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Decisions and Dollars Anthropic shipped Claude Fable 5 yesterday, the first Mythos-class model the public can use.
12th Jun 2026
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Decisions and Dollars

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12th Jun 2026
Anthropic shipped Claude Fable 5 yesterday, the first Mythos-class model the public can use.
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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"

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19th Mar 2023
This was an act of betrayal.
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Where to Look If You’re Looking for a Job Over the past week, I’ve sent the same email to three different people looking for a job.
22nd Sep 2025
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Where to Look If You’re Looking for a Job

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22nd Sep 2025
Over the past week, I’ve sent the same email to three different people looking for a job.
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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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How to Break Into VC Here’s what I would do if I was a young person trying to break into VC: Write. Short writeups, on...
9th Nov 2025
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How to Break Into VC

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

9th Nov 2025
Here’s what I would do if I was a young person trying to break into VC: Write. Short writeups, on Twitter. Not generic market philosophical thinkpieces, because those will be assumed to be AI slop or regurgitated research. No one will read it unless you’re brilliant, which you’re...
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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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Premium: How Has AI Changed The Economy? This week, the Wall Street Journal ran an alarming illustration of AI’s potential share of GDP that...
4 weeks ago
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Premium: How Has AI Changed The Economy?

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

4 weeks ago
This week, the Wall Street Journal ran an alarming illustration of AI’s potential share of GDP that I’d argue did more to muddy the waters than actually telling anyone anything, mostly because its measurement, for whatever reason, covered 2025 to 2032, meaning that six out of
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About this book In my first book, Anything You Want, I told the story of how I started, grew, and sold my...
1st Jun 2018
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About this book

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

1st Jun 2018
In my first book, Anything You Want, I told the story of how I started, grew, and sold my company. I thought a lot about what’s worth doing, fixing faulty thinking, and making things happen. For the next ten years, I wrote for hours a day in my private journal, asking myself...
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One of the dumbest things I've ever published While I was reading through some of my older essays the other day, I came across a piece called...
30th May 2019
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One of the dumbest things I've ever published

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

30th May 2019
While I was reading through some of my older essays the other day, I came across a piece called Privacy vs. User Experience, published in 2014. In the article, I argued that Apple’s then-nascent philosophical stance on the supremacy of user privacy was going to slow down its...
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“The typical path of how people respond to life-changing inventions I’ve never heard of it. I’ve heard of it but don’t understand it. I understand it, but I don’t see...
11th May 2016
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“The typical path of how people respond to life-changing inventions

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11th May 2016
I’ve never heard of it. I’ve heard of it but don’t understand it. I understand it, but I don’t see how it’s useful. I see how it could be…
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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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How Urban Company built an empire of female gig workers By disrupting the age-old home services industry, the Indian unicorn offered many women a rare...
2nd May 2023
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How Urban Company built an empire of female gig workers

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

2nd May 2023
By disrupting the age-old home services industry, the Indian unicorn offered many women a rare opportunity for social mobility. Now, they want more.
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So long, Twitter API, and thanks for all the fish Well, it’s come to this. Twitter is burning, a billionaire owes money, an API will soon get...
4th Apr 2023
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So long, Twitter API, and thanks for all the fish

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

4th Apr 2023
Well, it’s come to this. Twitter is burning, a billionaire owes money, an API will soon get lobotomized, so Bridgy‘s Twitter support will die within the month is dead. Granary‘s and twitter-atom too. The Twitter API may now be effectively unmaintained, but they still managed to...
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You don’t need confidence, just contribution. Years ago, I was so confident and so naive. I was sure I was right and everyone else was...
6th Aug 2018
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You don’t need confidence, just contribution.

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

6th Aug 2018
Years ago, I was so confident and so naive. I was sure I was right and everyone else was wrong. sold my company, I felt ready to do something new, so I started to learn. But the more I learned, the more I realized how little I knew and how dumb-lucky I had been. I’d start...
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There are always more than two options People sometimes ask my help in making big decisions. They’re usually trying to decide between two...
27th Jan 2010
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There are always more than two options

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

27th Jan 2010
People sometimes ask my help in making big decisions. They’re usually trying to decide between two options. When someone says they have only one option, they’re really saying, “I have no choice,” and you know that’s wrong. At the very least, add “do nothing” and “go insane”...
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Chapter 1 of Ansi Common Lisp
7th Jun 2023
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Chapter 1 of Ansi Common Lisp

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

7th Jun 2023
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2020 year in review
29th Dec 2020
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2020 year in review

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

29th Dec 2020
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I’m in the final third of my life According to statistics, I’m in the final third of my life. (I don’t expect to beat the odds,...
5th Dec 2024
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I’m in the final third of my life

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

5th Dec 2024
According to statistics, I’m in the final third of my life. (I don’t expect to beat the odds, because I inherited a cancer-creating genetic disorder.) So maybe it’s the final quarter.
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Find a good party When you're building a product in a market with strong demand, it feels like showing up at a good...
1st Apr 2022
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Find a good party

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

1st Apr 2022
When you're building a product in a market with strong demand, it feels like showing up at a good party.
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Roundup #87: Technology BAD!! The Hugging Face attack; TV and loneliness; Leftist antisemitism; Another Acemoglu paper; The...
1st Sep 2026
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Roundup #87: Technology BAD!!

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1st Sep 2026
The Hugging Face attack; TV and loneliness; Leftist antisemitism; Another Acemoglu paper; The Electric Revolution
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Lifting Alone Gyms were once communal places. Nobody wore headphones. People helped each other out and talked...
6th Aug 2021
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Lifting Alone

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

6th Aug 2021
Gyms were once communal places. Nobody wore headphones. People helped each other out and talked between sets.  Today, things have changed. Everybody is plugged into their own virtual reality world where they craft their desired mood and intensity level, which definitely gives...
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What’s this about? This book is about reframing — changing how you think about something — and choosing a perspective...
12th Dec 2025
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What’s this about?

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

12th Dec 2025
This book is about reframing — changing how you think about something — and choosing a perspective that’s useful to you right now, whether or not it’s universally true. This narrow definition is important because whatever you consider true is closed. No questioning. But when...
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Technology, Innovation, and Great Power Competition  – 2022 Wrap Up We just wrapped up the second year of our Technology, Innovation, and Great Power Competition class...
5th Jan 2023
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Technology, Innovation, and Great Power Competition  – 2022 Wrap Up

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

5th Jan 2023
We just wrapped up the second year of our Technology, Innovation, and Great Power Competition class – now part of our Stanford Gordian Knot Center for National Security Innovation. Joe Felter, Raj Shah and I designed the class to 1) give our students an appreciation of the...
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The Department of War Directory TL;DR   DoW Directory revision 3 is Online here, Order a print copy here. In November 2025 the...
16th Dec 2025
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The Department of War Directory

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

16th Dec 2025
TL;DR   DoW Directory revision 3 is Online here, Order a print copy here. In November 2025 the Department of War (DoW) unveiled the biggest changes in 60 years of how they will buy weapons and services. This month Congress, with bipartisan support, rapidly made them into law in...
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The potential dark side of AI and GPT-3 writing tools What happens when people start going to the AI for answers instead of Google search and Wikipedia?...
21st Oct 2022
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The potential dark side of AI and GPT-3 writing tools

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

21st Oct 2022
What happens when people start going to the AI for answers instead of Google search and Wikipedia? How does the AI decide what to suggest? What are the knock-on effects of these suggestions?
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Steve Jobs on iPod and DRM Guys – We need to make sure that when Music Match launches their download music store they cannot...
26th Oct 2024
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Steve Jobs on iPod and DRM

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26th Oct 2024
Guys – We need to make sure that when Music Match launches their download music store they cannot use iPod. Is this going to be an issue?
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Blumhouse: How Jason Blum Created A Hollywood Horror Hit Machine Jason Blum turned "constraints breed creativity" into a business model.
5th Jun 2026
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Blumhouse: How Jason Blum Created A Hollywood Horror Hit Machine

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

5th Jun 2026
Jason Blum turned "constraints breed creativity" into a business model.
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Franchise Thinking On the sequel economics of ideas.
10th Feb 2026
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Franchise Thinking

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10th Feb 2026
On the sequel economics of ideas.
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The Self Is The Platform On Consumer AI, and why individual leverage is eating collective coordination.
18th Sep 2025
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The Self Is The Platform

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

18th Sep 2025
On Consumer AI, and why individual leverage is eating collective coordination.
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AI that was inevitable This is a feature I’ve been waiting for for the past two years.
23rd Jul 2025
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AI that was inevitable

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

23rd Jul 2025
This is a feature I’ve been waiting for for the past two years.
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How to keep clients happy
22nd May 2012
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How to keep clients happy

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

22nd May 2012
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a16z VCs are experts at analyzing industries and identifying new opportunities, which is why it’s odd...
19th Nov 2012
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a16z

from cdixon [alt+shift+b] in startups

19th Nov 2012
VCs are experts at analyzing industries and identifying new opportunities, which is why it’s odd that the VC industry itself has so…
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5 Thoughts on LEGO's (Ace) Manufacturing PLUS: Apple Watch at 10, McKinsey AI bot.
2nd May 2025
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5 Thoughts on LEGO's (Ace) Manufacturing

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

2nd May 2025
PLUS: Apple Watch at 10, McKinsey AI bot.
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Taylor Swift, Johnny Cash and AI Art Context matters more than content in the age of AI-generated audio, images and videos.
2nd Dec 2023
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Taylor Swift, Johnny Cash and AI Art

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2nd Dec 2023
Context matters more than content in the age of AI-generated audio, images and videos.
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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 Generational Business Trap | Theory No. 11 On the varied longevity of businesses & why we shouldn't idolize permanence.
8th May 2023
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The Generational Business Trap | Theory No. 11

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

8th May 2023
On the varied longevity of businesses & why we shouldn't idolize permanence.
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Playing With Fire – ChatGPT The world is very different now. For man holds in his mortal hands the power to abolish all forms of...
4th Apr 2023
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Playing With Fire – ChatGPT

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

4th Apr 2023
The world is very different now. For man holds in his mortal hands the power to abolish all forms of human poverty and all forms of human life. John F. Kennedy Humans have mastered lots of things that have transformed our lives, created our civilizations, and might ultimately...
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Stop by for coffee I live in the interior of BC, Canada, surrounded by lakes and mountains. It's not easy getting here....
14th Aug 2017
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Stop by for coffee

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

14th Aug 2017
I live in the interior of BC, Canada, surrounded by lakes and mountains. It's not easy getting here. If you make the trip, I'll try to meet with you.
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Why i am leaving my own company. Fortunately I was able to tell this already to many people in person. But a quick public blog post...
17th Aug 2012
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Why i am leaving my own company.

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

17th Aug 2012
Fortunately I was able to tell this already to many people in person. But a quick public blog post might help to clarify and simpl...
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FTC's case against Amazon is misunderstood The case makes a nuanced argument about how Amazon abused monopoly power through anti-discounting...
3rd Oct 2023
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FTC's case against Amazon is misunderstood

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3rd Oct 2023
The case makes a nuanced argument about how Amazon abused monopoly power through anti-discounting measures and tying in Prime with Fulfilled by Amazon
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💡 Business Brainstorms 💡- 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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Clients Have a Surprising Amount of Detail There’s a wonderful blog post called “Reality has a surprising amount of detail” which talks about...
5th Jun 2023
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Clients Have a Surprising Amount of Detail

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

5th Jun 2023
There’s a wonderful blog post called “Reality has a surprising amount of detail” which talks about how interesting the world is and how much depth there is to every concept. Here’s a quote about boiling water:
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"The fate of civilization is at stake" Text messages from Sam Altman, Satya Nadella, and Elon Musk. Plus, Microsoft's CTO on why the OpenAI...
1st Feb 2026
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"The fate of civilization is at stake"

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

1st Feb 2026
Text messages from Sam Altman, Satya Nadella, and Elon Musk. Plus, Microsoft's CTO on why the OpenAI board fired Sam Altman.
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A better urbanism
5th Nov 2009
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A better urbanism

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

5th Nov 2009
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"OpenAI is on a path of certain failure" There obviously needs to be immediate and dramatic action or everyone except for Google will be...
12th Jan 2025
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"OpenAI is on a path of certain failure"

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

12th Jan 2025
There obviously needs to be immediate and dramatic action or everyone except for Google will be consigned to irrelevance.
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Building AI products How do we build mass-market products that change the world around a technology that gets things...
8th Jun 2024
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Building AI products

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

8th Jun 2024
How do we build mass-market products that change the world around a technology that gets things ‘wrong’? What does wrong mean, and how is that useful?
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Mark Zuckerberg and Peter Thiel Peter and I have had a number of conversations about what we expect the world to look like in 2030...
7th Jul 2024
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Mark Zuckerberg and Peter Thiel

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

7th Jul 2024
Peter and I have had a number of conversations about what we expect the world to look like in 2030 so we can plan and position our future work accordingly.
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retention > distribution, fun > discipline, ClickBank-core software, pricing sweet spots Hey, On the menu this week: keeping people around, why fun > discipline, the return of...
7th Jul 2025
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retention > distribution, fun > discipline, ClickBank-core software, pricing sweet spots

from Schemers [alt+shift+b] in startups

7th Jul 2025
Hey, On the menu this week: keeping people around, why fun > discipline, the return of ClickBank-core software, and pricing sweet spots.
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Scattering Amplitudes in Quantum Field Theory Scattering Amplitudes in Quantum Field Theory Let's implememnt the calculations from Scattering...
25th Apr 2014
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Scattering Amplitudes in Quantum Field Theory

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

25th Apr 2014
Scattering Amplitudes in Quantum Field Theory Let's implememnt the calculations from Scattering Amplitudes in Quantum Field Theory in Python. from sympy import Eq, Symbol, sympify, Matrix, sqrt, zeros, Basic, ones, pprint from sympy.physics import msigma, mgamma Now let's define...
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Things that aren't progress A few months ago, I wrote about things that look like work, but aren't. As I paid more attention to...
12th Nov 2015
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Things that aren't progress

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

12th Nov 2015
A few months ago, I wrote about things that look like work, but aren't. As I paid more attention to founders doing these things, I started thinking about why they were happening. I realized that the behaviors were largely a function of bad goal setting. When founders choose bad...
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Scott Forstall emails Steve Jobs | Elon Musk on tweeting He mentions third party developers. I do think at some point we will want to enable third parties to...
19th Apr 2022
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Scott Forstall emails Steve Jobs | Elon Musk on tweeting

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

19th Apr 2022
He mentions third party developers. I do think at some point we will want to enable third parties to write apps for P2.
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The Hindsight Game There are all kinds of strategies for evaluating startup ideas - investors talk about having a...
3rd Apr 2023
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The Hindsight Game

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

3rd Apr 2023
There are all kinds of strategies for evaluating startup ideas - investors talk about having a “prepared mind,” others build market maps, I like to think about toys, and we could go on. What everyone wants to do is predict the future. That’s honestly impossible. But we can...
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You can only succeed if you know how you can fail We want to be successful with our decisions. Even though failure is often glamorized, nobody wants...
18th Feb 2023
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You can only succeed if you know how you can fail

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

18th Feb 2023
We want to be successful with our decisions. Even though failure is often glamorized, nobody wants it on purpose. Everyone wishes to be successful when they’re starting a company, launching a product, hiring a leader or even while buying a house. It may sound obvious, but the...
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How to attend a conference Attending a music conference is the most efficient way to meet the most number of the best...
12th Dec 2008
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How to attend a conference

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

12th Dec 2008
Attending a music conference is the most efficient way to meet the most number of the best contacts. I highly recommend you go to a few music industry conferences every year. be interested in them. how to be a great listener. (The original classic from the 1930s is titled...
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How to build a Shopify app – Björn’s journey to $300k in profits Björn started a side-business on the Shopify apps platform 6 years ago. Now he’s making $275,000 in...
19th Nov 2017
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How to build a Shopify app – Björn’s journey to $300k in profits

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

19th Nov 2017
Björn started a side-business on the Shopify apps platform 6 years ago. Now he’s making $275,000 in profit per year
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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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Brian “That’s so thoughtful,” I thought to myself. “And so mature.”
5 days ago
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Brian

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

5 days ago
“That’s so thoughtful,” I thought to myself. “And so mature.”
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Klarna, Buy Now Pay Later & first mover advantage The company got to profitable growth by cementing its first mover advantage and doubling down on...
8th Sep 2023
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Klarna, Buy Now Pay Later & first mover advantage

from Unpacked [alt+shift+b] in startups

8th Sep 2023
The company got to profitable growth by cementing its first mover advantage and doubling down on retailer relationships but faces competition from incumbent giants
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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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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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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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I flew to China to visit a robot butler Site visit to Prosper Robotics field lab in Shenzhen
15th Nov 2023
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I flew to China to visit a robot butler

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

15th Nov 2023
Site visit to Prosper Robotics field lab in Shenzhen
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Socket activation I’ve spent some time over the last few weeks reading about the various *nix init systems: venerable...
5th Jul 2021
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Socket activation

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

5th Jul 2021
I’ve spent some time over the last few weeks reading about the various *nix init systems: venerable SysV, interim replacement Upstart, controversial monolith systemd, Apple’s proprietary launchd, and niche variants like runit and Epoch. Lots of history, lots of flame wars. One...
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How to make a podcast (and submit it to Spotify and Apple Podcasts) in 2024 Here's a guide that will help you get started with podcasting: gear, hosting, submitting to Spotify...
7th May 2024
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How to make a podcast (and submit it to Spotify and Apple Podcasts) in 2024

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

7th May 2024
Here's a guide that will help you get started with podcasting: gear, hosting, submitting to Spotify and Apple Podcasts.
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The firmware veto When the install base outvotes the parliament
1st Jun 2026
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The firmware veto

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

1st Jun 2026
When the install base outvotes the parliament
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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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UX Entropy In the olden days, video calls were hard. Circa 2012, if your next meeting was online, it was...
30th Sep 2025
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UX Entropy

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

30th Sep 2025
In the olden days, video calls were hard. Circa 2012, if your next meeting was online, it was important to start the process 5-10 minutes early. The process, at that time, was some or all of the following incantations and rituals: Find the meeting URL Find the meeting...
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Bi-Directional EV Charging EV sales in the US are on the rise, reaching 7% of all car sales in Q1 2023, up from 4.6% a year...
3rd Jul 2023
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Bi-Directional EV Charging

from AVC [alt+shift+b] in startups

3rd Jul 2023
EV sales in the US are on the rise, reaching 7% of all car sales in Q1 2023, up from 4.6% a year earlier. If that rate of growth continues, EVs will be 10% of the US car market by next year. Most people who own an EV charge it at home, using an EV […]
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Distributed Capital In theory, the hard part about finding capital for unproven founders with unproven technologies in...
1st Mar 2021
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Distributed Capital

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

1st Mar 2021
In theory, the hard part about finding capital for unproven founders with unproven technologies in unproven markets should be that no one wants the risk. There was a time when that was true, but it isn’t anymore.[1] For a founder, the issue is different: venture capital is...
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Berries are America’s top-selling fruit — and every parent’s grocery bill nightmare Berry spending topped $12B in the last year. Many parents felt like their own kids accounted for all...
3rd Oct 2025
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Berries are America’s top-selling fruit — and every parent’s grocery bill nightmare

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

3rd Oct 2025
Berry spending topped $12B in the last year. Many parents felt like their own kids accounted for all of it.
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Ultimate validation
10th May 2015
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Ultimate validation

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

10th May 2015
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Logs as end user UI A long time ago, I decided to show Bridgy‘s end users its raw logs. Like, raw logs. HTTP requests,...
11th Jan 2023
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Logs as end user UI

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

11th Jan 2023
A long time ago, I decided to show Bridgy‘s end users its raw logs. Like, raw logs. HTTP requests, database reads and writes, JSON objects, stack traces, etc. It’s an unusual UI feature, but it’s been an unqualified success, enough that when I built Bridgy Fed, I immediately...
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Stuff I would tell my younger self A collection of advice I'd give to my younger self, if I could.
28th Feb 2024
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Stuff I would tell my younger self

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

28th Feb 2024
A collection of advice I'd give to my younger self, if I could.
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Finish the year strong
12th Dec 2017
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Finish the year strong

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

12th Dec 2017
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You're lucky
1st Nov 2015
17

You're lucky

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

1st Nov 2015
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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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Ways to think about a metaverse Your boss wants a metaverse strategy, but what would that be, and what does metaverse even mean?...
31st Oct 2022
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Ways to think about a metaverse

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

31st Oct 2022
Your boss wants a metaverse strategy, but what would that be, and what does metaverse even mean? If we strip away the noise, what can we say about this, and what can we predict?
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Where does libertarianism go from here? Deregulation, state capacity, and growth-oriented centrism.
1st Jun 2023
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Where does libertarianism go from here?

from Noahpinion [alt+shift+b] in startups

1st Jun 2023
Deregulation, state capacity, and growth-oriented centrism.
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“Steve Jobs supposedly said, returning to Apple, that his plan was to stay alive and grab onto the… “Steve Jobs supposedly said, returning to Apple, that his plan was to stay alive and grab onto the...
7th Aug 2016
1

“Steve Jobs supposedly said, returning to Apple, that his plan was to stay alive and grab onto the…

from cdixon [alt+shift+b] in startups

7th Aug 2016
“Steve Jobs supposedly said, returning to Apple, that his plan was to stay alive and grab onto the next big thing — to listen for the footsteps. He tried video, ...
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I love being wrong Most of the time, I feel smart, successful, and driven — like I’ve got it all figured out. But last...
9th Sep 2014
1

I love being wrong

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

9th Sep 2014
Most of the time, I feel smart, successful, and driven — like I’ve got it all figured out. But last month a bunch of stuff knocked me on my ass. I’ve never felt so wrong. Whenever something has gone wrong in my life, I’ve asked myself, “What’s great about...
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Your blog could be a party
2nd May 2014
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Your blog could be a party

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

2nd May 2014
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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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Sublime Capability It's no big deal.
9th Mar 2026
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Sublime Capability

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

9th Mar 2026
It's no big deal.
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28 Pieces of Life Advice In honor of my 28th birthday, here are 28 pieces of life advice. The post 28 Pieces of Life Advice...
7th Oct 2022
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28 Pieces of Life Advice

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

7th Oct 2022
In honor of my 28th birthday, here are 28 pieces of life advice. The post 28 Pieces of Life Advice appeared first on David Perell.
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Adam Wathan's $100k product launch
17th Apr 2017
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Adam Wathan's $100k product launch

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

17th Apr 2017
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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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The New American University I had the pleasure of stumbling upon the work of Michael Crow, Arizona State University’s president,...
4th Aug 2021
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The New American University

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

4th Aug 2021
I had the pleasure of stumbling upon the work of Michael Crow, Arizona State University’s president, earlier this year, and I so enjoyed his thoughts on knowledge production that I immediately wondered how his philosophy would translate to ASU as an organization. Turns out,...
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Getting Old 👴🏼
23rd Jan 2023
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Getting Old

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

23rd Jan 2023
👴🏼
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Saturday I write this sentence down, and then spend ten minutes sitting here, thinking about it.
8th Jun 2026
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Saturday

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

8th Jun 2026
I write this sentence down, and then spend ten minutes sitting here, thinking about it.
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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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Progressives need to embrace progress Stasis won't lead to a prosperous or equitable society.
22nd Mar 2023
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Progressives need to embrace progress

from Noahpinion [alt+shift+b] in startups

22nd Mar 2023
Stasis won't lead to a prosperous or equitable society.
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Are better models better? Every week there’s a better AI model that gives better answers. But a lot of questions don’t have...
22nd Jan 2025
88

Are better models better?

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

22nd Jan 2025
Every week there’s a better AI model that gives better answers. But a lot of questions don’t have better answers, only ‘right’ answers, and these models can’t do that. So what does ‘better’ mean, how do we manage these things, and should we change what we expect from...
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A Haskell Implementation Reading List A Haskell Implementation Reading List A reading list for those interested in the implementation...
14th Dec 2014
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A Haskell Implementation Reading List

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

14th Dec 2014
A Haskell Implementation Reading List A reading list for those interested in the implementation internals of Haskell more , these are simply Typeclass Inference A Theory Of Qualified Types Type Inference For Parametric Type Classes Type Reconstruction For Type Classes Constraints...
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The Bluesky exodus, one year later The company has 40 million users and big plans for the future. So why don't its users seem happy?...
4th Nov 2025
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The Bluesky exodus, one year later

from Platformer [alt+shift+b] in startups

4th Nov 2025
The company has 40 million users and big plans for the future. So why don't its users seem happy? PLUS: The NEO Home Robot goes viral + Ilya Sutskever's surprising deposition
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2019 year in review
1st Jan 2020
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2019 year in review

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

1st Jan 2020
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Five – A Sci-Fi Short Story – Chapter 1 Chapter 1 of a Sci-Fi short story i wrote
13th Jan 2025
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Five – A Sci-Fi Short Story – Chapter 1

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

13th Jan 2025
Chapter 1 of a Sci-Fi short story i wrote
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"People need my product!" (But do they want it?)
6th Jul 2017
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"People need my product!" (But do they want it?)

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

6th Jul 2017
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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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Dive into GHC: Intermediate Forms Dive into GHC: Intermediate Forms In the last blog post,...
11th Jul 2016
1

Dive into GHC: Intermediate Forms

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

11th Jul 2016
Dive into GHC: Intermediate Forms In the last blog post, we Parsing Renaming Typechecking Desugaring Simplification Code Generation Passes The following functions are the main passes are that are used inside of the HscMain . -- Parse a module. parseModule :: GhcMonad m =>...
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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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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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“If you asked people in 1989 what they needed to make their life better, it was unlikely that they… “If you asked people in 1989 what they needed to make their life better, it was unlikely that they...
30th Jul 2016
1

“If you asked people in 1989 what they needed to make their life better, it was unlikely that they…

from cdixon [alt+shift+b] in startups

30th Jul 2016
“If you asked people in 1989 what they needed to make their life better, it was unlikely that they would have said a decentralized network of information nodes that are ...
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How to host a static website with HTTPS on AWS, using S3 and CloudFront Amazon’s AWS is an inexpensive and limitlessly scalable platform that can be ideal for hosting fast,...
4th Jun 2019
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How to host a static website with HTTPS on AWS, using S3 and CloudFront

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

4th Jun 2019
Amazon’s AWS is an inexpensive and limitlessly scalable platform that can be ideal for hosting fast, secure, and reliable static websites. I host several sites using the method described below, and it costs me pennies per month. The only problem is that getting things set...
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Finding your "zone of genius"
7th May 2025
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Finding your "zone of genius"

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

7th May 2025
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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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Shed your money taboos Everyone has weird mental associations with money. But after knowing thousands of musicians for...
5th Feb 2018
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Shed your money taboos

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

5th Feb 2018
Everyone has weird mental associations with money. But after knowing thousands of musicians for over twenty years, I’ve learned this: The happiest musicians are the ones who develop their value, and confidently charge a high price. There’s a deep satisfaction when you know...
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Get traffic for your content
15th Mar 2014
15

Get traffic for your content

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

15th Mar 2014
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Monads to Machine Code Monads to Machine Code Just-in-time or JIT compilation is compilation done by dynamically generating...
4th Jan 2016
1

Monads to Machine Code

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

4th Jan 2016
Monads to Machine Code Just-in-time or JIT compilation is compilation done by dynamically generating executable code. It's a common technique used in many language runtimes to generate optimized code for hot code paths as well ahead of time compilation for So let's build a small...
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I, Token an origin story
25th Nov 2024
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I, Token

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

25th Nov 2024
an origin story
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How to increase wealth for everyone I’ve started reading The Capitalist Manifesto, a book full of data on how free markets generate...
2nd Dec 2023
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How to increase wealth for everyone

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

2nd Dec 2023
I’ve started reading The Capitalist Manifesto, a book full of data on how free markets generate prosperity. The author is nuanced and uses data and logic to show how we should be rooting for capitalism (instead of bringing it down). Income and wealth inequality created as a...
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Are you in love with the idea, or with customers?
28th Nov 2011
15

Are you in love with the idea, or with customers?

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

28th Nov 2011
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Subtract Life can be improved by adding, or by subtracting. The world pushes us to add, because that...
5th Dec 2018
1

Subtract

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

5th Dec 2018
Life can be improved by adding, or by subtracting. The world pushes us to add, because that benefits them. But the secret is to focus on subtracting. The adding mindset is deeply ingrained. It’s easy to think I need something else. It’s hard to look instead at what to...
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Poker. I didn’t realize being a venture investor would also mean becoming a full-time event planner.
4 weeks ago
3

Poker.

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

4 weeks ago
I didn’t realize being a venture investor would also mean becoming a full-time event planner.
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Here’s What Happened When Deputy Secretary of Defense Dr. Kathleen Hicks visited Stanford’s Gordian... It was an honor to host US Deputy Secretary of Defense Dr. Kathleen Hicks at Stanford’s Gordian Knot...
8th Apr 2022
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Here’s What Happened When Deputy Secretary of Defense Dr. Kathleen Hicks visited Stanford’s Gordian Knot Center for National Security Innovation

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

8th Apr 2022
It was an honor to host US Deputy Secretary of Defense Dr. Kathleen Hicks at Stanford’s Gordian Knot Center for National Security Innovation.  (Think of the Deputy Secretary of Defense as the Chief Operating Officer of a company – but in this case the company has 3 million...
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Raise less money Over the last few years, I’ve noticed that good companies are increasingly over-diluting themselves...
12th Aug 2020
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Raise less money

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

12th Aug 2020
Over the last few years, I’ve noticed that good companies are increasingly over-diluting themselves in their seed and A rounds. Counterintuitively, dilution seems to rise along with price. One would expect the opposite correlation. Strong founders who command high prices should...
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We all want progress
10th Nov 2016
17

We all want progress

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

10th Nov 2016
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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
1

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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Please Build More Silly Things Hacking on fun things with curious co-conspirators is a superpower
3rd Feb 2023
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Please Build More Silly Things

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

3rd Feb 2023
Hacking on fun things with curious co-conspirators is a superpower
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Digital Tug-of-War On TikTok ban whiplash, digital trade, Harvard MBAs, and CEOs running it back.
19th Jan 2025
75

Digital Tug-of-War

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

19th Jan 2025
On TikTok ban whiplash, digital trade, Harvard MBAs, and CEOs running it back.
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Never have a limit on your income Imagine two people. One is a toy maker. One is a masseuse. For the toy maker, that’s no...
6th Apr 2008
1

Never have a limit on your income

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

6th Apr 2008
Imagine two people. One is a toy maker. One is a masseuse. For the toy maker, that’s no problem. Have the manufacturer make a million more. So which business would you rather be in? One that makes money while you do other things, or one that only profits by your own two...
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What's New on Data Boutique Noteworthy stuff from the web data platform
23rd Jan 2024
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What's New on Data Boutique

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

23rd Jan 2024
Noteworthy stuff from the web data platform
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💡 Business Brainstorms 💡- My favorite ideas of the week 🪄 Growth Magic
12th Aug 2024
1

💡 Business Brainstorms 💡- My favorite ideas of the week

from Schemers [alt+shift+b] in startups

12th Aug 2024
🪄 Growth Magic
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Roundup #81: Back to our regular programming National debt; AI cyberattacks; Phone bans; AI and coding jobs; Millennials vs. Boomers; Public...
1st May 2026
1

Roundup #81: Back to our regular programming

from Noahpinion [alt+shift+b] in startups

1st May 2026
National debt; AI cyberattacks; Phone bans; AI and coding jobs; Millennials vs. Boomers; Public order; California YIMBYism
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A Legacy of Speaking Up A tribute to my late father in honor of being named an inaugural Centennial Alumni Catalyst by the...
6th Oct 2025
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A Legacy of Speaking Up

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

6th Oct 2025
A tribute to my late father in honor of being named an inaugural Centennial Alumni Catalyst by the Stanford Graduate School of Business
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Searching for Product-Market Fit Product-market fit is the holy grail.
28th Apr 2025
1

Searching for Product-Market Fit

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

28th Apr 2025
Product-market fit is the holy grail.
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Call the destination, and ask for directions Most of us don’t know what to do next. We know where we want to be, but we don’t know how to get...
1st Aug 2000
1

Call the destination, and ask for directions

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

1st Aug 2000
Most of us don’t know what to do next. We know where we want to be, but we don’t know how to get there. Work backwards. Just contact someone who’s there, and ask how to get there. If you want to play a concert at the biggest club in town, show up on a weekday...
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Test Coverage Won't Save You Forestwalk’s CTO Jenn Cooper shares what she’s been learning about tests, after a couple years of...
8th Jun 2026
1

Test Coverage Won't Save You

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

8th Jun 2026
Forestwalk’s CTO Jenn Cooper shares what she’s been learning about tests, after a couple years of increasingly coding with agents: Most discussions about AI-native development jump from this problem – agents’ tendency to accumulate tech debt – directly to tests. … Tests verify...
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Can you have child safety and Section 230, too? The verdicts in last week’s social media trials have alarmed open-internet advocates. But it’s...
1st Apr 2026
1

Can you have child safety and Section 230, too?

from Platformer [alt+shift+b] in startups

1st Apr 2026
The verdicts in last week’s social media trials have alarmed open-internet advocates. But it’s possible to regulate platform design while also protecting speech
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The forecasting fallacy Marketers are prone to a prediction. You’ll find them in the annual tirade of trend decks. In the...
14th Sep 2020
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The forecasting fallacy

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

14th Sep 2020
Marketers are prone to a prediction. You’ll find them in the annual tirade of trend decks. In the PowerPoint projections of self-proclaimed prophets. In the feeds of forecasters and futurists. To understand the extent of our forecasting fascination, I analysed the websites...
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Maintenance
6th Mar 2020
15

Maintenance

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

6th Mar 2020
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Same effort, but better results The best business opportunities multiply our efforts as founders.
6th May 2022
16

Same effort, but better results

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

6th May 2022
The best business opportunities multiply our efforts as founders.
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Blockchain’s real world problem A while back, early in the blockchain hype cycle, a startup called Verisart popped up and promised...
30th Oct 2022
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Blockchain’s real world problem

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

30th Oct 2022
A while back, early in the blockchain hype cycle, a startup called Verisart popped up and promised to “fix” fine art. Not sure if that painting is real? Can’t find out who owns it, or where they got it? Worried that the gallery you’re emailing is a scammer? Worry no more!...
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The Year AI Came For Us: Teaching Entrepreneurship Will Never Be The Same This post previously appeared in Poets and Quants. 15 years ago, my Lean LaunchPad class changed how...
23rd Sep 2026
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The Year AI Came For Us: Teaching Entrepreneurship Will Never Be The Same

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

23rd Sep 2026
This post previously appeared in Poets and Quants. 15 years ago, my Lean LaunchPad class changed how entrepreneurship is taught. The class is now taught in hundreds of universities worldwide and helped launch thousands of startups. But this past summer, I got thinking about...
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New job, hello climate tech I have a new job! I’m doing climate tech at NCX (née SilviaTerra), using satellite imagery to...
31st May 2021
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New job, hello climate tech

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

31st May 2021
I have a new job! I’m doing climate tech at NCX (née SilviaTerra), using satellite imagery to prevent deforestation and sequester more carbon in trees. A few years ago, I looked around for a side project on the climate crisis. Nothing big, maybe 5-10 hours a week, but I was ready...
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Collective Experiences | Theory No. 8 On the value of creating shared context in the age of personalized, on-demand media.
22nd Feb 2023
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Collective Experiences | Theory No. 8

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22nd Feb 2023
On the value of creating shared context in the age of personalized, on-demand media.
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There Are No (Absolute) Red Flags in Venture Capital Let’s accept, for the purposes of this essay, that founders and venture capitalists are engaged in a...
22nd Feb 2023
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There Are No (Absolute) Red Flags in Venture Capital

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

22nd Feb 2023
Let’s accept, for the purposes of this essay, that founders and venture capitalists are engaged in a simple trade. Founders sell business risk for the cash they need to take bigger risks; venture capitalists buy that risk hoping it will one day transmute into reward. Each side...
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Bet the farm Or risk losing it all
2nd Dec 2025
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Bet the farm

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2nd Dec 2025
Or risk losing it all
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Pretty doesn't sell
18th Apr 2013
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Pretty doesn't sell

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

18th Apr 2013
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We Can Do Hard Things Years ago, back when I was leading a mobile dev team, my friend had an idea for a business. You see,...
30th Apr 2026
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We Can Do Hard Things

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

30th Apr 2026
Years ago, back when I was leading a mobile dev team, my friend had an idea for a business. You see, back then the most frustrating thing about mobile dev was the final step: getting your app on actual phones. Builds, provisioning, and code signing made for a harrowing trial,...
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Working notes for Summer of Protocols I participated in the Summer of Protocols research program this summer as a Core Researcher. It was...
27th May 2023
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Working notes for Summer of Protocols

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

27th May 2023
I participated in the Summer of Protocols research program this summer as a Core Researcher. It was an 18-week program, funded by the Ethereum Foundation, that aimed to catalyze a wider exploration of protocols and their social implications. I decided to focus on protocols as...
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I love AI. Why doesn't everyone? Anti-AI sentiment might or might not be rational, but it certainly relies on a lot of bad arguments.
1st Dec 2025
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I love AI. Why doesn't everyone?

from Noahpinion [alt+shift+b] in startups

1st Dec 2025
Anti-AI sentiment might or might not be rational, but it certainly relies on a lot of bad arguments.
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Keep making things
13th Jun 2015
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Keep making things

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

13th Jun 2015
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Local news web site
18th Oct 2009
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Local news web site

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

18th Oct 2009
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Startups that Have Employees In Offices Grow 3½ Times Faster This article previously appeared in EIX – Entreprenuers and Innovators Exchange. Data shows that...
14th Feb 2023
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Startups that Have Employees In Offices Grow 3½ Times Faster

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

14th Feb 2023
This article previously appeared in EIX – Entreprenuers and Innovators Exchange. Data shows that pre-seed and seed startups with employees showing up in a physical office have 3½ times higher revenue growth than those that are solely remote. Let the discussion begin. During the...
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i hated coding, but i learned to love it again I quit my software job in October, two years ago. I was tired and extremely frustrated. Things that...
14th Jan 2025
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i hated coding, but i learned to love it again

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

14th Jan 2025
I quit my software job in October, two years ago. I was tired and extremely frustrated. Things that I enjoyed in the past no longer satisfied me. Those things were mostly related to coding. But like any fire, I started as a slowly burning dumpster until I hit a critical point and...
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Elon Musk and OpenAI Guys, I've had enough. This is the final straw.
15th Nov 2024
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Elon Musk and OpenAI

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

15th Nov 2024
Guys, I've had enough. This is the final straw.
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1, 7, 30, 11, 12 Jews do mourning well. That’s what I’ve always thought from watching family and friends go through...
4th Feb 2026
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1, 7, 30, 11, 12

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

4th Feb 2026
Jews do mourning well. That’s what I’ve always thought from watching family and friends go through it. It’s what I’ve learned as fact since my father died eleven months ago. There’s a central tension to it. A constant fault line that our customs straddle. It’s the constant...
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Platform Risk Platform risk is when another company controls your destiny. This week there was a big scare with...
3rd Feb 2023
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Platform Risk

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

3rd Feb 2023
Platform risk is when another company controls your destiny. This week there was a big scare with Twitter's enforcement of a policy they claim had been around for a while. Twitter’s new developer terms ban third-party clients | Engadget Twitter has quietly updated its...
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A Fall From Grace Affinity is the CRM (Customer Relationship Management) software of the venture and startup...
18th Nov 2024
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A Fall From Grace

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

18th Nov 2024
Affinity is the CRM (Customer Relationship Management) software of the venture and startup ecosystem.
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How desperation affects creativity
7th Jun 2014
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How desperation affects creativity

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

7th Jun 2014
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Interactive navigation in embedding space tdjgordon, Pixabay Discussed a fascinating idea for a foundation model tool at lunch today:...
23rd Jan 2025
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Interactive navigation in embedding space

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

23rd Jan 2025
tdjgordon, Pixabay Discussed a fascinating idea for a foundation model tool at lunch today: interactive navigation in embedding space. Right now, you prompt most generative models with human language. That works, but it’s imprecise and coarse. If you’re generating an image of an...
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Pots of Gold Here’s a painful contradiction at the heart of spending time on startups: all the good stuff you can...
6th Dec 2021
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Pots of Gold

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

6th Dec 2021
Here’s a painful contradiction at the heart of spending time on startups: all the good stuff you can create is in the future, but all the patterns you look at to learn what to do are in the past. This makes your brain do funny things. On the one hand, you see how huge things can...
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Secret History – When Kodak Went to War with Polaroid This part 2 of the Secret History of Polaroid and Edwin Land. Read part 1 for context. Kodak and...
16th May 2024
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Secret History – When Kodak Went to War with Polaroid

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

16th May 2024
This part 2 of the Secret History of Polaroid and Edwin Land. Read part 1 for context. Kodak and Polaroid, the two most famous camera companies of the 20th century, had a great partnership for 20+ years. Then in an inexplicable turnabout Kodak decided to destroy Polaroid’s...
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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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A better parking lot
27th Jul 2009
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A better parking lot

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

27th Jul 2009
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Imposter syndrome is a stick in your bike wheels But low self-awareness is a rocket to nowhere
7th Jul 2025
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Imposter syndrome is a stick in your bike wheels

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7th Jul 2025
But low self-awareness is a rocket to nowhere
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Nvidia Earnings, Dollars Per Gigawatt, Open and Hugging Face Nvidia's earnings were remarking and boring — two sides of the same coin. Everything the company...
1st Sep 2026
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Nvidia Earnings, Dollars Per Gigawatt, Open and Hugging Face

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

1st Sep 2026
Nvidia's earnings were remarking and boring — two sides of the same coin. Everything the company does is about avoiding a consolidated world.
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Simulating Qubits with Python (Classically) Simulating Qubits with Python (Classically) Ever wondered what it would be like to play with a...
28th Apr 2022
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Simulating Qubits with Python (Classically)

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

28th Apr 2022
Simulating Qubits with Python (Classically) Ever wondered what it would be like to play with a quantum computer? While we can't all have a supercooled quantum processor in our basement (yet), we can do the next best thing—simulate one with regular Python code. Sure, it's...
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Apple TV, Apple TV, Apple TV, and Apple TV+ ‪Apple TV is a hardware device. ‪Apple TV is an app on Apple TV that curates content you can buy...
2nd Nov 2019
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Apple TV, Apple TV, Apple TV, and Apple TV+

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

2nd Nov 2019
‪Apple TV is a hardware device. ‪Apple TV is an app on Apple TV that curates content you can buy from Apple and also content you can stream through other installed apps (but not all apps, and there is no way to tell which ones). Apple TV is an app on iOS/iPadOS devices that...
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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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Beer Mode and Coffee Mode Creatives have two ways of working: beer mode and coffee mode.  Beer mode is a state of unfocused...
1st Jan 2021
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Beer Mode and Coffee Mode

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

1st Jan 2021
Creatives have two ways of working: beer mode and coffee mode.  Beer mode is a state of unfocused play where you discover new ideas. In contrast, coffee mode is a state of focus where you work towards a specific outcome.  The problem with traditional productivity advice is that...
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At least five interesting things for your weekend (#15) Working-class wealth, the education gap, zero-sum thinking, data uncertainty, and indigenous...
1st Oct 2023
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At least five interesting things for your weekend (#15)

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1st Oct 2023
Working-class wealth, the education gap, zero-sum thinking, data uncertainty, and indigenous knowledge
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Thinking rationally about emotion In advertising, using emotion is entirely logical. Creative agencies have made this case...
20th Aug 2024
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Thinking rationally about emotion

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

20th Aug 2024
In advertising, using emotion is entirely logical. Creative agencies have made this case consistently. But in 2013 Les Binet and Peter Field bought some much-needed data to the discussion. In their seminal report, The Long and The Short of It, the duo analysed 30 years of...
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Pi from String Amplitudes Pi from String Amplitudes From the paper by Arnab Priya Saha and Aninda Sinha. A new series for...
1st Sep 2024
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Pi from String Amplitudes

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

1st Sep 2024
Pi from String Amplitudes From the paper by Arnab Priya Saha and Aninda Sinha. A new series for \(\pi\) and its convergence. $$ Where \((a)_{n-1}\) is the Pochhammer symbol. $$ \(\lambda\) is a free parameter for optimizing convergence. As \(\lambda\) approaches infinity, the...
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Natural Language Is an Unnatural Interface How can we use familiar design patterns to constrain the unwieldy state space of large language...
27th Jun 2023
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Natural Language Is an Unnatural Interface

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27th Jun 2023
How can we use familiar design patterns to constrain the unwieldy state space of large language models?
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Automate Everything Performing manual, repetitive tasks enrages me. I used to think this was a corollary of being a...
5th Feb 2012
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Automate Everything

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

5th Feb 2012
Performing manual, repetitive tasks enrages me. I used to think this was a corollary of being a programmer, but I’ve come to suspect (or hope) that this behaviour is inherent in being human. But being able to hack together scripts simply makes it much easier to go from a state of...
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Testing and operating distributed systems I am excited to announce that the first edition of my book about distributed systems is finally...
7th Feb 2021
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Testing and operating distributed systems

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

7th Feb 2021
I am excited to announce that the first edition of my book about distributed systems is finally complete! First things first, I have…
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Saying no to everything else Steven Pressfield called himself an author for years, but he’d never actually finished a...
23rd Sep 2015
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Saying no to everything else

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

23rd Sep 2015
Steven Pressfield called himself an author for years, but he’d never actually finished a book. Eventually, the psychological pain of not finishing kept building until he couldn’t stand it anymore. He decided to finally beat the devil he calls “The Resistance”. He said, “I...
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The Tyranny of the Marginal User why consumer software gets worse, not better, over time
14th Sep 2023
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The Tyranny of the Marginal User

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

14th Sep 2023
why consumer software gets worse, not better, over time
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Tab Tab Tab How humans became training data with paychecks
4th Nov 2025
1

Tab Tab Tab

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

4th Nov 2025
How humans became training data with paychecks
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attribution is fake, counterintuitive founder ideas, what’s your question? attribution is fake
4th Aug 2025
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attribution is fake, counterintuitive founder ideas, what’s your question?

from Schemers [alt+shift+b] in startups

4th Aug 2025
attribution is fake
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How Philosophers Think Philosophers are the most rigorous thinkers I know. Like intellectual boxers; they come to...
1st Jun 2021
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How Philosophers Think

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

1st Jun 2021
Philosophers are the most rigorous thinkers I know. Like intellectual boxers; they come to understand ideas by making them fight with each other. Their style of analysis is effective because it’s so bloody. One friend calls his style “violent thinking.” He talks about thinking...
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The Coddling of the Tech Mind We built daycares for adults
22nd May 2026
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The Coddling of the Tech Mind

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22nd May 2026
We built daycares for adults
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The decline of the mobile web People are spending more time on mobile vs desktop: And more of their mobile time using apps, not...
7th Apr 2014
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The decline of the mobile web

from cdixon [alt+shift+b] in startups

7th Apr 2014
People are spending more time on mobile vs desktop: And more of their mobile time using apps, not the web: This is a worrisome trend for…
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Why I left America I was living on the beach in Santa Monica, California, and life was perfect. I was in paradise, and...
9th Mar 2022
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Why I left America

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

9th Mar 2022
I was living on the beach in Santa Monica, California, and life was perfect. I was in paradise, and deeply happy. But I always want to learn and grow. To grow intellectually, you need to be surprised. If we’re not surprised, we’re not really learning. We may add new...
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App store shenanigans I’ve downloaded and tested a few hundred iPhone and iPad apps.  One thing that I’ve noticed is that...
1st Apr 2011
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App store shenanigans

from cdixon [alt+shift+b] in startups

1st Apr 2011
I’ve downloaded and tested a few hundred iPhone and iPad apps.  One thing that I’ve noticed is that many of the top rated and ranked apps…
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Dive into GHC: Pipeline Dive into GHC: Pipeline After reading Simon's I'm by no means an expert on GHC internals, but I have...
21st Jun 2016
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Dive into GHC: Pipeline

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

21st Jun 2016
Dive into GHC: Pipeline After reading Simon's I'm by no means an expert on GHC internals, but I have worked with them a fair So begins a multipart writeup on the structure of GHC structured around several Official Commentary GHC core developers have actually spent a great deal of...
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Imitate, then Innovate Imitate, then Innovate is my motto for improving at any skill.  It’s counterintuitive, but the more...
15th Feb 2022
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Imitate, then Innovate

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

15th Feb 2022
Imitate, then Innovate is my motto for improving at any skill.  It’s counterintuitive, but the more we imitate others, the faster we can discover our unique style. The post Imitate, then Innovate appeared first on David Perell.
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Passive investing fueled a bull market — and could bring it down The growth of passive investing, through index funds found in the 401(k) accounts of average...
7th Nov 2025
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Passive investing fueled a bull market — and could bring it down

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

7th Nov 2025
The growth of passive investing, through index funds found in the 401(k) accounts of average Americans, has propped up the stock market while also potentially setting it up for a nasty fall.
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Unit Economics The old joke describes a lot of companies at the moment - “I’ll sell at a loss but make it up on...
10th Jun 2018
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Unit Economics

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

10th Jun 2018
The old joke describes a lot of companies at the moment - “I’ll sell at a loss but make it up on volume.” Pilloried in the press, startups burn through vast sums of capital before spectacularly imploding. Let’s go back to 2012-13. The world was finally emerging from a punishing...
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The Paradoxes of Modern Life The Paradox of Reading: The books you read will profoundly change you even though you’ll forget the...
5th Apr 2021
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The Paradoxes of Modern Life

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

5th Apr 2021
The Paradox of Reading: The books you read will profoundly change you even though you’ll forget the vast majority of what you read. The Paradox of Writing: Great writing looks effortless. But because the ideas are so clear, casual readers don’t appreciate how much time it took to...
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the Michael Browne suits In 2020, I was about to move to New York City. I wanted to get to know all of its ethnic enclaves,...
15th Apr 2023
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the Michael Browne suits

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

15th Apr 2023
In 2020, I was about to move to New York City. I wanted to get to know all of its ethnic enclaves, like visiting the whole world in one city. But I know I have a tendency to stay at home, immersed in my work.
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2026.18: Long-term, Peripheral & Myopic Visions The best Stratechery content from the week of April 27, 2026, including Amazon and AI, the future of...
1st May 2026
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2026.18: Long-term, Peripheral & Myopic Visions

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

1st May 2026
The best Stratechery content from the week of April 27, 2026, including Amazon and AI, the future of AR devices, and Beijing's myopia.
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The Era Of The Business Idiot Fair warning: this is the longest thing I've written on this newsletter. I do apologize. Soundtrack:...
21st May 2025
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The Era Of The Business Idiot

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

21st May 2025
Fair warning: this is the longest thing I've written on this newsletter. I do apologize. Soundtrack: EL-P - $4 Vic Listen to my podcast Better Offline. We have merch. Last week, Bloomberg profiled Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, revealing that he's either a liar or a specific
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Some things I've been thinking about - This is the second week I’ve experimented with writing a “Some Things I’ve been thinking about -”...
4th Aug 2026
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Some things I've been thinking about -

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

4th Aug 2026
This is the second week I’ve experimented with writing a “Some Things I’ve been thinking about -” post on Twitter & LinkedIn.
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The tiny logos behind a global power shift Your gadgets are entering a safety arms race.
1st Sep 2026
0

The tiny logos behind a global power shift

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

1st Sep 2026
Your gadgets are entering a safety arms race.
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Fooled by experts Experts are generally right until they're wrong. Unfortunately, it's very easy to get fooled into...
24th Apr 2017
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Fooled by experts

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

24th Apr 2017
Experts are generally right until they're wrong. Unfortunately, it's very easy to get fooled into thinking that experts are always right. This is because they are...experts. They are authoritative and knowledgeable. This is especially true when it comes to trying new things in...
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Premium: AI Isn't Too Big To Fail Soundtrack — Soundgarden — Blow Up The Outside World A lot of people try to rationalize the AI...
3rd Apr 2026
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Premium: AI Isn't Too Big To Fail

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

3rd Apr 2026
Soundtrack — Soundgarden — Blow Up The Outside World A lot of people try to rationalize the AI bubble by digging up the past. Billions of dollars of waste are justified by saying “OpenAI just like Uber” (it isn’t) and “the data center buildout is
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Turning $300k into $1.3M (2022 Annual Review) 2022 proved XO's business model. We were able to source deals, close them, grow them, and in some...
30th Dec 2022
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Turning $300k into $1.3M (2022 Annual Review)

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

30th Dec 2022
2022 proved XO's business model. We were able to source deals, close them, grow them, and in some cases sell them. We grew to 6 full time people (not including myself and Henry). We joined the 6 figure club and proudly bootstrapped our way to low six figures
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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 Department of War Just Shot the Accountants and Opted for Speed Last week the Department of War finally killed the last vestiges of Robert McNamara’s 1962 Planning,...
11th Nov 2025
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The Department of War Just Shot the Accountants and Opted for Speed

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

11th Nov 2025
Last week the Department of War finally killed the last vestiges of Robert McNamara’s 1962 Planning, Programming, and Budgeting System (PPBS).  The DoW has pivoted from optimizing cost and performance to delivering advanced weapons at speed. Taking decades to deliver weapons is...
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How Pakistan can join the South Asia growth boom A guest post by Murtaza Hussain
2nd May 2023
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How Pakistan can join the South Asia growth boom

from Noahpinion [alt+shift+b] in startups

2nd May 2023
A guest post by Murtaza Hussain
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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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ChatGPT's 2025 strategy | Peter Thiel | Apple exec meeting ChatGPT should be cool. Right now, it’s useful but not cool.
15th Jun 2025
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ChatGPT's 2025 strategy | Peter Thiel | Apple exec meeting

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

15th Jun 2025
ChatGPT should be cool. Right now, it’s useful but not cool.
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Seeking inspiration? The word “inspiration” usually means “something that mentally stimulates you.” breathe...
14th Apr 2013
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Seeking inspiration?

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

14th Apr 2013
The word “inspiration” usually means “something that mentally stimulates you.” breathe in. People surf the web, reading pithy articles, looking for inspiration. People listen to hours of podcasts, looking for inspiration. Musicians, writers, artists, and everyone else, all...
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Building software for podcasters –\_Josh Nielsen from Zencastr Josh started out trying to build a "GitHub for music." When that idea didn't pan out, he still...
6th Jan 2018
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Building software for podcasters –\_Josh Nielsen from Zencastr

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

6th Jan 2018
Josh started out trying to build a "GitHub for music." When that idea didn't pan out, he still wanted to do something with Web Audio and WebRTC. So he started building Zencastr, which gives podcasters the ability to record "double-ender" interviews in the browser.
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The Players on the Eve of Destruction The insanity of war has returned to our world.
2nd Jan 2025
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The Players on the Eve of Destruction

from Noahpinion [alt+shift+b] in startups

2nd Jan 2025
The insanity of war has returned to our world.
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No “yes.” Either “HELL YEAH!” or “no.” Use this rule if you’re often over-committed or too scattered. When deciding whether to do...
26th Aug 2009
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No “yes.” Either “HELL YEAH!” or “no.”

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

26th Aug 2009
Use this rule if you’re often over-committed or too scattered. When deciding whether to do something, if you feel anything less than “Wow! That would be amazing! Absolutely! Hell yeah!” — then say no. Every event you get invited to. Every request to start a new...
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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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Working With Founders Who Have Conviction and Taste Consulting can be easy money. Fleecing clients for cheap tricks. Clients have problems, you have...
16th Apr 2024
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Working With Founders Who Have Conviction and Taste

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

16th Apr 2024
Consulting can be easy money. Fleecing clients for cheap tricks. Clients have problems, you have powerpoints. It’s easy to flip a few quick slides into a chunk of cash and cackle off into the mountains.
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