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The Sphere's $4B Business, explained The eye-catching Las Vegas attraction cost James Dolan $2.3B to build. After an uncertain start, the...
6th Mar 2026
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The Sphere's $4B Business, explained

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

6th Mar 2026
The eye-catching Las Vegas attraction cost James Dolan $2.3B to build. After an uncertain start, the recent success of "The Wizard of Oz" has created a clear playbook for global domination.
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Do I look dumb?
2nd Nov 2014
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Do I look dumb?

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

2nd Nov 2014
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Derivative Zoo Derivative Zoo There are many types of operators that we call derivatives. Classical...
1st May 2018
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Derivative Zoo

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

1st May 2018
Derivative Zoo There are many types of operators that we call derivatives. Classical Derivative One-Sided Derivative Higher Order Derivative Implicit Derivative Complex Derivative Partial Derivative Directional Derivative Covariant Derivative Lie Derivative Exterior...
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2014: a year of making stuff
30th Dec 2014
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2014: a year of making stuff

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

30th Dec 2014
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Complexity Opportunity & the Complexity Equilibrium Why jobs aren’t going anywhere
23rd Sep 2026
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Complexity Opportunity & the Complexity Equilibrium

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23rd Sep 2026
Why jobs aren’t going anywhere
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Goodbye YC I sent this email to the whole team at YC yesterday: When I joined YC 7.5 years ago, there weren’t...
12th Feb 2021
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Goodbye YC

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

12th Feb 2021
I sent this email to the whole team at YC yesterday: When I joined YC 7.5 years ago, there weren’t many people around. PG and Jessica were still running things. We had offices in Mountain View, Palo Alto, and on Kearny street, but they were nearly always empty. The only meeting...
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Adland is an island We spend eight hours a day thinking about the brands we build. Many of us more. We consider our...
24th Feb 2021
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Adland is an island

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

24th Feb 2021
We spend eight hours a day thinking about the brands we build. Many of us more. We consider our clients’ companies and the categories in which they compete. We visit the sites in which our products are produced and the stores in which they are sold. We analyse their adverts...
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Don't stand still
2nd May 2017
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Don't stand still

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

2nd May 2017
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💡 Business Brainstorms 💡- My favorite ideas of the week 🤠 Democratize Luxury
9th Sep 2024
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💡 Business Brainstorms 💡- My favorite ideas of the week

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

9th Sep 2024
🤠 Democratize Luxury
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Premium: The Hater's Guide To SoftBank Soundtrack: Ozzy Osbourne — Mr. Crowley A lot of people have been making a lot of fun of the...
6th Jul 2026
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Premium: The Hater's Guide To SoftBank

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

6th Jul 2026
Soundtrack: Ozzy Osbourne — Mr. Crowley A lot of people have been making a lot of fun of the SoftBank 46th annual shareholder meeting and Masayoshi Son’s (to quote Bryce Elder of the Financial Times) Untethered Goose Game, specifically referring to slides that, well, looked like...
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Reading the Bible start to finish I like going to the source. Like finding musicians’ influences, and getting to know that music too....
27th Jan 2023
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Reading the Bible start to finish

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

27th Jan 2023
I like going to the source. Like finding musicians’ influences, and getting to know that music too. Same with film, art, philosophy, and technology.
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What's important
9th Jul 2012
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What's important

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

9th Jul 2012
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How to review a data analysis Writing good code is hard, writing a good analysis is harder. Peer-review is an essential tool to...
18th Jul 2016
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How to review a data analysis

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

18th Jul 2016
Writing good code is hard, writing a good analysis is harder. Peer-review is an essential tool to fight repetitive errors, omissions and…
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Mapping out the tribes of climate Climate is a gravity well for talent, but why don’t other, equally impactful topics attract talent...
30th Nov 2022
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Mapping out the tribes of climate

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

30th Nov 2022
Climate is a gravity well for talent, but why don’t other, equally impactful topics attract talent in the same way? Why isn’t everyone dropping everything to work on homelessness, or global poverty, or curing cancer? With many peers in tech now working on climate issues, I tried...
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Five ways of thinking about Moltbook What a social network for AI agents tells us about the future. PLUS: Elon consolidates the X empire
3rd Feb 2026
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Five ways of thinking about Moltbook

from Platformer [alt+shift+b] in startups

3rd Feb 2026
What a social network for AI agents tells us about the future. PLUS: Elon consolidates the X empire
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Manufacturing is a war now And the democracies are losing.
4th Dec 2024
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Manufacturing is a war now

from Noahpinion [alt+shift+b] in startups

4th Dec 2024
And the democracies are losing.
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Summer Hack There is nothing I love more than when a moment or inside joke lands so perfectly that it unites a...
7th Aug 2025
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Summer Hack

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

7th Aug 2025
There is nothing I love more than when a moment or inside joke lands so perfectly that it unites a group of people.
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Let's evaluate Kamala Harris' entire economic policy program! Fun!!
4th Oct 2024
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Let's evaluate Kamala Harris' entire economic policy program!

from Noahpinion [alt+shift+b] in startups

4th Oct 2024
Fun!!
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A good find
13th Aug 2025
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A good find

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

13th Aug 2025
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Do the hardest thing Most small business ideas are a hard job attached to an easy idea. Instead, you should do your...
28th May 2026
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Do the hardest thing

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

28th May 2026
Most small business ideas are a hard job attached to an easy idea. Instead, you should do your hardest idea.
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The joke that changed my life Growing up in America, I didn’t know much about other cultures. When I was 25, my band got some...
19th Jun 2022
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The joke that changed my life

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

19th Jun 2022
Growing up in America, I didn’t know much about other cultures. When I was 25, my band got some gigs in Europe — my first time there. It was 1995. The European Union was new. I heard a street performer in Copenhagen tell this joke: “The EU will be a success if … “The...
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Searching for Product-Market Fit Product-market fit is the holy grail.
28th Apr 2025
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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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Making things that last Lately I've had a lot of time for thinking. Partially because I shut down Blymp back in January and...
24th Sep 2026
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Making things that last

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

24th Sep 2026
Lately I've had a lot of time for thinking. Partially because I shut down Blymp back in January and freed up a lot of my mental resources. No clients to follow up with. No admin stuff to stress about. But thinking is also my favourite activity, and there'll always be time in my...
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Chapter 2 of Ansi Common Lisp
3rd Apr 2023
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Chapter 2 of Ansi Common Lisp

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

3rd Apr 2023
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AI for Work & Life Hackathons need a “why” –
15th May 2025
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AI for Work & Life

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

15th May 2025
Hackathons need a “why” –
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Hiring With AI We’re in the process of hiring an investment associate (or two!).
30th Jun 2026
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Hiring With AI

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

30th Jun 2026
We’re in the process of hiring an investment associate (or two!).
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Actions, not words, reveal our real values I told my old coach that I really wanted to start my new company. I said, “Yes, I do! This is...
16th Jun 2017
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Actions, not words, reveal our real values

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

16th Jun 2017
I told my old coach that I really wanted to start my new company. I said, “Yes, I do! This is really important to me!” I said, “You can’t ignore what I’m saying. I know myself well. I’m telling you what’s important to me.” I thought about that, but it sounded wrong to...
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An empty dance floor Awkwardness kills data-driven decision making
6th Jul 2026
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An empty dance floor

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

6th Jul 2026
Awkwardness kills data-driven decision making
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How we turned into assholes The internet was supposed to unite us. So what the fuck happened? And how did we become a...
3rd Nov 2023
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How we turned into assholes

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

3rd Nov 2023
The internet was supposed to unite us. So what the fuck happened? And how did we become a cross-generational digital nation of assholes? We dreamed of a global, decentralized network spreading information, enabling communication, and connecting humanity. But somewhere...
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Old VC firms: get ready to be disrupted If the U.S. economy were a company, the VC industry would be the R&D department. The financing for...
2nd May 2010
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Old VC firms: get ready to be disrupted

from cdixon [alt+shift+b] in startups

2nd May 2010
If the U.S. economy were a company, the VC industry would be the R&D department. The financing for the VC industry comes from so-called LPs…
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The second chapter of Understanding Distributed Systems is out In the second chapter of Understanding Distributed Systems , I explore the core building blocks at...
26th Jul 2020
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The second chapter of Understanding Distributed Systems is out

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

26th Jul 2020
In the second chapter of Understanding Distributed Systems , I explore the core building blocks at the heart of many distributed systems…
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The AI Demand Bubble If you liked this piece, you should subscribe to my premium newsletter. It’s $70 a year, or $7 a...
4th Aug 2026
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The AI Demand Bubble

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

4th Aug 2026
If you liked this piece, you should subscribe to my premium newsletter. It’s $70 a year, or $7 a month, and in return you get a weekly newsletter that’s usually anywhere from 5,000 to 18,000 words, including vast, detailed analyses of NVIDIA, Anthropic and
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Second Nature Skills What can you do without trying that hard?
14th Aug 2024
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Second Nature Skills

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

14th Aug 2024
What can you do without trying that hard?
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The Y-Combinator in Python The Y-Combinator in Python Lambda calculus holds a revered place as a foundational system in...
10th Aug 2017
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The Y-Combinator in Python

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

10th Aug 2017
The Y-Combinator in Python Lambda calculus holds a revered place as a foundational system in computation theory, influencing programming languages and paradigms. One fascinating application of lambda calculus is Church encoding, which allows representing data and operators using...
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Spec-driven development Documentation first, SQL second
4th May 2026
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Spec-driven development

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

4th May 2026
Documentation first, SQL second
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The Slop Society In the last week we've seen the emergence of the true Meta — and the true Mark Zuckerberg — as the...
17th Jan 2025
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The Slop Society

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

17th Jan 2025
In the last week we've seen the emergence of the true Meta — and the true Mark Zuckerberg — as the company ended its fact-checking program, claiming that (and I quote) "fact checkers have been too politically biased and have destroyed more trust than they've
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How Olympic Air Pistols Took Over The Timeline PLUS: WTF happened to Nike?
1st Aug 2024
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How Olympic Air Pistols Took Over The Timeline

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

1st Aug 2024
PLUS: WTF happened to Nike?
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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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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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The time to eat the hors d’oeuvres is when they’re being passed The efficient market hypothesis is a widely taught financial theory that states, roughly, that under...
3rd Sep 2012
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The time to eat the hors d’oeuvres is when they’re being passed

from cdixon [alt+shift+b] in startups

3rd Sep 2012
The efficient market hypothesis is a widely taught financial theory that states, roughly, that under certain generally-held conditions…
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Best practices for raising a VC round Having raised a number of VC rounds personally and observed many more as an investor or friend, I’ve...
4th May 2011
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Best practices for raising a VC round

from cdixon [alt+shift+b] in startups

4th May 2011
Having raised a number of VC rounds personally and observed many more as an investor or friend, I’ve come to think there are a set of…
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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

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

12th Jun 2026
Anthropic shipped Claude Fable 5 yesterday, the first Mythos-class model the public can use.
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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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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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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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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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Building products from improvised user behaviors For a long time, there were niche communities of “lo-fi” camera enthusiasts: people who shared...
2nd Jan 2012
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Building products from improvised user behaviors

from cdixon [alt+shift+b] in startups

2nd Jan 2012
For a long time, there were niche communities of “lo-fi” camera enthusiasts: people who shared photos taken on old cameras that had…
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Five Unbreakable Rules for Startups I’ve been involved with 4 startups over the last 10 years or so, 3 as a co-founder. I’m a follower...
13th Dec 2015
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Five Unbreakable Rules for Startups

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

13th Dec 2015
I’ve been involved with 4 startups over the last 10 years or so, 3 as a co-founder. I’m a follower of Paul Graham and the YC camp of startup wisdom. There’s now a great deal of literature laying out the unbreakable rules for startups. Despite studying this literature, I’ve...
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How to make the best possible translation of a book? You know that frustration of reading a book that should have been an article? Me too. So I try to...
14th Aug 2024
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How to make the best possible translation of a book?

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

14th Aug 2024
You know that frustration of reading a book that should have been an article? Me too. So I try to do the opposite — to write so succinctly that you wish I would have said a little more. You complete it with your own thoughts.
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Ten million users is the new one million users Entrepreneurs and investors have been enamored with consumer internet startups for the last few...
3rd Aug 2012
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Ten million users is the new one million users

from cdixon [alt+shift+b] in startups

3rd Aug 2012
Entrepreneurs and investors have been enamored with consumer internet startups for the last few years. But there are signs this is ending…
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We've been exposed
3rd Apr 2020
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We've been exposed

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

3rd Apr 2020
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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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The Gulf’s trillion-dollar AI dream has a water problem Tech giants are pouring oil riches into Middle East data centers as water scarcity threatens digital...
4th Aug 2025
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The Gulf’s trillion-dollar AI dream has a water problem

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

4th Aug 2025
Tech giants are pouring oil riches into Middle East data centers as water scarcity threatens digital ambitions.
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Be real.
8th Nov 2010
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Be real.

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

8th Nov 2010
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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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Thoughts on Montreal I visited Montreal for the first time. Here are my general impressions of the city, based on walks...
6th Dec 2021
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Thoughts on Montreal

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

6th Dec 2021
I visited Montreal for the first time. Here are my general impressions of the city, based on walks around town and casual conversations with friends: Culture: My favorite thing about Montreal is its commitment to culture. French is the dominant language, which is partially why it...
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Even the Smartest VCs Sometimes Get it Wrong – Bill Gurley and Regulated Markets Bill Gurley was one of Silicon Valley’s smartest and most successful VCs. He recently gave a talk at...
7th Nov 2023
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Even the Smartest VCs Sometimes Get it Wrong – Bill Gurley and Regulated Markets

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

7th Nov 2023
Bill Gurley was one of Silicon Valley’s smartest and most successful VCs. He recently gave a talk at the All-In Summit that was really two talks in one. The first part was railing against the consequences of regulatory capture on innovation and a second part, about the...
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Notes on the third era of slop Some platforms are turning against AI-generated content. Others are embracing it. What gives?
4th Aug 2026
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Notes on the third era of slop

from Platformer [alt+shift+b] in startups

4th Aug 2026
Some platforms are turning against AI-generated content. Others are embracing it. What gives?
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Birkenstock IPO: Is it worth $10B? And 4 other questions about the 249-year cult German footwear brand.
6th Oct 2023
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Birkenstock IPO: Is it worth $10B?

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

6th Oct 2023
And 4 other questions about the 249-year cult German footwear brand.
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Be careful who you go to for advice
2nd Oct 2014
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Be careful who you go to for advice

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

2nd Oct 2014
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Notes on 'Founder Mode' Most founders are in “founder mode” — and most of them fail.
2nd Sep 2024
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Notes on 'Founder Mode'

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

2nd Sep 2024
Most founders are in “founder mode” — and most of them fail.
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Meditations on Machinic Desire The philosopher and accelerationist Nick Land writes, in his 1994 essay Machinic Desire, three of...
23rd Oct 2024
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Meditations on Machinic Desire

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

23rd Oct 2024
The philosopher and accelerationist Nick Land writes, in his 1994 essay Machinic Desire, three of the most insight-dense paragraphs I’ve ever encountered:
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The Quantum Technology Ecosystem – Explained If you think you understand quantum mechanics, you don’t understand quantum mechanics Richard...
22nd Mar 2022
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The Quantum Technology Ecosystem – Explained

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

22nd Mar 2022
If you think you understand quantum mechanics, you don’t understand quantum mechanics Richard Feynman Tens of billions of public and private capital are being invested in Quantum technologies. Countries across the world have realized that quantum technologies can be a major...
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Test marketing If you want a bigger company to help you some day, imitate what food companies call “test...
1st Apr 2000
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Test marketing

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

1st Apr 2000
If you want a bigger company to help you some day, imitate what food companies call “test marketing”. So first they’ll release it only in a small city like Albany. They ask customers for feedback, then make improvements based on that. They repeat this process until it’s a...
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Tilting my mirror (motivation is delicate) Motivation is delicate. An hour outside my city, there’s a little mountain range. The other side...
5th Dec 2016
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Tilting my mirror (motivation is delicate)

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

5th Dec 2016
Motivation is delicate. An hour outside my city, there’s a little mountain range. The other side is gorgeous. But the road that crosses the mountains is very twisted, with sharp turns every few seconds. The first two times I drove across, my kid threw up in the back...
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Not voting as a form of protest Sometime at the end of last year, I wondered about what it would look like to have a mass-organized...
4th Sep 2020
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Not voting as a form of protest

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

4th Sep 2020
Sometime at the end of last year, I wondered about what it would look like to have a mass-organized abstention campaign. My interest in this topic was mostly casual, but in a moment of enthusiasm, I shared these thoughts on a mailing list with a bunch of creative...
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Oct 2022 Portfolio Updates The three co-founders of XO got together last weekend in South Carolina for a weekend of golf and...
4th Nov 2022
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Oct 2022 Portfolio Updates

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

4th Nov 2022
The three co-founders of XO got together last weekend in South Carolina for a weekend of golf and just hanging out. I am by far the crappiest golfer on the team... it's truly an evil sport. I think I'm also the shortest. Anyways ... We get together
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Unbundling Cash & Equity | Theory No. 15 a heretical take on "total compensation"
6th Sep 2023
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Unbundling Cash & Equity | Theory No. 15

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

6th Sep 2023
a heretical take on "total compensation"
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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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2020 year in review
29th Dec 2020
15

2020 year in review

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

29th Dec 2020
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Try patriotism A repost, with some updates.
1st Apr 2024
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Try patriotism

from Noahpinion [alt+shift+b] in startups

1st Apr 2024
A repost, with some updates.
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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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On risk taking The real risk takers are not who you think they are
1st Dec 2025
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On risk taking

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

1st Dec 2025
The real risk takers are not who you think they are
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The Freedom Ladder
7th Jun 2019
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The Freedom Ladder

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

7th Jun 2019
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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
2

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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Why seed investors don’t like convertible notes A popular option in seed round financing is a convertible note instead of setting a valuation in an...
12th Aug 2009
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Why seed investors don’t like convertible notes

from cdixon [alt+shift+b] in startups

12th Aug 2009
A popular option in seed round financing is a convertible note instead of setting a valuation in an equity financing.  A convertible note is…
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Don't follow your heroes As creators, there's a temptation to seek out our heroes and ask them how they achieved their...
17th Jan 2015
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Don't follow your heroes

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

17th Jan 2015
As creators, there's a temptation to seek out our heroes and ask them how they achieved their success. We think if we follow their instructions, we'll be able to reproduce their winning magic.
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Advice Starting a company is a challenging process - you’re thrown into the deep-end with nothing but your...
28th May 2013
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Advice

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

28th May 2013
Starting a company is a challenging process - you’re thrown into the deep-end with nothing but your wits to help you. Often, though, advice will be forthcoming. This post is about that advice, and how to spot the difference between good and bad. Some advice is expert - your...
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What Game Are You Playing? Remind yourself that you always have agency and can stop playing the game any time if you want to.
7th Jan 2026
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What Game Are You Playing?

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

7th Jan 2026
Remind yourself that you always have agency and can stop playing the game any time if you want to.
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Annual Review 2022 This year was an emotional odyssey. At times, it was tormenting, at others intoxicating. Here, I...
20th Jan 2023
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Annual Review 2022

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

20th Jan 2023
This year was an emotional odyssey. At times, it was tormenting, at others intoxicating. Here, I share my joys and struggles, my dreams and regrets. 2022 completely changed my life. The post Annual Review 2022 appeared first on David Perell.
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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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9 Years on the Road October 24th is my indie-versary, the anniversary of quitting my last full time job. Every year I...
4th Jan 2024
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9 Years on the Road

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

4th Jan 2024
October 24th is my indie-versary, the anniversary of quitting my last full time job. Every year I write a set of reflections about this strange and magical journey.
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How to conduct a good demo of your SaaS Photo by Chris Montgomery on Unsplash Frequently, when we finish a demo session of our HR app,...
20th Apr 2021
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How to conduct a good demo of your SaaS

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

20th Apr 2021
Photo by Chris Montgomery on Unsplash Frequently, when we finish a demo session of our HR app, customers will tell us “Wow, that was a great demo!” when signing off. I never really thought about it, other than the fact that I usually had a good time showing them around, and that...
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The product lens There has been a lot of discussion lately about the markets for startup financing. Many of the...
2nd Dec 2012
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The product lens

from cdixon [alt+shift+b] in startups

2nd Dec 2012
There has been a lot of discussion lately about the markets for startup financing. Many of the discussions use words like “valuations…
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Annual Review 2021 I’ll start this Annual Review by reflecting on 2021. I’ll share highlights and reflect on the goals...
3rd Jan 2022
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Annual Review 2021

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

3rd Jan 2022
I’ll start this Annual Review by reflecting on 2021. I’ll share highlights and reflect on the goals I set at the beginning of the year. Later, I’ll outline how I plan to improve my life and set a new vision for 2022. The post Annual Review 2021 appeared first on David Perell.
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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
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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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Wrestling with the scammers Photo by Dan Nelson on Unsplash I guess one of the downsides of the rising popularity and profile of...
16th Sep 2022
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Wrestling with the scammers

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

16th Sep 2022
Photo by Dan Nelson on Unsplash I guess one of the downsides of the rising popularity and profile of our HR startup is that it attracts the lowest online lifeforms to try and see if they can make illicit profit from it. We have been getting the occasional trial user signing up...
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How much more software do we really need? Probably a lot, but not necessarily the kinds people have made money on so far.
2nd Jun 2026
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How much more software do we really need?

from Noahpinion [alt+shift+b] in startups

2nd Jun 2026
Probably a lot, but not necessarily the kinds people have made money on so far.
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Imagining lots of tedious steps? Or one fun step? If we hate doing something, we think of it as hard. We picture it having many annoying steps. If...
12th Sep 2009
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Imagining lots of tedious steps? Or one fun step?

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

12th Sep 2009
If we hate doing something, we think of it as hard. We picture it having many annoying steps. If you ask someone who hates running how to do it, they’ll say, “Ugh… First you put on running clothes. Then you have to stretch. Then you put on your shoes. Then you go...
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A primer on dopamine 1/ I recently made notes on the book “Hooked” but wasn’t satisfied by the depth of explanation in...
22nd Jan 2024
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A primer on dopamine

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

22nd Jan 2024
1/ I recently made notes on the book “Hooked” but wasn’t satisfied by the depth of explanation in it. 2/ I wanted to get down into neuroscience of habit-forming products and that inevitably lead me to the (in)famous neurotransmitter dopamine. 3/ Before we dive into what dopamine...
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The "Warp Drive" Equations The "Warp Drive" Equations The Alcubierre drive is a speculative idea based on a solution of...
1st Feb 2013
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The "Warp Drive" Equations

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

1st Feb 2013
The "Warp Drive" Equations The Alcubierre drive is a speculative idea based on a solution of Einstein's field equations in General Relativity. It describes a method of bending space-time in a way that allows for faster-than-light travel. This involves creating a "warp bubble"...
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Flash Loans: Why Flash Attacks will be the New Normal Flash loans have been the center of attention lately. Recently two hackers used flash loans to...
27th Feb 2020
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Flash Loans: Why Flash Attacks will be the New Normal

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

27th Feb 2020
Flash loans have been the center of attention lately. Recently two hackers used flash loans to attack the margin trading protocol bZx, first in a $350K attack and later in a $600K copycat attack. These attacks were, in a word, magnificent. In each attack, a penniless attacker...
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Generative AI Builds Bridges Between Creative Mediums On architecting a new Internet paradigm for rapid content creation and sharing.
23rd Nov 2022
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Generative AI Builds Bridges Between Creative Mediums

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

23rd Nov 2022
On architecting a new Internet paradigm for rapid content creation and sharing.
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The Case For Abundance Why I'm betting on depth over distraction
5th Jan 2026
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The Case For Abundance

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

5th Jan 2026
Why I'm betting on depth over distraction
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the best book ever written I’ve asked my favorite musicians if, when they’re done writing a new song, they feel it’s the best...
12th Apr 2024
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the best book ever written

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

12th Apr 2024
I’ve asked my favorite musicians if, when they’re done writing a new song, they feel it’s the best song ever. All of them said yes.
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How do You Cultivate Customer-Centric Executives? summary The answer is that the most successful companies have a key executive who is...
1st Mar 2024
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How do You Cultivate Customer-Centric Executives?

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

1st Mar 2024
summary The answer is that the most successful companies have a key executive who is customer-centric - someone who has a rich mental model for what customers want and is able to step into the customer's shoes. I theorize that beyond a culture of being customer-centric it's the...
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Uncapped notes dont work for first rounds. Uncapped safe notes misalign incentives in first rounds… let me explain why
23rd Dec 2024
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Uncapped notes dont work for first rounds.

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

23rd Dec 2024
Uncapped safe notes misalign incentives in first rounds… let me explain why
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Don't sell to beginners
2nd Jun 2018
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Don't sell to beginners

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

2nd Jun 2018
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AI Engine - The Hack If this article was sent to you and you'd like to receive the latest posts directly, subscribe here.
20th Feb 2025
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AI Engine - The Hack

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

20th Feb 2025
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000 A Sci-Fi Short Story
13th Jun 2023
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000

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

13th Jun 2023
A Sci-Fi Short Story
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AIVC I was approached by a company this week that has trained a large language model on all of the blog...
4th May 2023
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AIVC

from AVC [alt+shift+b] in startups

4th May 2023
I was approached by a company this week that has trained a large language model on all of the blog posts I have written here at AVC. There are 9059 of them for those that are counting. They wanted to offer me a chat bot called “ask Fred.” I told them no thanks. Let me […]
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Materialist Conceptions of God yet another attempt at bridging religion and rationality
25th Feb 2024
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Materialist Conceptions of God

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

25th Feb 2024
yet another attempt at bridging religion and rationality
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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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The Thirty Years' War Is Starting Again The Thirty Years' War Is Starting Again Every few decades, one of America's two political parties...
3rd Aug 2025
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The Thirty Years' War Is Starting Again

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

3rd Aug 2025
The Thirty Years' War Is Starting Again Every few decades, one of America's two political parties undergoes a structural realignment so complete that the continuity of the name becomes a polite fiction. The Democrats did it in the 1960s. The Republicans are doing it now. Reagan's...
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Avoiding Errors in Demo Day Fundraising I’ll be addressing the topic below along with Alfred Lin from Sequoia and Ilya Sukhar from Matrix on...
21st Mar 2023
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Avoiding Errors in Demo Day Fundraising

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

21st Mar 2023
I’ll be addressing the topic below along with Alfred Lin from Sequoia and Ilya Sukhar from Matrix on 3/24: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_qgghYDq4QxCiW9REOOrbmw It would be challenging to name all the fundraising mistakes that founders make during the many demo days...
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The computing deployment phase Technological revolutions happen in two main phases: the installation phase and the deployment...
9th Feb 2013
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The computing deployment phase

from cdixon [alt+shift+b] in startups

9th Feb 2013
Technological revolutions happen in two main phases: the installation phase and the deployment phase. Here’s a chart (from this excellent…
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Staring into the abyss as a core life skill Recently I’ve been thinking about how all my favorite people are great at a skill I’ve labeled in my...
22nd Dec 2022
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Staring into the abyss as a core life skill

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

22nd Dec 2022
Recently I’ve been thinking about how all my favorite people are great at a skill I’ve labeled in my head as “staring into the abyss.”1 Staring into the abyss means thinking reasonably about things that are uncomfortable to contemplate, like arguments against your religious...
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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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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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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!!

from Noahpinion [alt+shift+b] in startups

1st Sep 2026
The Hugging Face attack; TV and loneliness; Leftist antisemitism; Another Acemoglu paper; The Electric Revolution
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Bangladesh has millions of e-rickshaws. They’re finally becoming legal Bangladesh’s EV industry will likely grow now, and drivers no longer have to worry about being fined...
1st Jul 2024
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Bangladesh has millions of e-rickshaws. They’re finally becoming legal

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

1st Jul 2024
Bangladesh’s EV industry will likely grow now, and drivers no longer have to worry about being fined or having their vehicles impounded.
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COVID was bad for the climate William Cho The standard narrative on COVID and the climate is: People worked from home, cancelled...
28th Mar 2021
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COVID was bad for the climate

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

28th Mar 2021
William Cho The standard narrative on COVID and the climate is: People worked from home, cancelled travel plans, cut down overall consumption, and greenhouse gas emissions fell drastically. It’s great for the environment! Let’s keep it up! With apologies to H. L. Mencken, I...
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"It's pretty difficult to solve big problems in four years" Larry Page: When I talk to most companies, I do think their leaders are pretty short-term focused....
6th Jul 2014
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"It's pretty difficult to solve big problems in four years"

from cdixon [alt+shift+b] in startups

6th Jul 2014
Larry Page: When I talk to most companies, I do think their leaders are pretty short-term focused. Imagine you're running Exxon, what do you…
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When to join a startup Something has changed in the last few years which has made an increasing number of people want to...
14th Jan 2016
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When to join a startup

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

14th Jan 2016
Something has changed in the last few years which has made an increasing number of people want to join startups. It seemed to start around the time the Social Network movie came out - perhaps it’s just a coincidence, but part of me imagines a group of MBAs sitting around watching...
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Advice for time management as a manager This post was adapted from an internal doc I wrote at Wave. Welcome to being a manager! Your...
1st Apr 2025
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Advice for time management as a manager

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

1st Apr 2025
This post was adapted from an internal doc I wrote at Wave. Welcome to being a manager! Your time-management problem just got a lot harder. As an IC, you can often get away with a very simple time-management strategy: Decide what your one most important thing is. Work on it until...
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Buenos Aires: The Paris of South America? Have you ever met somebody who was trying really hard to convince you that they’re somebody they’re...
16th Apr 2025
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Buenos Aires: The Paris of South America?

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

16th Apr 2025
Have you ever met somebody who was trying really hard to convince you that they’re somebody they’re not, and then you get to know them and you like them but not for the person they’re trying to be? That’s how I feel about Buenos Aires.  A week there piqued my curiosity, and at...
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Organizational Design: Balancing Technology and Operations Understanding the Three Essential Roles for Scale
6th Feb 2023
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Organizational Design: Balancing Technology and Operations

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

6th Feb 2023
Understanding the Three Essential Roles for Scale
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Who are you stealing from?
1st Oct 2016
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Who are you stealing from?

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

1st Oct 2016
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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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Q-Codes; Or… Stop repeating yourself ⌨️ I use apple’s keyboard “text” shortcodes to setup a lot of things i have to type regularly. It’s...
26th Aug 2022
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Q-Codes; Or… Stop repeating yourself ⌨️

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

26th Aug 2022
I use apple’s keyboard “text” shortcodes to setup a lot of things i have to type regularly. It’s easily one of my favorite productivity hacks!
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Moving on
6th Dec 2019
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Moving on

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

6th Dec 2019
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How to be a messy thinker I love thinking about thinking. Give me a research paper on rationality, cognitive biases or mental...
12th May 2024
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How to be a messy thinker

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

12th May 2024
I love thinking about thinking. Give me a research paper on rationality, cognitive biases or mental models, and I’ll gobble it up. Given the amount of knowledge I’ve ingested on these topics, I had always assumed that I’m a clear thinker. Recently, though, it hit me like a...
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You can’t trust your mind There was a crime out on Park Avenue today, so the police are gathering information. The police...
1st Jan 2026
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You can’t trust your mind

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

1st Jan 2026
There was a crime out on Park Avenue today, so the police are gathering information. The police said, “This is great information. How sure are you of this?” That’s your brain, in the dark, inside your skull. It can’t see or hear, or experience anything directly. It...
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The Tech Stack of a One-Man SaaS In this post I'll describe the tools and services I use to run my SaaS business. From programming...
22nd Nov 2020
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The Tech Stack of a One-Man SaaS

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

22nd Nov 2020
In this post I'll describe the tools and services I use to run my SaaS business. From programming languages to open source libraries to Kubernetes tools for easy deployments.
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Your Startup Is Probably Dead On Arrival Your Startup Is Probably Dead On Arrival If you started a company more than two years ago, it’s...
17th Mar 2026
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Your Startup Is Probably Dead On Arrival

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

17th Mar 2026
Your Startup Is Probably Dead On Arrival If you started a company more than two years ago, it’s likely that many of your assumptions are no longer true. You need to stop coding, building, recruiting, fund raising, etc., and take stock of what changed around you. Or your company...
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YouTube, Ad Blockers & the Advertising "Tax" Though it looks like big vs small tech at first glance, poking into how ad blocker companies operate...
8th Nov 2023
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YouTube, Ad Blockers & the Advertising "Tax"

from Unpacked [alt+shift+b] in startups

8th Nov 2023
Though it looks like big vs small tech at first glance, poking into how ad blocker companies operate and their “whitelisting” programs will likely change your opinion
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Cooking Classes with Datatype Generic Programming Cooking Classes with Datatype Generic Programming Haskell Generics are a somewhat misunderstood...
3rd Mar 2016
1

Cooking Classes with Datatype Generic Programming

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

3rd Mar 2016
Cooking Classes with Datatype Generic Programming Haskell Generics are a somewhat misunderstood topic but are an extremely Source for examples code is available . Generics are a form of datatype-generic programming, which although the sum of . A sum type, is a data structure used...
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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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Panelbear is joining forces with Cronitor This is the story of how we got to know each other and how we ended up merging our bootstrapped...
20th Jan 2022
1

Panelbear is joining forces with Cronitor

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

20th Jan 2022
This is the story of how we got to know each other and how we ended up merging our bootstrapped companies.
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Will Claude Code ruin our team? AI coding is blurring the lines between engineers, PMs, and designers. In the short-term, it's going...
4th Mar 2026
1

Will Claude Code ruin our team?

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

4th Mar 2026
AI coding is blurring the lines between engineers, PMs, and designers. In the short-term, it's going to cause havoc. What happens long-term?
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Building software for podcasters –\_Josh Nielsen from Zencastr Josh started out trying to build a "GitHub for music." When that idea didn't pan out, he still...
6th Jan 2018
15

Building software for podcasters –\_Josh Nielsen from Zencastr

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

6th Jan 2018
Josh started out trying to build a "GitHub for music." When that idea didn't pan out, he still wanted to do something with Web Audio and WebRTC. So he started building Zencastr, which gives podcasters the ability to record "double-ender" interviews in the browser.
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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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Uber Ads: Accelerating the path to profitability What makes advertising attractive is that it's a 100% margin product that can subsidize the lower...
4th Aug 2023
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Uber Ads: Accelerating the path to profitability

from Unpacked [alt+shift+b] in startups

4th Aug 2023
What makes advertising attractive is that it's a 100% margin product that can subsidize the lower margin core business.
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We Are Golden Asians in America are having a moment in sports, entertainment and business
3rd Nov 2025
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We Are Golden

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

3rd Nov 2025
Asians in America are having a moment in sports, entertainment and business
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The Rise of the Software Creator In the age of AI, software creators, like content creators, will emerge as the industry’s...
3rd Jun 2024
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The Rise of the Software Creator

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

3rd Jun 2024
In the age of AI, software creators, like content creators, will emerge as the industry’s non-professional creative class.
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The NYC tech scene is exploding The pace of innovation in the New York area is very impressive right now. Some of the top...
1st Feb 2010
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The NYC tech scene is exploding

from cdixon [alt+shift+b] in startups

1st Feb 2010
The pace of innovation in the New York area is very impressive right now. Some of the top entrepenuers in the country are building and…
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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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9 Creative Lessons From Virgil Abloh Insights from the late designer who went from studying architecture, working with Kanye, founding...
4th Oct 2024
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9 Creative Lessons From Virgil Abloh

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

4th Oct 2024
Insights from the late designer who went from studying architecture, working with Kanye, founding Off-White and leading menswear at Louis Vuitton.
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The Rise of Transparency Small companies are, by default, very transparent. When there are 4 people working in a room, you...
31st Mar 2026
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The Rise of Transparency

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

31st Mar 2026
Small companies are, by default, very transparent. When there are 4 people working in a room, you have a direct line of sight on what everybody else is doing, and why. Your docs, Slack channels, and repositories are open to everybody. When the CEO has an epiphany that changes...
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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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Mindshare 🧠 The hard part now, is to get mindshare with customers.
11th Mar 2024
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Mindshare 🧠

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

11th Mar 2024
The hard part now, is to get mindshare with customers.
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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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Technology, Innovation, and Great Power Competition – 2023 Wrap Up We just wrapped up the third year of our Technology, Innovation, and Great Power Competition class...
6th Feb 2024
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Technology, Innovation, and Great Power Competition – 2023 Wrap Up

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

6th Feb 2024
We just wrapped up the third year of our Technology, Innovation, and Great Power Competition class –part of Stanford’s Gordian Knot Center for National Security Innovation. Joe Felter, Mike Brown and I teach the class to: Give our students an appreciation of the challenges and...
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Customer churn can kill your startup Startups are about growth, and of all the different possible metrics, startups often focus on user...
10th Jul 2014
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Customer churn can kill your startup

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

10th Jul 2014
Startups are about growth, and of all the different possible metrics, startups often focus on user growth - if people aren’t using your new product or service in greater and greater numbers, it’s a good sign that you’re not on the right track. And, as long as your business-model...
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The pipeline problem
21st Sep 2024
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The pipeline problem

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

21st Sep 2024
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Where Is OpenAI's Money Going? Soundtrack: Queens of the Stone Age - Song For The Dead Editor's Note: The original piece had a...
7th Nov 2025
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Where Is OpenAI's Money Going?

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

7th Nov 2025
Soundtrack: Queens of the Stone Age - Song For The Dead Editor's Note: The original piece had a mathematical error around burnrate, it's been fixed. A few days ago, Sam Altman said that OpenAI’s revenues were “well more” than $13bn in 2025
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I sold two startups in two weeks. Indie Worldwide and Bot Eat Brain have been acquired.
30th Apr 2024
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I sold two startups in two weeks.

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

30th Apr 2024
Indie Worldwide and Bot Eat Brain have been acquired.
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The idea maze The pop culture view of startups is that they’re all about coming up with a great product idea....
4th Aug 2013
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The idea maze

from cdixon [alt+shift+b] in startups

4th Aug 2013
The pop culture view of startups is that they’re all about coming up with a great product idea. After the eureka moment, the outcome is…
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Biden should run on a message of abundance Things are going pretty well in America, and Biden's policies have largely helped.
1st Feb 2024
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Biden should run on a message of abundance

from Noahpinion [alt+shift+b] in startups

1st Feb 2024
Things are going pretty well in America, and Biden's policies have largely helped.
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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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initialize I’m starting a podcast today. https://sive.rs/podcast.rss.
22nd Sep 2019
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initialize

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

22nd Sep 2019
I’m starting a podcast today. https://sive.rs/podcast.rss.
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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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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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What are Elementary Particles? What are Elementary Particles? In primary school we're taught the naive intuition of particles as...
11th Nov 2018
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What are Elementary Particles?

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

11th Nov 2018
What are Elementary Particles? In primary school we're taught the naive intuition of particles as tiny, solid spheres propagating along well-defined trajectories collapses under the weight of quantum phenomena. Then in high-school we're taught that wave–particle duality shows...
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When you can't win
15th Jul 2014
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When you can't win

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

15th Jul 2014
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ChatGPT and the Imagenet moment The wave of enthusiasm around generative networks feels like another Imagenet moment - a step...
14th Dec 2022
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ChatGPT and the Imagenet moment

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

14th Dec 2022
The wave of enthusiasm around generative networks feels like another Imagenet moment - a step change in what ‘AI’ can do that could generalise far beyond the cool demos. What can it create, and where are the humans in the loop?
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Vibecoding a production app TL;DR I built and launched a recipe app with about 20 hours of work - recipeninja.ai Background: I’m...
21st Mar 2025
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Vibecoding a production app

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

21st Mar 2025
TL;DR I built and launched a recipe app with about 20 hours of work - recipeninja.ai Background: I’m a startup founder turned investor. I taught myself (bad) PHP in 2000, and picked up Ruby on Rails in 2011. I’d guess 2015 was the last time I wrote a line of Ruby professionally....
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Basic Formal Ontology Basic Formal Ontology The Basic Formal Ontology is an upper ontology that can describe a broad...
21st Jul 2024
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Basic Formal Ontology

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

21st Jul 2024
Basic Formal Ontology The Basic Formal Ontology is an upper ontology that can describe a broad swatch of human knowledge. It's a cornerstone for logic programmers and those creating comprehensive knowledge graphs which cover multiple domains. graph TD; Q --> Q; Q[Variable...
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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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My rant on customer support for web apps
23rd Sep 2011
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My rant on customer support for web apps

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

23rd Sep 2011
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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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Warren Buffett emails Microsoft exec I prefer to structure investing as a no-called-strikes game and just wait for the fat one
4th Jan 2026
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Warren Buffett emails Microsoft exec

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

4th Jan 2026
I prefer to structure investing as a no-called-strikes game and just wait for the fat one
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Can you bootstrap a business if you have young kids?
5th May 2023
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Can you bootstrap a business if you have young kids?

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

5th May 2023
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The Newest Members of the USV Team Last Thursday, three new blog posts hit USV.com announcing our three new analysts: This is our...
6th Mar 2023
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The Newest Members of the USV Team

from AVC [alt+shift+b] in startups

6th Mar 2023
Last Thursday, three new blog posts hit USV.com announcing our three new analysts: This is our tradition at USV. When someone starts at USV, we ask them to write a post on the USV blog introducing themselves. This helps founders who come to talk to us about their companies...
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Where Are the Good AI Products? On waiting for AI's Godot.
16th Feb 2024
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Where Are the Good AI Products?

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

16th Feb 2024
On waiting for AI's Godot.
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Counting at scale How engaged are users for a certain segment of the population? How many users are actively using a...
12th Apr 2016
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Counting at scale

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

12th Apr 2016
How engaged are users for a certain segment of the population? How many users are actively using a new feature? One way to answer that…
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Steve Jobs and Palm This is not satisfactory to Apple.
15th Dec 2024
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Steve Jobs and Palm

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

15th Dec 2024
This is not satisfactory to Apple.
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Aim for the edges An amazing shift has happened in the last few decades. remarkably unusual. Our culture is now...
7th May 2008
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Aim for the edges

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

7th May 2008
An amazing shift has happened in the last few decades. remarkably unusual. Our culture is now split into niches. In 1948, Milton Berle’s TV show had 80% of all viewers, because it was one of only three choices! When the Beatles played on Ed Sullivan in 1964, they had 60% of...
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The SMILE Curve Has Come for Software Why software value is migrating to the edges, just like hardware did decades ago
14th Apr 2026
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The SMILE Curve Has Come for Software

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

14th Apr 2026
Why software value is migrating to the edges, just like hardware did decades ago
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Building a New Project in Public Nate Kadlac runs Approachable Design an online course to teach the basics of visual aesthetic and...
11th Jan 2023
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Building a New Project in Public

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

11th Jan 2023
Nate Kadlac runs Approachable Design an online course to teach the basics of visual aesthetic and design.
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Seeking asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border? You’d better speak English or Spanish Migrants speaking Haitian Creole or Indigenous languages face challenges at the border.
1st Jun 2023
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Seeking asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border? You’d better speak English or Spanish

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

1st Jun 2023
Migrants speaking Haitian Creole or Indigenous languages face challenges at the border.
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Don’t sell your soul to the algorithm The danger of pleasing the algorithm to go viral is that gradually you end up selling yourself to...
14th May 2023
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Don’t sell your soul to the algorithm

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

14th May 2023
The danger of pleasing the algorithm to go viral is that gradually you end up selling yourself to big tech companies. This is how it works: This loop has two sinister effects: All this to make the richest companies and their shareholders even richer. This is why we must refuse to...
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Can Opus 4.6 do Category Theory in Lean? Can Opus 4.6 do Category Theory in Lean? I have a little category theory library I've been dragging...
16th Feb 2026
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Can Opus 4.6 do Category Theory in Lean?

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

16th Feb 2026
Can Opus 4.6 do Category Theory in Lean? I have a little category theory library I've been dragging around for about a decade now. It started life in Haskell, got ported to Agda, briefly lived in Idris, spent some time in Coq, and has now landed in Lean 4. I call it Kitty Cats....
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Chapter 1 of Ansi Common Lisp
8th Aug 2023
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Chapter 1 of Ansi Common Lisp

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

8th Aug 2023
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The Hero as Flexible Bureaucrat against efficiency and accountability
28th Jun 2025
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The Hero as Flexible Bureaucrat

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

28th Jun 2025
against efficiency and accountability
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Facebook's "cultural relevance is decreasing quickly" there’s also a chance that Elon unlocks product iteration velocity and that Twitter could grow a lot...
12th May 2025
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Facebook's "cultural relevance is decreasing quickly"

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

12th May 2025
there’s also a chance that Elon unlocks product iteration velocity and that Twitter could grow a lot as a competitor to us
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On being bald I started shaving my head in my early 20s. I was way too young to be balding that early, and it...
17th Sep 2025
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On being bald

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

17th Sep 2025
I started shaving my head in my early 20s. I was way too young to be balding that early, and it terrified me. So I decided, fuck it, just go all the way to the finish line. The first time I shaved my head, I thought I looked like a ghoul. In my dreams, I still had hair. It didn’t...
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Pricing to the demand curve Many college microeconomics courses include the following exercise. The teacher offers the students...
4th Jul 2012
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Pricing to the demand curve

from cdixon [alt+shift+b] in startups

4th Jul 2012
Many college microeconomics courses include the following exercise. The teacher offers the students an imaginary trip to Hawaii, and asks…
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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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Time is personal. Your year changes when your life changes. A new day begins when I wake up, not at midnight. Midnight means nothing to me. It’s not a turning...
30th Dec 2019
1

Time is personal. Your year changes when your life changes.

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

30th Dec 2019
A new day begins when I wake up, not at midnight. Midnight means nothing to me. It’s not a turning point. Nothing changes at that moment. I can understand using moments like midnight and January 1st as coordinators, so cultures and computers can agree on how to reference...
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What has technology done to us? All this technology, in everyone's hands, has just produced so much stuff. It's had so many effects,...
19th Apr 2026
2

What has technology done to us?

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

19th Apr 2026
All this technology, in everyone's hands, has just produced so much stuff. It's had so many effects, in every direction.
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Metabrand Has Mark Zuckerberg rebranded Facebook, or rebranded VR? What is the metaverse? And can any...
7th Nov 2021
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Metabrand

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

7th Nov 2021
Has Mark Zuckerberg rebranded Facebook, or rebranded VR? What is the metaverse? And can any company decide to build the future anymore?
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Art is useless, and so am I Art is useless by definition. If it was useful, it would be a tool. That question served me...
10th Mar 2017
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Art is useless, and so am I

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

10th Mar 2017
Art is useless by definition. If it was useful, it would be a tool. That question served me well but had its downsides. It kept me from playing and doing things just for me. It’s no coincidence that I stopped making music twenty years ago. It didn’t qualify as the most...
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Business lesson: less research, launch small
17th Oct 2010
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Business lesson: less research, launch small

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

17th Oct 2010
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The AI Bubble Is An Information War Editor's Note: Apologies if you received this email twice - we had an issue with our mail server...
3rd Mar 2026
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The AI Bubble Is An Information War

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

3rd Mar 2026
Editor's Note: Apologies if you received this email twice - we had an issue with our mail server that meant it was hitting spam in many cases! Hi! If you like this piece and want to support my work, please subscribe to my premium newsletter. It’s
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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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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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How we manage our product roadmap The screenshot here is our company Trello board, where we manage our product roadmap. We are...
6th Aug 2021
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How we manage our product roadmap

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

6th Aug 2021
The screenshot here is our company Trello board, where we manage our product roadmap. We are extremely lucky in that our thousands of happy customers give us a steady stream of suggestions for new features and improvements, which we used to just throw on this board. However,...
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Don’t be a donkey Are you trying to pursue many different directions at once? The problem is thinking short term —...
8th Jun 2011
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Don’t be a donkey

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

8th Jun 2011
Are you trying to pursue many different directions at once? The problem is thinking short term — assuming that if you don’t do all the things now, they won’t happen. You may have heard this story: Buridan’s donkey is standing halfway between a pile of hay and a bucket of...
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September 2022 Updates I don't know about you guys but September felt weird. Between all the rate hikes, inflation data,...
14th Oct 2022
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September 2022 Updates

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

14th Oct 2022
I don't know about you guys but September felt weird. Between all the rate hikes, inflation data, stock market drops, and crypto chills it was a tough month for sales. Also feels like nobody in tech is around August and September (myself included this year!). TLDR; September...
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It's time for Abundance to get mad Sunny visions of the future are great. But if you want to lead the Democrats, you need to fight.
2nd Jun 2025
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It's time for Abundance to get mad

from Noahpinion [alt+shift+b] in startups

2nd Jun 2025
Sunny visions of the future are great. But if you want to lead the Democrats, you need to fight.
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Why I left Bloomberg The untold story, at last.
1st Sep 2025
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Why I left Bloomberg

from Noahpinion [alt+shift+b] in startups

1st Sep 2025
The untold story, at last.
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Close your office. Now. How to operate your startup under lock-down. What a week. The US declared the state of emergency. Many leading startups closed their office. And...
14th Mar 2020
37

Close your office. Now. How to operate your startup under lock-down.

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

14th Mar 2020
What a week. The US declared the state of emergency. Many leading startups closed their office. And I expect that all startups in...
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How many trials should I be getting for my SaaS? One misconception I see from new SaaS founders: they need more trials than they think they do.
15th Aug 2020
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How many trials should I be getting for my SaaS?

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

15th Aug 2020
One misconception I see from new SaaS founders: they need more trials than they think they do.
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Power Cut A week ago, analyst TD Cowen revealed that Microsoft had canceled leases "totalling a couple hundred...
3rd Mar 2025
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Power Cut

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

3rd Mar 2025
A week ago, analyst TD Cowen revealed that Microsoft had canceled leases "totalling a couple hundred MWs," with "at least two private data center operators across multiple US markets." The report also details how Microsoft "pulled back on converting negotiated and signed...
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The system design interview is a great way to assess the seniority of a candidate in an interview. You can find a lot on the Internet on how…
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