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Building products from improvised user behaviors For a long time, there were niche communities of “lo-fi” camera enthusiasts: people who shared...
2nd Jan 2012
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Building products from improvised user behaviors

from cdixon [alt+shift+b] in startups

2nd Jan 2012
For a long time, there were niche communities of “lo-fi” camera enthusiasts: people who shared photos taken on old cameras that had…
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Procrastination hack: change “and” to “or” My unwritten condition for when to exercise was this: and I’ve finished my work, and I haven’t just...
24th Oct 2011
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Procrastination hack: change “and” to “or”

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

24th Oct 2011
My unwritten condition for when to exercise was this: and I’ve finished my work, and I haven’t just eaten, and I’m feeling energetic. My coach suggested I change “and” to “or”. or I’ve finished my work, or I haven’t just eaten, or I’m feeling energetic. Do you have a...
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Don't ever stop dreaming Yesterday, I traded sun, beach, and a beautiful warm sea for a cold, gray sky and a pair of wet...
8th Feb 2026
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Don't ever stop dreaming

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

8th Feb 2026
Yesterday, I traded sun, beach, and a beautiful warm sea for a cold, gray sky and a pair of wet shoes. I still can't believe I did it. The constant winter overcast was reason enough to leave Canada and never look back. When I finally left, I had bought a ticket to a never-ending...
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Five ways of thinking about Moltbook What a social network for AI agents tells us about the future. PLUS: Elon consolidates the X empire
3rd Feb 2026
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Five ways of thinking about Moltbook

from Platformer [alt+shift+b] in startups

3rd Feb 2026
What a social network for AI agents tells us about the future. PLUS: Elon consolidates the X empire
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Making things that last Lately I've had a lot of time for thinking. Partially because I shut down Blymp back in January and...
24th Sep 2026
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Making things that last

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

24th Sep 2026
Lately I've had a lot of time for thinking. Partially because I shut down Blymp back in January and freed up a lot of my mental resources. No clients to follow up with. No admin stuff to stress about. But thinking is also my favourite activity, and there'll always be time in my...
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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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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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We may now know what kind of AI bubble this is Think railroads, not crypto. PLUS: The government can't decide what to do about Mythos, and week one...
1st May 2026
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We may now know what kind of AI bubble this is

from Platformer [alt+shift+b] in startups

1st May 2026
Think railroads, not crypto. PLUS: The government can't decide what to do about Mythos, and week one of the OpenAI-Elon Musk trial
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Describe your music like a non-musician When describing your music, don’t use musician language. For most people, listening to music is...
1st Jul 2000
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Describe your music like a non-musician

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

1st Jul 2000
When describing your music, don’t use musician language. For most people, listening to music is like a cat watching cars go by. “That one was blue.” Only an expert or mechanic would be able to describe the technical details of the passing car. Think what one...
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Natural Language Is an Unnatural Interface How can we use familiar design patterns to constrain the unwieldy state space of large language...
27th Jun 2023
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Natural Language Is an Unnatural Interface

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

27th Jun 2023
How can we use familiar design patterns to constrain the unwieldy state space of large language models?
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Publish your ebook as PDF, MOBI, and ePub all at the same time
3rd Aug 2016
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Publish your ebook as PDF, MOBI, and ePub all at the same time

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

3rd Aug 2016
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How to make the best possible translation of a book? You know that frustration of reading a book that should have been an article? Me too. So I try to...
14th Aug 2024
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How to make the best possible translation of a book?

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

14th Aug 2024
You know that frustration of reading a book that should have been an article? Me too. So I try to do the opposite — to write so succinctly that you wish I would have said a little more. You complete it with your own thoughts.
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Facebook's "cultural relevance is decreasing quickly" there’s also a chance that Elon unlocks product iteration velocity and that Twitter could grow a lot...
12th May 2025
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Facebook's "cultural relevance is decreasing quickly"

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

12th May 2025
there’s also a chance that Elon unlocks product iteration velocity and that Twitter could grow a lot as a competitor to us
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OpenAI Is A Bad Business OpenAI, a non-profit AI company that will lose anywhere from $4 billion to $5 billion this year,...
2nd Oct 2024
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OpenAI Is A Bad Business

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

2nd Oct 2024
OpenAI, a non-profit AI company that will lose anywhere from $4 billion to $5 billion this year, will at some point in the next six or so months convert into a for-profit AI company, at which point it will continue to lose money in exactly the same way. Shortly after
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How do You Cultivate Customer-Centric Executives? summary The answer is that the most successful companies have a key executive who is...
1st Mar 2024
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How do You Cultivate Customer-Centric Executives?

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

1st Mar 2024
summary The answer is that the most successful companies have a key executive who is customer-centric - someone who has a rich mental model for what customers want and is able to step into the customer's shoes. I theorize that beyond a culture of being customer-centric it's the...
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The sex and cash theory
11th May 2011
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The sex and cash theory

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

11th May 2011
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💡 Business Brainstorms 💡- My favorite ideas of the week #1 💡 #2 💡 Tons of companies are looking to hire someone like this but no one knows how to do it...
25th Mar 2024
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💡 Business Brainstorms 💡- My favorite ideas of the week

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

25th Mar 2024
#1 💡 #2 💡 Tons of companies are looking to hire someone like this but no one knows how to do it reliably. There are also tons of people who would like to work in such a role but they are hard to find as there is no generally accepted job title. Seems like a huge opportunity if...
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There are no strong opinions weakly held It's a shield for loud conviction and quiet backpedaling if needed.
1st Sep 2025
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There are no strong opinions weakly held

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

1st Sep 2025
It's a shield for loud conviction and quiet backpedaling if needed.
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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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My Addressbook? Keep it. Telephone numbers are a disgrace to our generation. There is all this talk going on about Path uploading address books and privacy here privacy there. I...
9th Feb 2012
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My Addressbook? Keep it. Telephone numbers are a disgrace to our generation.

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

9th Feb 2012
There is all this talk going on about Path uploading address books and privacy here privacy there. I understand the fact that Star...
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Steve Jobs on iPod and DRM Guys – We need to make sure that when Music Match launches their download music store they cannot...
26th Oct 2024
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Steve Jobs on iPod and DRM

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

26th Oct 2024
Guys – We need to make sure that when Music Match launches their download music store they cannot use iPod. Is this going to be an issue?
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VCs are Scared When They Should be Greedy I originally wrote this essay for The Information, where it was published on July 6, 2022. I've...
20th Jul 2022
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VCs are Scared When They Should be Greedy

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

20th Jul 2022
I originally wrote this essay for The Information, where it was published on July 6, 2022. I've read a lot of the advice that venture capitalists have given founders on the current state of the markets. Most of that advice focuses on how founders need to adjust to survive the...
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The economics of dog shows Even the participants at the Westminster Dog Show, the best pups in the world, are unlikely to make...
6th Feb 2026
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The economics of dog shows

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

6th Feb 2026
Even the participants at the Westminster Dog Show, the best pups in the world, are unlikely to make a fortune for their owners.
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The Department of Defense Is Getting Its Innovation Act Together – But More Can Be Done This post previously appeared in Defense News  and C4SIR. Despite the clear and present danger of...
15th Jan 2024
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The Department of Defense Is Getting Its Innovation Act Together – But More Can Be Done

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

15th Jan 2024
This post previously appeared in Defense News  and C4SIR. Despite the clear and present danger of threats from China and elsewhere, there’s no agreement on what types of adversaries we’ll face; how we’ll fight, organize, and train; and what weapons or systems we’ll need for...
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Don't write tests - The Hidden Cost of TDD I’ve been following the TDD/testing debate with some interest; I work at an early-stage payments...
1st Apr 2012
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Don't write tests - The Hidden Cost of TDD

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

1st Apr 2012
I’ve been following the TDD/testing debate with some interest; I work at an early-stage payments startup called GoCardless where we test religiously. We’re not dogmatic about whether the tests come first or not, but code doesn’t get deployed without full unit & acceptance tests....
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What affects customer motivation?
23rd Feb 2018
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What affects customer motivation?

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

23rd Feb 2018
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Women in South Africa’s gig economy feel forced to work extra hours for free Women who work as domestic cleaners with SweepSouth, an on-demand app, say clients frequently ask...
4th Jan 2024
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Women in South Africa’s gig economy feel forced to work extra hours for free

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

4th Jan 2024
Women who work as domestic cleaners with SweepSouth, an on-demand app, say clients frequently ask them to do unpaid work, and the company hasn’t responded to their complaints.
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How to conduct a good demo of your SaaS Photo by Chris Montgomery on Unsplash Frequently, when we finish a demo session of our HR app,...
20th Apr 2021
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How to conduct a good demo of your SaaS

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

20th Apr 2021
Photo by Chris Montgomery on Unsplash Frequently, when we finish a demo session of our HR app, customers will tell us “Wow, that was a great demo!” when signing off. I never really thought about it, other than the fact that I usually had a good time showing them around, and that...
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The 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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Mark Zuckerberg on research, Cambridge Analytica, and more I’d love to hear all of the ideas you guys have here, including relatively extreme things that might...
27th Sep 2026
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Mark Zuckerberg on research, Cambridge Analytica, and more

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

27th Sep 2026
I’d love to hear all of the ideas you guys have here, including relatively extreme things that might sound crazy at first.
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AI for Work & Life Hackathons need a “why” –
15th May 2025
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AI for Work & Life

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

15th May 2025
Hackathons need a “why” –
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Here’s What Happened When Deputy Secretary of Defense Dr. Kathleen Hicks visited Stanford’s Gordian... It was an honor to host US Deputy Secretary of Defense Dr. Kathleen Hicks at Stanford’s Gordian Knot...
8th Apr 2022
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Here’s What Happened When Deputy Secretary of Defense Dr. Kathleen Hicks visited Stanford’s Gordian Knot Center for National Security Innovation

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

8th Apr 2022
It was an honor to host US Deputy Secretary of Defense Dr. Kathleen Hicks at Stanford’s Gordian Knot Center for National Security Innovation.  (Think of the Deputy Secretary of Defense as the Chief Operating Officer of a company – but in this case the company has 3 million...
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The Babe Ruth Effect in Venture Capital "How to hit home runs: I swing as hard as I can, and I try to swing right through the ball... The...
7th Jun 2015
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The Babe Ruth Effect in Venture Capital

from cdixon [alt+shift+b] in startups

7th Jun 2015
"How to hit home runs: I swing as hard as I can, and I try to swing right through the ball... The harder you grip the bat, the more you can…
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Ten SaaS marketing principles for 2024
16th Dec 2023
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Ten SaaS marketing principles for 2024

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

16th Dec 2023
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Timing your startup I never had the opportunity to invest in YouTube but I have to admit that if I did I probably would...
7th Nov 2010
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Timing your startup

from cdixon [alt+shift+b] in startups

7th Nov 2010
I never had the opportunity to invest in YouTube but I have to admit that if I did I probably would have passed (which of course would have…
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YouTube, Ad Blockers & the Advertising "Tax" Though it looks like big vs small tech at first glance, poking into how ad blocker companies operate...
8th Nov 2023
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YouTube, Ad Blockers & the Advertising "Tax"

from Unpacked [alt+shift+b] in startups

8th Nov 2023
Though it looks like big vs small tech at first glance, poking into how ad blocker companies operate and their “whitelisting” programs will likely change your opinion
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Let pedestrians define the walkways A new college campus was built, but one thing was still debated: Some people thought the walkways...
23rd Nov 2009
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Let pedestrians define the walkways

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

23rd Nov 2009
A new college campus was built, but one thing was still debated: Some people thought the walkways should go around the grass, to leave it green. Some thought the walkways should cut across diagonally. Brilliant. As time goes on, we get smarter. We learn more about...
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Naïve Quitting My first real job was as the librarian at Warner/Chappell Music. After 2½ years, though, I...
24th May 2010
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Naïve Quitting

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

24th May 2010
My first real job was as the librarian at Warner/Chappell Music. After 2½ years, though, I decided to quit to be a full-time musician. (Partially because I was too happy there! I was scared that if I didn’t force myself to quit, I’d never leave. Too comfortable.) (It...
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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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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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What is Bluesky social? (Twitter and Mastodon alternative) Bluesky is a new social network that's an alternative to Twitter and Mastodon. I was invited back in...
26th Apr 2023
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What is Bluesky social? (Twitter and Mastodon alternative)

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

26th Apr 2023
Bluesky is a new social network that's an alternative to Twitter and Mastodon. I was invited back in February, and there hasn't been much momentum on the app... until the last week. There's been a sudden surge of interest (perhaps driven by FOMO?).
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Delegate or die: the self-employed trap. Most self-employed people get caught in the delegation trap. to find and train someone would take...
23rd Jan 2011
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Delegate or die: the self-employed trap.

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

23rd Jan 2011
Most self-employed people get caught in the delegation trap. to find and train someone would take more time than you have! So you keep working harder, until you break. In 2001, CD Baby was three years old. I had eight employees but I was still doing everything else...
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A better toilet
28th Sep 2009
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A better toilet

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

28th Sep 2009
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Content negotiation considered harmful Matilda, 1996 Content negotiation is a feature of HTTP that lets clients ask for, and servers...
24th Mar 2023
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Content negotiation considered harmful

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

24th Mar 2023
Matilda, 1996 Content negotiation is a feature of HTTP that lets clients ask for, and servers return, different content types based on the request’s Accept header. Sounds great, right? Well, no. Content negotiation is the classic example of an idea that sounds good in theory, but...
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Power Cut A week ago, analyst TD Cowen revealed that Microsoft had canceled leases "totalling a couple hundred...
3rd Mar 2025
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Power Cut

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

3rd Mar 2025
A week ago, analyst TD Cowen revealed that Microsoft had canceled leases "totalling a couple hundred MWs," with "at least two private data center operators across multiple US markets." The report also details how Microsoft "pulled back on converting negotiated and signed...
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Building Something Big When I talk about building Forestwalk, people who’ve long known me are sometimes surprised that I’ve...
31st Aug 2025
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Building Something Big

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

31st Aug 2025
When I talk about building Forestwalk, people who’ve long known me are sometimes surprised that I’ve been using terms like “runway”, “venture-scale”, and other jargon more associated with the VC world than indie or lifestyle businesses. And indeed, I do have a secret to come...
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Carts without horses Investing in emerging markets such as India, Kenya, and Nigeria isn’t quite what I naively thought...
2nd Jun 2016
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Carts without horses

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

2nd Jun 2016
Investing in emerging markets such as India, Kenya, and Nigeria isn’t quite what I naively thought it would be. Before I started, I thought that finding a good company in an emerging market would just mean copying models that worked in developed markets. All I’d have to do is...
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Socket activation I’ve spent some time over the last few weeks reading about the various *nix init systems: venerable...
5th Jul 2021
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Socket activation

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

5th Jul 2021
I’ve spent some time over the last few weeks reading about the various *nix init systems: venerable SysV, interim replacement Upstart, controversial monolith systemd, Apple’s proprietary launchd, and niche variants like runit and Epoch. Lots of history, lots of flame wars. One...
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walk and talk Kevin Kelly invited me to walk 100 kilometers (62 miles) through northern Thailand for seven days,...
12th Dec 2023
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walk and talk

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

12th Dec 2023
Kevin Kelly invited me to walk 100 kilometers (62 miles) through northern Thailand for seven days, ending in Chiang Mai. Walking with us were ten other smart interesting people, including five other authors whose work I’ve loved for years. It’s a “Walk and Talk”.
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Who Will Run Berkshire After Buffett? PLUS: Group Chat Rules, 5 Banks in Disguise, Chipotle's Memo.
1st Jun 2024
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Who Will Run Berkshire After Buffett?

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

1st Jun 2024
PLUS: Group Chat Rules, 5 Banks in Disguise, Chipotle's Memo.
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Is "sales" a dirty word?
1st Feb 2014
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Is "sales" a dirty word?

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

1st Feb 2014
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Democrats fixed many of the problems of the early 2020s It's nice to have leaders who hear what people care about and deliver results.
1st Nov 2024
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Democrats fixed many of the problems of the early 2020s

from Noahpinion [alt+shift+b] in startups

1st Nov 2024
It's nice to have leaders who hear what people care about and deliver results.
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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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Put a billion dollars on red
9th Mar 2016
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Put a billion dollars on red

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

9th Mar 2016
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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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Seeking asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border? You’d better speak English or Spanish Migrants speaking Haitian Creole or Indigenous languages face challenges at the border.
1st Jun 2023
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Seeking asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border? You’d better speak English or Spanish

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

1st Jun 2023
Migrants speaking Haitian Creole or Indigenous languages face challenges at the border.
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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
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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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The potential dark side of AI and GPT-3 writing tools What happens when people start going to the AI for answers instead of Google search and Wikipedia?...
21st Oct 2022
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The potential dark side of AI and GPT-3 writing tools

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

21st Oct 2022
What happens when people start going to the AI for answers instead of Google search and Wikipedia? How does the AI decide what to suggest? What are the knock-on effects of these suggestions?
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Even the Smartest VCs Sometimes Get it Wrong – Bill Gurley and Regulated Markets Bill Gurley was one of Silicon Valley’s smartest and most successful VCs. He recently gave a talk at...
7th Nov 2023
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Even the Smartest VCs Sometimes Get it Wrong – Bill Gurley and Regulated Markets

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

7th Nov 2023
Bill Gurley was one of Silicon Valley’s smartest and most successful VCs. He recently gave a talk at the All-In Summit that was really two talks in one. The first part was railing against the consequences of regulatory capture on innovation and a second part, about the...
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Games are problems people pay to solve Good definitions are powerful. Lately, while reading The Art of Game Design, it became clear to me...
22nd Apr 2023
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Games are problems people pay to solve

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22nd Apr 2023
Good definitions are powerful. Lately, while reading The Art of Game Design, it became clear to me that the author’s definition of games makes a lot of sense. He defines games as problems that people pay to solve with either their time or money. Unlike movies or books, games are...
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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

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22nd Aug 2026
We would have a problem if it is related to cell phone handsets, etc.
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Changed my mind: AI is actually good for coding
6th Jun 2025
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Changed my mind: AI is actually good for coding

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6th Jun 2025
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Encore Anxiety Fear of disappointing people you've already impressed is more paralyzing than fear of impressing...
14th Jul 2025
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Encore Anxiety

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14th Jul 2025
Fear of disappointing people you've already impressed is more paralyzing than fear of impressing nobody at all.
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How to build a Shopify app – Björn’s journey to $300k in profits Björn started a side-business on the Shopify apps platform 6 years ago. Now he’s making $275,000 in...
19th Nov 2017
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How to build a Shopify app – Björn’s journey to $300k in profits

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19th Nov 2017
Björn started a side-business on the Shopify apps platform 6 years ago. Now he’s making $275,000 in profit per year
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the Michael Browne suits In 2020, I was about to move to New York City. I wanted to get to know all of its ethnic enclaves,...
15th Apr 2023
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the Michael Browne suits

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

15th Apr 2023
In 2020, I was about to move to New York City. I wanted to get to know all of its ethnic enclaves, like visiting the whole world in one city. But I know I have a tendency to stay at home, immersed in my work.
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The Blackbird Platform The first project launched this week on our portfolio company Blackbird‘s platform. It is a friends...
5th Apr 2023
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The Blackbird Platform

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5th Apr 2023
The first project launched this week on our portfolio company Blackbird‘s platform. It is a friends and family program at a restaurant in Williamsburg Brooklyn called Gertie. Blackbird wrote about it today on their excellent Supersonic blog: Throughout, when you tap Gertie’s...
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Technology predictions For those of us in the prediction business, it’s sometimes useful to go back and read past...
6th Apr 2013
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Technology predictions

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6th Apr 2013
For those of us in the prediction business, it’s sometimes useful to go back and read past predictions to try to discern patterns in what…
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You’re Invited: Hacking for Defense and Lean LaunchPad Final Presentations Join us for the final presentations of our two Stanford classes this Tuesday June 4th and Wednesday...
3rd Jun 2024
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You’re Invited: Hacking for Defense and Lean LaunchPad Final Presentations

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

3rd Jun 2024
Join us for the final presentations of our two Stanford classes this Tuesday June 4th and Wednesday June 5th. Tuesday = Hacking for Defense Wednesday = Lean Launchpad The presentations just get better every year.  Attend in person or via Zoom. This year AI seems to be part of...
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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

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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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Progressives need to learn to take the W Outrage is only one motivation for change, and it comes with a cost.
1st Sep 2024
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Progressives need to learn to take the W

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1st Sep 2024
Outrage is only one motivation for change, and it comes with a cost.
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Why barcodes are about to go extinct QR codes are here. Barcodes should be very afraid.
4 weeks ago
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Why barcodes are about to go extinct

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4 weeks ago
QR codes are here. Barcodes should be very afraid.
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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

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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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Forget the Valley: bootstrap founders can live wherever they want
17th Oct 2012
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Forget the Valley: bootstrap founders can live wherever they want

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17th Oct 2012
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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

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16th Jun 2023
The Apple Vision Pro has a very appealing use case: "the workplace of your dreams".
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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

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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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Ten years of experience in one hour From 1998 to 2008, I had this wild experience of starting a little hobby, accidentally growing it...
1st Jul 2011
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Ten years of experience in one hour

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

1st Jul 2011
From 1998 to 2008, I had this wild experience of starting a little hobby, accidentally growing it into a big business, and then selling it for $22 million. So now people want to hear my thoughts. People ask my advice on how to approach situations in their lives or businesses,...
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Paralyzed by the Perfect Resume Those with the most to lose are often the least likely to take big swings
3rd Sep 2026
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Paralyzed by the Perfect Resume

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3rd Sep 2026
Those with the most to lose are often the least likely to take big swings
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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

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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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Justin's world
13th Aug 2008
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Justin's world

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13th Aug 2008
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The NYC tech scene is exploding The pace of innovation in the New York area is very impressive right now. Some of the top...
1st Feb 2010
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The NYC tech scene is exploding

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1st Feb 2010
The pace of innovation in the New York area is very impressive right now. Some of the top entrepenuers in the country are building and…
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How I price products
15th Jul 2016
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How I price products

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15th Jul 2016
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Founders Need to Be Ruthless When Chasing Deals One of the most exciting things a startup CEO in a business-to-business market can hear from a...
16th Apr 2024
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Founders Need to Be Ruthless When Chasing Deals

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

16th Apr 2024
One of the most exciting things a startup CEO in a business-to-business market can hear from a potential customer is, “We’re excited. When can you come back and show us a prototype?” This can be the beginning of a profitable customer relationship or a disappointing sinkhole of...
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a16z VCs are experts at analyzing industries and identifying new opportunities, which is why it’s odd...
19th Nov 2012
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a16z

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19th Nov 2012
VCs are experts at analyzing industries and identifying new opportunities, which is why it’s odd that the VC industry itself has so…
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Growth “When eating an elephant, take one bite at a time.” - Creighton Abrams I was chatting with an...
29th Mar 2014
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Growth

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29th Mar 2014
“When eating an elephant, take one bite at a time.” - Creighton Abrams I was chatting with an investor a year or two ago, shortly after our Series A, and the subject of revenue goals came up. At the time, our revenue was pretty low - less than 10% of monthly costs. We estimated...
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Optimising bank working hours Photo by Museums Victoria on Unsplash This is probably an out of date concept these days, however if...
14th Jun 2021
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Optimising bank working hours

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

14th Jun 2021
Photo by Museums Victoria on Unsplash This is probably an out of date concept these days, however if you ever ran a traditional business back in the 70’s, 80’s and 90’s as I did, one of the most frustrating things ever was trying to get my banking done over the counter. Almost...
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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

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5th Aug 2024
🛳️ Cruise hustles
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A framework for choosing what to do A year ago, I left YC and felt a bit lost about what to do next.[1] A lot of people were pretty sure...
28th Feb 2022
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A framework for choosing what to do

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

28th Feb 2022
A year ago, I left YC and felt a bit lost about what to do next.[1] A lot of people were pretty sure they knew what I should do. But...I didn't and most of their suggestions didn’t excite me. As I thought through my possible paths, I realized that I didn't have a useful framework...
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A Haskell Implementation Reading List A Haskell Implementation Reading List A reading list for those interested in the implementation...
14th Dec 2014
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A Haskell Implementation Reading List

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

14th Dec 2014
A Haskell Implementation Reading List A reading list for those interested in the implementation internals of Haskell more , these are simply Typeclass Inference A Theory Of Qualified Types Type Inference For Parametric Type Classes Type Reconstruction For Type Classes Constraints...
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How desperation affects creativity
7th Jun 2014
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How desperation affects creativity

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7th Jun 2014
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Why America fell behind in drones, and how to catch up agaon A guest post by Cat Orman and Jason Lu
3rd Aug 2024
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Why America fell behind in drones, and how to catch up agaon

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3rd Aug 2024
A guest post by Cat Orman and Jason Lu
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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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Notes on Trekonomics Notes on Trekonomics My holiday reading this year has been Manu Saadia's Trekonomics, which is a...
9th Jan 2021
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Notes on Trekonomics

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

9th Jan 2021
Notes on Trekonomics My holiday reading this year has been Manu Saadia's Trekonomics, which is a deeply fun and thought-provoking exploration of the economic philosophy of the Star Trek universe. Here's my review and reading notes for the book. The book's ultimate motivating...
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Revisited: big VCs investing in seed rounds A few years ago, the trend of companies raising smaller seed rounds combined with the emergence of...
2nd Apr 2012
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Revisited: big VCs investing in seed rounds

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2nd Apr 2012
A few years ago, the trend of companies raising smaller seed rounds combined with the emergence of new seed funds caused many big VCs to…
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Dive into GHC: Intermediate Forms Dive into GHC: Intermediate Forms In the last blog post,...
11th Jul 2016
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Dive into GHC: Intermediate Forms

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

11th Jul 2016
Dive into GHC: Intermediate Forms In the last blog post, we Parsing Renaming Typechecking Desugaring Simplification Code Generation Passes The following functions are the main passes are that are used inside of the HscMain . -- Parse a module. parseModule :: GhcMonad m =>...
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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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How to Not Get Acquired Building something new from 0 → 1 is hard, so it requires your full attention. Given that, a key...
31st Oct 2025
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How to Not Get Acquired

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

31st Oct 2025
Building something new from 0 → 1 is hard, so it requires your full attention. Given that, a key part of creating a new product is limiting distractions – anything that pulls your attention away from finding product-market fit. There are a lot of things a founder can be...
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No one wants to buy my sneakers
4th Nov 2012
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No one wants to buy my sneakers

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

4th Nov 2012
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How I've run major projects My few most productive individual weeks at Anthropic have all been “crisis project management:”...
16th Mar 2025
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How I've run major projects

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16th Mar 2025
My few most productive individual weeks at Anthropic have all been “crisis project management:” coordinating major, time-sensitive implementation or debugging efforts. In a company like Anthropic, excellent project management is an extremely high-leverage skill, and not just...
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Meshwest Edmonton
5th Oct 2011
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Meshwest Edmonton

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

5th Oct 2011
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Welcome to The Future This time it arrived right on schedule.
1st May 2025
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Welcome to The Future

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1st May 2025
This time it arrived right on schedule.
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Aquatic Achievements Enough to get one's feet wet
21st Jul 2025
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Aquatic Achievements

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

21st Jul 2025
Enough to get one's feet wet
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The bowling pin strategy A huge challenge for user-generated websites is overcoming the chicken-and-egg problem: attracting...
21st Aug 2010
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The bowling pin strategy

from cdixon [alt+shift+b] in startups

21st Aug 2010
A huge challenge for user-generated websites is overcoming the chicken-and-egg problem: attracting users and contributors when you are…
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Revenue grew from $14,143 to $32,470, but not much profit yet. UPDATES: money stuff, got an apartment in NYC, & gave a talk at Fractal Tech.
9th Dec 2024
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Revenue grew from $14,143 to $32,470, but not much profit yet.

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

9th Dec 2024
UPDATES: money stuff, got an apartment in NYC, & gave a talk at Fractal Tech.
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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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No Science, No Startups: The Innovation Engine We’re Switching Off Tons of words have been written about the Trump Administrations war on Science in Universities. But...
13th Oct 2025
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No Science, No Startups: The Innovation Engine We’re Switching Off

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

13th Oct 2025
Tons of words have been written about the Trump Administrations war on Science in Universities. But few people have asked what, exactly, is science? How does it work? Who are the scientists? What do they do? And more importantly, why should anyone (outside of universities) care?...
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Nowhere Is Safe Drones in Ukraine and in the War with Iran have made the surface of the earth a contested space. The...
9th Apr 2026
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Nowhere Is Safe

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

9th Apr 2026
Drones in Ukraine and in the War with Iran have made the surface of the earth a contested space. The U.S. has discovered that 1) air superiority and missile defense systems (THAAD, Patriot batteries) designed to counter tens or hundreds of aircraft and missiles is insufficient...
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Keep in touch When I was promoting myself as a musician, I noticed an interesting pattern. If I had a good...
5th Mar 2018
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Keep in touch

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

5th Mar 2018
When I was promoting myself as a musician, I noticed an interesting pattern. If I had a good conversation with somebody in the music business, then quite often they would send an opportunity my way within a day or two. Yes I just said this twice to emphasize it. This is...
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Sabastian Sawe, Adidas and the Sub-2 Hour Marathon How the super running shoe arms race helped two athletes break the 2-hour mark at London Marathon...
1st May 2026
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Sabastian Sawe, Adidas and the Sub-2 Hour Marathon

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

1st May 2026
How the super running shoe arms race helped two athletes break the 2-hour mark at London Marathon 2026.
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Indonesia, home to the world’s largest nickel reserves, struggles to achieve its EV dreams China’s growing involvement and the rapid shift to lithium batteries dissuade investors.
3rd Feb 2025
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Indonesia, home to the world’s largest nickel reserves, struggles to achieve its EV dreams

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

3rd Feb 2025
China’s growing involvement and the rapid shift to lithium batteries dissuade investors.
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Lean Meets Wicked Problems This post previously appeared in Poets & Quants. I just spent a month and a half at Imperial College...
25th Jul 2023
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Lean Meets Wicked Problems

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

25th Jul 2023
This post previously appeared in Poets & Quants. I just spent a month and a half at Imperial College London co-teaching a “Wicked” Entrepreneurship class. In this case Wicked doesn’t mean morally evil, but refers to really complex problems, ones with multiple moving parts, where...
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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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Product vs. Production | Theory No. 9 HQ Trivia, TikTok Trivia, & the not-so-subtle art of creating compelling live media.
7th Mar 2023
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Product vs. Production | Theory No. 9

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

7th Mar 2023
HQ Trivia, TikTok Trivia, & the not-so-subtle art of creating compelling live media.
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Regulatory hacks A common way to think of business regulations is by analogy to sports: the rules are specified up...
10th Oct 2012
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Regulatory hacks

from cdixon [alt+shift+b] in startups

10th Oct 2012
A common way to think of business regulations is by analogy to sports: the rules are specified up front, and the players follow the rules…
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Introducing "Caffeinated Deep Dives" My new podcast.
1st Nov 2024
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Introducing "Caffeinated Deep Dives"

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

1st Nov 2024
My new podcast.
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America’s $37B Football Obsession The top two sports-leagues by revenue in the world are NFL ($23B)...and College Football ($14B), the...
5th Sep 2025
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America’s $37B Football Obsession

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

5th Sep 2025
The top two sports-leagues by revenue in the world are NFL ($23B)...and College Football ($14B), the latter alone makes more than NBA, MLB or English Premiere League.
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Everybody stop
4th Aug 2011
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Everybody stop

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

4th Aug 2011
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Nine reasons screenshots are awesome By taking a screenshot, you can “export” from any app on any device. You can “import” screenshots...
13th Nov 2015
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Nine reasons screenshots are awesome

from cdixon [alt+shift+b] in startups

13th Nov 2015
By taking a screenshot, you can “export” from any app on any device. You can “import” screenshots back into any app that imports photos…
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Early stage funding markets for science - an analysis In the summer of 2022, with support from Schmidt Futures, I took a closer look at several emerging...
23rd Jan 2023
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Early stage funding markets for science - an analysis

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

23rd Jan 2023
In the summer of 2022, with support from Schmidt Futures, I took a closer look at several emerging science funding mechanisms – rapid grants, scout programs, and focused research organizations (FROs) – to understand how they serve the needs of early stage science. I also...
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9 Years on the Road October 24th is my indie-versary, the anniversary of quitting my last full time job. Every year I...
4th Jan 2024
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9 Years on the Road

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

4th Jan 2024
October 24th is my indie-versary, the anniversary of quitting my last full time job. Every year I write a set of reflections about this strange and magical journey.
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Exceptionalism Startups that do well often follow a set of common principles. These principles influence how they...
4th Jan 2016
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Exceptionalism

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

4th Jan 2016
Startups that do well often follow a set of common principles. These principles influence how they develop products, build teams, raise money, and get customers. The most successful startups, though, are exceptional and often seem to go against these principles in various ways....
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Why didn't you launch last year?
17th Dec 2013
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Why didn't you launch last year?

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

17th Dec 2013
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Some things I've been thinking about - This is the second week I’ve experimented with writing a “Some Things I’ve been thinking about -”...
4th Aug 2026
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Some things I've been thinking about -

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

4th Aug 2026
This is the second week I’ve experimented with writing a “Some Things I’ve been thinking about -” post on Twitter & LinkedIn.
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My first ever app I made and sold... I was digging through a cupboard today, when I came across the package shown below. I was initially...
30th Nov 2021
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My first ever app I made and sold...

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

30th Nov 2021
I was digging through a cupboard today, when I came across the package shown below. I was initially flabbergasted that I still had a copy on hand, but that soon gave way to feelings of nostalgia that took me back 30 years (yes, that is 3 decades) to when I first created this. It...
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Time is personal. Your year changes when your life changes. A new day begins when I wake up, not at midnight. Midnight means nothing to me. It’s not a turning...
30th Dec 2019
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Time is personal. Your year changes when your life changes.

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

30th Dec 2019
A new day begins when I wake up, not at midnight. Midnight means nothing to me. It’s not a turning point. Nothing changes at that moment. I can understand using moments like midnight and January 1st as coordinators, so cultures and computers can agree on how to reference...
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My first kiss
2nd Oct 2013
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My first kiss

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

2nd Oct 2013
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Bubble Trouble As I previously warned, artificial intelligence companies are running out of data. A Wall Street...
4th Apr 2024
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Bubble Trouble

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

4th Apr 2024
As I previously warned, artificial intelligence companies are running out of data. A Wall Street Journal piece from this week has sounded the alarm that some believe AI models will run out of "high-quality text-based data" within the next two years in what an AI researcher called...
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Passion needs rigor In modern society, we talk a lot about following our passion. But passion isn't enough. It needs to...
7th Feb 2019
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Passion needs rigor

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

7th Feb 2019
In modern society, we talk a lot about following our passion. But passion isn't enough. It needs to be molded through deliberate practice.
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The joke that changed my life Growing up in America, I didn’t know much about other cultures. When I was 25, my band got some...
19th Jun 2022
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The joke that changed my life

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

19th Jun 2022
Growing up in America, I didn’t know much about other cultures. When I was 25, my band got some gigs in Europe — my first time there. It was 1995. The European Union was new. I heard a street performer in Copenhagen tell this joke: “The EU will be a success if … “The...
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Always keeping score. Now with Claude, there is no excuse not to be tracking everything.
6th May 2026
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Always keeping score.

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

6th May 2026
Now with Claude, there is no excuse not to be tracking everything.
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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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How distributed systems fail At scale, any failure that can happen will eventually happen. Hardware failures, software crashes,...
5th Dec 2020
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How distributed systems fail

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

5th Dec 2020
At scale, any failure that can happen will eventually happen. Hardware failures, software crashes, memory leaks - you name it. The more…
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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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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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Can We Build Scenius From Scratch? On crafting tight-knit communities with potential for high future impact in the post-pandemic era.
8th Sep 2022
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Can We Build Scenius From Scratch?

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

8th Sep 2022
On crafting tight-knit communities with potential for high future impact in the post-pandemic era.
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Poker. I didn’t realize being a venture investor would also mean becoming a full-time event planner.
4 weeks ago
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Poker.

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

4 weeks ago
I didn’t realize being a venture investor would also mean becoming a full-time event planner.
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Franchise Thinking On the sequel economics of ideas.
10th Feb 2026
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Franchise Thinking

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

10th Feb 2026
On the sequel economics of ideas.
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Why geeks should speak
2nd Nov 2018
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Why geeks should speak

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

2nd Nov 2018
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VC money is fueling a global boom in worker surveillance tech A funding surge has given rise to technologies to track, analyze and manage workers — often in...
3rd Jun 2025
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VC money is fueling a global boom in worker surveillance tech

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

3rd Jun 2025
A funding surge has given rise to technologies to track, analyze and manage workers — often in countries with little regulation.
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Monzo growth I’ve been asked a few times recently how we got customers to sign up to Monzo in the early years and...
1st Aug 2022
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Monzo growth

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

1st Aug 2022
I’ve been asked a few times recently how we got customers to sign up to Monzo in the early years and I haven’t been able to give a satisfactory answer in a sufficiently short space of time. I thought I’d write out my thoughts in a longer piece so I can feel less bad about giving...
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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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The Greatest Meme Template Ever Why does Juan Joya Borja (aka El Risitas aka “Spanish Laughing Guy”) always put a smile on our...
1st Mar 2024
128

The Greatest Meme Template Ever

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

1st Mar 2024
Why does Juan Joya Borja (aka El Risitas aka “Spanish Laughing Guy”) always put a smile on our faces.
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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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Unlikely places and untangled goals I once went without food for ten days, and that was fine. But the two things I can’t do without for...
11th Dec 2017
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Unlikely places and untangled goals

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

11th Dec 2017
I once went without food for ten days, and that was fine. But the two things I can’t do without for long are solitude and silence. (Freedom from people and their noises.) An Irish friend suggested that I stay at Mount Melleray Abbey, home of the Cistercian Trappist monks,...
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💡 Business Brainstorms 💡- My favorite ideas of the week #1 💡 While alcohol is becoming less and less nicotine is having a comeback. Even Einstein...
1st Apr 2024
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💡 Business Brainstorms 💡- My favorite ideas of the week

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

1st Apr 2024
#1 💡 While alcohol is becoming less and less nicotine is having a comeback. Even Einstein reportedly believed that Nicotine contributed to a calm and objective judgment. But while there are thousands of “premium” options when it comes to consuming alcohol, all Nicotine...
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The pipeline problem
21st Sep 2024
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The pipeline problem

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

21st Sep 2024
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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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Leaving Twitter for Bluesky
23rd Nov 2024
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Leaving Twitter for Bluesky

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

23rd Nov 2024
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I Passed on Solana’s Seed Round I passed on @solana’s seed round in early 2018 at $0.04. At current prices, that’s a 3,250x. Solana...
17th Mar 2025
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I Passed on Solana’s Seed Round

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

17th Mar 2025
I passed on @solana’s seed round in early 2018 at $0.04. At current prices, that’s a 3,250x. Solana was one of my first ever pitches as a junior VC, and back then I wrote memos for every deal I passed on (adorably naive and overconfident). Re-reading this memo now is peak junior...
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Anthropic and OpenAI Have Begun The Subprime AI Crisis Hello premium customers! Feel free to get in touch at [email protected] if you're ever feeling...
7th Jul 2025
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Anthropic and OpenAI Have Begun The Subprime AI Crisis

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

7th Jul 2025
Hello premium customers! Feel free to get in touch at [email protected] if you're ever feeling chatty. And if you're not one yet, I'm sorry that I paywalled this, but it took me so much effort and drove me a little insane. Back
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attribution is fake, counterintuitive founder ideas, what’s your question? attribution is fake
4th Aug 2025
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attribution is fake, counterintuitive founder ideas, what’s your question?

from Schemers [alt+shift+b] in startups

4th Aug 2025
attribution is fake
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Spark best practices Spark execution model Spark's simplicity makes it all too easy to ignore its execution model, and...
30th Jun 2015
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Spark best practices

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

30th Jun 2015
Spark execution model Spark's simplicity makes it all too easy to ignore its execution model, and still manage to write jobs that eventually…
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How we "judo'd" a server outage to create a customer evangelist Photo by Erik Mclean on Unsplash I was listening to Arvid Kahl’s latest podcast episode on my...
11th Oct 2021
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How we "judo'd" a server outage to create a customer evangelist

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

11th Oct 2021
Photo by Erik Mclean on Unsplash I was listening to Arvid Kahl’s latest podcast episode on my morning walk today, where he talked about Facebook’s recent 6 hour outage, and how you can ‘judo’ negative things like server downtime into a positive outcome. As a former student of the...
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“Steve Jobs supposedly said, returning to Apple, that his plan was to stay alive and grab onto the… “Steve Jobs supposedly said, returning to Apple, that his plan was to stay alive and grab onto the...
7th Aug 2016
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“Steve Jobs supposedly said, returning to Apple, that his plan was to stay alive and grab onto the…

from cdixon [alt+shift+b] in startups

7th Aug 2016
“Steve Jobs supposedly said, returning to Apple, that his plan was to stay alive and grab onto the next big thing — to listen for the footsteps. He tried video, ...
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Sublime Capability It's no big deal.
9th Mar 2026
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Sublime Capability

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

9th Mar 2026
It's no big deal.
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AI Slopocalypse 2027 AI Slopocalypse 2027 We predict that the impact of superhuman AI slop over the next decade will be...
2nd May 2025
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AI Slopocalypse 2027

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

2nd May 2025
AI Slopocalypse 2027 We predict that the impact of superhuman AI slop over the next decade will be enormous, exceeding both the invention of self-replicating molecules and Cheese Wizz. We (i.e the Royal We) wrote a scenario that represents our best guess about what that might...
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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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The firmware veto When the install base outvotes the parliament
1st Jun 2026
1

The firmware veto

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

1st Jun 2026
When the install base outvotes the parliament
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Second Encounters Firsts are overrated
10th Mar 2024
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Second Encounters

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

10th Mar 2024
Firsts are overrated
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A martingale approach to detect changes in histograms If a user has opted into submitting performance data to Mozilla, the Telemetry system will collect...
15th Dec 2016
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A martingale approach to detect changes in histograms

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

15th Dec 2016
If a user has opted into submitting performance data to Mozilla, the Telemetry system will collect various measures of Firefox performance…
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Antitrust posturing US politicians proposed five tech antitrust bills in June. They’re aggressive and ambitious, and...
15th Jun 2021
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Antitrust posturing

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

15th Jun 2021
US politicians proposed five tech antitrust bills in June. They’re aggressive and ambitious, and contain some important concerns and ideas. Unfortunately, some of them are also pretty naive - case studies in not doing the work.
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On being bald I started shaving my head in my early 20s. I was way too young to be balding that early, and it...
17th Sep 2025
1

On being bald

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

17th Sep 2025
I started shaving my head in my early 20s. I was way too young to be balding that early, and it terrified me. So I decided, fuck it, just go all the way to the finish line. The first time I shaved my head, I thought I looked like a ghoul. In my dreams, I still had hair. It didn’t...
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The Subprime AI Crisis None of what I write in this newsletter is about sowing doubt or "hating," but a sober evaluation of...
16th Sep 2024
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The Subprime AI Crisis

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

16th Sep 2024
None of what I write in this newsletter is about sowing doubt or "hating," but a sober evaluation of where we are today and where we may end up on the current path. I believe that the artificial intelligence boom — which would be better described as a
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Why decentralization matters The first two eras of the internet During the first era of the internet — from the 1980s through the...
18th Feb 2018
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Why decentralization matters

from cdixon [alt+shift+b] in startups

18th Feb 2018
The first two eras of the internet During the first era of the internet — from the 1980s through the early 2000s — internet services were…
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We sell saddles here
13th Sep 2019
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We sell saddles here

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

13th Sep 2019
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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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Who are you stealing from?
1st Oct 2016
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Who are you stealing from?

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

1st Oct 2016
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What would you do differently?
26th May 2018
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What would you do differently?

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

26th May 2018
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musk twitter quitter, bitter? I've been a big Twitter user since 2008. In nearly 14 years on the platform, Twitter's had a...
1st Nov 2022
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musk twitter quitter, bitter?

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

1st Nov 2022
I've been a big Twitter user since 2008. In nearly 14 years on the platform, Twitter's had a net-positive effect on my life. But now with Elon’s takeover, Twitter is in the hands of a man whose behavior I find reprehensible.
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Chapter 1 of Ansi Common Lisp
26th May 2023
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Chapter 1 of Ansi Common Lisp

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

26th May 2023
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About this book In my first book, Anything You Want, I told the story of how I started, grew, and sold my...
1st Jun 2018
1

About this book

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

1st Jun 2018
In my first book, Anything You Want, I told the story of how I started, grew, and sold my company. I thought a lot about what’s worth doing, fixing faulty thinking, and making things happen. For the next ten years, I wrote for hours a day in my private journal, asking myself...
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Do App Store Rules Matter? After a decade of arguing, regulators will change Apple’s App Store rules. How much money is...
7th Jul 2021
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Do App Store Rules Matter?

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

7th Jul 2021
After a decade of arguing, regulators will change Apple’s App Store rules. How much money is involved, what might happen next and, most importantly, who cares? This is a big deal for Spotify, but does it matter to anyone else?
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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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Roundup #89: It isn’t X, it’s Y AI risk; Reindustrialization; The rent crisis; AI and jobs; Mass deportation; Chinese investment;...
4 weeks ago
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Roundup #89: It isn’t X, it’s Y

from Noahpinion [alt+shift+b] in startups

4 weeks ago
AI risk; Reindustrialization; The rent crisis; AI and jobs; Mass deportation; Chinese investment; Cyber risk
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Of Termites & Tokens Maybe the future of work is… termites? Let me explain.
8th Jun 2026
1

Of Termites & Tokens

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

8th Jun 2026
Maybe the future of work is… termites? Let me explain.
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How To Sell to the Dept of War – The 2025 PEO Directory Announcing the 2025 edition of the DoW PEO Directory. Online here. Think of this PEO Directory as a...
10th Sep 2025
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How To Sell to the Dept of War – The 2025 PEO Directory

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

10th Sep 2025
Announcing the 2025 edition of the DoW PEO Directory. Online here. Think of this PEO Directory as a “Who buys in the government?” phone book. Finding a customer for your product in the Department of War is hard: Who should you talk to? How do you get their attention? What is the...
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Second Nature Skills What can you do without trying that hard?
14th Aug 2024
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Second Nature Skills

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

14th Aug 2024
What can you do without trying that hard?
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2020 year in review
29th Dec 2020
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2020 year in review

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

29th Dec 2020
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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
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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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Against Positive-Sum Thinking why conflict is necessary
26th Jun 2023
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Against Positive-Sum Thinking

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

26th Jun 2023
why conflict is necessary
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What's New on Data Boutique Noteworthy stuff from the web data platform
23rd Jan 2024
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What's New on Data Boutique

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

23rd Jan 2024
Noteworthy stuff from the web data platform
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Building a standing desk
20th Feb 2011
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Building a standing desk

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

20th Feb 2011
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The thin layer problem Outperforming your manager without getting fired
6th Oct 2025
1

The thin layer problem

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

6th Oct 2025
Outperforming your manager without getting fired
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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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How to raise investment Update: I am no longer personally angel investing - I’m focussed on other things at the moment....
11th Sep 2021
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How to raise investment

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

11th Sep 2021
Update: I am no longer personally angel investing - I’m focussed on other things at the moment. Please don’t ask me to invest in your company! 🙂 I started angel-investing in 2021, and a large proportion of the companies I put money into asked for help raising an investment...
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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 next big thing will start out looking like a toy One of the amazing things about the internet economy is how different the list of top internet...
3rd Jan 2010
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The next big thing will start out looking like a toy

from cdixon [alt+shift+b] in startups

3rd Jan 2010
One of the amazing things about the internet economy is how different the list of top internet properties today looks from the list ten…
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💡 Business Brainstorms 💡- My favorite ideas of the week 🙈 Copying doesn’t matter
4th Nov 2024
100

💡 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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Subterranean Warfare – An Urgent DoW Need Without An Owner This article previously appeared in Cipher Brief. The DoW urgently needs to organize its scattered...
2 weeks ago
3

Subterranean Warfare – An Urgent DoW Need Without An Owner

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

2 weeks ago
This article previously appeared in Cipher Brief. The DoW urgently needs to organize its scattered subterranean warfare assets into a single unified organization. Ideally, a Direct Reporting Portfolio Manager (DRPM) for Subterranean Warfare, reporting to the Deputy Secretary of...
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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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Gadgets and Computers From Benedict Evans’ Cars as Feature Phones: This is a common theme in many classes of device: you...
16th Jan 2017
1

Gadgets and Computers

from cdixon [alt+shift+b] in startups

16th Jan 2017
From Benedict Evans’ Cars as Feature Phones: This is a common theme in many classes of device: you start with a product that has a few electronic functions added, and ...
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Google looks at acquiring YouTube can I get a quick analysis of the likely cost of acquiring youtube? Eric
17th Oct 2022
60

Google looks at acquiring YouTube

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

17th Oct 2022
can I get a quick analysis of the likely cost of acquiring youtube? Eric
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Constraint Solving with MiniZinc Constraint Solving with MiniZinc MiniZinc is a powerful constraint modeling language that allows you...
21st Apr 2023
1

Constraint Solving with MiniZinc

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

21st Apr 2023
Constraint Solving with MiniZinc MiniZinc is a powerful constraint modeling language that allows you to express complex problems declaratively and solve them efficiently. First, install MiniZinc from the official website. You can use the MiniZinc IDE for an integrated environment...
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Thinking rationally about emotion In advertising, using emotion is entirely logical. Creative agencies have made this case...
20th Aug 2024
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Thinking rationally about emotion

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

20th Aug 2024
In advertising, using emotion is entirely logical. Creative agencies have made this case consistently. But in 2013 Les Binet and Peter Field bought some much-needed data to the discussion. In their seminal report, The Long and The Short of It, the duo analysed 30 years of...
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Mapping out the tribes of climate Climate is a gravity well for talent, but why don’t other, equally impactful topics attract talent...
30th Nov 2022
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Mapping out the tribes of climate

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

30th Nov 2022
Climate is a gravity well for talent, but why don’t other, equally impactful topics attract talent in the same way? Why isn’t everyone dropping everything to work on homelessness, or global poverty, or curing cancer? With many peers in tech now working on climate issues, I tried...
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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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The Internet Economy We are living in an era of bundling. The big five consumer tech companies — Google, Apple, Facebook,...
13th Mar 2016
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The Internet Economy

from cdixon [alt+shift+b] in startups

13th Mar 2016
We are living in an era of bundling. The big five consumer tech companies — Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon, and Microsoft — have moved far beyond their original product lines ...
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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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Idea machines Tech as a system of values, and not just an industry, is heavily driven by its subcultures and their...
12th May 2022
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Idea machines

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

12th May 2022
Tech as a system of values, and not just an industry, is heavily driven by its subcultures and their ideologies. Where do these ideologies come from, and how do they influence what’s accomplished? One of the most visible ideologies in tech is effective altruism (or EA), a...
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The New American University I had the pleasure of stumbling upon the work of Michael Crow, Arizona State University’s president,...
4th Aug 2021
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The New American University

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

4th Aug 2021
I had the pleasure of stumbling upon the work of Michael Crow, Arizona State University’s president, earlier this year, and I so enjoyed his thoughts on knowledge production that I immediately wondered how his philosophy would translate to ASU as an organization. Turns out,...
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Why are people looking at your website?
9th Jan 2011
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Why are people looking at your website?

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

9th Jan 2011
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