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AI, networks and Mechanical Turks How far do LLMs give us a step change in how good a search and recommendation system can be? Do...
23rd Nov 2025
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AI, networks and Mechanical Turks

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

23rd Nov 2025
How far do LLMs give us a step change in how good a search and recommendation system can be? Do they let you build one without needing a vast user base of your own?
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Jenny Ming An intimate interview with the co-founder and first President of Old Navy, Jenny Ming.
1st Jul 2025
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Jenny Ming

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

1st Jul 2025
An intimate interview with the co-founder and first President of Old Navy, Jenny Ming.
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South Park and The Greatest TV Contract Clause Ever Matt Stone and Trey Parker became billionaires by making 27 seasons of the funniest shows ever (and...
14th Aug 2025
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South Park and The Greatest TV Contract Clause Ever

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

14th Aug 2025
Matt Stone and Trey Parker became billionaires by making 27 seasons of the funniest shows ever (and signing a first TV deal with an improbable clause).
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The Shareholder Supremacy I promise you, everything that's happening makes sense. It all feels so chaotic, so utterly,...
1st Jul 2024
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The Shareholder Supremacy

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

1st Jul 2024
I promise you, everything that's happening makes sense. It all feels so chaotic, so utterly, offensively stupid, so disconnected from reality that it's hard to understand how Meta can run a terrible company with decaying services that's also wildly profitable, or how Meta,...
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Sing your way to learning a new language Unlike apps like Duolingo, Beelinguapp focuses on storytelling and song to engage its over 5 million...
1st Sep 2023
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Sing your way to learning a new language

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

1st Sep 2023
Unlike apps like Duolingo, Beelinguapp focuses on storytelling and song to engage its over 5 million users.
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The Internet Is Kind of a Predatory Cesspit Now The Internet Is Kind of a Predatory Cesspit Now I’m a kid of the 90s, and I still remember the early...
29th Aug 2026
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The Internet Is Kind of a Predatory Cesspit Now

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

29th Aug 2026
The Internet Is Kind of a Predatory Cesspit Now I’m a kid of the 90s, and I still remember the early internet. It was slow, ugly, unreliable, and full of cranks, a strange world of wheezing dial-up modems, Usenet flamewars, <marquee> tags, and dancing babies. It was also...
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An Ode to Skype PLUS: Erewhon's $19 Strawberry, Citi's UX Problem.
8th Mar 2025
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An Ode to Skype

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

8th Mar 2025
PLUS: Erewhon's $19 Strawberry, Citi's UX Problem.
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The last mile
25th Sep 2015
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The last mile

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

25th Sep 2015
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Asking questions Small children are great at asking questions. Their questions are simple, direct, and utterly...
30th Mar 2020
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Asking questions

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

30th Mar 2020
Small children are great at asking questions. Their questions are simple, direct, and utterly without ego. If you spend time with 2-5 year olds, you’ll find yourself answering a near infinite series of progressively more challenging questions. This is one of the main paths by...
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It's not just B2C vs B2B anymore
24th Jul 2024
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It's not just B2C vs B2B anymore

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

24th Jul 2024
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How to do the jhanas The jhanas are a series of eight (or nine) altered mental states, which progress from euphoria, to...
13th Jun 2024
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How to do the jhanas

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

13th Jun 2024
The jhanas are a series of eight (or nine) altered mental states, which progress from euphoria, to calm, to dissolution of reality – culminating in cessation, or loss of consciousness. They are induced via sustained concentration, without any external stimuli or substances. This...
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The art of selfishness David grew up in St. Louis, Missouri, USA, with five brothers and sisters. But his mother was on...
18th Nov 2018
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The art of selfishness

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

18th Nov 2018
David grew up in St. Louis, Missouri, USA, with five brothers and sisters. But his mother was on her death bed. An undiagnosable illness seemed like it was going to take her at any time. All of her children were visiting her every day. He was very conflicted and felt...
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9 Years on the Road October 24th is my indie-versary, the anniversary of quitting my last full time job. Every year I...
4th Jan 2024
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9 Years on the Road

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

4th Jan 2024
October 24th is my indie-versary, the anniversary of quitting my last full time job. Every year I write a set of reflections about this strange and magical journey.
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Google and AI | Elon Musk on Tesla comp Such a deep ML system could well be developed outside of Google-- at Microsoft, Baidu, Yandex,...
11th Feb 2024
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Google and AI | Elon Musk on Tesla comp

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

11th Feb 2024
Such a deep ML system could well be developed outside of Google-- at Microsoft, Baidu, Yandex, Amazon, Apple, or even a startup.
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A better Apple TV
7th Jan 2010
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A better Apple TV

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

7th Jan 2010
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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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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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AI and the automation of work ChatGPT and generative AI will change how we work, but how different is this to all the other...
2nd Jul 2023
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AI and the automation of work

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

2nd Jul 2023
ChatGPT and generative AI will change how we work, but how different is this to all the other waves of automation of the last 200 years? What does it mean for employment? Disruption? Coal consumption?
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OpenAI Is A Bad Business OpenAI, a non-profit AI company that will lose anywhere from $4 billion to $5 billion this year,...
2nd Oct 2024
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OpenAI Is A Bad Business

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

2nd Oct 2024
OpenAI, a non-profit AI company that will lose anywhere from $4 billion to $5 billion this year, will at some point in the next six or so months convert into a for-profit AI company, at which point it will continue to lose money in exactly the same way. Shortly after
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Thomas Jefferson on Patents If nature has made any one thing less susceptible than all others of exclusive property, it is the...
16th Jul 2011
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Thomas Jefferson on Patents

from cdixon [alt+shift+b] in startups

16th Jul 2011
If nature has made any one thing less susceptible than all others of exclusive property, it is the action of the thinking power called an…
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Entrepreneurship advice for high school students (what I wish I knew)
17th Oct 2025
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Entrepreneurship advice for high school students (what I wish I knew)

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

17th Oct 2025
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AI Engine: UK University Hackathon Two things are true:
24th Jan 2025
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AI Engine: UK University Hackathon

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

24th Jan 2025
Two things are true:
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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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How to ride a recession A storm is coming. In 2020 Britain suffered its deepest recession in over 300 years. Two years...
2nd Aug 2022
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How to ride a recession

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

2nd Aug 2022
A storm is coming. In 2020 Britain suffered its deepest recession in over 300 years. Two years later and the UK’s economic picture is not much prettier. This article argues that whilst recessions are a threat to some businesses, they are an opportunity for others. It argues...
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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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Some thoughts on mobile People tend to lump smartphones and tablets together as “mobile”. This can be misleading. Ask people...
1st Jun 2013
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Some thoughts on mobile

from cdixon [alt+shift+b] in startups

1st Jun 2013
People tend to lump smartphones and tablets together as “mobile”. This can be misleading. Ask people who run internet companies and they’ll…
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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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Staring into the abyss as a core life skill Recently I’ve been thinking about how all my favorite people are great at a skill I’ve labeled in my...
22nd Dec 2022
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Staring into the abyss as a core life skill

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

22nd Dec 2022
Recently I’ve been thinking about how all my favorite people are great at a skill I’ve labeled in my head as “staring into the abyss.”1 Staring into the abyss means thinking reasonably about things that are uncomfortable to contemplate, like arguments against your religious...
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The Blackbird Platform The first project launched this week on our portfolio company Blackbird‘s platform. It is a friends...
5th Apr 2023
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The Blackbird Platform

from AVC [alt+shift+b] in startups

5th Apr 2023
The first project launched this week on our portfolio company Blackbird‘s platform. It is a friends and family program at a restaurant in Williamsburg Brooklyn called Gertie. Blackbird wrote about it today on their excellent Supersonic blog: Throughout, when you tap Gertie’s...
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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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Building a better mousetrap? It had better catch more mice.
6th Apr 2012
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Building a better mousetrap? It had better catch more mice.

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

6th Apr 2012
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"This business is like bird spotting" One of my favorite quotes about startups/VC, from legendary VC Mike Moritz of Sequoia: I rarely...
1st Dec 2014
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"This business is like bird spotting"

from cdixon [alt+shift+b] in startups

1st Dec 2014
One of my favorite quotes about startups/VC, from legendary VC Mike Moritz of Sequoia: I rarely think about big themes. This business is…
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Advice Starting a company is a challenging process - you’re thrown into the deep-end with nothing but your...
28th May 2013
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Advice

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

28th May 2013
Starting a company is a challenging process - you’re thrown into the deep-end with nothing but your wits to help you. Often, though, advice will be forthcoming. This post is about that advice, and how to spot the difference between good and bad. Some advice is expert - your...
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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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Facebook's "cultural relevance is decreasing quickly" there’s also a chance that Elon unlocks product iteration velocity and that Twitter could grow a lot...
12th May 2025
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Facebook's "cultural relevance is decreasing quickly"

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

12th May 2025
there’s also a chance that Elon unlocks product iteration velocity and that Twitter could grow a lot as a competitor to us
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How an NBA player ruined my life
18th Oct 2017
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How an NBA player ruined my life

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

18th Oct 2017
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Small actions change your self-identity When we think about what’s worth doing, we usually think of big things. Approaching a...
10th Sep 2008
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Small actions change your self-identity

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

10th Sep 2008
When we think about what’s worth doing, we usually think of big things. Approaching a celebrity Having taken that one step, you start to think of yourself as brave, or an achiever, or a bit of an expert on a subject. You do just one thing that makes you feel like a...
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New Media is Insider Media Working Theory #100
10th Jun 2026
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New Media is Insider Media

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

10th Jun 2026
Working Theory #100
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Thoughts on thinking I have been stuck. Every time I sit down to write a blog post, code a feature, or start a project, I...
16th May 2025
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Thoughts on thinking

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

16th May 2025
I have been stuck. Every time I sit down to write a blog post, code a feature, or start a project, I come to the same realization: in the context of AI, what I’m doing is a waste of time. It’s horrifying. The fun has been sucked out of the process of creation because nothing I...
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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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What has technology done to us? All this technology, in everyone's hands, has just produced so much stuff. It's had so many effects,...
19th Apr 2026
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What has technology done to us?

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

19th Apr 2026
All this technology, in everyone's hands, has just produced so much stuff. It's had so many effects, in every direction.
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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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We’re drowning Matthew Childs / Reuters We live in a golden age of software reuse. We’ve never before had such a...
10th Mar 2022
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We’re drowning

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

10th Mar 2022
Matthew Childs / Reuters We live in a golden age of software reuse. We’ve never before had such a wealth of freely available code, in so many languages, so easy to find and install. And yet, we’re drowning. We slap together rickety rowboats and toss them out on PyPI Ocean and npm...
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The Ultimate Guide to Writing Online For years, I thought that being successful and being myself were diametrically opposed, but becoming...
26th Aug 2022
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The Ultimate Guide to Writing Online

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

26th Aug 2022
For years, I thought that being successful and being myself were diametrically opposed, but becoming an online writer has shown me that I can succeed by bringing out more of myself — and so can you.  The post The Ultimate Guide to Writing Online appeared first on David Perell.
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💡 Business Brainstorms 💡- My favorite ideas of the week #1 💡 So simple yet so easy to overlook: Is whatever you’re putting out there actually attracting...
8th Jan 2024
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💡 Business Brainstorms 💡- My favorite ideas of the week

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

8th Jan 2024
#1 💡 So simple yet so easy to overlook: Is whatever you’re putting out there actually attracting the kind of people you want to attract? If you focus on metrics alone, you will quickly find yourself with pretty numbers but little value. For example, you can easily
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The small businesses trying to prop up the tandem bike industry A small company in Southern California popularized tandems in the US and outlasted Trek,...
1st Jun 2026
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The small businesses trying to prop up the tandem bike industry

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

1st Jun 2026
A small company in Southern California popularized tandems in the US and outlasted Trek, Specialized, and other giants. But can bicycles built for two survive an anti-social age?
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How to be a messy thinker I love thinking about thinking. Give me a research paper on rationality, cognitive biases or mental...
12th May 2024
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How to be a messy thinker

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

12th May 2024
I love thinking about thinking. Give me a research paper on rationality, cognitive biases or mental models, and I’ll gobble it up. Given the amount of knowledge I’ve ingested on these topics, I had always assumed that I’m a clear thinker. Recently, though, it hit me like a...
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Monads Made Difficult Monads Made Difficult This is a short, fast and analogy-free introduction to Haskell monads derived...
7th Jul 2013
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Monads Made Difficult

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

7th Jul 2013
Monads Made Difficult This is a short, fast and analogy-free introduction to Haskell monads derived from a categorical perspective. Categories We have a abstract category $\mathcal{C}$ which consists of objects and morphisms. Objects : $●$ Morphisms : $● \rightarrow ●$ For each...
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Getting out of a bad state of mind The last time I was in really bad state of mind, I used these five steps to get out of it. I’ve...
1st Feb 2015
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Getting out of a bad state of mind

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

1st Feb 2015
The last time I was in really bad state of mind, I used these five steps to get out of it. I’ve shared this with a few friends in a similar situation, and they said it helped. I hope it works for you too. 1. Ask myself what’s wrong in this very second. Am I in physical...
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The competitive claw machine boom How a childhood obsession became an online phenomenon and a full-time career for claw-machine...
9th Jan 2026
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The competitive claw machine boom

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

9th Jan 2026
How a childhood obsession became an online phenomenon and a full-time career for claw-machine enthusiasts.
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One man came to Mozart and asked him how to write a symphony. One man came to Mozart and asked him how to write a symphony. Mozart replied, “You are too young to...
17th Oct 2015
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One man came to Mozart and asked him how to write a symphony.

from cdixon [alt+shift+b] in startups

17th Oct 2015
One man came to Mozart and asked him how to write a symphony. Mozart replied, “You are too young to write a symphony.” The man said, “You…
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the best book ever written I’ve asked my favorite musicians if, when they’re done writing a new song, they feel it’s the best...
12th Apr 2024
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the best book ever written

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

12th Apr 2024
I’ve asked my favorite musicians if, when they’re done writing a new song, they feel it’s the best song ever. All of them said yes.
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The “thin edge of the wedge” strategy Establishing relationships with new users is the hardest part of growing a startup.  For consumer...
26th Dec 2010
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The “thin edge of the wedge” strategy

from cdixon [alt+shift+b] in startups

26th Dec 2010
Establishing relationships with new users is the hardest part of growing a startup.  For consumer products establishing relationships can…
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Not all products make good businesses You might fix a problem, but that doesn't mean people will pay for it.
1st Mar 2019
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Not all products make good businesses

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

1st Mar 2019
You might fix a problem, but that doesn't mean people will pay for it.
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💡 Business Brainstorms 💡- My favorite ideas of the week “There’s a way to do it better. Find it.” Thomas Edison 💡Human QA At least based on my experience...
17th Jun 2024
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💡 Business Brainstorms 💡- My favorite ideas of the week

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

17th Jun 2024
“There’s a way to do it better. Find it.” Thomas Edison 💡Human QA At least based on my experience this seems like a service a ton of companies desperately need. Automated checks are awesome, but they can never spot all the weird edge cases that a human can.
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Fundraising isn't predictable I recently had a conversation with a founder who'd just finished a number of unsatisfying...
16th Nov 2016
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Fundraising isn't predictable

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

16th Nov 2016
I recently had a conversation with a founder who'd just finished a number of unsatisfying conversations with investors. The founder's company was growing well, had crossed $1mm ARR, but still couldn't raise money. According to conventional wisdom, that should have been enough to...
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How to conduct a good demo of your SaaS Photo by Chris Montgomery on Unsplash Frequently, when we finish a demo session of our HR app,...
20th Apr 2021
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How to conduct a good demo of your SaaS

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

20th Apr 2021
Photo by Chris Montgomery on Unsplash Frequently, when we finish a demo session of our HR app, customers will tell us “Wow, that was a great demo!” when signing off. I never really thought about it, other than the fact that I usually had a good time showing them around, and that...
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Tesla and Storytelling Last week, Tesla unveiled two world-changing products: Robotaxi1, a fully self-driving taxi with no...
14th Oct 2024
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Tesla and Storytelling

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

14th Oct 2024
Last week, Tesla unveiled two world-changing products: Robotaxi1, a fully self-driving taxi with no steering wheel or pedals, and an autonomous humanoid robot, called Optimus2, that can walk and has fully functioning hands and feet. Both of these products have been depicted in...
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Crypto token roundup Roundup of lots of recent posts on crypto tokens: Balaji S. Srinivasan — Thoughts on Tokens Fred...
6th Jun 2017
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Crypto token roundup

from cdixon [alt+shift+b] in startups

6th Jun 2017
Roundup of lots of recent posts on crypto tokens: Balaji S. Srinivasan — Thoughts on Tokens Fred Wilson — ICOs and VCs here, Ethereum in 25 minutes, Polychain Joel Monegro ...
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Mark Zuckerberg: Facebook's strategy tax Zuckerberg on rebranding Facebook, spinning off Instagram, antitrust regulation, and more.
13th Jul 2025
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Mark Zuckerberg: Facebook's strategy tax

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

13th Jul 2025
Zuckerberg on rebranding Facebook, spinning off Instagram, antitrust regulation, and more.
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Information is the (other) currency of venture capital Many seasoned entrepreneurs have had the following experience.  A VC eagerly wants to meet with you....
1st Sep 2009
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Information is the (other) currency of venture capital

from cdixon [alt+shift+b] in startups

1st Sep 2009
Many seasoned entrepreneurs have had the following experience.  A VC eagerly wants to meet with you.  You have what seems like a very good…
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Ideas that create opportunities
10th Nov 2023
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Ideas that create opportunities

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

10th Nov 2023
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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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Business development: the Goldilocks principle Background: At Hunch, we switched our focus (“pivoted“) about 14 months ago from B2C to B2B. Over...
28th Nov 2011
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Business development: the Goldilocks principle

from cdixon [alt+shift+b] in startups

28th Nov 2011
Background: At Hunch, we switched our focus (“pivoted“) about 14 months ago from B2C to B2B. Over that time, we pitched over 500 potential…
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The 80% energy principle As Westerners, we believe in pushing up against the limits, and going over them. We need to learn...
28th Mar 2021
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The 80% energy principle

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

28th Mar 2021
As Westerners, we believe in pushing up against the limits, and going over them. We need to learn the Okinawa Island secret: hara hachi bu.
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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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Claude Code and the new age of software development
6th Feb 2026
1

Claude Code and the new age of software development

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

6th Feb 2026
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My rant on customer support for web apps
23rd Sep 2011
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My rant on customer support for web apps

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

23rd Sep 2011
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The Architecture Behind A One-Person Tech Startup As grandiose as the title of this article might sound, I should clarify we’re talking about a...
7th Apr 2021
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The Architecture Behind A One-Person Tech Startup

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

7th Apr 2021
As grandiose as the title of this article might sound, I should clarify we’re talking about a low-stress, one-person company that I run from my flat here in Germany.
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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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Mexico’s $100-billion auto parts industry is reinventing itself for the EV era Behind the excitement around electrification, Mexican manufacturers are figuring out what their own...
3rd Apr 2023
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Mexico’s $100-billion auto parts industry is reinventing itself for the EV era

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

3rd Apr 2023
Behind the excitement around electrification, Mexican manufacturers are figuring out what their own transition will look like.
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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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Security Clearances at the Speed of Startups Imagine you got a job offer from a company but weren’t allowed to start work – or get paid – for...
13th Aug 2024
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Security Clearances at the Speed of Startups

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

13th Aug 2024
Imagine you got a job offer from a company but weren’t allowed to start work – or get paid – for almost a year. And if you can’t pass a security clearance your offer is rescinded. Or you get offered an internship but can’t work on the most interesting part of the project. Sounds...
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Ten years of experience in one hour From 1998 to 2008, I had this wild experience of starting a little hobby, accidentally growing it...
1st Jul 2011
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Ten years of experience in one hour

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

1st Jul 2011
From 1998 to 2008, I had this wild experience of starting a little hobby, accidentally growing it into a big business, and then selling it for $22 million. So now people want to hear my thoughts. People ask my advice on how to approach situations in their lives or businesses,...
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Growth “When eating an elephant, take one bite at a time.” - Creighton Abrams I was chatting with an...
29th Mar 2014
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Growth

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

29th Mar 2014
“When eating an elephant, take one bite at a time.” - Creighton Abrams I was chatting with an investor a year or two ago, shortly after our Series A, and the subject of revenue goals came up. At the time, our revenue was pretty low - less than 10% of monthly costs. We estimated...
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The Deep Research problem OpenAI’s Deep Research is built for me, and I can’t use it. It’s another amazing demo, until it...
18th Feb 2025
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The Deep Research problem

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

18th Feb 2025
OpenAI’s Deep Research is built for me, and I can’t use it. It’s another amazing demo, until it breaks. But it breaks in really interesting ways.
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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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The TWA Hotel The core concepts are simple. The implementation is borderline excessive. The post The TWA Hotel...
2nd Sep 2022
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The TWA Hotel

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

2nd Sep 2022
The core concepts are simple. The implementation is borderline excessive. The post The TWA Hotel appeared first on David Perell.
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Thoughts For Sale Mass-market intellectualism is an oxymoron, right? Ask Substack.
20th Nov 2024
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Thoughts For Sale

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

20th Nov 2024
Mass-market intellectualism is an oxymoron, right? Ask Substack.
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How to create a membership website
17th Jun 2017
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How to create a membership website

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

17th Jun 2017
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Review of 37signals' first app for the iPad: Draft
29th Jun 2010
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Review of 37signals' first app for the iPad: Draft

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

29th Jun 2010
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💡 Business Brainstorms 💡- My favorite ideas of the week 🤠 Democratize Luxury
9th Sep 2024
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💡 Business Brainstorms 💡- My favorite ideas of the week

from Schemers [alt+shift+b] in startups

9th Sep 2024
🤠 Democratize Luxury
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Unbundling Cash & Equity | Theory No. 15 a heretical take on "total compensation"
6th Sep 2023
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Unbundling Cash & Equity | Theory No. 15

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

6th Sep 2023
a heretical take on "total compensation"
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SEO is no longer a viable marketing strategy for startups Many of the today’s most successful informational sites such as Yelp, Wikipedia and TripAdvisor...
5th Mar 2011
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SEO is no longer a viable marketing strategy for startups

from cdixon [alt+shift+b] in startups

5th Mar 2011
Many of the today’s most successful informational sites such as Yelp, Wikipedia and TripAdvisor relied heavily on SEO for their initial…
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Peter Thiel’s Startup Class Notes as PDF @bgmasters created an awesome series of blog posts covering his notes of Peter Thiel’s startup class...
26th Jul 2012
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Peter Thiel’s Startup Class Notes as PDF

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

26th Jul 2012
@bgmasters created an awesome series of blog posts covering his notes of Peter Thiel’s startup class CS183. Personally i try to re...
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💡 Business Brainstorms 💡- My favorite ideas of the week 🙈 Copying doesn’t matter
4th Nov 2024
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💡 Business Brainstorms 💡- My favorite ideas of the week

from Schemers [alt+shift+b] in startups

4th Nov 2024
🙈 Copying doesn’t matter
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The Limitations of RAG The Limitations of RAG Retrieval-Augmented generation or RAG is the future of enterprise search. In...
2nd Nov 2024
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The Limitations of RAG

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

2nd Nov 2024
The Limitations of RAG Retrieval-Augmented generation or RAG is the future of enterprise search. In short it's the art of grinding your documents into a fine, high-dimensional vector slurry, sifting through the high-dimensional slurry for chunks, and then piping the chunks...
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Oct 2022 Portfolio Updates The three co-founders of XO got together last weekend in South Carolina for a weekend of golf and...
4th Nov 2022
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Oct 2022 Portfolio Updates

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

4th Nov 2022
The three co-founders of XO got together last weekend in South Carolina for a weekend of golf and just hanging out. I am by far the crappiest golfer on the team... it's truly an evil sport. I think I'm also the shortest. Anyways ... We get together
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Is ChatGPT the next big startup platform? The risks of building your startup on ChatGPT or other AI platforms
25th Mar 2023
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Is ChatGPT the next big startup platform?

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

25th Mar 2023
The risks of building your startup on ChatGPT or other AI platforms
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Generative AI Might Just Save Venture Capital Originally published in The Information on November 2. For the past nine months, nearly every...
8th Dec 2022
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Generative AI Might Just Save Venture Capital

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

8th Dec 2022
Originally published in The Information on November 2. For the past nine months, nearly every investor with a Twitter account, blog or board seat has been beating a unified and constant refrain: The go-go days are done. Founders were being pushed to build 36 months of runway,...
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How I grew from 1,000 to 25,000 daily readers. Updates on growing a newsletter business.
7th Aug 2023
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How I grew from 1,000 to 25,000 daily readers.

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

7th Aug 2023
Updates on growing a newsletter business.
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Why the tech industry can't keep up with the AI backlash AI's externalities are growing faster than the industry can address them
2nd Jul 2026
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Why the tech industry can't keep up with the AI backlash

from Platformer [alt+shift+b] in startups

2nd Jul 2026
AI's externalities are growing faster than the industry can address them
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Who Will Run Berkshire After Buffett? PLUS: Group Chat Rules, 5 Banks in Disguise, Chipotle's Memo.
1st Jun 2024
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Who Will Run Berkshire After Buffett?

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

1st Jun 2024
PLUS: Group Chat Rules, 5 Banks in Disguise, Chipotle's Memo.
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Intellectual Loneliness I have a confession to make: I leave most parties early because I’d rather read a book. That’s not...
2nd Sep 2021
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Intellectual Loneliness

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

2nd Sep 2021
I have a confession to make: I leave most parties early because I’d rather read a book. That’s not what I tell people though. Usually, I make up an excuse. Something like “Oh, I have early plans in the morning.” I don’t like being deceptive, but there’s no socially acceptable way...
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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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Only Solution to the Attention Economy is to Opt Out Only Solution to the Attention Economy is to Opt Out There is a spectacular, almost beautiful...
15th Jul 2025
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Only Solution to the Attention Economy is to Opt Out

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

15th Jul 2025
Only Solution to the Attention Economy is to Opt Out There is a spectacular, almost beautiful absurdity in modern life, blithely plugging our ancient, analog brains into a digital world that wants to eat them for lunch. Our grey matter, honed over eons to spot a lion in the...
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Book Review: Capitalist Realism Book Review: Capitalist Realism Mark Fisher's Capitalist Realism is 81 pages long and will rearrange...
5th Aug 2023
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Book Review: Capitalist Realism

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

5th Aug 2023
Book Review: Capitalist Realism Mark Fisher's Capitalist Realism is 81 pages long and will rearrange your brain. It is the most important political book of its generation, and it was published by a tiny press, written by a further education lecturer, and reads like a blog post...
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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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WhatsApp voice notes are revolutionizing farming in Senegal For farmers in Senegal who struggle to read or write, sending voice notes has unlocked a new world...
3rd Jul 2023
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WhatsApp voice notes are revolutionizing farming in Senegal

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

3rd Jul 2023
For farmers in Senegal who struggle to read or write, sending voice notes has unlocked a new world of collaboration across the industry.
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Asymmetries in Fundraising Too often, founders approach fundraising as if they are supplicants to the investors. They...
15th Jun 2021
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Asymmetries in Fundraising

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

15th Jun 2021
Too often, founders approach fundraising as if they are supplicants to the investors. They understand that fundraising features many asymmetries, but the founders mostly see the asymmetries that are tilted towards the investors. Here’s the thing - in today’s market, the...
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Metabrand Has Mark Zuckerberg rebranded Facebook, or rebranded VR? What is the metaverse? And can any...
7th Nov 2021
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Metabrand

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

7th Nov 2021
Has Mark Zuckerberg rebranded Facebook, or rebranded VR? What is the metaverse? And can any company decide to build the future anymore?
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Don't write tests - The Hidden Cost of TDD I’ve been following the TDD/testing debate with some interest; I work at an early-stage payments...
1st Apr 2012
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Don't write tests - The Hidden Cost of TDD

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

1st Apr 2012
I’ve been following the TDD/testing debate with some interest; I work at an early-stage payments startup called GoCardless where we test religiously. We’re not dogmatic about whether the tests come first or not, but code doesn’t get deployed without full unit & acceptance tests....
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The Hard Economics of Selling Web Data Market components to consider when selling pre-scraped datasets
11th Oct 2023
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The Hard Economics of Selling Web Data

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

11th Oct 2023
Market components to consider when selling pre-scraped datasets
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Women in South Africa’s gig economy feel forced to work extra hours for free Women who work as domestic cleaners with SweepSouth, an on-demand app, say clients frequently ask...
4th Jan 2024
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Women in South Africa’s gig economy feel forced to work extra hours for free

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

4th Jan 2024
Women who work as domestic cleaners with SweepSouth, an on-demand app, say clients frequently ask them to do unpaid work, and the company hasn’t responded to their complaints.
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Your business isn't about finding a great idea
21st Jul 2018
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Your business isn't about finding a great idea

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

21st Jul 2018
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Look at yourself objectively
29th Oct 2022
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Look at yourself objectively

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

29th Oct 2022
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Why decentralization matters The first two eras of the internet During the first era of the internet — from the 1980s through the...
18th Feb 2018
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Why decentralization matters

from cdixon [alt+shift+b] in startups

18th Feb 2018
The first two eras of the internet During the first era of the internet — from the 1980s through the early 2000s — internet services were…
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Mapping digital worlds I gave a talk at The Stoa in February about “Mapping digital worlds to understand our present and...
17th Apr 2023
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Mapping digital worlds

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

17th Apr 2023
I gave a talk at The Stoa in February about “Mapping digital worlds to understand our present and future.” You can watch the video here; the following is a transcript of that talk. Peter Limberg asked me to talk about an analysis I did late last year, where I mapped out all the...
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What's happening with founders over 40
14th Dec 2024
22

What's happening with founders over 40

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

14th Dec 2024
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Divorced from reality Fundamentals will matter
10th Sep 2026
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Divorced from reality

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

10th Sep 2026
Fundamentals will matter
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The pitfalls of purpose Purpose is polarising. There are those who promote it as a paragon of positioning and a...
19th May 2020
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The pitfalls of purpose

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

19th May 2020
Purpose is polarising. There are those who promote it as a paragon of positioning and a silver-bullet strategy for success. Then there are those who refute purpose’s power and dispute its capacity to connect with consumers. It is clearly a debate that divides. For every...
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How do I find customers for my SaaS? I think we need to stop trying to find customers for our products and start building solutions our...
21st May 2021
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How do I find customers for my SaaS?

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

21st May 2021
I think we need to stop trying to find customers for our products and start building solutions our customers are already searching for.
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Tuesday My breathing was a constant problem.
10th Sep 2026
2

Tuesday

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

10th Sep 2026
My breathing was a constant problem.
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Meditations on Machinic Desire The philosopher and accelerationist Nick Land writes, in his 1994 essay Machinic Desire, three of...
23rd Oct 2024
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Meditations on Machinic Desire

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

23rd Oct 2024
The philosopher and accelerationist Nick Land writes, in his 1994 essay Machinic Desire, three of the most insight-dense paragraphs I’ve ever encountered:
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The strength of many little customers Many small entrepreneurs think, “If we could just land Apple, Google, or the government as a client,...
11th Mar 2008
1

The strength of many little customers

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

11th Mar 2008
Many small entrepreneurs think, “If we could just land Apple, Google, or the government as a client, we’d be all set!” But this approach has many problems: Those people may change their mind or leave the company. If you do land the big client, they practically own...
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💡 Business Brainstorms 💡- My favorite ideas of the week 🪄 Growth Magic
12th Aug 2024
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💡 Business Brainstorms 💡- My favorite ideas of the week

from Schemers [alt+shift+b] in startups

12th Aug 2024
🪄 Growth Magic
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Prayer over a new smartphone Hello, phone. For many years, starting today, you will be my most loyal companion and my most...
27th Nov 2023
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Prayer over a new smartphone

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

27th Nov 2023
Hello, phone. For many years, starting today, you will be my most loyal companion and my most treasured possession. I will feel your weight in my pocket every moment of every day, a presence as constant as my breath. The muscles and bones of my hand, arm, and shoulder will deform...
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How 2024’s tech trends changed our lives From AI-powered classrooms in Mali to EV taxis in Vietnam, people worldwide are seeing opportunities...
2nd Dec 2024
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How 2024’s tech trends changed our lives

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

2nd Dec 2024
From AI-powered classrooms in Mali to EV taxis in Vietnam, people worldwide are seeing opportunities from this year’s biggest tech shifts.
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💡 Business Brainstorms 💡- My favorite ideas of the week Hey, this is Jakob Greenfeld, author of the Business Brainstorms newsletter - every week I write...
1st Nov 2023
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💡 Business Brainstorms 💡- My favorite ideas of the week

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

1st Nov 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! #1 💡 It's cool that smartphones have become all-in-one devices. But at...
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Nothing Was The Same For the past 10 years, I’ve had the same work routine.
9th Jun 2025
1

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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The thin edge of the wedge for virtual reality Pius Uzamere argues that virtual reality will succeed first in business applications instead of...
1st Jan 2015
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The thin edge of the wedge for virtual reality

from cdixon [alt+shift+b] in startups

1st Jan 2015
Pius Uzamere argues that virtual reality will succeed first in business applications instead of gaming: The most interesting virtual reality…
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The Rise of the Software Creator In the age of AI, software creators, like content creators, will emerge as the industry’s...
3rd Jun 2024
109

The Rise of the Software Creator

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

3rd Jun 2024
In the age of AI, software creators, like content creators, will emerge as the industry’s non-professional creative class.
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What We're Fighting For Soundtrack: Bad Religion — The Resist Stance A great deal of what I write feels like narrating the...
11th Feb 2025
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What We're Fighting For

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

11th Feb 2025
Soundtrack: Bad Religion — The Resist Stance A great deal of what I write feels like narrating the end of the world — watching as the growth-at-all-costs, hyper-financialized Rot Economy seemingly tarnishes every corner of our digital lives. My core frustration isn't just how...
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Delegate or die: the self-employed trap. Most self-employed people get caught in the delegation trap. to find and train someone would take...
23rd Jan 2011
1

Delegate or die: the self-employed trap.

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

23rd Jan 2011
Most self-employed people get caught in the delegation trap. to find and train someone would take more time than you have! So you keep working harder, until you break. In 2001, CD Baby was three years old. I had eight employees but I was still doing everything else...
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Birkenstock IPO: Is it worth $10B? And 4 other questions about the 249-year cult German footwear brand.
6th Oct 2023
65

Birkenstock IPO: Is it worth $10B?

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

6th Oct 2023
And 4 other questions about the 249-year cult German footwear brand.
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Expensive Data and Cannibalism Or.. Why some data products are priced so high
4th Aug 2023
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Expensive Data and Cannibalism

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

4th Aug 2023
Or.. Why some data products are priced so high
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Jarrod Drysdale's advice for starting
15th Feb 2013
13

Jarrod Drysdale's advice for starting

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

15th Feb 2013
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DeepSeek: Links and Memes (So Many Memes) How a Chinese AI lab spun out of a hedge fund shook up the entire tech industry.
1st Feb 2025
93

DeepSeek: Links and Memes (So Many Memes)

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

1st Feb 2025
How a Chinese AI lab spun out of a hedge fund shook up the entire tech industry.
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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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Notes from the book “Magic Words” Just finished reading Magic Words by Jonah Berger and my notes follow. 1/ Most of us spend a...
19th Aug 2023
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Notes from the book “Magic Words”

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

19th Aug 2023
Just finished reading Magic Words by Jonah Berger and my notes follow. 1/ Most of us spend a significant amount of time in assembling the thoughts we want to convey, but assume the words to convey them as a given. 2/ This book – written by a professor of business – takes the view...
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The hidden costs of asking for quotations in the data market Working towards faster, cheaper and safer data projects
9th Feb 2024
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The hidden costs of asking for quotations in the data market

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

9th Feb 2024
Working towards faster, cheaper and safer data projects
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Sabastian Sawe, Adidas and the Sub-2 Hour Marathon How the super running shoe arms race helped two athletes break the 2-hour mark at London Marathon...
1st May 2026
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Sabastian Sawe, Adidas and the Sub-2 Hour Marathon

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

1st May 2026
How the super running shoe arms race helped two athletes break the 2-hour mark at London Marathon 2026.
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Enterprise Eldritch Horrors Enterprise Eldritch Horrors Sure the Lovecraftian horrors are cosmicly horrific, but as all of us...
9th May 2021
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Enterprise Eldritch Horrors

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

9th May 2021
Enterprise Eldritch Horrors Sure the Lovecraftian horrors are cosmicly horrific, but as all of us who work in software know, the true horrors are closer to home. Look not in forgotten tombs, but within the flickering, non-Euclidean interfaces of your corporate mandated software....
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CDO stories #4 Why Data orgs thrive or struggle depending on whether they live in EnterpriseLand or ProductLand
3rd Nov 2025
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CDO stories #4

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

3rd Nov 2025
Why Data orgs thrive or struggle depending on whether they live in EnterpriseLand or ProductLand
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The Hugging Face attack was worse than we thought The AI industry is begging for a slowdown. Maybe we should listen?
1st Sep 2026
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The Hugging Face attack was worse than we thought

from Platformer [alt+shift+b] in startups

1st Sep 2026
The AI industry is begging for a slowdown. Maybe we should listen?
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Some ideas for science fiction in the 2020s The future ain't what it used to be.
2nd Apr 2023
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Some ideas for science fiction in the 2020s

from Noahpinion [alt+shift+b] in startups

2nd Apr 2023
The future ain't what it used to be.
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Chapter 2 of Ansi Common Lisp
3rd Apr 2023
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Chapter 2 of Ansi Common Lisp

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

3rd Apr 2023
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From Beatlemania to Taylor-mania How the meteoric rise of The Beatles helps to explain Taylor Swift's "Eras" tour, on pace to be the...
8th Jul 2023
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From Beatlemania to Taylor-mania

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

8th Jul 2023
How the meteoric rise of The Beatles helps to explain Taylor Swift's "Eras" tour, on pace to be the first tour ever to gross $1B.
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Antitrust posturing US politicians proposed five tech antitrust bills in June. They’re aggressive and ambitious, and...
15th Jun 2021
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Antitrust posturing

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

15th Jun 2021
US politicians proposed five tech antitrust bills in June. They’re aggressive and ambitious, and contain some important concerns and ideas. Unfortunately, some of them are also pretty naive - case studies in not doing the work.
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I got booted from one of my own company’s Slack channels... So, last week I got removed from one of my company’s Slack channels… and it was probably the best...
1st May 2023
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I got booted from one of my own company’s Slack channels...

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

1st May 2023
So, last week I got removed from one of my company’s Slack channels… and it was probably the best thing that could have happened for me, and my company. You see, like most companies, we have ‘global’ chat channels that everyone participates in, plus each team has distinct...
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The AI Demand Bubble If you liked this piece, you should subscribe to my premium newsletter. It’s $70 a year, or $7 a...
4th Aug 2026
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The AI Demand Bubble

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

4th Aug 2026
If you liked this piece, you should subscribe to my premium newsletter. It’s $70 a year, or $7 a month, and in return you get a weekly newsletter that’s usually anywhere from 5,000 to 18,000 words, including vast, detailed analyses of NVIDIA, Anthropic and
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Paralyzed by the Perfect Resume Those with the most to lose are often the least likely to take big swings
3rd Sep 2026
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Paralyzed by the Perfect Resume

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

3rd Sep 2026
Those with the most to lose are often the least likely to take big swings
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Why Everybody Is Losing Money On AI Hello and welcome to another premium newsletter. Thanks as ever for subscribing, and please email me...
5th Sep 2025
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Why Everybody Is Losing Money On AI

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

5th Sep 2025
Hello and welcome to another premium newsletter. Thanks as ever for subscribing, and please email me at [email protected] to say hello. As I've written again and again, the costs of running generative AI do not make sense. Every single company offering any kind of generative...
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Not voting as a form of protest Sometime at the end of last year, I wondered about what it would look like to have a mass-organized...
4th Sep 2020
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Not voting as a form of protest

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

4th Sep 2020
Sometime at the end of last year, I wondered about what it would look like to have a mass-organized abstention campaign. My interest in this topic was mostly casual, but in a moment of enthusiasm, I shared these thoughts on a mailing list with a bunch of creative...
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Disney Loves (and Hates) Public Domain Disney lost copyright on the "Steamboat Willie" version of Mickey Mouse. It's the culmination of...
5th Jan 2024
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Disney Loves (and Hates) Public Domain

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

5th Jan 2024
Disney lost copyright on the "Steamboat Willie" version of Mickey Mouse. It's the culmination of decades in which the company used a ton of public domain but prevented others from doing so.
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Aquatic Achievements Enough to get one's feet wet
21st Jul 2025
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Aquatic Achievements

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

21st Jul 2025
Enough to get one's feet wet
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Revenue grew from $14,143 to $32,470, but not much profit yet. UPDATES: money stuff, got an apartment in NYC, & gave a talk at Fractal Tech.
9th Dec 2024
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Revenue grew from $14,143 to $32,470, but not much profit yet.

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

9th Dec 2024
UPDATES: money stuff, got an apartment in NYC, & gave a talk at Fractal Tech.
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Book Review: Cochrane, Britannia's Sea Wolf As a military history buff, I’ve always found Hollywood action movies of the Die Hard or James Bond...
23rd May 2025
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Book Review: Cochrane, Britannia's Sea Wolf

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

23rd May 2025
As a military history buff, I’ve always found Hollywood action movies of the Die Hard or James Bond ilk hard to watch.
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Pro skater Chad Muska went broke. Now he's a bootstrapper.
5th Jun 2024
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Pro skater Chad Muska went broke. Now he's a bootstrapper.

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

5th Jun 2024
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VC money is fueling a global boom in worker surveillance tech A funding surge has given rise to technologies to track, analyze and manage workers — often in...
3rd Jun 2025
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VC money is fueling a global boom in worker surveillance tech

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

3rd Jun 2025
A funding surge has given rise to technologies to track, analyze and manage workers — often in countries with little regulation.
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Human Intervention as a Competitive Advantage The listening algorithm A year after I started CD Baby, when it was still just me in my bedroom,...
21st Mar 2013
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Human Intervention as a Competitive Advantage

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

21st Mar 2013
The listening algorithm A year after I started CD Baby, when it was still just me in my bedroom, the CEO and VP of a hugely-funded Silicon Valley online music company contacted me, saying they wanted to fly out to New York to meet me. I said OK, and we met a week later for...
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Why Investors Don’t Care About Your Business Founders with great businesses are often frustrated that they can’t raise money. Here’s why. I’ve...
1st Jul 2025
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Why Investors Don’t Care About Your Business

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

1st Jul 2025
Founders with great businesses are often frustrated that they can’t raise money. Here’s why. I’ve been having coffee with lots of frustrated founders (my students and others) bemoaning most VCs won’t even meet with them unless they have AI in their fundraising pitch. And the AI...
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Games are problems people pay to solve Good definitions are powerful. Lately, while reading The Art of Game Design, it became clear to me...
22nd Apr 2023
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Games are problems people pay to solve

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

22nd Apr 2023
Good definitions are powerful. Lately, while reading The Art of Game Design, it became clear to me that the author’s definition of games makes a lot of sense. He defines games as problems that people pay to solve with either their time or money. Unlike movies or books, games are...
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Where to find the hours to make it happen When you experience someone else’s genius work, a little part of you feels, “That’s what I could...
1st Oct 2019
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Where to find the hours to make it happen

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

1st Oct 2019
When you experience someone else’s genius work, a little part of you feels, “That’s what I could have, would have, and should have done!” They fought the resistance. You gave in to distractions. They took the time. You meant to. You could let that part of you give...
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Why is ChatGPT for Mac So Good? This year, even as Anthropic, Google, and others have challenged OpenAI’s model performance crown,...
30th Nov 2025
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Why is ChatGPT for Mac So Good?

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

30th Nov 2025
This year, even as Anthropic, Google, and others have challenged OpenAI’s model performance crown, ChatGPT’s lead as an end-user product has only solidified. On the Dithering podcast last week (paywalled), Ben Thompson called out an aspect of why this is: I need someone to write...
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What Game Are You Playing? Remind yourself that you always have agency and can stop playing the game any time if you want to.
7th Jan 2026
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What Game Are You Playing?

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

7th Jan 2026
Remind yourself that you always have agency and can stop playing the game any time if you want to.
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Mexico’s new tariffs hit Shein — and millions of local resellers The government hopes the 19% tax will push Asian e-commerce giants to grow their operations in...
3rd Mar 2025
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Mexico’s new tariffs hit Shein — and millions of local resellers

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

3rd Mar 2025
The government hopes the 19% tax will push Asian e-commerce giants to grow their operations in Mexico, and make up for 79,000 textile jobs lost to fast fashion.
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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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The Disneyland Dilemma Disney's cash cow is the theme parks division. Can new CEO Josh D'Amaro milk Disneyland to complete...
2nd Apr 2026
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The Disneyland Dilemma

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

2nd Apr 2026
Disney's cash cow is the theme parks division. Can new CEO Josh D'Amaro milk Disneyland to complete the cable-to-streaming transition?
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Tech questions for 2022 Sometimes the centre of gravity in tech is very clear, but as we enter 2022 there are lots of...
2nd Jan 2022
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Tech questions for 2022

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

2nd Jan 2022
Sometimes the centre of gravity in tech is very clear, but as we enter 2022 there are lots of areas where trillion dollar questions are wide open. These are the questions I wonder about today, from crypto to cars to fast fashion - there are others.
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AI and the Human Condition AI might replace all of the jobs; that's only a problem if you think that humans will care, but if...
5th Jan 2026
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AI and the Human Condition

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

5th Jan 2026
AI might replace all of the jobs; that's only a problem if you think that humans will care, but if they care, they will create new jobs.
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When you're building a product, whose opinion should you listen to?
21st Apr 2018
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When you're building a product, whose opinion should you listen to?

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

21st Apr 2018
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Nine reasons screenshots are awesome By taking a screenshot, you can “export” from any app on any device. You can “import” screenshots...
13th Nov 2015
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Nine reasons screenshots are awesome

from cdixon [alt+shift+b] in startups

13th Nov 2015
By taking a screenshot, you can “export” from any app on any device. You can “import” screenshots back into any app that imports photos…
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The "Warp Drive" Equations The "Warp Drive" Equations The Alcubierre drive is a speculative idea based on a solution of...
1st Feb 2013
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The "Warp Drive" Equations

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

1st Feb 2013
The "Warp Drive" Equations The Alcubierre drive is a speculative idea based on a solution of Einstein's field equations in General Relativity. It describes a method of bending space-time in a way that allows for faster-than-light travel. This involves creating a "warp bubble"...
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Anthropic and Dario Amodei I unfortunately don’t see a way forward
19th Jul 2026
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Anthropic and Dario Amodei

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

19th Jul 2026
I unfortunately don’t see a way forward
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The Exponential Life Have you ever wondered why some people are able to achieve so much?
1st Apr 2026
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The Exponential Life

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

1st Apr 2026
Have you ever wondered why some people are able to achieve so much?
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Premium: The Hater's Guide To Microsoft Have you ever looked at something too long and felt like you were sort of seeing through it? Has...
6th Feb 2026
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Premium: The Hater's Guide To Microsoft

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

6th Feb 2026
Have you ever looked at something too long and felt like you were sort of seeing through it? Has anybody actually looked at a company this much in a way that wasn’t some sort of obsequious profile of a person who worked there? I don’t mean
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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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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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It's time for Abundance to get mad Sunny visions of the future are great. But if you want to lead the Democrats, you need to fight.
2nd Jun 2025
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It's time for Abundance to get mad

from Noahpinion [alt+shift+b] in startups

2nd Jun 2025
Sunny visions of the future are great. But if you want to lead the Democrats, you need to fight.
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Unlikely places and untangled goals I once went without food for ten days, and that was fine. But the two things I can’t do without for...
11th Dec 2017
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Unlikely places and untangled goals

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

11th Dec 2017
I once went without food for ten days, and that was fine. But the two things I can’t do without for long are solitude and silence. (Freedom from people and their noises.) An Irish friend suggested that I stay at Mount Melleray Abbey, home of the Cistercian Trappist monks,...
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Building new worlds Earlier this summer, the New York Times published an opinion piece titled The World Is a Mess. We...
15th Oct 2019
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Building new worlds

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

15th Oct 2019
Earlier this summer, the New York Times published an opinion piece titled The World Is a Mess. We Need Fully Automated Luxury Communism, by Aaron Bastani: To say the present era is one of crisis borders on cliché. We inhabit a world of low growth, low productivity and low wages,...
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Is "sales" a dirty word?
1st Feb 2014
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Is "sales" a dirty word?

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

1st Feb 2014
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Deep piano Roberto Chignoli I started playing piano again recently, after a 20 year hiatus. Our 6 year old...
12th Nov 2020
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Deep piano

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

12th Nov 2020
Roberto Chignoli I started playing piano again recently, after a 20 year hiatus. Our 6 year old Brooke started learning, and we suddenly had a keyboard in the house again, so I joined her. It’s been great! I’m playing scales and exercises, diving into Rachmaninoff and Debussy,...
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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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The joke that changed my life Growing up in America, I didn’t know much about other cultures. When I was 25, my band got some...
19th Jun 2022
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The joke that changed my life

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

19th Jun 2022
Growing up in America, I didn’t know much about other cultures. When I was 25, my band got some gigs in Europe — my first time there. It was 1995. The European Union was new. I heard a street performer in Copenhagen tell this joke: “The EU will be a success if … “The...
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8 Years on the Road Being self-employed feels a bit like being on an extended road trip. Untethered and free, but lonely...
10th Nov 2022
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8 Years on the Road

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

10th Nov 2022
Being self-employed feels a bit like being on an extended road trip. Untethered and free, but lonely and unsupported too. Ultimate freedoms combined with shallow roots. Every year I write a recap, around the anniversary of quitting my last job (Oct 24th, 2014). Here’s my recap of...
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Bet the farm Or risk losing it all
2nd Dec 2025
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Bet the farm

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

2nd Dec 2025
Or risk losing it all
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Do you want it the most? Figure out what you actually want. Find a game that's worth winning. Then be honest with yourself:...
3 weeks ago
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Do you want it the most?

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

3 weeks ago
Figure out what you actually want. Find a game that's worth winning. Then be honest with yourself: are you going to be the person who wants it the most?
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Mark Zuckerberg: "Please Resign" This was an act of betrayal.
19th Mar 2023
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Mark Zuckerberg: "Please Resign"

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

19th Mar 2023
This was an act of betrayal.
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Amazon's $43B ad business, explained Jeff Bezos long shunned ads. However, Amazon's juicy first-party data has enabled it to compete with...
1st Sep 2023
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Amazon's $43B ad business, explained

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

1st Sep 2023
Jeff Bezos long shunned ads. However, Amazon's juicy first-party data has enabled it to compete with Alphabet and Meta in the new digital advertising landscape.
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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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Trophy Jobs | Theory No. 12 We’ve all heard of the trophy wife or husband — a partner that’s valued heavily as a status symbol,...
17th Jul 2023
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Trophy Jobs | Theory No. 12

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

17th Jul 2023
We’ve all heard of the trophy wife or husband — a partner that’s valued heavily as a status symbol, for superficial qualities over substance. Similarly, I’ve started to think about the idea of the trophy job — a job that people covet for its status more than its substance.
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Notes on Trekonomics Notes on Trekonomics My holiday reading this year has been Manu Saadia's Trekonomics, which is a...
9th Jan 2021
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Notes on Trekonomics

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

9th Jan 2021
Notes on Trekonomics My holiday reading this year has been Manu Saadia's Trekonomics, which is a deeply fun and thought-provoking exploration of the economic philosophy of the Star Trek universe. Here's my review and reading notes for the book. The book's ultimate motivating...
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Bill Gates on "hard-core detractors" | Elon Musk responds to Tesla investor The key point is that they can't both be right. They share only one thing - saying negative things...
2nd Jul 2022
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Bill Gates on "hard-core detractors" | Elon Musk responds to Tesla investor

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

2nd Jul 2022
The key point is that they can't both be right. They share only one thing - saying negative things about Microsoft.
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Hiring With AI We’re in the process of hiring an investment associate (or two!).
30th Jun 2026
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Hiring With AI

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

30th Jun 2026
We’re in the process of hiring an investment associate (or two!).
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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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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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Publish your ebook as PDF, MOBI, and ePub all at the same time
3rd Aug 2016
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Publish your ebook as PDF, MOBI, and ePub all at the same time

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

3rd Aug 2016
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Your Name is an Ad Creative that is Everywhere, All at Once Learn how to leverage cognitive science to create an instant brand advantage.
16th Jan 2023
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Your Name is an Ad Creative that is Everywhere, All at Once

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

16th Jan 2023
Learn how to leverage cognitive science to create an instant brand advantage.
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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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Gadgets and Computers From Benedict Evans’ Cars as Feature Phones: This is a common theme in many classes of device: you...
16th Jan 2017
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Gadgets and Computers

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16th Jan 2017
From Benedict Evans’ Cars as Feature Phones: This is a common theme in many classes of device: you start with a product that has a few electronic functions added, and ...
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Sleep is so weird Ian Dyball Our bodies are designed such that we need to lose consciousness, entirely, for a full...
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Sleep is so weird

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5th Feb 2024
Ian Dyball Our bodies are designed such that we need to lose consciousness, entirely, for a full third of every day. This is evidently necessary for some kind of regular brain maintenance, maybe forming long term memories, who knows what else. If we don’t sleep, we quickly become...
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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

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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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Should my SaaS try to get enterprise customers?
24th Jul 2021
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Should my SaaS try to get enterprise customers?

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24th Jul 2021
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How To Find Your Customer In the Dept of Defense – The Directory of DoD Program Executive Offices Finding a customer for your product in the Department of Defense is hard: Who should you talk to?...
17th Sep 2024
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How To Find Your Customer In the Dept of Defense – The Directory of DoD Program Executive Offices

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17th Sep 2024
Finding a customer for your product in the Department of Defense is hard: Who should you talk to? How do you get their attention? How do you know if they have money to spend on your product? It almost always starts with a Program Executive Office. The Department of Defense (DoD)...
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Ideas are just a multiplier of execution It’s so funny when I hear people being so protective of ideas. People who want me to sign a...
16th Aug 2005
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Ideas are just a multiplier of execution

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16th Aug 2005
It’s so funny when I hear people being so protective of ideas. People who want me to sign a non-disclosure agreement to tell me the simplest idea. Explanation: table{width:80% }td{width:50%;padding:0.5em;border:1px solid #ccc} AWFUL IDEA -1 WEAK IDEA 1 SO-SO...
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Scope Creep, 2026-07-14 This causes multiple problems.
14th Jul 2026
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Scope Creep, 2026-07-14

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14th Jul 2026
This causes multiple problems.
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Scott Forstall emails Steve Jobs | Elon Musk on tweeting He mentions third party developers. I do think at some point we will want to enable third parties to...
19th Apr 2022
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Scott Forstall emails Steve Jobs | Elon Musk on tweeting

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19th Apr 2022
He mentions third party developers. I do think at some point we will want to enable third parties to write apps for P2.
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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

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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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