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Technology, Innovation, and Great Power Competition  – Wrap Up This article first appeared in West Point’s Modern War Institute. We just had our final session of...
11th Jan 2022
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Technology, Innovation, and Great Power Competition  – Wrap Up

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

11th Jan 2022
This article first appeared in West Point’s Modern War Institute. We just had our final session of our Technology, Innovation, and Great Power Competition class. Joe Felter, Raj Shah and I designed the class to give our students insights on how commercial technology (AI, machine...
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How to conduct a system design interview The system design interview is a great way to assess the seniority of a candidate in an interview....
18th Aug 2020
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How to conduct a system design interview

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

18th Aug 2020
The system design interview is a great way to assess the seniority of a candidate in an interview. You can find a lot on the Internet on how…
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The small businesses trying to prop up the tandem bike industry A small company in Southern California popularized tandems in the US and outlasted Trek,...
1st Jun 2026
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The small businesses trying to prop up the tandem bike industry

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

1st Jun 2026
A small company in Southern California popularized tandems in the US and outlasted Trek, Specialized, and other giants. But can bicycles built for two survive an anti-social age?
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Understanding the Importance of Operating Leverage in the Age of Efficiency Amazon grew it's revenue per employee from $50K to $1M over its first fifteen years.
2nd Apr 2023
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Understanding the Importance of Operating Leverage in the Age of Efficiency

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

2nd Apr 2023
Amazon grew it's revenue per employee from $50K to $1M over its first fifteen years.
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Why I Left Twitter Why I Left Twitter I left Twitter in 2023. The short reason is that its new owner is a deplorable...
1st Oct 2023
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Why I Left Twitter

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

1st Oct 2023
Why I Left Twitter I left Twitter in 2023. The short reason is that its new owner is a deplorable human being with extremely anti-democratic and anti-liberal leanings. The longer answer: Twitter and social media aren't just problematic; they're actively corroding the foundations...
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Maintenance
6th Mar 2020
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Maintenance

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

6th Mar 2020
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Asymmetries in Fundraising Too often, founders approach fundraising as if they are supplicants to the investors. They...
15th Jun 2021
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Asymmetries in Fundraising

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

15th Jun 2021
Too often, founders approach fundraising as if they are supplicants to the investors. They understand that fundraising features many asymmetries, but the founders mostly see the asymmetries that are tilted towards the investors. Here’s the thing - in today’s market, the...
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Britain is a Bulwark Against Post-Liberalism Britain is a Bulwark Against Post-Liberalism Across the pond, watching our American friends...
2nd Oct 2024
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Britain is a Bulwark Against Post-Liberalism

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

2nd Oct 2024
Britain is a Bulwark Against Post-Liberalism Across the pond, watching our American friends backslide into a competitive authoritarianism is, in the most British terms, "not ideal." In an era marked by the resurgence of authoritarian impulses and the intellectual allure of...
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We Can Do Hard Things Years ago, back when I was leading a mobile dev team, my friend had an idea for a business. You see,...
30th Apr 2026
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We Can Do Hard Things

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

30th Apr 2026
Years ago, back when I was leading a mobile dev team, my friend had an idea for a business. You see, back then the most frustrating thing about mobile dev was the final step: getting your app on actual phones. Builds, provisioning, and code signing made for a harrowing trial,...
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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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Nathan Fielder and the Most Meta Documentary Ever Thoughts on “You Can See Everything”.
a week ago
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Nathan Fielder and the Most Meta Documentary Ever

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

a week ago
Thoughts on “You Can See Everything”.
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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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I am back It's been three years since my last post on my old Wordpress blog! You can still find my earlier...
24th Apr 2020
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I am back

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

24th Apr 2020
It's been three years since my last post on my old Wordpress blog! You can still find my earlier posts there as I was too lazy to move…
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Quit trying to attract a crowd and just help people
17th May 2013
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Quit trying to attract a crowd and just help people

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

17th May 2013
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💡 Business Brainstorms 💡- My favorite ideas of the week 🛳️ Cruise hustles
5th Aug 2024
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💡 Business Brainstorms 💡- My favorite ideas of the week

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

5th Aug 2024
🛳️ Cruise hustles
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The FTC versus tech M&A The US is fundamentally rethinking its approach to regulating competition, and M&A, and tech, and...
2nd Aug 2022
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The FTC versus tech M&A

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

2nd Aug 2022
The US is fundamentally rethinking its approach to regulating competition, and M&A, and tech, and big tech buying startups. The FTC’s attempt to block Meta from buying Within is a test case for all of this. So, how many interesting problems can we count?
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Adam Wathan's $100k product launch
17th Apr 2017
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Adam Wathan's $100k product launch

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

17th Apr 2017
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CDO stories #4 Why Data orgs thrive or struggle depending on whether they live in EnterpriseLand or ProductLand
3rd Nov 2025
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CDO stories #4

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

3rd Nov 2025
Why Data orgs thrive or struggle depending on whether they live in EnterpriseLand or ProductLand
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From Adjunctions to Monads From Adjunctions to Monads I thought I would share one of my favorite constructions in A Functor in...
29th Aug 2013
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From Adjunctions to Monads

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

29th Aug 2013
From Adjunctions to Monads I thought I would share one of my favorite constructions in A Functor in Haskell maps objects and morphism (i.e. functions) Hask to objects and morphisms of another class Functor f where fmap :: (a -> b) -> f a -> f b And satisfies the functor...
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Don't trust default timeouts Modern applications don't crash; they hang. One of the main reasons for it is the assumption that...
3rd May 2020
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Don't trust default timeouts

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

3rd May 2020
Modern applications don't crash; they hang. One of the main reasons for it is the assumption that the network is reliable. It isn't. When…
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💡 Business Brainstorms 💡- My favorite ideas of the week 🙈 Copying doesn’t matter
4th Nov 2024
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💡 Business Brainstorms 💡- My favorite ideas of the week

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

4th Nov 2024
🙈 Copying doesn’t matter
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Do you want it the most? Figure out what you actually want. Find a game that's worth winning. Then be honest with yourself:...
3 weeks ago
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Do you want it the most?

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

3 weeks ago
Figure out what you actually want. Find a game that's worth winning. Then be honest with yourself: are you going to be the person who wants it the most?
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You should try contra dancing A popular icebreaker in San Francisco these days is “How would you spend your life if AGI meant...
24th Apr 2026
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You should try contra dancing

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

24th Apr 2026
A popular icebreaker in San Francisco these days is “How would you spend your life if AGI meant nobody needed to work?” For me, I think a surprisingly big part of the answer is a dorky-sounding kind of folk dance called contra dancing. I started trying to answer that question by...
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An Ode to Skype PLUS: Erewhon's $19 Strawberry, Citi's UX Problem.
8th Mar 2025
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An Ode to Skype

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

8th Mar 2025
PLUS: Erewhon's $19 Strawberry, Citi's UX Problem.
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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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Nvidia Earnings, Dollars Per Gigawatt, Open and Hugging Face Nvidia's earnings were remarking and boring — two sides of the same coin. Everything the company...
1st Sep 2026
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Nvidia Earnings, Dollars Per Gigawatt, Open and Hugging Face

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

1st Sep 2026
Nvidia's earnings were remarking and boring — two sides of the same coin. Everything the company does is about avoiding a consolidated world.
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Feedback panel SaaS, gift ideas, selling futures, industrial grade calendaring, ... Hey, this is Jakob Greenfeld, author of the Business Brainstorms newsletter - every week I write...
1st May 2023
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Feedback panel SaaS, gift ideas, selling futures, industrial grade calendaring, ...

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

1st May 2023
Hey, this is Jakob Greenfeld, author of the Business Brainstorms newsletter - every week I write this email to share the most interesting trends, frameworks, opportunities, and ideas with you. Let's dive in! 💡 Opportunities “An idea for an AI tool I'd love to use — I upload chat...
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Small actions change your self-identity When we think about what’s worth doing, we usually think of big things. Approaching a...
10th Sep 2008
1

Small actions change your self-identity

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

10th Sep 2008
When we think about what’s worth doing, we usually think of big things. Approaching a celebrity Having taken that one step, you start to think of yourself as brave, or an achiever, or a bit of an expert on a subject. You do just one thing that makes you feel like a...
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There’s no such thing as data Data is the new oil, we are told. Every country needs a data strategy, and all of us should own...
31st May 2022
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There’s no such thing as data

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

31st May 2022
Data is the new oil, we are told. Every country needs a data strategy, and all of us should own our data, and be paid for it. But really, there is no such thing as data, it’s not yours, and it’s not worth anything.
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The good life For Peter and Laura, having a business was a means to an end, and they always kept their life...
19th Feb 2022
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The good life

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

19th Feb 2022
For Peter and Laura, having a business was a means to an end, and they always kept their life priorities in sight.
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First-time fundraising is hell - maybe this helps 💰 Its easy to start fundraising, but most people struggle closing their round. Especially now. Why? I...
2nd Dec 2022
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First-time fundraising is hell - maybe this helps 💰

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

2nd Dec 2022
Its easy to start fundraising, but most people struggle closing their round. Especially now. Why? I try to give a few mental models and a bit tactical advice.
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Why can't we stream TV in Canada?
1st Dec 2008
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Why can't we stream TV in Canada?

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

1st Dec 2008
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Does your SaaS actually save your customers from doing more work? A recent conversation on Twitter with a colleague has reminded of this dilemma that we faced in our...
11th Jun 2023
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Does your SaaS actually save your customers from doing more work?

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

11th Jun 2023
A recent conversation on Twitter with a colleague has reminded of this dilemma that we faced in our early days of launching my SaaS. You see, In 25 years of consulting to small businesses, I had learned that business owners and managers were faced with the challenge of recording...
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Steve Jobs and hiring | Anthropic cofounder's cold email We would have a problem if it is related to cell phone handsets, etc.
22nd Aug 2026
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Steve Jobs and hiring | Anthropic cofounder's cold email

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

22nd Aug 2026
We would have a problem if it is related to cell phone handsets, etc.
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Business development: the Goldilocks principle Background: At Hunch, we switched our focus (“pivoted“) about 14 months ago from B2C to B2B. Over...
28th Nov 2011
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Business development: the Goldilocks principle

from cdixon [alt+shift+b] in startups

28th Nov 2011
Background: At Hunch, we switched our focus (“pivoted“) about 14 months ago from B2C to B2B. Over that time, we pitched over 500 potential…
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Meshwest Edmonton
5th Oct 2011
14

Meshwest Edmonton

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

5th Oct 2011
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AI Doesn't Have ROI If you liked this piece, you should subscribe to my premium newsletter. It’s $70 a year, or $7 a...
2nd Jun 2026
1

AI Doesn't Have ROI

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

2nd Jun 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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The Buyer’s Pyramid, Unreasonable Hospitality, Boring Stuff that Works Hey, this is Jakob Greenfeld, author of the Business Brainstorms newsletter - every week I write...
11th Sep 2023
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The Buyer’s Pyramid, Unreasonable Hospitality, Boring Stuff that Works

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

11th Sep 2023
Hey, this is Jakob Greenfeld, author of the Business Brainstorms newsletter - every week I write this email to share the most interesting trends, frameworks, opportunities, and ideas with you. Let's dive in! 💡 Opportunities “Has anyone made a good AI tool yet where I can load in...
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dashing dog, searching for purpose People search for their passion or purpose. But “purpose” and “passion” are words we use when we’re...
30th Jun 2023
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dashing dog, searching for purpose

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

30th Jun 2023
People search for their passion or purpose. But “purpose” and “passion” are words we use when we’re not working.
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Roundup #87: Technology BAD!! The Hugging Face attack; TV and loneliness; Leftist antisemitism; Another Acemoglu paper; The...
1st Sep 2026
1

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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MLIR Part 9 - A Python Frontend for MLIR A Python Frontend for MLIR Last time we took MLIR through a GPU backend and looked at what it takes...
1st Mar 2026
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MLIR Part 9 - A Python Frontend for MLIR

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

1st Mar 2026
A Python Frontend for MLIR Last time we took MLIR through a GPU backend and looked at what it takes to launch the resulting code. We now need something at the other end of the compiler: a way to describe tensor computations in Python and construct the IR which those backends...
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Why you’re more likely to buy something for $4.99 than $5.00 Charm pricing has endured for centuries.
1st May 2026
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Why you’re more likely to buy something for $4.99 than $5.00

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

1st May 2026
Charm pricing has endured for centuries.
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SGLang on AMD MI300X SGLang on AMD MI300X The best kept secret these days is that new AMD GPUs are incredibly cost...
4th Mar 2025
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SGLang on AMD MI300X

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

4th Mar 2025
SGLang on AMD MI300X The best kept secret these days is that new AMD GPUs are incredibly cost efficient for doing inference. If you want the cliff-notes on getting an extremely fast inference server running on a fleet of AMD MI300X, here you go: If you're serving high-throughput...
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The Self Is The Platform On Consumer AI, and why individual leverage is eating collective coordination.
18th Sep 2025
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The Self Is The Platform

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

18th Sep 2025
On Consumer AI, and why individual leverage is eating collective coordination.
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Going Deep on DeepSpeed Going Deep on DeepSpeed Getting started with training modern AI models on multi-GPU hardware can...
5th Jun 2023
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Going Deep on DeepSpeed

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

5th Jun 2023
Going Deep on DeepSpeed Getting started with training modern AI models on multi-GPU hardware can feel quite daunting. So let's break down the key concepts and how to get started with the Microsoft DeepSpeed library. Here's a short DeepSpeed tutorial, this is a deep (har har)...
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8 Lessons from "Curb Your Enthusiasm" What Larry David's legendary sitcom can teach about creativity and work.
2nd Feb 2024
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8 Lessons from "Curb Your Enthusiasm"

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

2nd Feb 2024
What Larry David's legendary sitcom can teach about creativity and work.
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I’ve Moved Onchain Over the last few years, I’ve moved my internet life from web2 to web3 and rarely use any web2...
2nd May 2024
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I’ve Moved Onchain

from AVC [alt+shift+b] in startups

2nd May 2024
Over the last few years, I’ve moved my internet life from web2 to web3 and rarely use any web2 services anymore. So I am starting a series called “I’ve Moved Onchain” to explain this journey to everyone and today’s opening post is about blogging, naturally. I’ve blogged at...
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Looking for AI use-cases We’ve had ChatGPT for 18 months, but what’s it for? What are the use-cases? Why isn’t it useful...
19th Apr 2024
122

Looking for AI use-cases

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

19th Apr 2024
We’ve had ChatGPT for 18 months, but what’s it for? What are the use-cases? Why isn’t it useful for everyone, right now? Do Large Language Models become universal tools that can do ‘any’ task, or do we wrap them in single-purpose apps, and build thousands of new companies...
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What’s the big idea? To make a big impact, we need a big idea. In brand communications, coveting the ‘big idea’ is...
12th Apr 2022
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What’s the big idea?

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

12th Apr 2022
To make a big impact, we need a big idea. In brand communications, coveting the ‘big idea’ is commonplace. We look for them. Long for them. Laud them and lionise them. And yet, despite its ubiquitous use, the ‘big idea’ remains incredibly ill-defined. This article is an...
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Unbundling Cash & Equity | Theory No. 15 a heretical take on "total compensation"
6th Sep 2023
37

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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do too much, sell before, going super-saiyan do too much
2nd Dec 2025
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do too much, sell before, going super-saiyan

from Schemers [alt+shift+b] in startups

2nd Dec 2025
do too much
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Becoming Creative I just launched a new thing (the NEW MBA) so starting and launching is on my mind. Here are a few...
5th Oct 2023
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Becoming Creative

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

5th Oct 2023
I just launched a new thing (the NEW MBA) so starting and launching is on my mind. Here are a few links that I deeply love about starting, finishing and promoting creative acts…
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YouTube: The Learning Machine Can YouTube have a similar impact on education as the printing press did? Yes, and the explosion of...
3rd May 2024
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YouTube: The Learning Machine

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

3rd May 2024
Can YouTube have a similar impact on education as the printing press did? Yes, and the explosion of sports footage on the platform helps to explain why.
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Some thoughts on mobile People tend to lump smartphones and tablets together as “mobile”. This can be misleading. Ask people...
1st Jun 2013
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Some thoughts on mobile

from cdixon [alt+shift+b] in startups

1st Jun 2013
People tend to lump smartphones and tablets together as “mobile”. This can be misleading. Ask people who run internet companies and they’ll…
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Why Decentralization Isn’t as Important as You Think If you’ve spent any time at all on crypto Twitter, you’re familiar with the web3 narrative. It goes...
31st Mar 2020
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Why Decentralization Isn’t as Important as You Think

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

31st Mar 2020
If you’ve spent any time at all on crypto Twitter, you’re familiar with the web3 narrative. It goes like this: in the beginning, the web was “truly decentralized.” Against all odds, the World Wide Web won against the corporatist designs of companies like Microsoft, and cyberspace...
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Orchestrating Agents Is Organizational Design An agent gets good at whatever you make it responsible for. The choice is functional or process...
15th Jun 2026
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Orchestrating Agents Is Organizational Design

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

15th Jun 2026
An agent gets good at whatever you make it responsible for. The choice is functional or process accountability.
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The digital dark side The advent of digital media promised so much. Savvy shoppers would no longer be surreptitiously...
3rd Sep 2018
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The digital dark side

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

3rd Sep 2018
The advent of digital media promised so much. Savvy shoppers would no longer be surreptitiously swayed by advertising alone. The internet would enable them to research products. Social media would allow them to share their experiences. And ecommence would provide the power...
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Pots of Gold Here’s a painful contradiction at the heart of spending time on startups: all the good stuff you can...
6th Dec 2021
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Pots of Gold

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

6th Dec 2021
Here’s a painful contradiction at the heart of spending time on startups: all the good stuff you can create is in the future, but all the patterns you look at to learn what to do are in the past. This makes your brain do funny things. On the one hand, you see how huge things can...
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Marketing’s misleading metric Perverse incentives, and the unintended consequences that flow from them, can be found on every...
14th Aug 2025
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Marketing’s misleading metric

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

14th Aug 2025
Perverse incentives, and the unintended consequences that flow from them, can be found on every continent, in every time, and in every industry. And marketing is no different. This article argues that a malevolent metric sits at the heart of many marketing discussions and...
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How Olympic Air Pistols Took Over The Timeline PLUS: WTF happened to Nike?
1st Aug 2024
111

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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America's chip export controls are working Don't be fooled by the people who say we should sell China everything we've got.
2nd Jan 2026
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America's chip export controls are working

from Noahpinion [alt+shift+b] in startups

2nd Jan 2026
Don't be fooled by the people who say we should sell China everything we've got.
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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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Startup Series Part 1: Interviewing Engineers There’s been a huge volume of literature written on the subject of startup methodologies and...
20th Sep 2013
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Startup Series Part 1: Interviewing Engineers

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

20th Sep 2013
There’s been a huge volume of literature written on the subject of startup methodologies and philosophies. This is a positive thing for the ecosystem - just as new software tools mean it’s simpler and cheaper to start a company, these methodologies allow first-time entrepreneurs...
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Slopulism is taking over America Sometimes bad populist ideas are just a mistake; sometimes they're being promoted for ideological...
2nd Aug 2026
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Slopulism is taking over America

from Noahpinion [alt+shift+b] in startups

2nd Aug 2026
Sometimes bad populist ideas are just a mistake; sometimes they're being promoted for ideological reasons.
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Naming your startup The Name Inspector has a good post today regarding 6 naming myths to ignore. I think it’s generally...
18th Apr 2009
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Naming your startup

from cdixon [alt+shift+b] in startups

18th Apr 2009
The Name Inspector has a good post today regarding 6 naming myths to ignore. I think it’s generally right on.   Naming is so important and…
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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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Scuba, panic, empathy I used to scoff at those people who had panic attacks. “The cake is late! Oh no! I’m freaking out!...
26th Jul 2022
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Scuba, panic, empathy

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

26th Jul 2022
I used to scoff at those people who had panic attacks. “The cake is late! Oh no! I’m freaking out! I can’t breathe!” Ridiculous. Hysterical. Over-reacting. learning scuba diving, and went on my first practice dive. While I was 15 meters underwater, I felt a sudden need to...
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How Bangladesh’s tech industry navigated an unprecedented political crisis July’s internet blackout and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s sudden exit is estimated to have cost...
3rd Sep 2024
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How Bangladesh’s tech industry navigated an unprecedented political crisis

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

3rd Sep 2024
July’s internet blackout and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s sudden exit is estimated to have cost the industry $300 million.
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How To Estimate An Engineering Project (Or Really Any Project) There is apparently a cabal of engineers who want you to know that estimating is impossible. Don't...
3rd Sep 2023
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How To Estimate An Engineering Project (Or Really Any Project)

from Throwable [alt+shift+b] in startups

3rd Sep 2023
There is apparently a cabal of engineers who want you to know that estimating is impossible. Don't believe 'em.
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One man came to Mozart and asked him how to write a symphony. One man came to Mozart and asked him how to write a symphony. Mozart replied, “You are too young to...
17th Oct 2015
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One man came to Mozart and asked him how to write a symphony.

from cdixon [alt+shift+b] in startups

17th Oct 2015
One man came to Mozart and asked him how to write a symphony. Mozart replied, “You are too young to write a symphony.” The man said, “You…
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Prayer over a new smartphone Hello, phone. For many years, starting today, you will be my most loyal companion and my most...
27th Nov 2023
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Prayer over a new smartphone

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

27th Nov 2023
Hello, phone. For many years, starting today, you will be my most loyal companion and my most treasured possession. I will feel your weight in my pocket every moment of every day, a presence as constant as my breath. The muscles and bones of my hand, arm, and shoulder will deform...
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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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1, 7, 30, 11, 12 Jews do mourning well. That’s what I’ve always thought from watching family and friends go through...
4th Feb 2026
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1, 7, 30, 11, 12

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

4th Feb 2026
Jews do mourning well. That’s what I’ve always thought from watching family and friends go through it. It’s what I’ve learned as fact since my father died eleven months ago. There’s a central tension to it. A constant fault line that our customs straddle. It’s the constant...
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Loving what I used to hate Be careful when you say you like or dislike something, because you could change your mind...
18th May 2014
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Loving what I used to hate

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

18th May 2014
Be careful when you say you like or dislike something, because you could change your mind soon. David Letterman, I thought it was so horrible that it must be a joke. Even years later, when I heard him again, I hated his music passionately. But then I heard his cover version of...
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Comma.ai I wrote a blog post last month highlighting some of the exciting trends in the computing industry....
2nd Apr 2016
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Comma.ai

from cdixon [alt+shift+b] in startups

2nd Apr 2016
I wrote a blog post last month highlighting some of the exciting trends in the computing industry. One trend I discussed is the rapid…
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The giant basket case countries More and more of humanity is going to live in a few big countries that can't manage themselves.
1st Nov 2025
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The giant basket case countries

from Noahpinion [alt+shift+b] in startups

1st Nov 2025
More and more of humanity is going to live in a few big countries that can't manage themselves.
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Stepping Into Your Own Light Stop internalizing failure and externalizing success. Own your achievements with confidence.
9th Jun 2026
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Stepping Into Your Own Light

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

9th Jun 2026
Stop internalizing failure and externalizing success. Own your achievements with confidence.
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The hidden cost of bootstrapping
7th Sep 2018
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The hidden cost of bootstrapping

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

7th Sep 2018
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The Limitations of RAG The Limitations of RAG Retrieval-Augmented generation or RAG is the future of enterprise search. In...
2nd Nov 2024
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The Limitations of RAG

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

2nd Nov 2024
The Limitations of RAG Retrieval-Augmented generation or RAG is the future of enterprise search. In short it's the art of grinding your documents into a fine, high-dimensional vector slurry, sifting through the high-dimensional slurry for chunks, and then piping the chunks...
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Sign Everything The advances in AI over the last year are mind-boggling. I attended a dinner this past week with USV...
5th Dec 2022
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Sign Everything

from AVC [alt+shift+b] in startups

5th Dec 2022
The advances in AI over the last year are mind-boggling. I attended a dinner this past week with USV portfolio founders and one who works in education told us that ChatGPT has effectively ended the essay as a way for teachers to assess student progress. It will be easier for a...
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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 Shareholder Supremacy I promise you, everything that's happening makes sense. It all feels so chaotic, so utterly,...
1st Jul 2024
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The Shareholder Supremacy

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

1st Jul 2024
I promise you, everything that's happening makes sense. It all feels so chaotic, so utterly, offensively stupid, so disconnected from reality that it's hard to understand how Meta can run a terrible company with decaying services that's also wildly profitable, or how Meta,...
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The Granny Hobby Protocol And the hands-on, thumbs-off economy
3rd Apr 2024
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The Granny Hobby Protocol

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

3rd Apr 2024
And the hands-on, thumbs-off economy
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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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Jarrod Drysdale's advice for starting
15th Feb 2013
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Jarrod Drysdale's advice for starting

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

15th Feb 2013
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Why are you doing? It’s crucial to know why you’re doing what you’re doing. Social norms are powerful. The inputs...
5th Sep 2016
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Why are you doing?

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

5th Sep 2016
It’s crucial to know why you’re doing what you’re doing. Social norms are powerful. The inputs that influence you are powerful. A great talk, book, or video can instantly change how you think. For example, if you want to make a lot of money, you need to admit that. If...
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Thomas Jefferson on Patents If nature has made any one thing less susceptible than all others of exclusive property, it is the...
16th Jul 2011
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Thomas Jefferson on Patents

from cdixon [alt+shift+b] in startups

16th Jul 2011
If nature has made any one thing less susceptible than all others of exclusive property, it is the action of the thinking power called an…
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FTC's case against Amazon is misunderstood The case makes a nuanced argument about how Amazon abused monopoly power through anti-discounting...
3rd Oct 2023
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FTC's case against Amazon is misunderstood

from Unpacked [alt+shift+b] in startups

3rd Oct 2023
The case makes a nuanced argument about how Amazon abused monopoly power through anti-discounting measures and tying in Prime with Fulfilled by Amazon
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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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Premium: The Ways The AI Bubble Might Burst I've been struggling to think about what to write this week, if only because I've written so much...
5th Dec 2025
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Premium: The Ways The AI Bubble Might Burst

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

5th Dec 2025
I've been struggling to think about what to write this week, if only because I've written so much recently and because, if I'm honest, things aren't really making a lot of sense. NVIDIA claims to have shipped six million Blackwell GPUs in
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Who will control the software that powers the Internet? Originally published by Wired. As the internet has evolved over its 35-year lifespan, control over...
4th Jan 2019
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Who will control the software that powers the Internet?

from cdixon [alt+shift+b] in startups

4th Jan 2019
Originally published by Wired. As the internet has evolved over its 35-year lifespan, control over its most important services has gradually shifted from open source protocols maintained by non-profit communities ...
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Mark Zuckerberg tries to buy Instagram The process began with you asking if we'd do this at $500m, but then you didn't want to end up doing...
7th Sep 2024
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Mark Zuckerberg tries to buy Instagram

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

7th Sep 2024
The process began with you asking if we'd do this at $500m, but then you didn't want to end up doing it at that valuation. I am curious to know at what valuation you would do this, and then I can just let you know whether we'd do 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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Making something people want - The GoCardless story I’m a co-founder of GoCardless, a direct debit payments company in London. This is the story of our...
8th Nov 2012
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Making something people want - The GoCardless story

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

8th Nov 2012
I’m a co-founder of GoCardless, a direct debit payments company in London. This is the story of our first two years and the people we’ve met along the way. Making something no-one wants One startup I know very well in San Francisco was started by 3 ex-financiers. Their idea...
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I want Apple's Vision Pro The Apple Vision Pro has a very appealing use case: "the workplace of your dreams".
16th Jun 2023
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I want Apple's Vision Pro

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

16th Jun 2023
The Apple Vision Pro has a very appealing use case: "the workplace of your dreams".
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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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The Paradoxes of Modern Life The Paradox of Reading: The books you read will profoundly change you even though you’ll forget the...
5th Apr 2021
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The Paradoxes of Modern Life

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

5th Apr 2021
The Paradox of Reading: The books you read will profoundly change you even though you’ll forget the vast majority of what you read. The Paradox of Writing: Great writing looks effortless. But because the ideas are so clear, casual readers don’t appreciate how much time it took to...
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A month of the Vision Pro The Vision Pro is amazing, but like the rest of VR and AR, Apple seems years away from the mass...
17th Mar 2024
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A month of the Vision Pro

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

17th Mar 2024
The Vision Pro is amazing, but like the rest of VR and AR, Apple seems years away from the mass market. And if it gets there, how much will it matter?
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Predicting AI job exposure Many people would like to analyse which jobs, companies and industries are most exposed to AI, and...
24th May 2026
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Predicting AI job exposure

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

24th May 2026
Many people would like to analyse which jobs, companies and industries are most exposed to AI, and assign scores, build charts, and map that against the progress of LLMs. I think this is mostly impossible: you don’t know how the jobs will change, you don’t know what else...
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What kind of disruption? Software ate the world. Uber and Airbnb didn’t sell software - they disrupted and redefined...
14th Mar 2025
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What kind of disruption?

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

14th Mar 2025
Software ate the world. Uber and Airbnb didn’t sell software - they disrupted and redefined markets. But what kind of disruption are we talking about ?
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AI isn't going to build your startup
14th Feb 2025
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AI isn't going to build your startup

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

14th Feb 2025
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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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Expensive Data and Cannibalism Or.. Why some data products are priced so high
4th Aug 2023
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Expensive Data and Cannibalism

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

4th Aug 2023
Or.. Why some data products are priced so high
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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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"The fate of civilization is at stake" Text messages from Sam Altman, Satya Nadella, and Elon Musk. Plus, Microsoft's CTO on why the OpenAI...
1st Feb 2026
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"The fate of civilization is at stake"

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

1st Feb 2026
Text messages from Sam Altman, Satya Nadella, and Elon Musk. Plus, Microsoft's CTO on why the OpenAI board fired Sam Altman.
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How do I find customers for my SaaS? I think we need to stop trying to find customers for our products and start building solutions our...
21st May 2021
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How do I find customers for my SaaS?

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

21st May 2021
I think we need to stop trying to find customers for our products and start building solutions our customers are already searching for.
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Why we buy from winners
14th Jun 2016
15

Why we buy from winners

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

14th Jun 2016
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A decade of the Tim Cook machine In all the enthusiasms, arguments and panics around tech, Apple is the $2tn elephant in the...
13th Sep 2021
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A decade of the Tim Cook machine

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

13th Sep 2021
In all the enthusiasms, arguments and panics around tech, Apple is the $2tn elephant in the corner, mostly silent and serenely indifferent to the news cycle. It just ships - and it ships market-leading products, with metronomic precision, at massive scale, on a decade-long...
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Leaving Twitter for Bluesky
23rd Nov 2024
18

Leaving Twitter for Bluesky

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

23rd Nov 2024
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Ten million users is the new one million users Entrepreneurs and investors have been enamored with consumer internet startups for the last few...
3rd Aug 2012
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Ten million users is the new one million users

from cdixon [alt+shift+b] in startups

3rd Aug 2012
Entrepreneurs and investors have been enamored with consumer internet startups for the last few years. But there are signs this is ending…
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Notes on my Remarkable Tablet I love my Remarkable 2. I’ve been using it pretty heavily for almost a year now. It’s my every day...
9th Feb 2024
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Notes on my Remarkable Tablet

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

9th Feb 2024
I love my Remarkable 2. I’ve been using it pretty heavily for almost a year now. It’s my every day companion device. Here’s some notes and ideas.
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20 Years Later Twenty years later, I can’t remember what I saw and what I think I saw. I remember listening to the...
12th Sep 2021
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20 Years Later

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

12th Sep 2021
Twenty years later, I can’t remember what I saw and what I think I saw. I remember listening to the news with my mom, Judah, and Mimi as the anchors casually mentioned that a small plane seemed to have hit a tower. We were on I-95 - or maybe the Garden State - headed south to...
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If an alien film crew chose to feature our species in a nature documentary, they’d have plenty of… If an alien film crew chose to feature our species in a nature documentary, they’d have plenty of...
11th Feb 2016
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If an alien film crew chose to feature our species in a nature documentary, they’d have plenty of…

from cdixon [alt+shift+b] in startups

11th Feb 2016
If an alien film crew chose to feature our species in a nature documentary, they’d have plenty of spectacular superorganisms to choose from…
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Mark Zuckerberg’s WhatsApp messages I’m not going to say it’s my personal main focus when I have a number of other areas I’m more...
19th Jun 2026
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Mark Zuckerberg’s WhatsApp messages

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

19th Jun 2026
I’m not going to say it’s my personal main focus when I have a number of other areas I’m more focused on like building the metaverse
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I launched a mobile app. Mobile development has always felt like the holy grail of engineering.
13th Apr 2026
1

I launched a mobile app.

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

13th Apr 2026
Mobile development has always felt like the holy grail of engineering.
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Why I'm building a new SaaS in 2018
7th Mar 2018
22

Why I'm building a new SaaS in 2018

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

7th Mar 2018
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You can only succeed if you know how you can fail We want to be successful with our decisions. Even though failure is often glamorized, nobody wants...
18th Feb 2023
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You can only succeed if you know how you can fail

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

18th Feb 2023
We want to be successful with our decisions. Even though failure is often glamorized, nobody wants it on purpose. Everyone wishes to be successful when they’re starting a company, launching a product, hiring a leader or even while buying a house. It may sound obvious, but the...
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initialize I’m starting a podcast today. https://sive.rs/podcast.rss.
22nd Sep 2019
1

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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How to run a mastermind group Thinking about starting a business mastermind group? Here are resources for finding members, running...
5th Apr 2019
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How to run a mastermind group

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

5th Apr 2019
Thinking about starting a business mastermind group? Here are resources for finding members, running your meetings, and getting the most out of it.
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Premium: AI Isn't Too Big To Fail Soundtrack — Soundgarden — Blow Up The Outside World A lot of people try to rationalize the AI...
3rd Apr 2026
1

Premium: AI Isn't Too Big To Fail

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

3rd Apr 2026
Soundtrack — Soundgarden — Blow Up The Outside World A lot of people try to rationalize the AI bubble by digging up the past. Billions of dollars of waste are justified by saying “OpenAI just like Uber” (it isn’t) and “the data center buildout is
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MLIR Part 11 - Matrix Multiplication and Attention Matrix Multiplication and Attention We have GELU, softmax and layer normalization expressed as...
1st May 2026
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MLIR Part 11 - Matrix Multiplication and Attention

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

1st May 2026
Matrix Multiplication and Attention We have GELU, softmax and layer normalization expressed as Python functions over our tensor language. Most of a transformer's arithmetic, however, comes from matrix multiplication. Adding it will let us assemble attention without introducing a...
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Your blog could be a party
2nd May 2014
13

Your blog could be a party

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

2nd May 2014
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The Department of War Directory TL;DR   DoW Directory revision 3 is Online here, Order a print copy here. In November 2025 the...
16th Dec 2025
1

The Department of War Directory

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

16th Dec 2025
TL;DR   DoW Directory revision 3 is Online here, Order a print copy here. In November 2025 the Department of War (DoW) unveiled the biggest changes in 60 years of how they will buy weapons and services. This month Congress, with bipartisan support, rapidly made them into law in...
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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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This is a classy move
6th Dec 2010
16

This is a classy move

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

6th Dec 2010
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The iPad is a family device
29th May 2010
18

The iPad is a family device

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

29th May 2010
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My first kiss
2nd Oct 2013
13

My first kiss

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

2nd Oct 2013
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Some areas we've been investing in - I get asked all the time what we’ve been investing in and areas we’re excited about - so I thought...
13th Jul 2026
1

Some areas we've been investing in -

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

13th Jul 2026
I get asked all the time what we’ve been investing in and areas we’re excited about - so I thought I’d write down some thoughts -
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A Haskell Reading List A Haskell Reading List Here is a list of papers and writings of what I consider are essential...
15th Aug 2012
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A Haskell Reading List

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

15th Aug 2012
A Haskell Reading List Here is a list of papers and writings of what I consider are essential Haskell reading. Haskell 2010 Language Specification Typeclassopedia The Essence of Functional Programming How to make ad-hoc polymorphism less ad hoc Monads for functional...
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Deconstructing the Worldview of Peter Thiel Deconstructing the Worldview of Peter Thiel Peter Thiel is one of Silicon Valley's most prodigious...
1st Feb 2023
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Deconstructing the Worldview of Peter Thiel

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1st Feb 2023
Deconstructing the Worldview of Peter Thiel Peter Thiel is one of Silicon Valley's most prodigious thinkers, with a complicated and influential worldview. Thiel's philosophical framework is notoriously byzantine, weaving together Christian eschatology, mimetic theory, and...
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If you're from Edmonton, you'll remember Happy Pop soda
2nd Jun 2011
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If you're from Edmonton, you'll remember Happy Pop soda

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

2nd Jun 2011
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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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I love being wrong Most of the time, I feel smart, successful, and driven — like I’ve got it all figured out. But last...
9th Sep 2014
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I love being wrong

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

9th Sep 2014
Most of the time, I feel smart, successful, and driven — like I’ve got it all figured out. But last month a bunch of stuff knocked me on my ass. I’ve never felt so wrong. Whenever something has gone wrong in my life, I’ve asked myself, “What’s great about...
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How to increase wealth for everyone I’ve started reading The Capitalist Manifesto, a book full of data on how free markets generate...
2nd Dec 2023
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How to increase wealth for everyone

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

2nd Dec 2023
I’ve started reading The Capitalist Manifesto, a book full of data on how free markets generate prosperity. The author is nuanced and uses data and logic to show how we should be rooting for capitalism (instead of bringing it down). Income and wealth inequality created as a...
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Getting out of a bad state of mind The last time I was in really bad state of mind, I used these five steps to get out of it. I’ve...
1st Feb 2015
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Getting out of a bad state of mind

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

1st Feb 2015
The last time I was in really bad state of mind, I used these five steps to get out of it. I’ve shared this with a few friends in a similar situation, and they said it helped. I hope it works for you too. 1. Ask myself what’s wrong in this very second. Am I in physical...
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I sold out two months' worth of sponsorships in 23 hours This one tweet helped me sell out over two months' worth of sponsorships for my newsletter Bot Eat...
17th Feb 2023
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I sold out two months' worth of sponsorships in 23 hours

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

17th Feb 2023
This one tweet helped me sell out over two months' worth of sponsorships for my newsletter Bot Eat Brain in less than a day.
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Slouching Towards Innovation A lot of innovation work revolves around shiny objects - maybe a slick interactive prototype, or a...
13th Sep 2022
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Slouching Towards Innovation

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

13th Sep 2022
A lot of innovation work revolves around shiny objects - maybe a slick interactive prototype, or a concept video. A lot of innovation projects never see the light of day.
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How to Flip the Script, Beat China and Russia – And Fix the Broken Department of Defense A version of this post previously appeared in War on the Rocks. This version has been updated with...
3rd Dec 2024
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How to Flip the Script, Beat China and Russia – And Fix the Broken Department of Defense

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

3rd Dec 2024
A version of this post previously appeared in War on the Rocks. This version has been updated with suggestions from leaders across the Department of Defense and Venture Capital community. BLUF: In WW II, the U.S. outsourced advanced weapons systems development to civilians. The...
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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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The Hard Economics of Selling Web Data Market components to consider when selling pre-scraped datasets
11th Oct 2023
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The Hard Economics of Selling Web Data

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

11th Oct 2023
Market components to consider when selling pre-scraped datasets
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2025 year in review
2nd Jan 2026
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2025 year in review

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2nd Jan 2026
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Why you will skim this article Most likely, you’re going to read this sentence and hit the back button. Still here? Good, then...
23rd Jul 2023
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Why you will skim this article

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

23rd Jul 2023
Most likely, you’re going to read this sentence and hit the back button. Still here? Good, then you’re likely to scan through a few paragraphs in this article and then give up. (Unless, you’re a long-time reader and trust that my writing is worthy of your time. More on this...
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Supersaturate, Recharge *With one hand!*
10th Feb 2026
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Supersaturate, Recharge

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10th Feb 2026
*With one hand!*
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Shortest date, and ketchup Here’s a story about my shortest date, and ketchup. I suggested we meet at a bar at 35th Street...
12th Sep 2022
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Shortest date, and ketchup

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

12th Sep 2022
Here’s a story about my shortest date, and ketchup. I suggested we meet at a bar at 35th Street and 8th Avenue. Although she’s from New York, she didn’t know where that is. She said, “No.” OK, now I’m judging. Miserable voice. Doesn’t know the basic layout of the city...
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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

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20th Feb 2025
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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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UX Entropy In the olden days, video calls were hard. Circa 2012, if your next meeting was online, it was...
30th Sep 2025
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UX Entropy

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

30th Sep 2025
In the olden days, video calls were hard. Circa 2012, if your next meeting was online, it was important to start the process 5-10 minutes early. The process, at that time, was some or all of the following incantations and rituals: Find the meeting URL Find the meeting...
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Define the Game | Theory No. 14 I grew up playing tennis with my sister at the public courts near home. For a long time, I just...
23rd Aug 2023
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Define the Game | Theory No. 14

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

23rd Aug 2023
I grew up playing tennis with my sister at the public courts near home. For a long time, I just cherished the joy of playing and watching the careers of the "big 3" unfold. But recently I’ve started to appreciate something more about tennis: the clarity of the meta-game around...
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Speaking of starting small
1st Apr 2014
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Speaking of starting small

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

1st Apr 2014
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A Simple Map for Innovation at Scale An edited version of this article previously appeared in the Boston Consulting Group’s strategy...
25th Oct 2022
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A Simple Map for Innovation at Scale

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

25th Oct 2022
An edited version of this article previously appeared in the Boston Consulting Group’s strategy think tank website. I spent last week at a global Fortune 50 company offsite watching them grapple with disruption. This 100+-year-old company has seven major product divisions, each...
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Aesthetic Warfare (and the Power of Aesthetic Authorship) Culture wars are won through aesthetics.
7th Feb 2025
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Aesthetic Warfare (and the Power of Aesthetic Authorship)

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

7th Feb 2025
Culture wars are won through aesthetics.
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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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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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8 Years on the Road Being self-employed feels a bit like being on an extended road trip. Untethered and free, but lonely...
10th Nov 2022
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8 Years on the Road

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

10th Nov 2022
Being self-employed feels a bit like being on an extended road trip. Untethered and free, but lonely and unsupported too. Ultimate freedoms combined with shallow roots. Every year I write a recap, around the anniversary of quitting my last job (Oct 24th, 2014). Here’s my recap of...
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Y Combinator W23 batch, AI value chain and startup trends YCombinator (YC), the renowned Silicon Valley-based startup accelerator, recently announced their...
1st Jul 2023
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Y Combinator W23 batch, AI value chain and startup trends

from Unpacked [alt+shift+b] in startups

1st Jul 2023
YCombinator (YC), the renowned Silicon Valley-based startup accelerator, recently announced their Winter 2023 cohort and, unsurprisingly, ~31% of startups have a self-reported AI tag.
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Calm yourself Here are a few techniques I've used to calm myself down in times of anxiety..
4th Mar 2022
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Calm yourself

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

4th Mar 2022
Here are a few techniques I've used to calm myself down in times of anxiety..
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You don’t need confidence, just contribution. Years ago, I was so confident and so naive. I was sure I was right and everyone else was...
6th Aug 2018
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You don’t need confidence, just contribution.

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

6th Aug 2018
Years ago, I was so confident and so naive. I was sure I was right and everyone else was wrong. sold my company, I felt ready to do something new, so I started to learn. But the more I learned, the more I realized how little I knew and how dumb-lucky I had been. I’d start...
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Easy, but easy to f*ck up. 3 Rules to Setup Analytics Tools correctly. As a consultant for analytics i see a fair share of integrations of analytics tools. One of the most...
19th Feb 2014
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Easy, but easy to f*ck up. 3 Rules to Setup Analytics Tools correctly.

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

19th Feb 2014
As a consultant for analytics i see a fair share of integrations of analytics tools. One of the most common mistakes is how people...
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Producing good content isn't enough
1st Sep 2013
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Producing good content isn't enough

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

1st Sep 2013
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Distributed Capital In theory, the hard part about finding capital for unproven founders with unproven technologies in...
1st Mar 2021
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Distributed Capital

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

1st Mar 2021
In theory, the hard part about finding capital for unproven founders with unproven technologies in unproven markets should be that no one wants the risk. There was a time when that was true, but it isn’t anymore.[1] For a founder, the issue is different: venture capital is...
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Debunking the AI food delivery hoax that fooled Reddit A “whistleblower” tried to corroborate his viral post with AI-generated evidence. This is how I...
6th Jan 2026
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Debunking the AI food delivery hoax that fooled Reddit

from Platformer [alt+shift+b] in startups

6th Jan 2026
A “whistleblower” tried to corroborate his viral post with AI-generated evidence. This is how I caught him. PLUS: Grok's image-generation crisis, and the rapture over Claude Opus 4.5
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Imposter syndrome is a stick in your bike wheels But low self-awareness is a rocket to nowhere
7th Jul 2025
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Imposter syndrome is a stick in your bike wheels

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

7th Jul 2025
But low self-awareness is a rocket to nowhere
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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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3 things I learned from my book launch
17th Oct 2015
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3 things I learned from my book launch

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

17th Oct 2015
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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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Never Forget What They've Done Soundtrack: Queens of the Stone Age - Villains of Circumstance  Listen to my podcast Better Offline...
9th Jun 2025
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Never Forget What They've Done

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

9th Jun 2025
Soundtrack: Queens of the Stone Age - Villains of Circumstance  Listen to my podcast Better Offline if you haven't already. I want my fucking tech industry back.  Maybe you think I sound insane, but technology means a lot to me. It’s the way that
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AI isn't going to replace you
18th Jan 2025
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AI isn't going to replace you

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

18th Jan 2025
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Where to find the hours to make it happen When you experience someone else’s genius work, a little part of you feels, “That’s what I could...
1st Oct 2019
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Where to find the hours to make it happen

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

1st Oct 2019
When you experience someone else’s genius work, a little part of you feels, “That’s what I could have, would have, and should have done!” They fought the resistance. You gave in to distractions. They took the time. You meant to. You could let that part of you give...
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The Case Against Crypto The Case Against Crypto (This article is a summary of my thoughts on crypto assets from 2020. I've...
31st Dec 2021
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The Case Against Crypto

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

31st Dec 2021
The Case Against Crypto (This article is a summary of my thoughts on crypto assets from 2020. I've updated it for 2025.) These days so much of my free time is booked with calls to explain to people outside the software industry why crypto assets are such a destructive force and...
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The Rise of Anti-Liberalism in Tech The Rise of Anti-Liberalism in Tech Silicon Valley, once a beacon of technological optimism and...
1st Nov 2023
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The Rise of Anti-Liberalism in Tech

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

1st Nov 2023
The Rise of Anti-Liberalism in Tech Silicon Valley, once a beacon of technological optimism and innovation, is undergoing a troubling transformation. The region that once embodied the ideals of humanism, progress, and the pursuit of a better world has become a far different place...
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ChatGPT's 2025 strategy | Peter Thiel | Apple exec meeting ChatGPT should be cool. Right now, it’s useful but not cool.
15th Jun 2025
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ChatGPT's 2025 strategy | Peter Thiel | Apple exec meeting

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

15th Jun 2025
ChatGPT should be cool. Right now, it’s useful but not cool.
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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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Doing old things better vs doing brand new things New technologies enable activities that fall into one of two categories: 1) doing things you could...
19th Oct 2020
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Doing old things better vs doing brand new things

from cdixon [alt+shift+b] in startups

19th Oct 2020
New technologies enable activities that fall into one of two categories: 1) doing things you could already do but can now do better because…
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The Millennial myth It seems that a day doesn’t pass without another article hitting the headlines exposing the...
16th Mar 2018
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The Millennial myth

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

16th Mar 2018
It seems that a day doesn’t pass without another article hitting the headlines exposing the shortcomings of the Millennial generation. It seems we are obsessed with the concept of demographic cohorts. Or, to put it more specifically, we are obsessed with the idea that...
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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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Divorced from reality Fundamentals will matter
10th Sep 2026
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Divorced from reality

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

10th Sep 2026
Fundamentals will matter
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If you're in Tokyo, come join my hanami this Saturday! Not an actual blog post, just an invitation.
1st Apr 2025
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If you're in Tokyo, come join my hanami this Saturday!

from Noahpinion [alt+shift+b] in startups

1st Apr 2025
Not an actual blog post, just an invitation.
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Terrible Apple products
13th Dec 2012
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Terrible Apple products

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

13th Dec 2012
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I made a mistake. Indie Worldwide build in public update 2023
8th Dec 2023
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I made a mistake.

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

8th Dec 2023
Indie Worldwide build in public update 2023
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Testing and operating distributed systems I am excited to announce that the first edition of my book about distributed systems is finally...
7th Feb 2021
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Testing and operating distributed systems

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

7th Feb 2021
I am excited to announce that the first edition of my book about distributed systems is finally complete! First things first, I have…
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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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Blockchain’s real world problem A while back, early in the blockchain hype cycle, a startup called Verisart popped up and promised...
30th Oct 2022
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Blockchain’s real world problem

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

30th Oct 2022
A while back, early in the blockchain hype cycle, a startup called Verisart popped up and promised to “fix” fine art. Not sure if that painting is real? Can’t find out who owns it, or where they got it? Worried that the gallery you’re emailing is a scammer? Worry no more!...
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A hundred actors on stage Imagine you’re in the audience of a play, and there are a hundred actors on stage. It’s not...
5th Mar 2000
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A hundred actors on stage

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

5th Mar 2000
Imagine you’re in the audience of a play, and there are a hundred actors on stage. It’s not necessarily the loudest or most hyperactive. Maybe you’d be drawn to the woman with the long black hair, half-hidden, standing silently at the edge of the stage. Would you stand...
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17 Takeaways from Mary Meeker's AI Deck PLUS: Elon vs. Trump, Taylor Swift, Moncler's $17B Secret Sauce and Ukraine Drone Tech.
6th Jun 2025
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17 Takeaways from Mary Meeker's AI Deck

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

6th Jun 2025
PLUS: Elon vs. Trump, Taylor Swift, Moncler's $17B Secret Sauce and Ukraine Drone Tech.
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How 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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Working notes for Summer of Protocols I’m participating in the Summer of Protocols research program this summer as a Core Researcher. It’s...
27th May 2023
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Working notes for Summer of Protocols

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

27th May 2023
I’m participating in the Summer of Protocols research program this summer as a Core Researcher. It’s an 18-week program, funded by the Ethereum Foundation, that aims to catalyze a wider exploration of protocols and their social implications. I plan to focus on protocols as...
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Bill Gates: "The quality is giving us a bad name" I don’t know how unique I am but my experience in clicking on streaming media stuff and seeing if it...
21st Apr 2024
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Bill Gates: "The quality is giving us a bad name"

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

21st Apr 2024
I don’t know how unique I am but my experience in clicking on streaming media stuff and seeing if it works is still less than 50%.
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The Players on the Eve of Destruction The insanity of war has returned to our world.
2nd Jan 2025
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The Players on the Eve of Destruction

from Noahpinion [alt+shift+b] in startups

2nd Jan 2025
The insanity of war has returned to our world.
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AI, tools and transformation It’s very tempting to imagine that AI turns everyone into a tool-builder - now everyone can just...
3rd Sep 2026
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AI, tools and transformation

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

3rd Sep 2026
It’s very tempting to imagine that AI turns everyone into a tool-builder - now everyone can just ask the model to make the software they need, and apps as we know them are dead. I think that misunderstands how most people think and where software actually comes from, and...
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Steve Jobs and Jeff Bezos Enter a Room In December 2000, the founders of Apple and Amazon were invited to critique a demo of the Segway. It...
6th Sep 2024
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Steve Jobs and Jeff Bezos Enter a Room

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

6th Sep 2024
In December 2000, the founders of Apple and Amazon were invited to critique a demo of the Segway. It was a wild two-hour session filled with gem quotes and business insights.
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The creator economy I’ve had some lingering thoughts over the past year about what it means to be a “creator,” further...
17th Nov 2021
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The creator economy

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

17th Nov 2021
I’ve had some lingering thoughts over the past year about what it means to be a “creator,” further accelerated by a recent conversation with a friend, and I want to try to unpack those feelings here. The “creator economy” popped into our vernacular with surprisingly little moral...
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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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Brian “That’s so thoughtful,” I thought to myself. “And so mature.”
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from Scope of Work [alt+shift+b] in startups

5 days ago
“That’s so thoughtful,” I thought to myself. “And so mature.”
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Security Clearances at the Speed of Startups Imagine you got a job offer from a company but weren’t allowed to start work – or get paid – for...
13th Aug 2024
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Security Clearances at the Speed of Startups

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

13th Aug 2024
Imagine you got a job offer from a company but weren’t allowed to start work – or get paid – for almost a year. And if you can’t pass a security clearance your offer is rescinded. Or you get offered an internship but can’t work on the most interesting part of the project. Sounds...
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The ageism in advertising The advertising industry is addicted to youth. We are obsessed and possessed. We crave it in our...
21st Dec 2018
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The ageism in advertising

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

21st Dec 2018
The advertising industry is addicted to youth. We are obsessed and possessed. We crave it in our agencies and we covet it in our audiences. We believe younger staff are more creative and younger consumers are more valuable. But this is nothing more than received wisdom....
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Dive into GHC: Pipeline Dive into GHC: Pipeline After reading Simon's I'm by no means an expert on GHC internals, but I have...
21st Jun 2016
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Dive into GHC: Pipeline

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

21st Jun 2016
Dive into GHC: Pipeline After reading Simon's I'm by no means an expert on GHC internals, but I have worked with them a fair So begins a multipart writeup on the structure of GHC structured around several Official Commentary GHC core developers have actually spent a great deal of...
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It is link winter on X We do not know how, why, or when the X algorithm devalues posts with links, but it does—without...
5th Dec 2024
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It is link winter on X

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

5th Dec 2024
We do not know how, why, or when the X algorithm devalues posts with links, but it does—without telling you, and by a lot—and it makes the experience there worse. Without links, information on X is headlines without stories, commentary without context, magic without the...
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How do I build something people want? As a founder, you want to build something people want. But how do we go beyond platitudes and...
2nd May 2019
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How do I build something people want?

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

2nd May 2019
As a founder, you want to build something people want. But how do we go beyond platitudes and actually do that? Here's some actionable advice.
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Some tips for interacting with the press Here are a few things I’ve learned over the years about the best ways for entrepreneurs to interact...
1st Mar 2012
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Some tips for interacting with the press

from cdixon [alt+shift+b] in startups

1st Mar 2012
Here are a few things I’ve learned over the years about the best ways for entrepreneurs to interact with the press (by press I mean blogs as…
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Pi from String Amplitudes Pi from String Amplitudes From the paper by Arnab Priya Saha and Aninda Sinha. A new series for...
1st Sep 2024
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Pi from String Amplitudes

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

1st Sep 2024
Pi from String Amplitudes From the paper by Arnab Priya Saha and Aninda Sinha. A new series for \(\pi\) and its convergence. $$ Where \((a)_{n-1}\) is the Pochhammer symbol. $$ \(\lambda\) is a free parameter for optimizing convergence. As \(\lambda\) approaches infinity, the...
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