find out the artist didn’t pay her taxes? Would you stop enjoying the painting? When I buy a book that has a picture of the author on the cover, I rip off and trash the cover before I even leave the...
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Considerate book pricing I love having my own store so I can make things the way I think they should be. Let’s separate...
27th Oct 2021
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Considerate book pricing

from Derek Sivers podcast [alt+shift+b] in startups

27th Oct 2021
I love having my own store so I can make things the way I think they should be. Let’s separate these two things: Contents: the words in a book Delivery: the ways to get the words into your brain: paper, audio, PDF, HTML, etc. buy the contents, not delivery. Today you...
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How the Domino’s pizza tracker conquered the business world One cheesy progress update at a time.
22nd Aug 2025
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How the Domino’s pizza tracker conquered the business world

from Hustle Originals [alt+shift+b] in startups

22nd Aug 2025
One cheesy progress update at a time.
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Early stage funding markets for science - an analysis In the summer of 2022, with support from Schmidt Futures, I took a closer look at several emerging...
23rd Jan 2023
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Early stage funding markets for science - an analysis

from Nadia Asparouhova [alt+shift+b] in startups

23rd Jan 2023
In the summer of 2022, with support from Schmidt Futures, I took a closer look at several emerging science funding mechanisms – rapid grants, scout programs, and focused research organizations (FROs) – to understand how they serve the needs of early stage science. I also...
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Test marketing If you want a bigger company to help you some day, imitate what food companies call “test...
1st Apr 2000
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Test marketing

from Derek Sivers podcast [alt+shift+b] in startups

1st Apr 2000
If you want a bigger company to help you some day, imitate what food companies call “test marketing”. So first they’ll release it only in a small city like Albany. They ask customers for feedback, then make improvements based on that. They repeat this process until it’s a...
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The hidden costs of asking for quotations in the data market Working towards faster, cheaper and safer data projects
9th Feb 2024
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The hidden costs of asking for quotations in the data market

from Data Boutique [alt+shift+b] in startups

9th Feb 2024
Working towards faster, cheaper and safer data projects
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Pivoting into a new corporate structure This hasn’t happened to me, but I keep hearing stories about situations like the following: 1)...
1st Aug 2011
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Pivoting into a new corporate structure

from cdixon [alt+shift+b] in startups

1st Aug 2011
This hasn’t happened to me, but I keep hearing stories about situations like the following: 1) startup raises a seed financing round while…
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Mark Zuckerberg: "Please Resign" This was an act of betrayal.
19th Mar 2023
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Mark Zuckerberg: "Please Resign"

from Internal Tech Emails [alt+shift+b] in startups

19th Mar 2023
This was an act of betrayal.
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Crypto Tokens: A Breakthrough in Open Network Design It is a wonderful accident of history that the internet and web were created as open platforms that...
27th May 2017
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Crypto Tokens: A Breakthrough in Open Network Design

from cdixon [alt+shift+b] in startups

27th May 2017
It is a wonderful accident of history that the internet and web were created as open platforms that anyone — users, developers, organizations — could access equally. Among other things, ...
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The pipeline problem
21st Sep 2024
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The pipeline problem

from Justin Jackson [alt+shift+b] in startups

21st Sep 2024
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Book Review: Capitalist Realism Book Review: Capitalist Realism Mark Fisher's Capitalist Realism is 81 pages long and will rearrange...
5th Aug 2023
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Book Review: Capitalist Realism

from Stephen Diehl [alt+shift+b] in startups

5th Aug 2023
Book Review: Capitalist Realism Mark Fisher's Capitalist Realism is 81 pages long and will rearrange your brain. It is the most important political book of its generation, and it was published by a tiny press, written by a further education lecturer, and reads like a blog post...
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VCs are Scared When They Should be Greedy I originally wrote this essay for The Information, where it was published on July 6, 2022. I've...
20th Jul 2022
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VCs are Scared When They Should be Greedy

from Aaron's Essays [alt+shift+b] in startups

20th Jul 2022
I originally wrote this essay for The Information, where it was published on July 6, 2022. I've read a lot of the advice that venture capitalists have given founders on the current state of the markets. Most of that advice focuses on how founders need to adjust to survive the...
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Metabrand Has Mark Zuckerberg rebranded Facebook, or rebranded VR? What is the metaverse? And can any...
7th Nov 2021
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Metabrand

from Essays - Benedict Evans [alt+shift+b] in startups

7th Nov 2021
Has Mark Zuckerberg rebranded Facebook, or rebranded VR? What is the metaverse? And can any company decide to build the future anymore?
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What happened to Paul Jarvis? I hadn't heard from my friend Paul Jarvis in a while, so I sent him a message.
4th Aug 2023
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What happened to Paul Jarvis?

from Justin Jackson [alt+shift+b] in startups

4th Aug 2023
I hadn't heard from my friend Paul Jarvis in a while, so I sent him a message.
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What stops us from building products?
9th Nov 2013
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What stops us from building products?

from Justin Jackson [alt+shift+b] in startups

9th Nov 2013
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Policing misinformation Unpopular opinion: I have deep reservations about policing misinformation. I’m a big believer in the...
1st Jul 2023
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Policing misinformation

from Ryan Barrett [alt+shift+b] in startups

1st Jul 2023
Unpopular opinion: I have deep reservations about policing misinformation. I’m a big believer in the demarcation problem: in the general case, there’s no shortcut to determining objective truth. It’s similar to the halting problem in computer science: if we want to know whether a...
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Hiring With AI We’re in the process of hiring an investment associate (or two!).
30th Jun 2026
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Hiring With AI

from Jamesin’s Substack [alt+shift+b] in startups

30th Jun 2026
We’re in the process of hiring an investment associate (or two!).
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Exotic Programming Ideas, Part 1 (Module Systems) Exotic Programming Ideas: Part 1 (Module Systems) All successful programming languages are alike;...
1st Mar 2021
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Exotic Programming Ideas, Part 1 (Module Systems)

from Stephen Diehl [alt+shift+b] in startups

1st Mar 2021
Exotic Programming Ideas: Part 1 (Module Systems) All successful programming languages are alike; every unsuccessful programming language is unsuccessful in its own way. The history of software is one that runs parallel to a simultaneous but separate conversation, and that is the...
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Amazon's $43B ad business, explained Jeff Bezos long shunned ads. However, Amazon's juicy first-party data has enabled it to compete with...
1st Sep 2023
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Amazon's $43B ad business, explained

from SatPost by Trung Phan [alt+shift+b] in startups

1st Sep 2023
Jeff Bezos long shunned ads. However, Amazon's juicy first-party data has enabled it to compete with Alphabet and Meta in the new digital advertising landscape.
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We may now know what kind of AI bubble this is Think railroads, not crypto. PLUS: The government can't decide what to do about Mythos, and week one...
1st May 2026
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We may now know what kind of AI bubble this is

from Platformer [alt+shift+b] in startups

1st May 2026
Think railroads, not crypto. PLUS: The government can't decide what to do about Mythos, and week one of the OpenAI-Elon Musk trial
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Don't write tests - The Hidden Cost of TDD I’ve been following the TDD/testing debate with some interest; I work at an early-stage payments...
1st Apr 2012
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Don't write tests - The Hidden Cost of TDD

from Tom Blomfield [alt+shift+b] in startups

1st Apr 2012
I’ve been following the TDD/testing debate with some interest; I work at an early-stage payments startup called GoCardless where we test religiously. We’re not dogmatic about whether the tests come first or not, but code doesn’t get deployed without full unit & acceptance tests....
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What Game Are You Playing? Remind yourself that you always have agency and can stop playing the game any time if you want to.
7th Jan 2026
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What Game Are You Playing?

from Hyphen Nation [alt+shift+b] in startups

7th Jan 2026
Remind yourself that you always have agency and can stop playing the game any time if you want to.
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Google is Grounded and Needs to Learn How to Soar Here’s the punchline - I think Google is missing the mark with their AI search efforts. In this post...
21st Mar 2025
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Google is Grounded and Needs to Learn How to Soar

from tomcritchlow.com [alt+shift+b] in startups

21st Mar 2025
Here’s the punchline - I think Google is missing the mark with their AI search efforts. In this post I have a concrete proposal and a prototype you can try yourself that shows a different approach for the future of search. An approach that’s better for users and in a way that’s...
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Premium: The Hater's Guide To SoftBank Soundtrack: Ozzy Osbourne — Mr. Crowley A lot of people have been making a lot of fun of the...
6th Jul 2026
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Premium: The Hater's Guide To SoftBank

from Ed Zitron's Where's Your Ed At [alt+shift+b] in startups

6th Jul 2026
Soundtrack: Ozzy Osbourne — Mr. Crowley A lot of people have been making a lot of fun of the SoftBank 46th annual shareholder meeting and Masayoshi Son’s (to quote Bryce Elder of the Financial Times) Untethered Goose Game, specifically referring to slides that, well, looked like...
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Taking Blogging Seriously It’s a warm summer night in NYC and I’m walking through central park with a friend, the fireflies...
27th Jun 2025
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Taking Blogging Seriously

from tomcritchlow.com [alt+shift+b] in startups

27th Jun 2025
It’s a warm summer night in NYC and I’m walking through central park with a friend, the fireflies blink around us like an external reflection of the neurons firing in our brains as the conversation sparks.
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Why Open Source AI Will Win You shouldn't bet against the bazaar or the GPU p̶o̶o̶r̶ hungry.
15th Sep 2023
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Why Open Source AI Will Win

from Varun's Notes [alt+shift+b] in startups

15th Sep 2023
You shouldn't bet against the bazaar or the GPU p̶o̶o̶r̶ hungry.
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Tuesday My breathing was a constant problem.
10th Sep 2026
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Tuesday

from Scope of Work [alt+shift+b] in startups

10th Sep 2026
My breathing was a constant problem.
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retention > distribution, fun > discipline, ClickBank-core software, pricing sweet spots Hey, On the menu this week: keeping people around, why fun > discipline, the return of...
7th Jul 2025
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retention > distribution, fun > discipline, ClickBank-core software, pricing sweet spots

from Schemers [alt+shift+b] in startups

7th Jul 2025
Hey, On the menu this week: keeping people around, why fun > discipline, the return of ClickBank-core software, and pricing sweet spots.
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Rabbit Holed Thank you to Emily Shepherd for her hard work reporting parts of this story, as well as her...
6th May 2024
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Rabbit Holed

from Ed Zitron's Where's Your Ed At [alt+shift+b] in startups

6th May 2024
Thank you to Emily Shepherd for her hard work reporting parts of this story, as well as her assistance clarifying details related to GAMA and finding company documents related to Rabbit and Cyber Manufacture.    In November 2021, a company called Cyber Manufacture Co raised $6...
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Naïve Quitting My first real job was as the librarian at Warner/Chappell Music. After 2½ years, though, I...
24th May 2010
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Naïve Quitting

from Derek Sivers podcast [alt+shift+b] in startups

24th May 2010
My first real job was as the librarian at Warner/Chappell Music. After 2½ years, though, I decided to quit to be a full-time musician. (Partially because I was too happy there! I was scared that if I didn’t force myself to quit, I’d never leave. Too comfortable.) (It...
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Reference checks as a service, the need for more competition everywhere, GPT travel planning,... Hey, this is Jakob Greenfeld, author of the Business Brainstorms newsletter - every week I write...
10th Apr 2023
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Reference checks as a service, the need for more competition everywhere, GPT travel planning, leaving work broken, ...

from Business Brainstorms [alt+shift+b] in startups

10th Apr 2023
Hey, this is Jakob Greenfeld, author of the Business Brainstorms newsletter - every week I write this email to share the most interesting trends, frameworks, opportunities, and ideas with you. Let's dive in! 💡 Opportunities “Business idea: Reference checks as a service. Do...
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2025 year in review
2nd Jan 2026
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2025 year in review

from Justin Jackson [alt+shift+b] in startups

2nd Jan 2026
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Ten years of experience in one hour From 1998 to 2008, I had this wild experience of starting a little hobby, accidentally growing it...
1st Jul 2011
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Ten years of experience in one hour

from Derek Sivers podcast [alt+shift+b] in startups

1st Jul 2011
From 1998 to 2008, I had this wild experience of starting a little hobby, accidentally growing it into a big business, and then selling it for $22 million. So now people want to hear my thoughts. People ask my advice on how to approach situations in their lives or businesses,...
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Defaults Matter The path of least friction becomes the only path
28th Jul 2025
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Defaults Matter

from Balancing Act [alt+shift+b] in startups

28th Jul 2025
The path of least friction becomes the only path
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Generative AI Builds Bridges Between Creative Mediums On architecting a new Internet paradigm for rapid content creation and sharing.
23rd Nov 2022
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Generative AI Builds Bridges Between Creative Mediums

from Varun's Notes [alt+shift+b] in startups

23rd Nov 2022
On architecting a new Internet paradigm for rapid content creation and sharing.
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Google cuts off an $83 million ghost labor contract Outsourced workers are the first to go when the company looks to reduce costs.
1st Feb 2024
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Google cuts off an $83 million ghost labor contract

from Rest of World - Global [alt+shift+b] in startups

1st Feb 2024
Outsourced workers are the first to go when the company looks to reduce costs.
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Startup Mentoring Sessions: How to be a decent, maybe even good startup mentor. How to be the perfect startup mentor? I don’t know. But following the best practices mentioned in...
4th Dec 2012
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Startup Mentoring Sessions: How to be a decent, maybe even good startup mentor.

from Blog posts of Andreas Klinger [alt+shift+b] in startups

4th Dec 2012
How to be the perfect startup mentor? I don’t know. But following the best practices mentioned in this article I got personally at...
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What Will Happen In 2024 As we enter 2024, the capital markets have found their footing and are moving higher. The Fed has...
1st Jan 2024
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What Will Happen In 2024

from AVC [alt+shift+b] in startups

1st Jan 2024
As we enter 2024, the capital markets have found their footing and are moving higher. The Fed has taken interest rates as far as they want at this time and inflation has come down. It seems that a “soft landing” is likely. That is good news for the innovation economy because...
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Annual Review 2021 I’ll start this Annual Review by reflecting on 2021. I’ll share highlights and reflect on the goals...
3rd Jan 2022
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Annual Review 2021

from David Perell [alt+shift+b] in startups

3rd Jan 2022
I’ll start this Annual Review by reflecting on 2021. I’ll share highlights and reflect on the goals I set at the beginning of the year. Later, I’ll outline how I plan to improve my life and set a new vision for 2022. The post Annual Review 2021 appeared first on David Perell.
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Women in South Africa’s gig economy feel forced to work extra hours for free Women who work as domestic cleaners with SweepSouth, an on-demand app, say clients frequently ask...
4th Jan 2024
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Women in South Africa’s gig economy feel forced to work extra hours for free

from Rest of World - Global [alt+shift+b] in startups

4th Jan 2024
Women who work as domestic cleaners with SweepSouth, an on-demand app, say clients frequently ask them to do unpaid work, and the company hasn’t responded to their complaints.
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Understanding Distributed Systems 1.1 Coordination is expensive as it reduces the availability and performance of distributed applications...
25th Mar 2021
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Understanding Distributed Systems 1.1

from Roberto Vitillo's Blog [alt+shift+b] in startups

25th Mar 2021
Coordination is expensive as it reduces the availability and performance of distributed applications (PACELC theorem). I have extended…
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NFT Art CDMX We spent this past weekend in Mexico City at Bright Moment’s NFT Art CDMX. Bright Moments is the...
21st Nov 2022
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NFT Art CDMX

from AVC [alt+shift+b] in startups

21st Nov 2022
We spent this past weekend in Mexico City at Bright Moment’s NFT Art CDMX. Bright Moments is the premier NFT art “gallery” in the world. I use that term in parentheses because Bright Moments is much more than a gallery but that word is well understood. USV is a member of the...
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Some things I've been thinking about - This is the second week I’ve experimented with writing a “Some Things I’ve been thinking about -”...
4th Aug 2026
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Some things I've been thinking about -

from Jamesin’s Substack [alt+shift+b] in startups

4th Aug 2026
This is the second week I’ve experimented with writing a “Some Things I’ve been thinking about -” post on Twitter & LinkedIn.
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Linking CUDA Kernels into Python Linking CUDA Kernels into Python Gaussian blur is a common image processing operation that smooths...
18th Nov 2022
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Linking CUDA Kernels into Python

from Stephen Diehl [alt+shift+b] in startups

18th Nov 2022
Linking CUDA Kernels into Python Gaussian blur is a common image processing operation that smooths images using a Gaussian kernel. While it's straightforward to implement on CPU, it can be quite slow for large images. Let's explore how to implement this efficiently using CUDA and...
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Meditations on Machinic Desire The philosopher and accelerationist Nick Land writes, in his 1994 essay Machinic Desire, three of...
23rd Oct 2024
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Meditations on Machinic Desire

from Nothing Human [alt+shift+b] in startups

23rd Oct 2024
The philosopher and accelerationist Nick Land writes, in his 1994 essay Machinic Desire, three of the most insight-dense paragraphs I’ve ever encountered:
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If you're in Tokyo this Friday, come to my hanami! An annual tradition.
1st Apr 2026
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If you're in Tokyo this Friday, come to my hanami!

from Noahpinion [alt+shift+b] in startups

1st Apr 2026
An annual tradition.
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Security Clearances at the Speed of Startups Imagine you got a job offer from a company but weren’t allowed to start work – or get paid – for...
13th Aug 2024
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Security Clearances at the Speed of Startups

from Steve Blank [alt+shift+b] in startups

13th Aug 2024
Imagine you got a job offer from a company but weren’t allowed to start work – or get paid – for almost a year. And if you can’t pass a security clearance your offer is rescinded. Or you get offered an internship but can’t work on the most interesting part of the project. Sounds...
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Timing your startup I never had the opportunity to invest in YouTube but I have to admit that if I did I probably would...
7th Nov 2010
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Timing your startup

from cdixon [alt+shift+b] in startups

7th Nov 2010
I never had the opportunity to invest in YouTube but I have to admit that if I did I probably would have passed (which of course would have…
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Chapter 1 of Ansi Common Lisp
7th Jun 2023
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Chapter 1 of Ansi Common Lisp

from Paul Graham: Essays [alt+shift+b] in startups

7th Jun 2023
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The computing deployment phase Technological revolutions happen in two main phases: the installation phase and the deployment...
9th Feb 2013
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The computing deployment phase

from cdixon [alt+shift+b] in startups

9th Feb 2013
Technological revolutions happen in two main phases: the installation phase and the deployment phase. Here’s a chart (from this excellent…
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Sing your way to learning a new language Unlike apps like Duolingo, Beelinguapp focuses on storytelling and song to engage its over 5 million...
1st Sep 2023
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Sing your way to learning a new language

from Rest of World - Global [alt+shift+b] in startups

1st Sep 2023
Unlike apps like Duolingo, Beelinguapp focuses on storytelling and song to engage its over 5 million users.
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Pi from String Amplitudes Pi from String Amplitudes From the paper by Arnab Priya Saha and Aninda Sinha. A new series for...
1st Sep 2024
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Pi from String Amplitudes

from Stephen Diehl [alt+shift+b] in startups

1st Sep 2024
Pi from String Amplitudes From the paper by Arnab Priya Saha and Aninda Sinha. A new series for \(\pi\) and its convergence. $$ Where \((a)_{n-1}\) is the Pochhammer symbol. $$ \(\lambda\) is a free parameter for optimizing convergence. As \(\lambda\) approaches infinity, the...
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When Nigeria banned Twitter, Koo had a golden opportunity, and squandered it Even the government officials who championed the Twitter competitor have stopped using it.
1st Nov 2023
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When Nigeria banned Twitter, Koo had a golden opportunity, and squandered it

from Rest of World - Global [alt+shift+b] in startups

1st Nov 2023
Even the government officials who championed the Twitter competitor have stopped using it.
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Revealed Preferences Every keystroke is a vote
3rd Mar 2026
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Revealed Preferences

from Balancing Act [alt+shift+b] in startups

3rd Mar 2026
Every keystroke is a vote
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Steve Jobs and Jeff Bezos Enter a Room In December 2000, the founders of Apple and Amazon were invited to critique a demo of the Segway. It...
6th Sep 2024
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Steve Jobs and Jeff Bezos Enter a Room

from SatPost by Trung Phan [alt+shift+b] in startups

6th Sep 2024
In December 2000, the founders of Apple and Amazon were invited to critique a demo of the Segway. It was a wild two-hour session filled with gem quotes and business insights.
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Don’t be a donkey Are you trying to pursue many different directions at once? The problem is thinking short term —...
8th Jun 2011
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Don’t be a donkey

from Derek Sivers podcast [alt+shift+b] in startups

8th Jun 2011
Are you trying to pursue many different directions at once? The problem is thinking short term — assuming that if you don’t do all the things now, they won’t happen. You may have heard this story: Buridan’s donkey is standing halfway between a pile of hay and a bucket of...
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AI’s metrics question With every platform shift, we want to measure the growth but we’re confused about what to measure....
9th Jun 2025
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AI’s metrics question

from Essays - Benedict Evans [alt+shift+b] in startups

9th Jun 2025
With every platform shift, we want to measure the growth but we’re confused about what to measure. That’s partly a problem of data and definitions, but it’s really a question about what this is going to be.
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Programming transforms your brain. Here's how. Knowing how to program has a multitude of positive effects on the brain.
7th Aug 2023
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Programming transforms your brain. Here's how.

from Devmoh [alt+shift+b] in startups

7th Aug 2023
Knowing how to program has a multitude of positive effects on the brain.
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The Engine Room We’re launching a new program!!
14th Oct 2025
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The Engine Room

from Jamesin’s Substack [alt+shift+b] in startups

14th Oct 2025
We’re launching a new program!!
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How to be a messy thinker I love thinking about thinking. Give me a research paper on rationality, cognitive biases or mental...
12th May 2024
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How to be a messy thinker

from Inverted Passion [alt+shift+b] in startups

12th May 2024
I love thinking about thinking. Give me a research paper on rationality, cognitive biases or mental models, and I’ll gobble it up. Given the amount of knowledge I’ve ingested on these topics, I had always assumed that I’m a clear thinker. Recently, though, it hit me like a...
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How to make the best possible translation of a book? You know that frustration of reading a book that should have been an article? Me too. So I try to...
14th Aug 2024
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How to make the best possible translation of a book?

from Derek Sivers [alt+shift+b] in startups

14th Aug 2024
You know that frustration of reading a book that should have been an article? Me too. So I try to do the opposite — to write so succinctly that you wish I would have said a little more. You complete it with your own thoughts.
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What affects customer motivation?
23rd Feb 2018
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What affects customer motivation?

from Justin Jackson [alt+shift+b] in startups

23rd Feb 2018
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iPad in 2020 A couple of months ago, I switched entirely to an iPad Pro for about two weeks. I did not use my...
28th Jan 2020
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iPad in 2020

from Dustin Curtis [alt+shift+b] in startups

28th Jan 2020
A couple of months ago, I switched entirely to an iPad Pro for about two weeks. I did not use my MacBook Pro at all, and forced myself to do everything on the iPad. After that experience, I planned to write some kind of review, but it turned out that my conclusions were pretty...
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First-time fundraising is hell - maybe this helps 💰 Its easy to start fundraising, but most people struggle closing their round. Especially now. Why? I...
2nd Dec 2022
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First-time fundraising is hell - maybe this helps 💰

from Blog posts of Andreas Klinger [alt+shift+b] in startups

2nd Dec 2022
Its easy to start fundraising, but most people struggle closing their round. Especially now. Why? I try to give a few mental models and a bit tactical advice.
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Imagining lots of tedious steps? Or one fun step? If we hate doing something, we think of it as hard. We picture it having many annoying steps. If...
12th Sep 2009
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Imagining lots of tedious steps? Or one fun step?

from Derek Sivers podcast [alt+shift+b] in startups

12th Sep 2009
If we hate doing something, we think of it as hard. We picture it having many annoying steps. If you ask someone who hates running how to do it, they’ll say, “Ugh… First you put on running clothes. Then you have to stretch. Then you put on your shoes. Then you go...
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Chapter 2 of Ansi Common Lisp
20th Jul 2023
25

Chapter 2 of Ansi Common Lisp

from Paul Graham: Essays [alt+shift+b] in startups

20th Jul 2023
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How to create a membership website
17th Jun 2017
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How to create a membership website

from Justin Jackson [alt+shift+b] in startups

17th Jun 2017
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Mindshare 🧠 The hard part now, is to get mindshare with customers.
11th Mar 2024
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Mindshare 🧠

from Blog posts of Andreas Klinger [alt+shift+b] in startups

11th Mar 2024
The hard part now, is to get mindshare with customers.
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"People need my product!" (But do they want it?)
6th Jul 2017
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"People need my product!" (But do they want it?)

from Justin Jackson [alt+shift+b] in startups

6th Jul 2017
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Why you’re more likely to buy something for $4.99 than $5.00 Charm pricing has endured for centuries.
1st May 2026
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Why you’re more likely to buy something for $4.99 than $5.00

from Hustle Originals [alt+shift+b] in startups

1st May 2026
Charm pricing has endured for centuries.
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How to increase wealth for everyone I’ve started reading The Capitalist Manifesto, a book full of data on how free markets generate...
2nd Dec 2023
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How to increase wealth for everyone

from Inverted Passion [alt+shift+b] in startups

2nd Dec 2023
I’ve started reading The Capitalist Manifesto, a book full of data on how free markets generate prosperity. The author is nuanced and uses data and logic to show how we should be rooting for capitalism (instead of bringing it down). Income and wealth inequality created as a...
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Can anything stop Kalshi? The lax regulation of prediction markets reminds many analysts of the late 1920s. You might remember...
3rd Apr 2026
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Can anything stop Kalshi?

from Hustle Originals [alt+shift+b] in startups

3rd Apr 2026
The lax regulation of prediction markets reminds many analysts of the late 1920s. You might remember what happened then.
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Don’t start a business until people are asking you to When you bake a cake, you need to do first things first. You need to get the ingredients before you...
13th Apr 2016
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Don’t start a business until people are asking you to

from Derek Sivers podcast [alt+shift+b] in startups

13th Apr 2016
When you bake a cake, you need to do first things first. You need to get the ingredients before you turn on the oven. You need to bake it before you frost it and slice it. Most have an idea but no customers. For them I always say, “Don’t start a business until people are...
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Unleash the bololô: Masses of delivery workers set off horns and fireworks at bad customers’ homes In Brazil, workers protest nasty customers with bikes, horns and fireworks.
4th Dec 2023
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Unleash the bololô: Masses of delivery workers set off horns and fireworks at bad customers’ homes

from Rest of World - Global [alt+shift+b] in startups

4th Dec 2023
In Brazil, workers protest nasty customers with bikes, horns and fireworks.
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We Are Golden Asians in America are having a moment in sports, entertainment and business
3rd Nov 2025
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We Are Golden

from Hyphen Nation [alt+shift+b] in startups

3rd Nov 2025
Asians in America are having a moment in sports, entertainment and business
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How To Estimate An Engineering Project (Or Really Any Project) There is apparently a cabal of engineers who want you to know that estimating is impossible. Don't...
3rd Sep 2023
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How To Estimate An Engineering Project (Or Really Any Project)

from Throwable [alt+shift+b] in startups

3rd Sep 2023
There is apparently a cabal of engineers who want you to know that estimating is impossible. Don't believe 'em.
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Diaconescu's Theorem Diaconescu's Theorem Diaconescu's Theorem, discovered by Radu Diaconescu in 1975, reveals a...
5th Aug 2024
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Diaconescu's Theorem

from Stephen Diehl [alt+shift+b] in startups

5th Aug 2024
Diaconescu's Theorem Diaconescu's Theorem, discovered by Radu Diaconescu in 1975, reveals a fascinating and surprising connection between two fundamental principles in mathematics: the Axiom of Choice and the Law of Excluded Middle. In simple terms, the theorem states that if you...
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Terrible Apple products
13th Dec 2012
17

Terrible Apple products

from Justin Jackson [alt+shift+b] in startups

13th Dec 2012
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My rant on customer support for web apps
23rd Sep 2011
10

My rant on customer support for web apps

from Justin Jackson [alt+shift+b] in startups

23rd Sep 2011
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Bubble Trouble As I previously warned, artificial intelligence companies are running out of data. A Wall Street...
4th Apr 2024
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Bubble Trouble

from Ed Zitron's Where's Your Ed At [alt+shift+b] in startups

4th Apr 2024
As I previously warned, artificial intelligence companies are running out of data. A Wall Street Journal piece from this week has sounded the alarm that some believe AI models will run out of "high-quality text-based data" within the next two years in what an AI researcher called...
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How I build and run behavioral interviews This is an adaptation of an internal doc I wrote for Wave. I used to think that behavioral...
25th Feb 2024
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How I build and run behavioral interviews

from benkuhn.net [alt+shift+b] in startups

25th Feb 2024
This is an adaptation of an internal doc I wrote for Wave. I used to think that behavioral interviews were basically useless, because it was too easy for candidates to bullshit them and too hard for me to tell what was a good answer. I’d end up grading every candidate as an...
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Slouching Towards Innovation A lot of innovation work revolves around shiny objects - maybe a slick interactive prototype, or a...
13th Sep 2022
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Slouching Towards Innovation

from tomcritchlow.com [alt+shift+b] in startups

13th Sep 2022
A lot of innovation work revolves around shiny objects - maybe a slick interactive prototype, or a concept video. A lot of innovation projects never see the light of day.
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The Department of War Directory TL;DR   DoW Directory revision 3 is Online here, Order a print copy here. In November 2025 the...
16th Dec 2025
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The Department of War Directory

from Steve Blank [alt+shift+b] in startups

16th Dec 2025
TL;DR   DoW Directory revision 3 is Online here, Order a print copy here. In November 2025 the Department of War (DoW) unveiled the biggest changes in 60 years of how they will buy weapons and services. This month Congress, with bipartisan support, rapidly made them into law in...
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What the AI boom is getting wrong (and right), according to Hugging Face’s policy chief Irene Solaiman on tackling racial bias, language equity, consent, and why there are so many AI...
3rd Jun 2024
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What the AI boom is getting wrong (and right), according to Hugging Face’s policy chief

from Rest of World - Global [alt+shift+b] in startups

3rd Jun 2024
Irene Solaiman on tackling racial bias, language equity, consent, and why there are so many AI girlfriends.
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Playing With Fire – ChatGPT The world is very different now. For man holds in his mortal hands the power to abolish all forms of...
4th Apr 2023
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Playing With Fire – ChatGPT

from Steve Blank [alt+shift+b] in startups

4th Apr 2023
The world is very different now. For man holds in his mortal hands the power to abolish all forms of human poverty and all forms of human life. John F. Kennedy Humans have mastered lots of things that have transformed our lives, created our civilizations, and might ultimately...
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Look at yourself objectively
29th Oct 2022
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Look at yourself objectively

from Raw Thought (from Aaron Swartz) [alt+shift+b] in startups

29th Oct 2022
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Biden should run on a message of abundance Things are going pretty well in America, and Biden's policies have largely helped.
1st Feb 2024
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Biden should run on a message of abundance

from Noahpinion [alt+shift+b] in startups

1st Feb 2024
Things are going pretty well in America, and Biden's policies have largely helped.
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Some ideas for science fiction in the 2020s The future ain't what it used to be.
2nd Apr 2023
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Some ideas for science fiction in the 2020s

from Noahpinion [alt+shift+b] in startups

2nd Apr 2023
The future ain't what it used to be.
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Understanding science funding in tech, 2011-2021 For those who sit between science and tech, it’s hard not to notice the proliferation of new...
2nd Mar 2022
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Understanding science funding in tech, 2011-2021

from Nadia Asparouhova [alt+shift+b] in startups

2nd Mar 2022
For those who sit between science and tech, it’s hard not to notice the proliferation of new initiatives launched in the last two years, aimed at making major improvements in the life sciences especially. While I don’t have a science background, nor any personal relationship to...
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Not Everything is About ROI Those who choose to try to optimize life by calculating the costs and benefits of every decision,...
2nd Aug 2025
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Not Everything is About ROI

from Hyphen Nation [alt+shift+b] in startups

2nd Aug 2025
Those who choose to try to optimize life by calculating the costs and benefits of every decision, are ultimately only cheating themselves.
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