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Let's evaluate Kamala Harris' entire economic policy program! Fun!!
4th Oct 2024
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Let's evaluate Kamala Harris' entire economic policy program!

from Noahpinion [alt+shift+b] in startups

4th Oct 2024
Fun!!
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The Sofa I would commit.
13th Apr 2026
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The Sofa

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

13th Apr 2026
I would commit.
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Why Democrats Should Oppose Crypto Why Democrats Should Oppose Crypto (Updated: 2025-05-15) The rise of cryptocurrency has spawned a...
1st Jan 2022
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Why Democrats Should Oppose Crypto

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

1st Jan 2022
Why Democrats Should Oppose Crypto (Updated: 2025-05-15) The rise of cryptocurrency has spawned a deeply corrupting political machine in Washington that poses a grave threat to American democracy. Through an army of well-funded lobbyists, dark money PACs, and captured...
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Nothing Was The Same For the past 10 years, I’ve had the same work routine.
9th Jun 2025
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Nothing Was The Same

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

9th Jun 2025
For the past 10 years, I’ve had the same work routine.
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Book Review: What We Can Know Book Review: What We Can Know Ian McEwan has described What We Can Know as "science fiction without...
2nd Apr 2026
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Book Review: What We Can Know

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

2nd Apr 2026
Book Review: What We Can Know Ian McEwan has described What We Can Know as "science fiction without the science," which is both a fair warning and a precise advertisement. The novel is set in 2119. Rising seas and a cascade of nuclear wars (including a misfired Russian warhead in...
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Carts without horses Investing in emerging markets such as India, Kenya, and Nigeria isn’t quite what I naively thought...
2nd Jun 2016
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Carts without horses

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

2nd Jun 2016
Investing in emerging markets such as India, Kenya, and Nigeria isn’t quite what I naively thought it would be. Before I started, I thought that finding a good company in an emerging market would just mean copying models that worked in developed markets. All I’d have to do is...
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OK Milt, I’ll start writing again Yesterday I procrastinated, tinkered, and wasted time, doing nothing of any value. killing him...
9th Dec 2013
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OK Milt, I’ll start writing again

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

9th Dec 2013
Yesterday I procrastinated, tinkered, and wasted time, doing nothing of any value. killing him instantly. I’ve been crying off and on all morning, thinking about what we do with our time — what’s worthy and what’s a waste. It’s so easy to waste time doing stuff that’s not...
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Power Cut A week ago, analyst TD Cowen revealed that Microsoft had canceled leases "totalling a couple hundred...
3rd Mar 2025
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Power Cut

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

3rd Mar 2025
A week ago, analyst TD Cowen revealed that Microsoft had canceled leases "totalling a couple hundred MWs," with "at least two private data center operators across multiple US markets." The report also details how Microsoft "pulled back on converting negotiated and signed...
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The firmware veto When the install base outvotes the parliament
1st Jun 2026
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The firmware veto

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1st Jun 2026
When the install base outvotes the parliament
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I have a new website
26th Oct 2018
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I have a new website

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

26th Oct 2018
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Industry roundup #11 Vercel testing AGENTS.md vs Skills
2nd Feb 2026
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Industry roundup #11

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2nd Feb 2026
Vercel testing AGENTS.md vs Skills
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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

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1st May 2026
Charm pricing has endured for centuries.
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Taylor Swift, Johnny Cash and AI Art Context matters more than content in the age of AI-generated audio, images and videos.
2nd Dec 2023
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Taylor Swift, Johnny Cash and AI Art

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2nd Dec 2023
Context matters more than content in the age of AI-generated audio, images and videos.
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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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The shape of the multipolar world is a little clearer A few thoughts on the new Iran war.
1st Mar 2026
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The shape of the multipolar world is a little clearer

from Noahpinion [alt+shift+b] in startups

1st Mar 2026
A few thoughts on the new Iran war.
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Don't focus on the NASDAQ While thinking about wiggles (Ignoring the Wiggles ), I looked at when the biggest tech cos in the...
11th Feb 2016
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Don't focus on the NASDAQ

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

11th Feb 2016
While thinking about wiggles (Ignoring the Wiggles ), I looked at when the biggest tech cos in the world started relative to NASDAQ. At first, I thought I'd find no correlation between how well the index was doing and when successful companies were founded. I love...
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Why can't we stream TV in Canada?
1st Dec 2008
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Why can't we stream TV in Canada?

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

1st Dec 2008
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Some ideas for native bitcoin apps Fred Wilson calls applications built using Bitcoin that couldn't have existed prior to Bitcoin...
4th Oct 2014
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Some ideas for native bitcoin apps

from cdixon [alt+shift+b] in startups

4th Oct 2014
Fred Wilson calls applications built using Bitcoin that couldn't have existed prior to Bitcoin "native Bitcoin apps". Most of the…
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Forget about your heroes We spend way too much time trying to deconstruct our heroes' journey.
29th Jul 2020
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Forget about your heroes

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

29th Jul 2020
We spend way too much time trying to deconstruct our heroes' journey.
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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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Second Encounters Firsts are overrated
10th Mar 2024
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Second Encounters

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

10th Mar 2024
Firsts are overrated
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The second chapter of Understanding Distributed Systems is out In the second chapter of Understanding Distributed Systems , I explore the core building blocks at...
26th Jul 2020
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The second chapter of Understanding Distributed Systems is out

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

26th Jul 2020
In the second chapter of Understanding Distributed Systems , I explore the core building blocks at the heart of many distributed systems…
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Monads to Machine Code Monads to Machine Code Just-in-time or JIT compilation is compilation done by dynamically generating...
4th Jan 2016
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Monads to Machine Code

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

4th Jan 2016
Monads to Machine Code Just-in-time or JIT compilation is compilation done by dynamically generating executable code. It's a common technique used in many language runtimes to generate optimized code for hot code paths as well ahead of time compilation for So let's build a small...
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What would you do differently?
26th May 2018
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What would you do differently?

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

26th May 2018
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Do I look dumb?
2nd Nov 2014
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Do I look dumb?

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

2nd Nov 2014
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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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Imitate. We are imperfect mirrors. You know that song you love that you wish you’d written? Copy it. Why? Because we’re imperfect...
2nd Feb 2014
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Imitate. We are imperfect mirrors.

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

2nd Feb 2014
You know that song you love that you wish you’d written? Copy it. Why? Because we’re imperfect mirrors. When a musician covers someone else’s song, they reveal their own warped perspective, since we know what the original sounds like. Because of this, performing a cover...
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Premium: This Is Worse Than The Dot Com Bubble Soundtrack - Radiohead - Karma Police I just spent a week at the Consumer Electronics Show, and one...
16th Jan 2026
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Premium: This Is Worse Than The Dot Com Bubble

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

16th Jan 2026
Soundtrack - Radiohead - Karma Police I just spent a week at the Consumer Electronics Show, and one word kept coming up: bullshit.  LG, a company known for making home appliances and televisions, demonstrated a robot (named “CLOiD” for some reason) that could “fold laundry”
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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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Buenos Aires: The Paris of South America? Have you ever met somebody who was trying really hard to convince you that they’re somebody they’re...
16th Apr 2025
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Buenos Aires: The Paris of South America?

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

16th Apr 2025
Have you ever met somebody who was trying really hard to convince you that they’re somebody they’re not, and then you get to know them and you like them but not for the person they’re trying to be? That’s how I feel about Buenos Aires.  A week there piqued my curiosity, and at...
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Chapter 1 of Ansi Common Lisp
26th May 2023
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Chapter 1 of Ansi Common Lisp

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

26th May 2023
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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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Jarrod Drysdale's advice for starting
15th Feb 2013
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Jarrod Drysdale's advice for starting

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

15th Feb 2013
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Simulating Qubits with Python (Classically) Simulating Qubits with Python (Classically) Ever wondered what it would be like to play with a...
28th Apr 2022
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Simulating Qubits with Python (Classically)

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

28th Apr 2022
Simulating Qubits with Python (Classically) Ever wondered what it would be like to play with a quantum computer? While we can't all have a supercooled quantum processor in our basement (yet), we can do the next best thing—simulate one with regular Python code. Sure, it's...
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Tab Tab Tab How humans became training data with paychecks
4th Nov 2025
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Tab Tab Tab

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

4th Nov 2025
How humans became training data with paychecks
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Steve Jobs's drafts | Elon Musk's coinvestors For your eyes only. Thoughts?
14th Sep 2025
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Steve Jobs's drafts | Elon Musk's coinvestors

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

14th Sep 2025
For your eyes only. Thoughts?
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International financial anarchy What happens after the Age of the Dollar ends?
1st Feb 2026
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International financial anarchy

from Noahpinion [alt+shift+b] in startups

1st Feb 2026
What happens after the Age of the Dollar ends?
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Tech pace layers I’ve been a fan of Stewart Brand‘s Pace Layering for decades now. Really great framework for...
31st Dec 2024
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Tech pace layers

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

31st Dec 2024
I’ve been a fan of Stewart Brand‘s Pace Layering for decades now. Really great framework for thinking about how different ecosystems and emergent forces interact. I’ve been thinking about a tech version of it for the better part of a year, and I finally took advantage of the...
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Using Google OR-Tools to do Answer Set Programming Using Google OR-Tools to do Answer Set Programming Ever tried manually figuring out the perfect...
1st Feb 2018
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Using Google OR-Tools to do Answer Set Programming

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

1st Feb 2018
Using Google OR-Tools to do Answer Set Programming Ever tried manually figuring out the perfect schedule for your team or planning delivery routes? Enter Google OR-Tools, a free Swiss Army knife of a toolkit that tackles these headache-inducing optimization challenges. From...
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Tuesday My breathing was a constant problem.
10th Sep 2026
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Tuesday

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10th Sep 2026
My breathing was a constant problem.
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ADHD 🧠 I want to preface this by saying that I have only a mild case of ADHD, eg I don’t take any...
22nd Dec 2020
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ADHD 🧠

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

22nd Dec 2020
I want to preface this by saying that I have only a mild case of ADHD, eg I don’t take any medication. I get regularly asked about...
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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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Pitch competitions as a measure of success In our early days of my startup, I would try to enter as many pitch competitions as was feasible,...
21st Aug 2023
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Pitch competitions as a measure of success

from 42! [alt+shift+b] in startups

21st Aug 2023
In our early days of my startup, I would try to enter as many pitch competitions as was feasible, just to try and get our project in front of as many eyes as possible and get our names mentioned in the popular startup press. I used to give everything in these competitions, and we...
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Calm yourself Here are a few techniques I've used to calm myself down in times of anxiety..
4th Mar 2022
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Calm yourself

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

4th Mar 2022
Here are a few techniques I've used to calm myself down in times of anxiety..
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How to make money from your tiny podcast
3rd Sep 2016
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How to make money from your tiny podcast

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

3rd Sep 2016
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Progressives need to embrace progress Stasis won't lead to a prosperous or equitable society.
22nd Mar 2023
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Progressives need to embrace progress

from Noahpinion [alt+shift+b] in startups

22nd Mar 2023
Stasis won't lead to a prosperous or equitable society.
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Some mistakes I made as a new manager This post was adapted from a “management roundtable” I gave at Anthropic. I had an unusually hard...
23rd Apr 2023
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Some mistakes I made as a new manager

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

23rd Apr 2023
This post was adapted from a “management roundtable” I gave at Anthropic. I had an unusually hard time becoming a manager: I went back and forth three times before it stuck, mostly because I made lots of mistakes each time. Since then, as I had to grow my team and grow other...
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Sublime Capability It's no big deal.
9th Mar 2026
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Sublime Capability

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9th Mar 2026
It's no big deal.
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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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Wrestling with the scammers Photo by Dan Nelson on Unsplash I guess one of the downsides of the rising popularity and profile of...
16th Sep 2022
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Wrestling with the scammers

from 42! [alt+shift+b] in startups

16th Sep 2022
Photo by Dan Nelson on Unsplash I guess one of the downsides of the rising popularity and profile of our HR startup is that it attracts the lowest online lifeforms to try and see if they can make illicit profit from it. We have been getting the occasional trial user signing up...
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J.R. Simplot Became A Billionaire Selling Potato Chips (and then Semiconductor Chips) How J.R. Simplot went from the largest seller of french fries to McDonald's in the 1960s to the...
17th Oct 2025
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J.R. Simplot Became A Billionaire Selling Potato Chips (and then Semiconductor Chips)

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

17th Oct 2025
How J.R. Simplot went from the largest seller of french fries to McDonald's in the 1960s to the largest shareholder of Micron Technology in the 1990s.
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AI Depends Massively on Web Scraping And web data sourcing is now a critical problem
7th Jul 2023
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AI Depends Massively on Web Scraping

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

7th Jul 2023
And web data sourcing is now a critical problem
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Why we buy from winners
14th Jun 2016
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Why we buy from winners

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

14th Jun 2016
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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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The ageism in advertising The advertising industry is addicted to youth. We are obsessed and possessed. We crave it in our...
21st Dec 2018
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The ageism in advertising

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

21st Dec 2018
The advertising industry is addicted to youth. We are obsessed and possessed. We crave it in our agencies and we covet it in our audiences. We believe younger staff are more creative and younger consumers are more valuable. But this is nothing more than received wisdom....
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Get traffic for your content
15th Mar 2014
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Get traffic for your content

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

15th Mar 2014
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A Primer on Startup Metrics – Which Analytics Tool to pick. As a analytics consultant I am working with a lot of startups and help them in the topics of...
6th Jan 2014
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A Primer on Startup Metrics – Which Analytics Tool to pick.

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

6th Jan 2014
As a analytics consultant I am working with a lot of startups and help them in the topics of metrics, analytics, retention and gro...
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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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Enough Numbers to Build a Universe Enough Numbers to Build a Universe As a fun excercise, consider the question: What are the numbers...
1st Feb 2024
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Enough Numbers to Build a Universe

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

1st Feb 2024
Enough Numbers to Build a Universe As a fun excercise, consider the question: What are the numbers that are used to build a universe? Well, we don't know for sure, but we do know that we can build our current understanding of physics out of a handful of fundamental constants....
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stop saying advertising is evil Yesterday, a colleague asked me if I feel conflicted working in advertising while caring about...
26th Feb 2025
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stop saying advertising is evil

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

26th Feb 2025
Yesterday, a colleague asked me if I feel conflicted working in advertising while caring about overconsumption. This came up in a discussion about fast fashion, particularly SHEIN. This was my reply. Advertising has always been around. Saying “advertising” is bad is like saying...
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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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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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The Rise of Transparency Small companies are, by default, very transparent. When there are 4 people working in a room, you...
31st Mar 2026
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The Rise of Transparency

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

31st Mar 2026
Small companies are, by default, very transparent. When there are 4 people working in a room, you have a direct line of sight on what everybody else is doing, and why. Your docs, Slack channels, and repositories are open to everybody. When the CEO has an epiphany that changes...
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Derivative Zoo Derivative Zoo There are many types of operators that we call derivatives. Classical...
1st May 2018
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Derivative Zoo

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

1st May 2018
Derivative Zoo There are many types of operators that we call derivatives. Classical Derivative One-Sided Derivative Higher Order Derivative Implicit Derivative Complex Derivative Partial Derivative Directional Derivative Covariant Derivative Lie Derivative Exterior...
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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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There are three New York Cities There are roughly three New Yorks. There is, first, the New York of the man or woman who was born...
4th Jun 2010
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There are three New York Cities

from cdixon [alt+shift+b] in startups

4th Jun 2010
There are roughly three New Yorks. There is, first, the New York of the man or woman who was born here, who takes the city for granted and…
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The Great Movie Theory Man's pursuit of greatness is the pursuit of a great film.
2nd Mar 2025
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The Great Movie Theory

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

2nd Mar 2025
Man's pursuit of greatness is the pursuit of a great film.
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The Generational Business Trap | Theory No. 11 On the varied longevity of businesses & why we shouldn't idolize permanence.
8th May 2023
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The Generational Business Trap | Theory No. 11

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

8th May 2023
On the varied longevity of businesses & why we shouldn't idolize permanence.
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What's important
9th Jul 2012
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What's important

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

9th Jul 2012
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Jewish Americans are feeling unsettled Increasingly squeezed between the new leftism and the new rightism.
1st Jul 2025
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Jewish Americans are feeling unsettled

from Noahpinion [alt+shift+b] in startups

1st Jul 2025
Increasingly squeezed between the new leftism and the new rightism.
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Actions, not words, reveal our real values I told my old coach that I really wanted to start my new company. I said, “Yes, I do! This is...
16th Jun 2017
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Actions, not words, reveal our real values

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

16th Jun 2017
I told my old coach that I really wanted to start my new company. I said, “Yes, I do! This is really important to me!” I said, “You can’t ignore what I’m saying. I know myself well. I’m telling you what’s important to me.” I thought about that, but it sounded wrong to...
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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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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

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

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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A Legacy of Speaking Up A tribute to my late father in honor of being named an inaugural Centennial Alumni Catalyst by the...
6th Oct 2025
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A Legacy of Speaking Up

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

6th Oct 2025
A tribute to my late father in honor of being named an inaugural Centennial Alumni Catalyst by the Stanford Graduate School of Business
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Stepping Into Your Own Light Stop internalizing failure and externalizing success. Own your achievements with confidence.
9th Jun 2026
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Stepping Into Your Own Light

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

9th Jun 2026
Stop internalizing failure and externalizing success. Own your achievements with confidence.
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Aim for the edges An amazing shift has happened in the last few decades. remarkably unusual. Our culture is now...
7th May 2008
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Aim for the edges

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

7th May 2008
An amazing shift has happened in the last few decades. remarkably unusual. Our culture is now split into niches. In 1948, Milton Berle’s TV show had 80% of all viewers, because it was one of only three choices! When the Beatles played on Ed Sullivan in 1964, they had 60% of...
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Training with GRPOTrainer Training with GRPOTrainer DeepSeek's impressive new reasoning model is powered by a key innovation...
7th Feb 2025
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Training with GRPOTrainer

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

7th Feb 2025
Training with GRPOTrainer DeepSeek's impressive new reasoning model is powered by a key innovation called Group Relative Policy Optimization (GRPO). This clever variant of PPO not only improves the model's training convergence but also uses less memory than traditional...
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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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Working notes for Summer of Protocols I’m participating in the Summer of Protocols research program this summer as a Core Researcher. It’s...
27th May 2023
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Working notes for Summer of Protocols

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

27th May 2023
I’m participating in the Summer of Protocols research program this summer as a Core Researcher. It’s an 18-week program, funded by the Ethereum Foundation, that aims to catalyze a wider exploration of protocols and their social implications. I plan to focus on protocols as...
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Necessary but not sufficient Most business advice is necessary but not sufficient on its own to achieve success. For a business...
2nd Jun 2026
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Necessary but not sufficient

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

2nd Jun 2026
Most business advice is necessary but not sufficient on its own to achieve success. For a business to win, you need to check multiple boxes.
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💡 Business Brainstorms 💡- My favorite ideas of the week #1 💡 #2 💡 Tons of companies are looking to hire someone like this but no one knows how to do it...
25th Mar 2024
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💡 Business Brainstorms 💡- My favorite ideas of the week

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

25th Mar 2024
#1 💡 #2 💡 Tons of companies are looking to hire someone like this but no one knows how to do it reliably. There are also tons of people who would like to work in such a role but they are hard to find as there is no generally accepted job title. Seems like a huge opportunity if...
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Steve Jobs and hiring | Anthropic cofounder's cold email We would have a problem if it is related to cell phone handsets, etc.
22nd Aug 2026
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Steve Jobs and hiring | Anthropic cofounder's cold email

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

22nd Aug 2026
We would have a problem if it is related to cell phone handsets, etc.
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Why Large Organizations Struggle With Disruption, and What to Do About It Seemingly overnight, disruption has allowed challengers to threaten the dominance of companies and...
30th Jul 2024
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Why Large Organizations Struggle With Disruption, and What to Do About It

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

30th Jul 2024
Seemingly overnight, disruption has allowed challengers to threaten the dominance of companies and government agencies as many of their existing systems have now been leapfrogged. How an organization reacts to this type of disruption determines whether they adapt or die. I’ve...
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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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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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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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The person on the other side of the screen
22nd Aug 2014
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The person on the other side of the screen

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

22nd Aug 2014
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The Apple Vision Pro: A Review I’ve spent a lot of time with the Vision Pro, turning my experience into both the newsletter you’re...
12th Feb 2024
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The Apple Vision Pro: A Review

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

12th Feb 2024
I’ve spent a lot of time with the Vision Pro, turning my experience into both the newsletter you’re reading and one of the first two episodes of my upcoming iHeartRadio podcast Better Offline. I wrote the majority of this newsletter on the Vision Pro itself, though
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The Case For Abundance Why I'm betting on depth over distraction
5th Jan 2026
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The Case For Abundance

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

5th Jan 2026
Why I'm betting on depth over distraction
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3 Lessons Operating 5 micro-SaaS Companies in 2022 Hey it's Danny. Happy new year! January 1, 2022 we had 3 full-time employees at XO Capital. Myself,...
6th Jan 2023
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3 Lessons Operating 5 micro-SaaS Companies in 2022

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

6th Jan 2023
Hey it's Danny. Happy new year! January 1, 2022 we had 3 full-time employees at XO Capital. Myself, the operator, 1 engineer and 1 support person were operating Sheet.Best, ScreenshotAPI.net and WorkClout. In March 2022 we acquired Inlytics.io. Shortly after, we brought on 2 more
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The costs of microservices An application typically starts its life as a monolith. Take a modern backend of a single-page...
22nd Nov 2020
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The costs of microservices

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

22nd Nov 2020
An application typically starts its life as a monolith. Take a modern backend of a single-page Javascript application, for example - it…
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Welcome to The Future This time it arrived right on schedule.
1st May 2025
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Welcome to The Future

from Noahpinion [alt+shift+b] in startups

1st May 2025
This time it arrived right on schedule.
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🙏 Over the years i met several people that left quite an impact on me and in many cases helped me...
25th Nov 2021
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🙏

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

25th Nov 2021
Over the years i met several people that left quite an impact on me and in many cases helped me along the way. I tried to summariz...
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The Y-Combinator in Python The Y-Combinator in Python Lambda calculus holds a revered place as a foundational system in...
10th Aug 2017
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The Y-Combinator in Python

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

10th Aug 2017
The Y-Combinator in Python Lambda calculus holds a revered place as a foundational system in computation theory, influencing programming languages and paradigms. One fascinating application of lambda calculus is Church encoding, which allows representing data and operators using...
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How do you know when to stop designing?
1st Mar 2012
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How do you know when to stop designing?

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

1st Mar 2012
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walk and talk Kevin Kelly invited me to walk 100 kilometers (62 miles) through northern Thailand for seven days,...
12th Dec 2023
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walk and talk

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

12th Dec 2023
Kevin Kelly invited me to walk 100 kilometers (62 miles) through northern Thailand for seven days, ending in Chiang Mai. Walking with us were ten other smart interesting people, including five other authors whose work I’ve loved for years. It’s a “Walk and Talk”.
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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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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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Selling pickaxes during a gold rush There is a saying in the startup world that “you can mine for gold or you can sell pickaxes.” This...
5th Feb 2011
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Selling pickaxes during a gold rush

from cdixon [alt+shift+b] in startups

5th Feb 2011
There is a saying in the startup world that “you can mine for gold or you can sell pickaxes.” This is of course an allusion to the…
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Find a good party When you're building a product in a market with strong demand, it feels like showing up at a good...
1st Apr 2022
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Find a good party

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

1st Apr 2022
When you're building a product in a market with strong demand, it feels like showing up at a good party.
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A better parking lot
27th Jul 2009
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A better parking lot

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

27th Jul 2009
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Introducing "Caffeinated Deep Dives" My new podcast.
1st Nov 2024
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Introducing "Caffeinated Deep Dives"

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

1st Nov 2024
My new podcast.
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This is how China skirts U.S. chip bans Chinese tech companies use smugglers, loopholes, and innovation to work around U.S. chip...
1st Apr 2025
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This is how China skirts U.S. chip bans

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

1st Apr 2025
Chinese tech companies use smugglers, loopholes, and innovation to work around U.S. chip restrictions
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Trust as a bottleneck to growing teams quickly This is an adaptation of an internal doc I wrote for Anthropic. I’ve been noticing recently that...
13th Jul 2024
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Trust as a bottleneck to growing teams quickly

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

13th Jul 2024
This is an adaptation of an internal doc I wrote for Anthropic. I’ve been noticing recently that often, a big blocker to teams staying effective as they grow is trust. “Alice doesn’t trust Bob” makes Alice sound like the bad guy, but it’s often completely appropriate for people...
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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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Subtract Life can be improved by adding, or by subtracting. The world pushes us to add, because that...
5th Dec 2018
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Subtract

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

5th Dec 2018
Life can be improved by adding, or by subtracting. The world pushes us to add, because that benefits them. But the secret is to focus on subtracting. The adding mindset is deeply ingrained. It’s easy to think I need something else. It’s hard to look instead at what to...
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Why geeks should speak
2nd Nov 2018
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Why geeks should speak

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

2nd Nov 2018
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Doing old things better vs doing brand new things New technologies enable activities that fall into one of two categories: 1) doing things you could...
19th Oct 2020
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Doing old things better vs doing brand new things

from cdixon [alt+shift+b] in startups

19th Oct 2020
New technologies enable activities that fall into one of two categories: 1) doing things you could already do but can now do better because…
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the Michael Browne suits In 2020, I was about to move to New York City. I wanted to get to know all of its ethnic enclaves,...
15th Apr 2023
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the Michael Browne suits

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

15th Apr 2023
In 2020, I was about to move to New York City. I wanted to get to know all of its ethnic enclaves, like visiting the whole world in one city. But I know I have a tendency to stay at home, immersed in my work.
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Logs as end user UI A long time ago, I decided to show Bridgy‘s end users its raw logs. Like, raw logs. HTTP requests,...
11th Jan 2023
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Logs as end user UI

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

11th Jan 2023
A long time ago, I decided to show Bridgy‘s end users its raw logs. Like, raw logs. HTTP requests, database reads and writes, JSON objects, stack traces, etc. It’s an unusual UI feature, but it’s been an unqualified success, enough that when I built Bridgy Fed, I immediately...
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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

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

3rd Apr 2024
And the hands-on, thumbs-off economy
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Unbendable Arm as Test Case for Religious Belief a hyperstition you can try at home
14th Apr 2025
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Unbendable Arm as Test Case for Religious Belief

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

14th Apr 2025
a hyperstition you can try at home
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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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Not happy with existing venues? Make a new one Gary Jules is a singer/songwriter from California. When he lived in Los Angeles he wished there was...
7th Oct 2009
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Not happy with existing venues? Make a new one

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

7th Oct 2009
Gary Jules is a singer/songwriter from California. When he lived in Los Angeles he wished there was a venue more friendly to musicians. A place where people would come to listen, not talk over the music. A place to play, not showcase for labels. He noticed a little coffee...
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choosing memories over things As I go through my things, selling everything I once bought and setting aside only a small carry-on...
6th May 2025
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choosing memories over things

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

6th May 2025
As I go through my things, selling everything I once bought and setting aside only a small carry-on bag for my flight to Asia, I reflected on material items and gifts. No, I don't like gifts. Or rather the physical version of them. Few material items make me happy. My guitar did....
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The U.S. Led the World in Science and Technology and Just Gave It Up Prior to WWII the U.S was a distant second in science and engineering. By the time the war was over,...
3rd Apr 2025
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The U.S. Led the World in Science and Technology and Just Gave It Up

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

3rd Apr 2025
Prior to WWII the U.S was a distant second in science and engineering. By the time the war was over, U.S. science and engineering had blown past the British, and led the world for 85 years. With the cutbacks of U.S. government support and the Chinese investing heavily for the...
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Helium Mobile USV has been an investor in the Helium network since 2019. I have always loved the idea of using...
6th Aug 2023
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Helium Mobile

from AVC [alt+shift+b] in startups

6th Aug 2023
USV has been an investor in the Helium network since 2019. I have always loved the idea of using web3 technologies to let consumers to “peer produce” a communications network creating a people-powered network. Helium started out powering communications between low-power “Internet...
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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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Some thoughts on incumbents Reposted from Oct 7, 2010 from cdixon.posterous.com By “incumbents” I mean the big companies that...
7th Oct 2010
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Some thoughts on incumbents

from cdixon [alt+shift+b] in startups

7th Oct 2010
Reposted from Oct 7, 2010 from cdixon.posterous.com By “incumbents” I mean the big companies that are loosely competitive to your startup…
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I and We Starting a company is, in large part, an act of ego. When that business is a startup, the ego...
30th Sep 2015
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I and We

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

30th Sep 2015
Starting a company is, in large part, an act of ego. When that business is a startup, the ego component is even larger. This is a good thing. Ego is what gives the founder the confidence to create something new. Ego powers the belief that the new thing the founder creates will...
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Wealth is not money, it’s the things we use money for As an entrepreneur, money is obviously a massive motivation for why you’re doing what you’re doing....
4th Mar 2023
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Wealth is not money, it’s the things we use money for

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

4th Mar 2023
As an entrepreneur, money is obviously a massive motivation for why you’re doing what you’re doing. However, it’s essential to understand that money is not wealth. Wealth is stuff we want and by that logic, people can be wealthy even if they don’t have a lot of money. In fact,...
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Flip it in your favor The old saying, “It’s all who you know,” used to feel so defeating. So when I heard, “It’s all...
29th Mar 2010
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Flip it in your favor

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

29th Mar 2010
The old saying, “It’s all who you know,” used to feel so defeating. So when I heard, “It’s all who you know,” it felt like the rest of that sentence was, “and you don’t know anyone. So forget it.” On his way into class I overheard him say he was hungry. He had come...
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Nigerian businesses increasingly skip traditional banks and turn to Moniepoint Moniepoint’s payment machines have become ubiquitous across Nigeria. But the company faces...
4th Mar 2024
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Nigerian businesses increasingly skip traditional banks and turn to Moniepoint

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

4th Mar 2024
Moniepoint’s payment machines have become ubiquitous across Nigeria. But the company faces competition from Chinese-backed OPay.
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OpenAI Is A Systemic Risk To The Tech Industry Before we go any further: I hate to ask you to do this, but I need your help — I'm up for this...
14th Apr 2025
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OpenAI Is A Systemic Risk To The Tech Industry

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

14th Apr 2025
Before we go any further: I hate to ask you to do this, but I need your help — I'm up for this year's Webbys for the best business podcast award. I know it's a pain in the ass, but can you sign up
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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
30

At least five interesting things for your weekend (#15)

from Noahpinion [alt+shift+b] in startups

1st Oct 2023
Working-class wealth, the education gap, zero-sum thinking, data uncertainty, and indigenous knowledge
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Roundup #84: Bears on bikes Vibecession (or not); AI depolarization; Existential AI risk; Millennials vs. Boomers;...
1st Jul 2026
1

Roundup #84: Bears on bikes

from Noahpinion [alt+shift+b] in startups

1st Jul 2026
Vibecession (or not); AI depolarization; Existential AI risk; Millennials vs. Boomers; Deindustrialization; Russian oil revenue; GLP-1s; AI and jobs
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How does DocuSign have 7,000 employees? And other thoughts about B2B SaaS in the age of AI coding agents.
13th Feb 2026
5

How does DocuSign have 7,000 employees?

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

13th Feb 2026
And other thoughts about B2B SaaS in the age of AI coding agents.
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Inside-out vs. outside-in: the adoption of new technologies There are broadly two adoption paths for new computing technologies: inside-out and outside-in....
17th Jan 2020
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Inside-out vs. outside-in: the adoption of new technologies

from cdixon [alt+shift+b] in startups

17th Jan 2020
There are broadly two adoption paths for new computing technologies: inside-out and outside-in. Inside-out technologies are pioneered by…
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News is a lousy business for Google too There is a widespread myth that search engines have taken profits away from news websites. A few...
7th Mar 2010
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News is a lousy business for Google too

from cdixon [alt+shift+b] in startups

7th Mar 2010
There is a widespread myth that search engines have taken profits away from news websites. A few months ago, Rupert Murdoch said: “Google…
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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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Las compañías de autos eléctricos quieren el litio de Argentina. Poco queda para sus ciudadanos. A los habitantes de la Isla Paulino se les prometió baterías de litio para reducir el uso de...
1st Apr 2024
108

Las compañías de autos eléctricos quieren el litio de Argentina. Poco queda para sus ciudadanos.

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

1st Apr 2024
A los habitantes de la Isla Paulino se les prometió baterías de litio para reducir el uso de generadores. El proyecto se frenó. Mientras tanto, las exportaciones de litio crecen.
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Ben Kihnel I just got the call from the super-connected Alex Steininger that our mutual friend Ben Kihnel died...
28th Mar 2024
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Ben Kihnel

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

28th Mar 2024
I just got the call from the super-connected Alex Steininger that our mutual friend Ben Kihnel died in his sleep. He was only 48.
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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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Another decade I recently turned 30. When the decade began in 2010, I was still 20, a professional poker player, a...
6th Jan 2020
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Another decade

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

6th Jan 2020
I recently turned 30. When the decade began in 2010, I was still 20, a professional poker player, a college dropout, and deeply unhappy. What did I believe I’d be doing a decade later? I don’t think I knew, only that I definitely wouldn’t be playing poker anymore. I’d be doing...
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2023 year in review
5th Jan 2024
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2023 year in review

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

5th Jan 2024
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Ten million users is the new one million users Entrepreneurs and investors have been enamored with consumer internet startups for the last few...
3rd Aug 2012
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Ten million users is the new one million users

from cdixon [alt+shift+b] in startups

3rd Aug 2012
Entrepreneurs and investors have been enamored with consumer internet startups for the last few years. But there are signs this is ending…
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We don’t need to use what we make For many years, I was a touring musician, performing live on stage every week. But I didn’t like...
11th Nov 2024
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We don’t need to use what we make

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

11th Nov 2024
For many years, I was a touring musician, performing live on stage every week. But I didn’t like attending concerts. I liked making music more than listening to music. I felt I must be in the wrong line of work, creating something that I don’t consume. I never reconciled this...
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"Nokia, our platform is burning" The first iPhone shipped in 2007, and we still don't have a product that is close to their...
11th Aug 2024
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"Nokia, our platform is burning"

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

11th Aug 2024
The first iPhone shipped in 2007, and we still don't have a product that is close to their experience.
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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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When you’re extremely unmotivated Like everyone, I get those times when I’m unmotivated to do anything. Brain dead. No...
2nd Aug 2016
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When you’re extremely unmotivated

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

2nd Aug 2016
Like everyone, I get those times when I’m unmotivated to do anything. Brain dead. No energy. Everything feels like, “Why bother? What’s the point?” Like everyone, I have a list of boring chores that need to be done but that I’ve been putting off for years. I never do them...
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Meeps Working with Joshua Anderton on a new product: the best way to build a membership site
29th Jun 2021
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Meeps

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

29th Jun 2021
Working with Joshua Anderton on a new product: the best way to build a membership site
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Spark best practices Spark execution model Spark's simplicity makes it all too easy to ignore its execution model, and...
30th Jun 2015
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Spark best practices

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

30th Jun 2015
Spark execution model Spark's simplicity makes it all too easy to ignore its execution model, and still manage to write jobs that eventually…
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What’s the big idea? To make a big impact, we need a big idea. In brand communications, coveting the ‘big idea’ is...
12th Apr 2022
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What’s the big idea?

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

12th Apr 2022
To make a big impact, we need a big idea. In brand communications, coveting the ‘big idea’ is commonplace. We look for them. Long for them. Laud them and lionise them. And yet, despite its ubiquitous use, the ‘big idea’ remains incredibly ill-defined. This article is an...
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The tiny logos behind a global power shift Your gadgets are entering a safety arms race.
1st Sep 2026
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The tiny logos behind a global power shift

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

1st Sep 2026
Your gadgets are entering a safety arms race.
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Why is ChatGPT for Mac So… Bad? Last week I wrote an exploration of Ben Thompson’s recent question, “Why is the ChatGPT Mac app so...
5th Dec 2025
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Why is ChatGPT for Mac So… Bad?

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

5th Dec 2025
Last week I wrote an exploration of Ben Thompson’s recent question, “Why is the ChatGPT Mac app so good?” A lot of people on the internet, it turns out, do not agree with this premise! Many folks have been having problems with ⌘C not copying text. Hacker News sees the app as “not...
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Automate Everything Performing manual, repetitive tasks enrages me. I used to think this was a corollary of being a...
5th Feb 2012
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Automate Everything

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

5th Feb 2012
Performing manual, repetitive tasks enrages me. I used to think this was a corollary of being a programmer, but I’ve come to suspect (or hope) that this behaviour is inherent in being human. But being able to hack together scripts simply makes it much easier to go from a state of...
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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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Building software for podcasters –\_Josh Nielsen from Zencastr Josh started out trying to build a "GitHub for music." When that idea didn't pan out, he still...
6th Jan 2018
15

Building software for podcasters –\_Josh Nielsen from Zencastr

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

6th Jan 2018
Josh started out trying to build a "GitHub for music." When that idea didn't pan out, he still wanted to do something with Web Audio and WebRTC. So he started building Zencastr, which gives podcasters the ability to record "double-ender" interviews in the browser.
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FTC's case against Amazon is misunderstood The case makes a nuanced argument about how Amazon abused monopoly power through anti-discounting...
3rd Oct 2023
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FTC's case against Amazon is misunderstood

from Unpacked [alt+shift+b] in startups

3rd Oct 2023
The case makes a nuanced argument about how Amazon abused monopoly power through anti-discounting measures and tying in Prime with Fulfilled by Amazon
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🤫 Business Brainstorms is back! ... and has a new name
2nd Jun 2025
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🤫 Business Brainstorms is back!

from Schemers [alt+shift+b] in startups

2nd Jun 2025
... and has a new name
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Why Build Toys I first wrote this essay a few years ago. A founder mentioned it to me over the weekend, and so I...
12th Jul 2021
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Why Build Toys

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

12th Jul 2021
I first wrote this essay a few years ago. A founder mentioned it to me over the weekend, and so I decided to re-publish it here. One thing that's bothered me in the time since I wrote it is the way in which toys, which are meant to be harmless and fun can become companies capable...
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YouTube Shopping wants to unseat TikTok Shop in Southeast Asia  The platform is partnering with Shopee to target the region’s growing shoppertainment spending.
6th Jan 2025
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YouTube Shopping wants to unseat TikTok Shop in Southeast Asia 

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

6th Jan 2025
The platform is partnering with Shopee to target the region’s growing shoppertainment spending.
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Making something people want - The GoCardless story I’m a co-founder of GoCardless, a direct debit payments company in London. This is the story of our...
8th Nov 2012
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Making something people want - The GoCardless story

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

8th Nov 2012
I’m a co-founder of GoCardless, a direct debit payments company in London. This is the story of our first two years and the people we’ve met along the way. Making something no-one wants One startup I know very well in San Francisco was started by 3 ex-financiers. Their idea...
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Building AI products How do we build mass-market products that change the world around a technology that gets things...
8th Jun 2024
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Building AI products

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

8th Jun 2024
How do we build mass-market products that change the world around a technology that gets things ‘wrong’? What does wrong mean, and how is that useful?
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Magpie marketing We believe we work in turbulent times. A quick skim of the industry press and you’ll learn that...
13th Mar 2019
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Magpie marketing

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

13th Mar 2019
We believe we work in turbulent times. A quick skim of the industry press and you’ll learn that ecommerce is upending retail. Social media is uprooting advertising. Private labels are replacing brands. Advertising is dying. And TV is dead. We believe change is the new...
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Time machine
3rd Sep 2025
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Time machine

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

3rd Sep 2025
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Describe your music like a non-musician When describing your music, don’t use musician language. For most people, listening to music is...
1st Jul 2000
1

Describe your music like a non-musician

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

1st Jul 2000
When describing your music, don’t use musician language. For most people, listening to music is like a cat watching cars go by. “That one was blue.” Only an expert or mechanic would be able to describe the technical details of the passing car. Think what one...
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The Brunch Test | Theory No. 16 A framework for building products that balance familiarity with freshness.
4th Oct 2023
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The Brunch Test | Theory No. 16

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

4th Oct 2023
A framework for building products that balance familiarity with freshness.
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No new instructions for the computer You load the program into the computer, and it begins its calculations. It’s computing. It’s...
1st Feb 2026
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No new instructions for the computer

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

1st Feb 2026
You load the program into the computer, and it begins its calculations. It’s computing. It’s working hard, and it’s going to take some time. People who tell me they are lost and running in circles have one thing in common: They say they keep listening to podcasts, reading...
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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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Building an Interactive Blog Map I love a good diagram. So a while back I made a “blog map” for my website homepage that looked a bit...
3rd Apr 2023
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Building an Interactive Blog Map

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

3rd Apr 2023
I love a good diagram. So a while back I made a “blog map” for my website homepage that looked a bit like this:
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AI isn't going to replace you
18th Jan 2025
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AI isn't going to replace you

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

18th Jan 2025
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The Future of No Code is Low Code Or why we should write more programming languages instead of trying to build virtual legos.
4th Aug 2022
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The Future of No Code is Low Code

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

4th Aug 2022
Or why we should write more programming languages instead of trying to build virtual legos.
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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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How we "judo'd" a server outage to create a customer evangelist Photo by Erik Mclean on Unsplash I was listening to Arvid Kahl’s latest podcast episode on my...
11th Oct 2021
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How we "judo'd" a server outage to create a customer evangelist

from 42! [alt+shift+b] in startups

11th Oct 2021
Photo by Erik Mclean on Unsplash I was listening to Arvid Kahl’s latest podcast episode on my morning walk today, where he talked about Facebook’s recent 6 hour outage, and how you can ‘judo’ negative things like server downtime into a positive outcome. As a former student of the...
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Imitate, then Innovate Imitate, then Innovate is my motto for improving at any skill.  It’s counterintuitive, but the more...
15th Feb 2022
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Imitate, then Innovate

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

15th Feb 2022
Imitate, then Innovate is my motto for improving at any skill.  It’s counterintuitive, but the more we imitate others, the faster we can discover our unique style. The post Imitate, then Innovate appeared first on David Perell.
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How to host a static website with HTTPS on AWS, using S3 and CloudFront Amazon’s AWS is an inexpensive and limitlessly scalable platform that can be ideal for hosting fast,...
4th Jun 2019
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How to host a static website with HTTPS on AWS, using S3 and CloudFront

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

4th Jun 2019
Amazon’s AWS is an inexpensive and limitlessly scalable platform that can be ideal for hosting fast, secure, and reliable static websites. I host several sites using the method described below, and it costs me pennies per month. The only problem is that getting things set...
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Speaking of starting small
1st Apr 2014
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Speaking of starting small

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

1st Apr 2014
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How DeFi cannibalizes PoS security On-chain lending has become the most popular decentralized finance (DeFi) application today,...
2nd Dec 2019
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How DeFi cannibalizes PoS security

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

2nd Dec 2019
On-chain lending has become the most popular decentralized finance (DeFi) application today, with over $600M in loans originated this year across MakerDAO, Compound, and dYdX. On-chain lending has the potential to disrupt traditional secured lending. But it seems it may do more...
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Mapping out the tribes of climate Climate is a gravity well for talent, but why don’t other, equally impactful topics attract talent...
30th Nov 2022
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Mapping out the tribes of climate

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

30th Nov 2022
Climate is a gravity well for talent, but why don’t other, equally impactful topics attract talent in the same way? Why isn’t everyone dropping everything to work on homelessness, or global poverty, or curing cancer? With many peers in tech now working on climate issues, I tried...
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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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Luxury for everyone: thoughts on Vision Pro and Apple's DNA In 2009, Microsoft released an enormous 200lb coffee table with an embedded 30-inch touchscreen...
21st May 2024
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Luxury for everyone: thoughts on Vision Pro and Apple's DNA

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

21st May 2024
In 2009, Microsoft released an enormous 200lb coffee table with an embedded 30-inch touchscreen called Surface. Although the iPhone had been around for a little while, the larger screen made Surface feel absolutely futuristic: in the Photos app, you could toss around pictures...
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The case of WOPR and the lost code... I got an email earlier this week from a guy reaching out after he read a post of mine on a gaming...
5th Mar 2021
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The case of WOPR and the lost code...

from 42! [alt+shift+b] in startups

5th Mar 2021
I got an email earlier this week from a guy reaching out after he read a post of mine on a gaming forum that was posted over two decades ago! I couldn't for the life of me remember what I had said, but he reiterated that it was about a simulation that I wrote in BASIC that was...
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Democrats fixed many of the problems of the early 2020s It's nice to have leaders who hear what people care about and deliver results.
1st Nov 2024
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Democrats fixed many of the problems of the early 2020s

from Noahpinion [alt+shift+b] in startups

1st Nov 2024
It's nice to have leaders who hear what people care about and deliver results.
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A Broken Heart You always know it’s a good bug when your first reaction is, “How could this even happen?” The other...
31st Jan 2026
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A Broken Heart

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

31st Jan 2026
You always know it’s a good bug when your first reaction is, “How could this even happen?” The other day, I was refining the dashboard of a web app we’re working on – as you do – and I noticed it was taking forever to load. Like, it had been loading in a single second, but now it...
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Uncapped notes dont work for first rounds. Uncapped safe notes misalign incentives in first rounds… let me explain why
23rd Dec 2024
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Uncapped notes dont work for first rounds.

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

23rd Dec 2024
Uncapped safe notes misalign incentives in first rounds… let me explain why
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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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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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Lessons for the DoD – From Ukraine and China Portions of this post previously appeared in War On the Rocks. Looking at a satellite image of...
3rd May 2022
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Lessons for the DoD – From Ukraine and China

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

3rd May 2022
Portions of this post previously appeared in War On the Rocks. Looking at a satellite image of Ukraine online I realized it was from Capella Space – one of our Hacking for Defense student teams who now has 7 satellites in orbit. National Security is Now Dependent on Commercial...
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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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agility, get luckier, quitting entrepreneurship, irl agility
9th Sep 2025
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agility, get luckier, quitting entrepreneurship, irl

from Schemers [alt+shift+b] in startups

9th Sep 2025
agility
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On being bald I started shaving my head in my early 20s. I was way too young to be balding that early, and it...
17th Sep 2025
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On being bald

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

17th Sep 2025
I started shaving my head in my early 20s. I was way too young to be balding that early, and it terrified me. So I decided, fuck it, just go all the way to the finish line. The first time I shaved my head, I thought I looked like a ghoul. In my dreams, I still had hair. It didn’t...
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Supersaturate, Recharge *With one hand!*
10th Feb 2026
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Supersaturate, Recharge

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

10th Feb 2026
*With one hand!*
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💡 Business Brainstorms 💡- My favorite ideas of the week #1 💡 In my university days everyone had to attend a workshop on stress management. The one golden...
5th Feb 2024
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💡 Business Brainstorms 💡- My favorite ideas of the week

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

5th Feb 2024
#1 💡 In my university days everyone had to attend a workshop on stress management. The one golden nugget I took away from it is that stress is 100% a framing issue. You only feel stressed when you think you can't handle it. Absolutely nothing wrong with a full calendar, juggling...
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Crypto is Financial Asbestos Crypto is Financial Asbestos Cryptocurrency is financial asbestos a toxic material that's poisoning...
23rd Dec 2022
1

Crypto is Financial Asbestos

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

23rd Dec 2022
Crypto is Financial Asbestos Cryptocurrency is financial asbestos a toxic material that's poisoning our financial system. Like its fibrous, fire-retardant namesake, crypto was initially hailed for seemingly miraculous properties: decentralization, censorship resistance,...
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Introducing SPEAR: The Management Framework for AI The strong-start-weak-finish problem in AI is a process problem, not a model problem.
5th May 2026
1

Introducing SPEAR: The Management Framework for AI

from Entrepreneur's Edge [alt+shift+b] in startups

5th May 2026
The strong-start-weak-finish problem in AI is a process problem, not a model problem.
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Apple manufacturers moved from China to Vietnam. Now they’re desperate for workers Recruiters are wooing new workers with bonuses and gifts.
1st Oct 2024
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Apple manufacturers moved from China to Vietnam. Now they’re desperate for workers

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

1st Oct 2024
Recruiters are wooing new workers with bonuses and gifts.
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The FTC versus tech M&A The US is fundamentally rethinking its approach to regulating competition, and M&A, and tech, and...
2nd Aug 2022
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The FTC versus tech M&A

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

2nd Aug 2022
The US is fundamentally rethinking its approach to regulating competition, and M&A, and tech, and big tech buying startups. The FTC’s attempt to block Meta from buying Within is a test case for all of this. So, how many interesting problems can we count?
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How to select your angel investors I’ve seen a number of situations recently that are something like the following.  A VC firm signs a...
3rd Nov 2009
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How to select your angel investors

from cdixon [alt+shift+b] in startups

3rd Nov 2009
I’ve seen a number of situations recently that are something like the following.  A VC firm signs a term sheet with an early stage company…
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Product vs. Production | Theory No. 9 HQ Trivia, TikTok Trivia, & the not-so-subtle art of creating compelling live media.
7th Mar 2023
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Product vs. Production | Theory No. 9

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

7th Mar 2023
HQ Trivia, TikTok Trivia, & the not-so-subtle art of creating compelling live media.
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Can you have child safety and Section 230, too? The verdicts in last week’s social media trials have alarmed open-internet advocates. But it’s...
1st Apr 2026
1

Can you have child safety and Section 230, too?

from Platformer [alt+shift+b] in startups

1st Apr 2026
The verdicts in last week’s social media trials have alarmed open-internet advocates. But it’s possible to regulate platform design while also protecting speech
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Founders Need to Be Ruthless When Chasing Deals One of the most exciting things a startup CEO in a business-to-business market can hear from a...
16th Apr 2024
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Founders Need to Be Ruthless When Chasing Deals

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

16th Apr 2024
One of the most exciting things a startup CEO in a business-to-business market can hear from a potential customer is, “We’re excited. When can you come back and show us a prototype?” This can be the beginning of a profitable customer relationship or a disappointing sinkhole of...
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Conquer dev environments with Nix I regularly use different devices with different OSs, such as a MacBook, a Windows desktop with WSL,...
1st Jun 2024
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Conquer dev environments with Nix

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

1st Jun 2024
I regularly use different devices with different OSs, such as a MacBook, a Windows desktop with WSL, a couple of Raspberry PIs, and so on. I have a bunch of tools I like to have at my fingertips when I log into a machine, like fd and Neovim. Setting up and maintaining the same...
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The Hindsight Game There are all kinds of strategies for evaluating startup ideas - investors talk about having a...
3rd Apr 2023
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The Hindsight Game

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

3rd Apr 2023
There are all kinds of strategies for evaluating startup ideas - investors talk about having a “prepared mind,” others build market maps, I like to think about toys, and we could go on. What everyone wants to do is predict the future. That’s honestly impossible. But we can...
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The Quantum Technology Ecosystem – Explained If you think you understand quantum mechanics, you don’t understand quantum mechanics Richard...
22nd Mar 2022
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The Quantum Technology Ecosystem – Explained

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

22nd Mar 2022
If you think you understand quantum mechanics, you don’t understand quantum mechanics Richard Feynman Tens of billions of public and private capital are being invested in Quantum technologies. Countries across the world have realized that quantum technologies can be a major...
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Moneyball on Fifth Avenue First marathon, first place
a week ago
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Moneyball on Fifth Avenue

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

a week ago
First marathon, first place
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How to conduct a system design interview The system design interview is a great way to assess the seniority of a candidate in an interview....
18th Aug 2020
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How to conduct a system design interview

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

18th Aug 2020
The system design interview is a great way to assess the seniority of a candidate in an interview. You can find a lot on the Internet on how…
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Another Instinct Article It has been an insanely busy 2 weeks - and in the time it took me to have time to write this,...
18th Sep 2026
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Another Instinct Article

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

18th Sep 2026
It has been an insanely busy 2 weeks - and in the time it took me to have time to write this, Instinct went from raising a $250M Series B at a $2.5B valuation to reportedly raising $1B at $10B.
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What I Got Wrong About Business Too many people waste years in hollow ‘entrepreneurship’ classes. Instead, we need to develop the...
15th Apr 2022
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What I Got Wrong About Business

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

15th Apr 2022
Too many people waste years in hollow ‘entrepreneurship’ classes. Instead, we need to develop the domain expertise that leads to entrepreneurial ideas. The post What I Got Wrong About Business appeared first on David Perell.
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Ways to think about token pricing AI is in a supply crunch today, but what happens when we come out of it? How and where will...
9th Jul 2026
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Ways to think about token pricing

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

9th Jul 2026
AI is in a supply crunch today, but what happens when we come out of it? How and where will supply, demand, price, capacity and capex get back into equilibrium? Today, model labs can name their price, but why won’t they end up as low-margin commodity infrastructure?
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