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

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

1st May 2018
Derivative Zoo There are many types of operators that we call derivatives. Classical Derivative One-Sided Derivative Higher Order Derivative Implicit Derivative Complex Derivative Partial Derivative Directional Derivative Covariant Derivative Lie Derivative Exterior...
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Pivoting into a new corporate structure This hasn’t happened to me, but I keep hearing stories about situations like the following: 1)...
1st Aug 2011
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Pivoting into a new corporate structure

from cdixon [alt+shift+b] in startups

1st Aug 2011
This hasn’t happened to me, but I keep hearing stories about situations like the following: 1) startup raises a seed financing round while…
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How to build a simple HTML landing page using Tailwind CSS The easiest way to configure Tailwind CSS and Tailwind UI so you can build a simple HTML site
12th Feb 2021
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How to build a simple HTML landing page using Tailwind CSS

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

12th Feb 2021
The easiest way to configure Tailwind CSS and Tailwind UI so you can build a simple HTML site
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CDO stories #4 Why Data orgs thrive or struggle depending on whether they live in EnterpriseLand or ProductLand
3rd Nov 2025
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CDO stories #4

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3rd Nov 2025
Why Data orgs thrive or struggle depending on whether they live in EnterpriseLand or ProductLand
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💡 Business Brainstorms 💡- My favorite ideas of the week 'The future belongs to those who give the next generation reason for hope.' Teilhard de Chardin...
28th May 2024
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💡 Business Brainstorms 💡- My favorite ideas of the week

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28th May 2024
'The future belongs to those who give the next generation reason for hope.' Teilhard de Chardin 💡Broken Hips This feels like one of these problems that most people have accepted as inevitable but that will be solved soon and we will look back and think how crazy we allowed this...
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Why small developers are getting squeezed out of the housing market A guest post by Coby Lefkowitz
2nd Mar 2024
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Why small developers are getting squeezed out of the housing market

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2nd Mar 2024
A guest post by Coby Lefkowitz
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Wealth is not money, it’s the things we use money for As an entrepreneur, money is obviously a massive motivation for why you’re doing what you’re doing....
4th Mar 2023
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Wealth is not money, it’s the things we use money for

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

4th Mar 2023
As an entrepreneur, money is obviously a massive motivation for why you’re doing what you’re doing. However, it’s essential to understand that money is not wealth. Wealth is stuff we want and by that logic, people can be wealthy even if they don’t have a lot of money. In fact,...
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The Players on the Eve of Destruction The insanity of war has returned to our world.
2nd Jan 2025
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The Players on the Eve of Destruction

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2nd Jan 2025
The insanity of war has returned to our world.
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A Vim + Haskell Workflow A Vim + Haskell Workflow This post is out of date and has been updated for modern workflow.This page...
18th Oct 2013
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A Vim + Haskell Workflow

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

18th Oct 2013
A Vim + Haskell Workflow This post is out of date and has been updated for modern workflow.This page is left for posterity. Hoogle Hoogle is a Haskell type search $ cabal install hoogle Hoogle can be used from the command line as well from GHCi by .ghc/ghci.conf :def hoogle \s...
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How many units can you sell?
11th Jan 2021
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How many units can you sell?

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

11th Jan 2021
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Web services should be both federated and extensible One of the most important developments of the web 2.0 era is the proliferation of full featured,...
4th Sep 2010
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Web services should be both federated and extensible

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4th Sep 2010
One of the most important developments of the web 2.0 era is the proliferation of full featured, bidirectional APIs.  APIs provide a way to…
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Meeps Working with Joshua Anderton on a new product: the best way to build a membership site
29th Jun 2021
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Meeps

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

29th Jun 2021
Working with Joshua Anderton on a new product: the best way to build a membership site
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The computing deployment phase Technological revolutions happen in two main phases: the installation phase and the deployment...
9th Feb 2013
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The computing deployment phase

from cdixon [alt+shift+b] in startups

9th Feb 2013
Technological revolutions happen in two main phases: the installation phase and the deployment phase. Here’s a chart (from this excellent…
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The 80% energy principle As Westerners, we believe in pushing up against the limits, and going over them. We need to learn...
28th Mar 2021
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The 80% energy principle

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

28th Mar 2021
As Westerners, we believe in pushing up against the limits, and going over them. We need to learn the Okinawa Island secret: hara hachi bu.
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OpenAI Is Just Another Boring, Desperate AI Startup What is OpenAI? I realize you might say "a foundation model lab" or "the company that runs ChatGPT,"...
3rd Oct 2025
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OpenAI Is Just Another Boring, Desperate AI Startup

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

3rd Oct 2025
What is OpenAI? I realize you might say "a foundation model lab" or "the company that runs ChatGPT," but that doesn't really give the full picture of everything it’s promised, or claimed, or leaked that it was or would be. No, really,
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TV, merchant media and the unbundling of advertising Amazon’s ad business is bigger than YouTube and more profitable than AWS. Shein is the biggest...
18th Mar 2022
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TV, merchant media and the unbundling of advertising

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

18th Mar 2022
Amazon’s ad business is bigger than YouTube and more profitable than AWS. Shein is the biggest fast-fashion retailer in the US, with no stores. US pay TV subscribers have fallen by a third. Where do ad budgets go, where does rent go, and how many brands will there be?
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Unleash the bololô: Masses of delivery workers set off horns and fireworks at bad customers’ homes In Brazil, workers protest nasty customers with bikes, horns and fireworks.
4th Dec 2023
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Unleash the bololô: Masses of delivery workers set off horns and fireworks at bad customers’ homes

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

4th Dec 2023
In Brazil, workers protest nasty customers with bikes, horns and fireworks.
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Imitate, then Innovate Imitate, then Innovate is my motto for improving at any skill.  It’s counterintuitive, but the more...
15th Feb 2022
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Imitate, then Innovate

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

15th Feb 2022
Imitate, then Innovate is my motto for improving at any skill.  It’s counterintuitive, but the more we imitate others, the faster we can discover our unique style. The post Imitate, then Innovate appeared first on David Perell.
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AI’s metrics question With every platform shift, we want to measure the growth but we’re confused about what to measure....
9th Jun 2025
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AI’s metrics question

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

9th Jun 2025
With every platform shift, we want to measure the growth but we’re confused about what to measure. That’s partly a problem of data and definitions, but it’s really a question about what this is going to be.
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Secret History – When Kodak Went to War with Polaroid This part 2 of the Secret History of Polaroid and Edwin Land. Read part 1 for context. Kodak and...
16th May 2024
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Secret History – When Kodak Went to War with Polaroid

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

16th May 2024
This part 2 of the Secret History of Polaroid and Edwin Land. Read part 1 for context. Kodak and Polaroid, the two most famous camera companies of the 20th century, had a great partnership for 20+ years. Then in an inexplicable turnabout Kodak decided to destroy Polaroid’s...
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Becoming Creative I just launched a new thing (the NEW MBA) so starting and launching is on my mind. Here are a few...
5th Oct 2023
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Becoming Creative

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

5th Oct 2023
I just launched a new thing (the NEW MBA) so starting and launching is on my mind. Here are a few links that I deeply love about starting, finishing and promoting creative acts…
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This Indian state wants to be a tech hub. But the government keeps shutting down the internet Manipur’s startup community is struggling to survive, with tech professionals moving to Bengaluru or...
4th Nov 2024
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This Indian state wants to be a tech hub. But the government keeps shutting down the internet

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4th Nov 2024
Manipur’s startup community is struggling to survive, with tech professionals moving to Bengaluru or Hyderabad.
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Some will always say you’re wrong Some people are into money. Some aren’t. Some people are inspired by helping the needy. Some...
3rd Jun 2013
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Some will always say you’re wrong

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

3rd Jun 2013
Some people are into money. Some aren’t. Some people are inspired by helping the needy. Some aren’t. Some people are into fame, power, and prestige. Others are into anonymity and freedom from responsibility. You have to know your preferences well because no matter what you...
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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

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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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Rise of the Silicon Valley Small Business | Theory No. 7 In 2023, we’ll see more Silicon Valley startups that operate like small businesses. And some of them...
12th Jan 2023
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Rise of the Silicon Valley Small Business | Theory No. 7

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12th Jan 2023
In 2023, we’ll see more Silicon Valley startups that operate like small businesses. And some of them will have big outcomes. Perhaps even billion-dollar ones. I call this phenomenon the Silicon Valley small business (an SV-SB for short).
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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…

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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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Reflections on 2020 I feel kind of conflicted writing this, because 2020 was a horror of a year for most people around...
14th Jan 2021
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Reflections on 2020

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

14th Jan 2021
I feel kind of conflicted writing this, because 2020 was a horror of a year for most people around the world. Instead, for me, and my family, it was somewhat of a start of new beginnings and some huge wins. I feel that I have finally stepped out of a decade long black tunnel,...
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ChatGPT's 2025 strategy | Peter Thiel | Apple exec meeting ChatGPT should be cool. Right now, it’s useful but not cool.
15th Jun 2025
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ChatGPT's 2025 strategy | Peter Thiel | Apple exec meeting

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15th Jun 2025
ChatGPT should be cool. Right now, it’s useful but not cool.
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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

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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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The Secret History of Minnesota Part 1: Engineering Research Associates This post is the latest in the “Secret History Series.” They’ll make much more sense if you watch...
11th Dec 2023
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The Secret History of Minnesota Part 1: Engineering Research Associates

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

11th Dec 2023
This post is the latest in the “Secret History Series.” They’ll make much more sense if you watch the video or read some of the earlier posts for context. See the Secret History bibliography for sources and supplemental reading. Silicon Valley emerged from work in World War II...
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The VR winter continues Meta has spent at least $50bn on VR and AR so far, but we’re still in the VR winter: the devices...
8th Jul 2024
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The VR winter continues

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

8th Jul 2024
Meta has spent at least $50bn on VR and AR so far, but we’re still in the VR winter: the devices aren’t good enough or cheap enough and the user base is flat. But no matter how good the devices get, how many people will care?
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Getting Shit Done I was recently talking to a handful of successful startups founders about issues they were facing as...
8th Nov 2015
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Getting Shit Done

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

8th Nov 2015
I was recently talking to a handful of successful startups founders about issues they were facing as they scaled up their companies. Unanimously, hiring and retaining people who “get shit done” seemed to be their biggest problem. I’ve been thinking about this for the last few...
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The Hero as Flexible Bureaucrat against efficiency and accountability
28th Jun 2025
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The Hero as Flexible Bureaucrat

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

28th Jun 2025
against efficiency and accountability
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Wealth = Have ÷ Want Not a new idea, but just another visualization and reminder.
27th Sep 2024
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Wealth = Have ÷ Want

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

27th Sep 2024
Not a new idea, but just another visualization and reminder.
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A Broken Heart You always know it’s a good bug when your first reaction is, “How could this even happen?” The other...
31st Jan 2026
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A Broken Heart

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

31st Jan 2026
You always know it’s a good bug when your first reaction is, “How could this even happen?” The other day, I was refining the dashboard of a web app we’re working on – as you do – and I noticed it was taking forever to load. Like, it had been loading in a single second, but now it...
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Book Review: What We Can Know Book Review: What We Can Know Ian McEwan has described What We Can Know as "science fiction without...
2nd Apr 2026
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Book Review: What We Can Know

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

2nd Apr 2026
Book Review: What We Can Know Ian McEwan has described What We Can Know as "science fiction without the science," which is both a fair warning and a precise advertisement. The novel is set in 2119. Rising seas and a cascade of nuclear wars (including a misfired Russian warhead in...
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The last mile
25th Sep 2015
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The last mile

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

25th Sep 2015
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#fyi: How founders can avoid drive-by-management Suggestions by founders, managers, or anyone with authority in a startup, might often be...
17th Mar 2019
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#fyi: How founders can avoid drive-by-management

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17th Mar 2019
Suggestions by founders, managers, or anyone with authority in a startup, might often be misunderstood as directions or decisions...
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The age of average In the early 1990s, two Russian artists named Vitaly Komar and Alexander Melamid hired a market...
20th Mar 2023
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The age of average

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20th Mar 2023
In the early 1990s, two Russian artists named Vitaly Komar and Alexander Melamid hired a market research firm to survey the public on what they wanted in a work of art. Across 11 countries they then set about painting a piece that reflected the results. Each piece was...
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Building AI products How do we build mass-market products that change the world around a technology that gets things...
8th Jun 2024
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Building AI products

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

8th Jun 2024
How do we build mass-market products that change the world around a technology that gets things ‘wrong’? What does wrong mean, and how is that useful?
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How Urban Company built an empire of female gig workers By disrupting the age-old home services industry, the Indian unicorn offered many women a rare...
2nd May 2023
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How Urban Company built an empire of female gig workers

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

2nd May 2023
By disrupting the age-old home services industry, the Indian unicorn offered many women a rare opportunity for social mobility. Now, they want more.
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Google cuts off an $83 million ghost labor contract Outsourced workers are the first to go when the company looks to reduce costs.
1st Feb 2024
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Google cuts off an $83 million ghost labor contract

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

1st Feb 2024
Outsourced workers are the first to go when the company looks to reduce costs.
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Cultivating agency I didn’t always know that I wanted to have kids. I wasn’t against it, necessarily – for awhile,...
23rd Aug 2022
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Cultivating agency

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

23rd Aug 2022
I didn’t always know that I wanted to have kids. I wasn’t against it, necessarily – for awhile, there were just more reasons in the “why not” column than the “why”: uncertainty about whether I’d be a good parent, fear of losing my identity, a lack of maternal instinct. Those...
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Some ideas for native bitcoin apps Fred Wilson calls applications built using Bitcoin that couldn't have existed prior to Bitcoin...
4th Oct 2014
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Some ideas for native bitcoin apps

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4th Oct 2014
Fred Wilson calls applications built using Bitcoin that couldn't have existed prior to Bitcoin "native Bitcoin apps". Most of the…
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Notes from the book “Decoding the Why” Finished (well, skimmed) the book “Decoding the Why: How Behavioral Science is Driving the Next...
3rd Sep 2023
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Notes from the book “Decoding the Why”

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

3rd Sep 2023
Finished (well, skimmed) the book “Decoding the Why: How Behavioral Science is Driving the Next Generation of Product Design”. It’s a decent introductory book if you have not delved into behavioral science before, but if you have, most of the ideas in the book won’t come across...
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Notes from a meditation retreat On December 31, I went to Wat Suan Mokkh in Thailand and registered for a ten-day silent retreat. I...
12th Jan 2026
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Notes from a meditation retreat

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

12th Jan 2026
On December 31, I went to Wat Suan Mokkh in Thailand and registered for a ten-day silent retreat. I scribbled these notes on eight scraps of paper given to us for questions on days six and ten. Neither electronics nor diaries were allowed for “creative writing”. And because my...
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Manufacturing is a war now And the democracies are losing.
4th Dec 2024
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Manufacturing is a war now

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4th Dec 2024
And the democracies are losing.
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Metabrand Has Mark Zuckerberg rebranded Facebook, or rebranded VR? What is the metaverse? And can any...
7th Nov 2021
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Metabrand

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

7th Nov 2021
Has Mark Zuckerberg rebranded Facebook, or rebranded VR? What is the metaverse? And can any company decide to build the future anymore?
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AI, networks and Mechanical Turks How far do LLMs give us a step change in how good a search and recommendation system can be? Do...
23rd Nov 2025
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AI, networks and Mechanical Turks

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

23rd Nov 2025
How far do LLMs give us a step change in how good a search and recommendation system can be? Do they let you build one without needing a vast user base of your own?
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How do you know when to stop designing?
1st Mar 2012
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How do you know when to stop designing?

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

1st Mar 2012
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A short film for my friend's birthday When I first met Pierre, I couldn't have foreseen what the next three years of our friendship would...
11th Jun 2026
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A short film for my friend's birthday

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

11th Jun 2026
When I first met Pierre, I couldn't have foreseen what the next three years of our friendship would be like. I had just come back to Montreal. Twice I'd failed to get a place in Toronto. My dream of traveling in a van had also fallen apart. So I rented a U-Haul and went to pick...
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I wrote a book: Read Write Own I wrote a book: Read Write Own I believe blockchains and the software movement around them –...
22nd Jun 2023
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I wrote a book: Read Write Own

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22nd Jun 2023
I wrote a book: Read Write Own I believe blockchains and the software movement around them – typically called crypto or web3 – provide the…
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How to build a Shopify app – Björn’s journey to $300k in profits Björn started a side-business on the Shopify apps platform 6 years ago. Now he’s making $275,000 in...
19th Nov 2017
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How to build a Shopify app – Björn’s journey to $300k in profits

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

19th Nov 2017
Björn started a side-business on the Shopify apps platform 6 years ago. Now he’s making $275,000 in profit per year
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20 Years Later Twenty years later, I can’t remember what I saw and what I think I saw. I remember listening to the...
12th Sep 2021
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20 Years Later

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

12th Sep 2021
Twenty years later, I can’t remember what I saw and what I think I saw. I remember listening to the news with my mom, Judah, and Mimi as the anchors casually mentioned that a small plane seemed to have hit a tower. We were on I-95 - or maybe the Garden State - headed south to...
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Don't sell to beginners
2nd Jun 2018
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Don't sell to beginners

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

2nd Jun 2018
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Chapter 1 of Ansi Common Lisp
15th Jan 2023
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Chapter 1 of Ansi Common Lisp

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

15th Jan 2023
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Feb 2023 What up XO fam. I've had plenty of caffeine this morning so I'm going to be firing from the hip on...
3rd Mar 2023
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Feb 2023

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

3rd Mar 2023
What up XO fam. I've had plenty of caffeine this morning so I'm going to be firing from the hip on this one. Example: Guys (and gals). Listen. buying MRR is lovely. Here's proof (and 13 people agreed). If you haven't tried
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New job, hello climate tech I have a new job! I’m doing climate tech at NCX (née SilviaTerra), using satellite imagery to...
31st May 2021
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New job, hello climate tech

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

31st May 2021
I have a new job! I’m doing climate tech at NCX (née SilviaTerra), using satellite imagery to prevent deforestation and sequester more carbon in trees. A few years ago, I looked around for a side project on the climate crisis. Nothing big, maybe 5-10 hours a week, but I was ready...
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I and We Starting a company is, in large part, an act of ego. When that business is a startup, the ego...
30th Sep 2015
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I and We

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

30th Sep 2015
Starting a company is, in large part, an act of ego. When that business is a startup, the ego component is even larger. This is a good thing. Ego is what gives the founder the confidence to create something new. Ego powers the belief that the new thing the founder creates will...
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Hanging on to 'stuff' Like most families, we like to start the new year with a bit of a clean slate, which means moving on...
3rd Jan 2023
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Hanging on to 'stuff'

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

3rd Jan 2023
Like most families, we like to start the new year with a bit of a clean slate, which means moving on old pieces of furniture and belongings that are just cluttering our life and no longer needed. But this is a surprisingly difficult task. Almost every time we go to get rid of a...
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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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"OpenAI is on a path of certain failure" There obviously needs to be immediate and dramatic action or everyone except for Google will be...
12th Jan 2025
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"OpenAI is on a path of certain failure"

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12th Jan 2025
There obviously needs to be immediate and dramatic action or everyone except for Google will be consigned to irrelevance.
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How an NBA player ruined my life
18th Oct 2017
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How an NBA player ruined my life

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

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

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

10th Sep 2008
When we think about what’s worth doing, we usually think of big things. Approaching a celebrity Having taken that one step, you start to think of yourself as brave, or an achiever, or a bit of an expert on a subject. You do just one thing that makes you feel like a...
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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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What We're Fighting For Soundtrack: Bad Religion — The Resist Stance A great deal of what I write feels like narrating the...
11th Feb 2025
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What We're Fighting For

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

11th Feb 2025
Soundtrack: Bad Religion — The Resist Stance A great deal of what I write feels like narrating the end of the world — watching as the growth-at-all-costs, hyper-financialized Rot Economy seemingly tarnishes every corner of our digital lives. My core frustration isn't just how...
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After fifteen years of practice Since the age of fourteen, I was determined to be a great singer. But my pitch was bad, my tone was...
15th Jun 2010
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After fifteen years of practice

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

15th Jun 2010
Since the age of fourteen, I was determined to be a great singer. But my pitch was bad, my tone was bad, and everyone said I was just not a singer. At eighteen, I started touring, performing two to four shows a week, always as the lead singer. Often they were outdoor shows,...
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the myth of the grateful child As I fought with my mother for the hundredth time over a reason that was silly yet too hard for her...
5th Dec 2025
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the myth of the grateful child

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

5th Dec 2025
As I fought with my mother for the hundredth time over a reason that was silly yet too hard for her to understand, I concluded that this post was long overdue. While I had ninety-nine other chances to complain about my difficult relationship with parents, I kept postponing it,...
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AI isn't going to replace you
18th Jan 2025
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AI isn't going to replace you

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

18th Jan 2025
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Anthropic and Dario Amodei I unfortunately don’t see a way forward
19th Jul 2026
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Anthropic and Dario Amodei

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

19th Jul 2026
I unfortunately don’t see a way forward
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Playing With Fire – ChatGPT The world is very different now. For man holds in his mortal hands the power to abolish all forms of...
4th Apr 2023
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Playing With Fire – ChatGPT

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

4th Apr 2023
The world is very different now. For man holds in his mortal hands the power to abolish all forms of human poverty and all forms of human life. John F. Kennedy Humans have mastered lots of things that have transformed our lives, created our civilizations, and might ultimately...
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AngelList is the NASDAQ of our generation. It’s fair to say that Angellist is the most exciting (web/mobile) tech startup in 2013. Even before...
5th Dec 2013
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AngelList is the NASDAQ of our generation.

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

5th Dec 2013
It’s fair to say that Angellist is the most exciting (web/mobile) tech startup in 2013. Even before they launched syndicates, earl...
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Automate Everything Performing manual, repetitive tasks enrages me. I used to think this was a corollary of being a...
5th Feb 2012
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Automate Everything

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

5th Feb 2012
Performing manual, repetitive tasks enrages me. I used to think this was a corollary of being a programmer, but I’ve come to suspect (or hope) that this behaviour is inherent in being human. But being able to hack together scripts simply makes it much easier to go from a state of...
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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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The Case Against Crypto The Case Against Crypto (This article is a summary of my thoughts on crypto assets from 2020. I've...
31st Dec 2021
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The Case Against Crypto

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

31st Dec 2021
The Case Against Crypto (This article is a summary of my thoughts on crypto assets from 2020. I've updated it for 2025.) These days so much of my free time is booked with calls to explain to people outside the software industry why crypto assets are such a destructive force and...
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Rabbit Holed Thank you to Emily Shepherd for her hard work reporting parts of this story, as well as her...
6th May 2024
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Rabbit Holed

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

6th May 2024
Thank you to Emily Shepherd for her hard work reporting parts of this story, as well as her assistance clarifying details related to GAMA and finding company documents related to Rabbit and Cyber Manufacture.    In November 2021, a company called Cyber Manufacture Co raised $6...
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Simulating Qubits with Python (Classically) Simulating Qubits with Python (Classically) Ever wondered what it would be like to play with a...
28th Apr 2022
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Simulating Qubits with Python (Classically)

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

28th Apr 2022
Simulating Qubits with Python (Classically) Ever wondered what it would be like to play with a quantum computer? While we can't all have a supercooled quantum processor in our basement (yet), we can do the next best thing—simulate one with regular Python code. Sure, it's...
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2019 year in review
1st Jan 2020
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2019 year in review

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

1st Jan 2020
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How to conduct a system design interview The system design interview is a great way to assess the seniority of a candidate in an interview....
18th Aug 2020
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How to conduct a system design interview

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

18th Aug 2020
The system design interview is a great way to assess the seniority of a candidate in an interview. You can find a lot on the Internet on how…
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The unannounced updates to Facebook’s Social Plugins and how to use them! Since the launch of platform, Facebook has the approach of shipping features early, very early. They...
11th Jan 2012
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The unannounced updates to Facebook’s Social Plugins and how to use them!

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

11th Jan 2012
Since the launch of platform, Facebook has the approach of shipping features early, very early. They ship first, ask later and doc...
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Back to the trend line? The Covid Rotation turns, and ecommerce penetration is back to the trend line. But which trend...
28th Jul 2022
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Back to the trend line?

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

28th Jul 2022
The Covid Rotation turns, and ecommerce penetration is back to the trend line. But which trend line, and which penetration?
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Departing Cronitor Some personal news: I made the very difficult decision to step down from my role at Cronitor.
26th Jul 2023
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Departing Cronitor

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26th Jul 2023
Some personal news: I made the very difficult decision to step down from my role at Cronitor.
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Nothing Was The Same For the past 10 years, I’ve had the same work routine.
9th Jun 2025
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Nothing Was The Same

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

9th Jun 2025
For the past 10 years, I’ve had the same work routine.
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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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Never Forget What They've Done Soundtrack: Queens of the Stone Age - Villains of Circumstance  Listen to my podcast Better Offline...
9th Jun 2025
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Never Forget What They've Done

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

9th Jun 2025
Soundtrack: Queens of the Stone Age - Villains of Circumstance  Listen to my podcast Better Offline if you haven't already. I want my fucking tech industry back.  Maybe you think I sound insane, but technology means a lot to me. It’s the way that
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I got booted from one of my own company’s Slack channels... So, last week I got removed from one of my company’s Slack channels… and it was probably the best...
1st May 2023
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I got booted from one of my own company’s Slack channels...

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

1st May 2023
So, last week I got removed from one of my company’s Slack channels… and it was probably the best thing that could have happened for me, and my company. You see, like most companies, we have ‘global’ chat channels that everyone participates in, plus each team has distinct...
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The 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 Apple Vision Pro: A Review I’ve spent a lot of time with the Vision Pro, turning my experience into both the newsletter you’re...
12th Feb 2024
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The Apple Vision Pro: A Review

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

12th Feb 2024
I’ve spent a lot of time with the Vision Pro, turning my experience into both the newsletter you’re reading and one of the first two episodes of my upcoming iHeartRadio podcast Better Offline. I wrote the majority of this newsletter on the Vision Pro itself, though
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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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1-Node ClickHouse in Production In this guide I'll show you how to deploy a production-ready ClickHouse instance on EC2, including...
21st Aug 2022
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1-Node ClickHouse in Production

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

21st Aug 2022
In this guide I'll show you how to deploy a production-ready ClickHouse instance on EC2, including backups and basic monitoring.
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Dishoom's $400m Restaurant Playbook How a former Harvard MBA turned Bain consultant co-founded Dishoom and scaled the Indian fine dining...
20th Nov 2025
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Dishoom's $400m Restaurant Playbook

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

20th Nov 2025
How a former Harvard MBA turned Bain consultant co-founded Dishoom and scaled the Indian fine dining business to $180m in sales and a $400m valuation.
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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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Managing people 🤯 I believe almost all first-time founders burn out their first employees – maybe this article helps...
6th Feb 2022
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Managing people 🤯

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

6th Feb 2022
I believe almost all first-time founders burn out their first employees – maybe this article helps you avoiding this
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I, Token an origin story
25th Nov 2024
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I, Token

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25th Nov 2024
an origin story
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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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A model that’s mental Maybe… This anxiety isn’t anxiety it’s just your raw excitement that you are misunderstanding. This...
3rd Feb 2019
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A model that’s mental

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

3rd Feb 2019
Maybe… This anxiety isn’t anxiety it’s just your raw excitement that you are misunderstanding. This creeping imposter syndrome jus...
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iPad in 2020 A couple of months ago, I switched entirely to an iPad Pro for about two weeks. I did not use my...
28th Jan 2020
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iPad in 2020

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

28th Jan 2020
A couple of months ago, I switched entirely to an iPad Pro for about two weeks. I did not use my MacBook Pro at all, and forced myself to do everything on the iPad. After that experience, I planned to write some kind of review, but it turned out that my conclusions were pretty...
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3,573 Days On The Road Every year on the 24th October I've written a reflection on the last year of my independent...
3rd Sep 2024
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3,573 Days On The Road

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

3rd Sep 2024
Every year on the 24th October I've written a reflection on the last year of my independent consulting. This would have been my 10th issue, but is instead a special issue, for reasons that will become apparent.
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Q-Codes; Or… Stop repeating yourself ⌨️ I use apple’s keyboard “text” shortcodes to setup a lot of things i have to type regularly. It’s...
26th Aug 2022
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Q-Codes; Or… Stop repeating yourself ⌨️

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

26th Aug 2022
I use apple’s keyboard “text” shortcodes to setup a lot of things i have to type regularly. It’s easily one of my favorite productivity hacks!
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Size markets using narratives, not numbers Anyone who has pitched VCs knows they are obsessed with market size.  If you can’t make the case...
3rd Apr 2010
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Size markets using narratives, not numbers

from cdixon [alt+shift+b] in startups

3rd Apr 2010
Anyone who has pitched VCs knows they are obsessed with market size.  If you can’t make the case that you’re addressing a possible billion…
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So you want to build a crypto startup? I’m a crypto VC. That means I spend my days talking to crypto entrepreneurs, hearing pitches, and...
4th Oct 2019
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So you want to build a crypto startup?

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

4th Oct 2019
I’m a crypto VC. That means I spend my days talking to crypto entrepreneurs, hearing pitches, and evaluating products. The first thing you realize working in this industry is that pretty much everyone is winging it. (That applies to me, but it especially applies to...
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Crypto Tokens: A Breakthrough in Open Network Design It is a wonderful accident of history that the internet and web were created as open platforms that...
27th May 2017
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Crypto Tokens: A Breakthrough in Open Network Design

from cdixon [alt+shift+b] in startups

27th May 2017
It is a wonderful accident of history that the internet and web were created as open platforms that anyone — users, developers, organizations — could access equally. Among other things, ...
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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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From Newton to Einstein and Back From Newton to Einstein and Back One of my favourite proofs from undergraduate physics is the...
1st Feb 2016
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From Newton to Einstein and Back

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

1st Feb 2016
From Newton to Einstein and Back One of my favourite proofs from undergraduate physics is the derivation of the classical kinetic energy formula from Einstein's energy-momentum relation. Specifically, we'll see how the classical expression for kinetic energy emerges as a...
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Best practices for raising a VC round Having raised a number of VC rounds personally and observed many more as an investor or friend, I’ve...
4th May 2011
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Best practices for raising a VC round

from cdixon [alt+shift+b] in startups

4th May 2011
Having raised a number of VC rounds personally and observed many more as an investor or friend, I’ve come to think there are a set of…
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What is “founder mode”? We held a YC event a couple of months ago where Brian Chesky from Airbnb gave a passionate talk...
7th Oct 2024
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What is “founder mode”?

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

7th Oct 2024
We held a YC event a couple of months ago where Brian Chesky from Airbnb gave a passionate talk about his experience running Airbnb over the last 17 years. He believed that as Airbnb hired more professional managers, he lost a close connection with the details of the end product...
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The thin edge of the wedge for virtual reality Pius Uzamere argues that virtual reality will succeed first in business applications instead of...
1st Jan 2015
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The thin edge of the wedge for virtual reality

from cdixon [alt+shift+b] in startups

1st Jan 2015
Pius Uzamere argues that virtual reality will succeed first in business applications instead of gaming: The most interesting virtual reality…
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Collective Experiences | Theory No. 8 On the value of creating shared context in the age of personalized, on-demand media.
22nd Feb 2023
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Collective Experiences | Theory No. 8

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

22nd Feb 2023
On the value of creating shared context in the age of personalized, on-demand media.
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Notes on 'Founder Mode' Most founders are in “founder mode” — and most of them fail.
2nd Sep 2024
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Notes on 'Founder Mode'

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

2nd Sep 2024
Most founders are in “founder mode” — and most of them fail.
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Teaching National Security Policy with AI The videos embedded in this post are best viewed on steveblank.com International Policy students...
10th Jun 2025
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Teaching National Security Policy with AI

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

10th Jun 2025
The videos embedded in this post are best viewed on steveblank.com International Policy students will be spending their careers in an AI-enabled world. We wanted our students to be prepared for it. This is why we’ve adopted and integrated AI in our Stanford national security...
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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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Bill Gates: "The quality is giving us a bad name" I don’t know how unique I am but my experience in clicking on streaming media stuff and seeing if it...
21st Apr 2024
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Bill Gates: "The quality is giving us a bad name"

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

21st Apr 2024
I don’t know how unique I am but my experience in clicking on streaming media stuff and seeing if it works is still less than 50%.
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Entering the DOS era of AI Why I spent 12 hours in a terminal last week
2nd Sep 2025
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Entering the DOS era of AI

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

2nd Sep 2025
Why I spent 12 hours in a terminal last week
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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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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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F1, Sport and Reality TV It’s been two days now since I stayed up late to watch the final race of the F1 season in Abu Dhabi...
15th Dec 2021
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F1, Sport and Reality TV

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

15th Dec 2021
It’s been two days now since I stayed up late to watch the final race of the F1 season in Abu Dhabi with my sons. Full disclosure, we are all team Hamilton fans here, and were excited to watch the final deciding race as to who would take out the 2021 World Driver’s...
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Another decade I recently turned 30. When the decade began in 2010, I was still 20, a professional poker player, a...
6th Jan 2020
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Another decade

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

6th Jan 2020
I recently turned 30. When the decade began in 2010, I was still 20, a professional poker player, a college dropout, and deeply unhappy. What did I believe I’d be doing a decade later? I don’t think I knew, only that I definitely wouldn’t be playing poker anymore. I’d be doing...
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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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The Everything Bagel Problem The Everything Bagel Problem Okay, let me try to put this into words. It’s something I’ve been...
2nd May 2023
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The Everything Bagel Problem

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

2nd May 2023
The Everything Bagel Problem Okay, let me try to put this into words. It’s something I’ve been wrestling with, but having trouble articulating. Over the last few years I've been on left-leaning cryptocurrency policy activism, and the experience has been a perfect exemplar of what...
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Digital Tug-of-War On TikTok ban whiplash, digital trade, Harvard MBAs, and CEOs running it back.
19th Jan 2025
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Digital Tug-of-War

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

19th Jan 2025
On TikTok ban whiplash, digital trade, Harvard MBAs, and CEOs running it back.
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At least five interesting things to start your week (#42) The end of Chevron deference; export controls; jerky American profs; basic income; economics of AI;...
1st Jul 2024
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At least five interesting things to start your week (#42)

from Noahpinion [alt+shift+b] in startups

1st Jul 2024
The end of Chevron deference; export controls; jerky American profs; basic income; economics of AI; solar power uses; Global South tariffs; Gen Z wages; Stiglitz
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The Internet is for snacking Web products have followed a steady evolutionary path from the compound to the atomic. Today’s...
14th Sep 2013
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The Internet is for snacking

from cdixon [alt+shift+b] in startups

14th Sep 2013
Web products have followed a steady evolutionary path from the compound to the atomic. Today’s popular social sites are spin outs of…
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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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Pricing to the demand curve Many college microeconomics courses include the following exercise. The teacher offers the students...
4th Jul 2012
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Pricing to the demand curve

from cdixon [alt+shift+b] in startups

4th Jul 2012
Many college microeconomics courses include the following exercise. The teacher offers the students an imaginary trip to Hawaii, and asks…
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The SMILE Curve Has Come for Software Why software value is migrating to the edges, just like hardware did decades ago
14th Apr 2026
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The SMILE Curve Has Come for Software

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

14th Apr 2026
Why software value is migrating to the edges, just like hardware did decades ago
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Forget about your heroes We spend way too much time trying to deconstruct our heroes' journey.
29th Jul 2020
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Forget about your heroes

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

29th Jul 2020
We spend way too much time trying to deconstruct our heroes' journey.
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Twenty dollars in an envelope
4th Mar 2013
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Twenty dollars in an envelope

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

4th Mar 2013
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When you’re extremely unmotivated Like everyone, I get those times when I’m unmotivated to do anything. Brain dead. No...
2nd Aug 2016
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When you’re extremely unmotivated

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

2nd Aug 2016
Like everyone, I get those times when I’m unmotivated to do anything. Brain dead. No energy. Everything feels like, “Why bother? What’s the point?” Like everyone, I have a list of boring chores that need to be done but that I’ve been putting off for years. I never do them...
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Mark Zuckerberg: "Please Resign" This was an act of betrayal.
19th Mar 2023
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Mark Zuckerberg: "Please Resign"

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

19th Mar 2023
This was an act of betrayal.
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As [Edwin] Land ultimately recognized, the adoption of his [polarized headlight] system was fatally… As [Edwin] Land ultimately recognized, the adoption of his [polarized headlight] system was fatally...
25th Sep 2016
1

As [Edwin] Land ultimately recognized, the adoption of his [polarized headlight] system was fatally…

from cdixon [alt+shift+b] in startups

25th Sep 2016
As [Edwin] Land ultimately recognized, the adoption of his [polarized headlight] system was fatally hampered by the fact that there was no competitive advantage for any car company in using ...
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How Tech Outstayed Its Welcome Last week, Apple opened pre-orders for the Vision Pro, a $3500 “spatial computer” that is its first...
30th Jan 2024
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How Tech Outstayed Its Welcome

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

30th Jan 2024
Last week, Apple opened pre-orders for the Vision Pro, a $3500 “spatial computer” that is its first real “new” thing since the Apple Watch, and arguably its most notable release since the iPad or iPhone. Ming-Chi Kuo, one of the few truly reliable Apple analysts, estimates
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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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3 things I learned from my book launch
17th Oct 2015
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3 things I learned from my book launch

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

17th Oct 2015
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I made a mistake. Indie Worldwide build in public update 2023
8th Dec 2023
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I made a mistake.

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

8th Dec 2023
Indie Worldwide build in public update 2023
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Exponential curves feel gradual and then sudden "How did you go bankrupt?" "Two ways. Gradually, then suddenly.” – Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also...
12th May 2015
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Exponential curves feel gradual and then sudden

from cdixon [alt+shift+b] in startups

12th May 2015
"How did you go bankrupt?" "Two ways. Gradually, then suddenly.” – Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises The core growth process in the…
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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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AI Depends Massively on Web Scraping And web data sourcing is now a critical problem
7th Jul 2023
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AI Depends Massively on Web Scraping

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

7th Jul 2023
And web data sourcing is now a critical problem
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Always keeping score. Now with Claude, there is no excuse not to be tracking everything.
6th May 2026
1

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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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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Revealed Preferences Every keystroke is a vote
3rd Mar 2026
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Revealed Preferences

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

3rd Mar 2026
Every keystroke is a vote
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There are always more than two options People sometimes ask my help in making big decisions. They’re usually trying to decide between two...
27th Jan 2010
1

There are always more than two options

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

27th Jan 2010
People sometimes ask my help in making big decisions. They’re usually trying to decide between two options. When someone says they have only one option, they’re really saying, “I have no choice,” and you know that’s wrong. At the very least, add “do nothing” and “go insane”...
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Premium: The Hater's Guide To Microsoft Have you ever looked at something too long and felt like you were sort of seeing through it? Has...
6th Feb 2026
1

Premium: The Hater's Guide To Microsoft

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

6th Feb 2026
Have you ever looked at something too long and felt like you were sort of seeing through it? Has anybody actually looked at a company this much in a way that wasn’t some sort of obsequious profile of a person who worked there? I don’t mean
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Easy, but easy to f*ck up. 3 Rules to Setup Analytics Tools correctly. As a consultant for analytics i see a fair share of integrations of analytics tools. One of the most...
19th Feb 2014
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Easy, but easy to f*ck up. 3 Rules to Setup Analytics Tools correctly.

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

19th Feb 2014
As a consultant for analytics i see a fair share of integrations of analytics tools. One of the most common mistakes is how people...
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Why Build Toys I first wrote this essay a few years ago. A founder mentioned it to me over the weekend, and so I...
12th Jul 2021
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Why Build Toys

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

12th Jul 2021
I first wrote this essay a few years ago. A founder mentioned it to me over the weekend, and so I decided to re-publish it here. One thing that's bothered me in the time since I wrote it is the way in which toys, which are meant to be harmless and fun can become companies capable...
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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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Apple manufacturers moved from China to Vietnam. Now they’re desperate for workers Recruiters are wooing new workers with bonuses and gifts.
1st Oct 2024
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Apple manufacturers moved from China to Vietnam. Now they’re desperate for workers

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

1st Oct 2024
Recruiters are wooing new workers with bonuses and gifts.
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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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Unbundling AI ChatGPT and LLMs can do anything, so what can you do with them? How do you know? Do we move to...
5th Oct 2023
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Unbundling AI

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

5th Oct 2023
ChatGPT and LLMs can do anything, so what can you do with them? How do you know? Do we move to chat bots as a magical general-purpose interface, or do we unbundle them back into single-purpose software?
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Let's evaluate Kamala Harris' entire economic policy program! Fun!!
4th Oct 2024
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Let's evaluate Kamala Harris' entire economic policy program!

from Noahpinion [alt+shift+b] in startups

4th Oct 2024
Fun!!
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Blockchain’s real world problem A while back, early in the blockchain hype cycle, a startup called Verisart popped up and promised...
30th Oct 2022
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Blockchain’s real world problem

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

30th Oct 2022
A while back, early in the blockchain hype cycle, a startup called Verisart popped up and promised to “fix” fine art. Not sure if that painting is real? Can’t find out who owns it, or where they got it? Worried that the gallery you’re emailing is a scammer? Worry no more!...
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What Is Not Art? What Is Not Art? The quest to define "art" is a notoriously fraught endeavor, one that has occupied...
15th Jun 2017
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What Is Not Art?

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

15th Jun 2017
What Is Not Art? The quest to define "art" is a notoriously fraught endeavor, one that has occupied philosophers, artists, and critics for centuries, often culminating in throwig up one's hands in frustration and an admission of its inherent elusiveness. Nevertheless, various...
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17 Takeaways from Mary Meeker's AI Deck PLUS: Elon vs. Trump, Taylor Swift, Moncler's $17B Secret Sauce and Ukraine Drone Tech.
6th Jun 2025
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17 Takeaways from Mary Meeker's AI Deck

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

6th Jun 2025
PLUS: Elon vs. Trump, Taylor Swift, Moncler's $17B Secret Sauce and Ukraine Drone Tech.
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The next horses AI capex and the SWE replacement theory
2nd Mar 2026
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The next horses

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

2nd Mar 2026
AI capex and the SWE replacement theory
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Not voting as a form of protest Sometime at the end of last year, I wondered about what it would look like to have a mass-organized...
4th Sep 2020
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Not voting as a form of protest

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

4th Sep 2020
Sometime at the end of last year, I wondered about what it would look like to have a mass-organized abstention campaign. My interest in this topic was mostly casual, but in a moment of enthusiasm, I shared these thoughts on a mailing list with a bunch of creative...
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Terrible Apple products
13th Dec 2012
17

Terrible Apple products

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

13th Dec 2012
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Let’s make some stuff
20th Sep 2014
16

Let’s make some stuff

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

20th Sep 2014
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The time to eat the hors d’oeuvres is when they’re being passed The efficient market hypothesis is a widely taught financial theory that states, roughly, that under...
3rd Sep 2012
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The time to eat the hors d’oeuvres is when they’re being passed

from cdixon [alt+shift+b] in startups

3rd Sep 2012
The efficient market hypothesis is a widely taught financial theory that states, roughly, that under certain generally-held conditions…
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What the People of Wal-Mart want
4th Jan 2013
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What the People of Wal-Mart want

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

4th Jan 2013
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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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How we turned into assholes The internet was supposed to unite us. So what the fuck happened? And how did we become a...
3rd Nov 2023
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How we turned into assholes

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

3rd Nov 2023
The internet was supposed to unite us. So what the fuck happened? And how did we become a cross-generational digital nation of assholes? We dreamed of a global, decentralized network spreading information, enabling communication, and connecting humanity. But somewhere...
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Don’t add your two cents “My two cents” is American slang for adding a small opinion or suggestion. The boss says, “Good...
25th Jul 2016
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Don’t add your two cents

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

25th Jul 2016
“My two cents” is American slang for adding a small opinion or suggestion. The boss says, “Good job. Maybe just change the blue to gold, change the word ‘giant’ to ‘huge’, and get rid of the border. Other than that, it’s great!” But there’s a big downside: The employee no...
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The Hugging Face attack was worse than we thought The AI industry is begging for a slowdown. Maybe we should listen?
3 weeks ago
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The Hugging Face attack was worse than we thought

from Platformer [alt+shift+b] in startups

3 weeks ago
The AI industry is begging for a slowdown. Maybe we should listen?
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So long, Twitter API, and thanks for all the fish Well, it’s come to this. Twitter is burning, a billionaire owes money, an API will soon get...
4th Apr 2023
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So long, Twitter API, and thanks for all the fish

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

4th Apr 2023
Well, it’s come to this. Twitter is burning, a billionaire owes money, an API will soon get lobotomized, so Bridgy‘s Twitter support will die within the month is dead. Granary‘s and twitter-atom too. The Twitter API may now be effectively unmaintained, but they still managed to...
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No marketing unicorns
7th Feb 2015
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No marketing unicorns

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

7th Feb 2015
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Epic Games, Google and App Store Monopolies In a surprise win for the makers of Fortnite, a jury ruled that Google engaged in anti-competitive...
16th Dec 2023
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Epic Games, Google and App Store Monopolies

from Unpacked [alt+shift+b] in startups

16th Dec 2023
In a surprise win for the makers of Fortnite, a jury ruled that Google engaged in anti-competitive conduct by suppressing other app stores and banning alternate payments
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When to join a startup Something has changed in the last few years which has made an increasing number of people want to...
14th Jan 2016
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When to join a startup

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

14th Jan 2016
Something has changed in the last few years which has made an increasing number of people want to join startups. It seemed to start around the time the Social Network movie came out - perhaps it’s just a coincidence, but part of me imagines a group of MBAs sitting around watching...
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💡 Business Brainstorms 💡- My favorite ideas of the week “There’s a way to do it better. Find it.” Thomas Edison 💡Human QA At least based on my experience...
17th Jun 2024
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💡 Business Brainstorms 💡- My favorite ideas of the week

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

17th Jun 2024
“There’s a way to do it better. Find it.” Thomas Edison 💡Human QA At least based on my experience this seems like a service a ton of companies desperately need. Automated checks are awesome, but they can never spot all the weird edge cases that a human can.
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Prayer over a new smartphone Hello, phone. For many years, starting today, you will be my most loyal companion and my most...
27th Nov 2023
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Prayer over a new smartphone

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

27th Nov 2023
Hello, phone. For many years, starting today, you will be my most loyal companion and my most treasured possession. I will feel your weight in my pocket every moment of every day, a presence as constant as my breath. The muscles and bones of my hand, arm, and shoulder will deform...
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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 Gulf’s trillion-dollar AI dream has a water problem Tech giants are pouring oil riches into Middle East data centers as water scarcity threatens digital...
4th Aug 2025
22

The Gulf’s trillion-dollar AI dream has a water problem

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

4th Aug 2025
Tech giants are pouring oil riches into Middle East data centers as water scarcity threatens digital ambitions.
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Oct 2022 Portfolio Updates The three co-founders of XO got together last weekend in South Carolina for a weekend of golf and...
4th Nov 2022
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Oct 2022 Portfolio Updates

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

4th Nov 2022
The three co-founders of XO got together last weekend in South Carolina for a weekend of golf and just hanging out. I am by far the crappiest golfer on the team... it's truly an evil sport. I think I'm also the shortest. Anyways ... We get together
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App store shenanigans I’ve downloaded and tested a few hundred iPhone and iPad apps.  One thing that I’ve noticed is that...
1st Apr 2011
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App store shenanigans

from cdixon [alt+shift+b] in startups

1st Apr 2011
I’ve downloaded and tested a few hundred iPhone and iPad apps.  One thing that I’ve noticed is that many of the top rated and ranked apps…
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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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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
1

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

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

13th Jan 2025
Chapter 1 of a Sci-Fi short story i wrote
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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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We Can Do Hard Things Years ago, back when I was leading a mobile dev team, my friend had an idea for a business. You see,...
30th Apr 2026
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We Can Do Hard Things

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

30th Apr 2026
Years ago, back when I was leading a mobile dev team, my friend had an idea for a business. You see, back then the most frustrating thing about mobile dev was the final step: getting your app on actual phones. Builds, provisioning, and code signing made for a harrowing trial,...
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Usefulness grounds truth Are LLMs intelligent? Debates on this question often, but not always, devolve into debates on what...
7th Jul 2024
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Usefulness grounds truth

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

7th Jul 2024
Are LLMs intelligent? Debates on this question often, but not always, devolve into debates on what LLMs can or cannot do. To a limited extent, the original question is useful because it creates an opening for people to go into specific. But, beyond that initial use, the question...
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The Limitations of RAG The Limitations of RAG Retrieval-Augmented generation or RAG is the future of enterprise search. In...
2nd Nov 2024
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The Limitations of RAG

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

2nd Nov 2024
The Limitations of RAG Retrieval-Augmented generation or RAG is the future of enterprise search. In short it's the art of grinding your documents into a fine, high-dimensional vector slurry, sifting through the high-dimensional slurry for chunks, and then piping the chunks...
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Google, Nvidia, and OpenAI OpenAI and Nvidia are both under threat from Google; I like OpenAI's chances best, but they need an...
1st Dec 2025
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Google, Nvidia, and OpenAI

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

1st Dec 2025
OpenAI and Nvidia are both under threat from Google; I like OpenAI's chances best, but they need an advertising model to beat Google as an Aggregator.
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Life is like high school When you’re in high school, it’s all about popularity, cliques, and being cool. Many people get...
1st Jun 2000
1

Life is like high school

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

1st Jun 2000
When you’re in high school, it’s all about popularity, cliques, and being cool. Many people get out of college thinking the world will be like that — like the harder you work, the more you’ll be rewarded. But it’s not. But you can make this work in your favor. You can...
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Mark Zuckerberg and Peter Thiel Peter and I have had a number of conversations about what we expect the world to look like in 2030...
7th Jul 2024
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Mark Zuckerberg and Peter Thiel

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

7th Jul 2024
Peter and I have had a number of conversations about what we expect the world to look like in 2030 so we can plan and position our future work accordingly.
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🇮🇳 India in 2024 In February I made my first business trip to India. Three weeks deep in the Indian tech ecosystem....
2nd Apr 2024
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🇮🇳 India in 2024

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

2nd Apr 2024
In February I made my first business trip to India. Three weeks deep in the Indian tech ecosystem. My summary is simple: I feel like the world needs an update how we view India
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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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Smart people don’t think others are stupid The woman seemed to be making some pretty good points until she stopped with, “Ugh! Those people are...
16th May 2012
1

Smart people don’t think others are stupid

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

16th May 2012
The woman seemed to be making some pretty good points until she stopped with, “Ugh! Those people are just so stupid!!” There are no smart people or stupid people, just people being smart or being stupid. Being stupid means avoiding thinking by jumping to...
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Introducing SPEAR: The Management Framework for AI The strong-start-weak-finish problem in AI is a process problem, not a model problem.
5th May 2026
1

Introducing SPEAR: The Management Framework for AI

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

5th May 2026
The strong-start-weak-finish problem in AI is a process problem, not a model problem.
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choosing memories over things As I go through my things, selling everything I once bought and setting aside only a small carry-on...
6th May 2025
1

choosing memories over things

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

6th May 2025
As I go through my things, selling everything I once bought and setting aside only a small carry-on bag for my flight to Asia, I reflected on material items and gifts. No, I don't like gifts. Or rather the physical version of them. Few material items make me happy. My guitar did....
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Time is personal. Your year changes when your life changes. A new day begins when I wake up, not at midnight. Midnight means nothing to me. It’s not a turning...
30th Dec 2019
1

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

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

30th Dec 2019
A new day begins when I wake up, not at midnight. Midnight means nothing to me. It’s not a turning point. Nothing changes at that moment. I can understand using moments like midnight and January 1st as coordinators, so cultures and computers can agree on how to reference...
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Predicting the future of the Internet is easy: anything it hasn’t yet dramatically transformed, it... People love to focus on horse races:  NYC vs Silcon Valley, Facebook vs Twitter, IPO markets vs...
12th Jan 2011
40

Predicting the future of the Internet is easy: anything it hasn’t yet dramatically transformed, it will.

from cdixon [alt+shift+b] in startups

12th Jan 2011
People love to focus on horse races:  NYC vs Silcon Valley, Facebook vs Twitter, IPO markets vs private exchanges, the valuation of some…
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Be real.
8th Nov 2010
9

Be real.

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

8th Nov 2010
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Getting Old 👴🏼
23rd Jan 2023
32

Getting Old

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

23rd Jan 2023
👴🏼
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5 Thoughts on LEGO's (Ace) Manufacturing PLUS: Apple Watch at 10, McKinsey AI bot.
2nd May 2025
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5 Thoughts on LEGO's (Ace) Manufacturing

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

2nd May 2025
PLUS: Apple Watch at 10, McKinsey AI bot.
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Musk v. Altman begins This is a bait and switch
2nd May 2026
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Musk v. Altman begins

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

2nd May 2026
This is a bait and switch
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Listicle of Buddhist Lists Listicle of Buddhist Lists Buddhism has more lists than a Buzzfeed article. Inspired by the List of...
15th Jan 2019
1

Listicle of Buddhist Lists

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

15th Jan 2019
Listicle of Buddhist Lists Buddhism has more lists than a Buzzfeed article. Inspired by the List of Buddhist Lists, here are the Buddha's teachings as millennial listicles. Plus or minus some bad puns. Mindfulness: Noticing your brain is completely bonkers right now, and being...
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Finding your "zone of genius"
7th May 2025
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Finding your "zone of genius"

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

7th May 2025
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Don't follow your heroes As creators, there's a temptation to seek out our heroes and ask them how they achieved their...
17th Jan 2015
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Don't follow your heroes

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

17th Jan 2015
As creators, there's a temptation to seek out our heroes and ask them how they achieved their success. We think if we follow their instructions, we'll be able to reproduce their winning magic.
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UX Entropy In the olden days, video calls were hard. Circa 2012, if your next meeting was online, it was...
30th Sep 2025
1

UX Entropy

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

30th Sep 2025
In the olden days, video calls were hard. Circa 2012, if your next meeting was online, it was important to start the process 5-10 minutes early. The process, at that time, was some or all of the following incantations and rituals: Find the meeting URL Find the meeting...
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Proudly exclude most people We love when someone hates the same thing we hate — especially if that thing is popular. You can...
2nd Feb 2000
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Proudly exclude most people

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

2nd Feb 2000
We love when someone hates the same thing we hate — especially if that thing is popular. You can use this to attract your future fans. You can say, “Don’t listen to this if you’re happy with your life.” Then people who hate all that happy crap will be intrigued. You can...
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Why Everybody Is Losing Money On AI Hello and welcome to another premium newsletter. Thanks as ever for subscribing, and please email me...
5th Sep 2025
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Why Everybody Is Losing Money On AI

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

5th Sep 2025
Hello and welcome to another premium newsletter. Thanks as ever for subscribing, and please email me at [email protected] to say hello. As I've written again and again, the costs of running generative AI do not make sense. Every single company offering any kind of generative...
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A better parking lot
27th Jul 2009
9

A better parking lot

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

27th Jul 2009
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When Nigeria banned Twitter, Koo had a golden opportunity, and squandered it Even the government officials who championed the Twitter competitor have stopped using it.
1st Nov 2023
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When Nigeria banned Twitter, Koo had a golden opportunity, and squandered it

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

1st Nov 2023
Even the government officials who championed the Twitter competitor have stopped using it.
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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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I flew to China to visit a robot butler Site visit to Prosper Robotics field lab in Shenzhen
15th Nov 2023
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I flew to China to visit a robot butler

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

15th Nov 2023
Site visit to Prosper Robotics field lab in Shenzhen
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How Twitter Survives (Or Doesn't) Meta's approach, Twitter's moat and a few different future scenarios
12th Jul 2023
40

How Twitter Survives (Or Doesn't)

from Throwable [alt+shift+b] in startups

12th Jul 2023
Meta's approach, Twitter's moat and a few different future scenarios
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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
1

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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Big questions for big data Big data is big news. Search for it and Google will return 75 million results. That’s a different...
26th Jun 2019
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Big questions for big data

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

26th Jun 2019
Big data is big news. Search for it and Google will return 75 million results. That’s a different article for every 100 people on earth. There are also 18 million videos on the topic. At 5 minutes each, it would take 170 years to watch them all. Then there’s the one million...
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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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I love being wrong Most of the time, I feel smart, successful, and driven — like I’ve got it all figured out. But last...
9th Sep 2014
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I love being wrong

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

9th Sep 2014
Most of the time, I feel smart, successful, and driven — like I’ve got it all figured out. But last month a bunch of stuff knocked me on my ass. I’ve never felt so wrong. Whenever something has gone wrong in my life, I’ve asked myself, “What’s great about...
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Some thoughts on incumbents Reposted from Oct 7, 2010 from cdixon.posterous.com By “incumbents” I mean the big companies that...
7th Oct 2010
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Some thoughts on incumbents

from cdixon [alt+shift+b] in startups

7th Oct 2010
Reposted from Oct 7, 2010 from cdixon.posterous.com By “incumbents” I mean the big companies that are loosely competitive to your startup…
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Watch for mind gremlins
12th Jan 2017
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Watch for mind gremlins

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

12th Jan 2017
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Bet the farm Or risk losing it all
2nd Dec 2025
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Bet the farm

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

2nd Dec 2025
Or risk losing it all
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The Rot-Com Bubble If you enjoy this post, why not subscribe to my podcast Better Offline? This week's a two parter...
3rd Jun 2024
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The Rot-Com Bubble

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

3rd Jun 2024
If you enjoy this post, why not subscribe to my podcast Better Offline? This week's a two parter that further expands on the Rot-Com Bubble, coming out Wednesday and Friday. The noxious growth-at-all-costs mindset of the Rot Economy sits at the core of every issue that I'
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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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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

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

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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The Engine Room We’re launching a new program!!
14th Oct 2025
1

The Engine Room

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

14th Oct 2025
We’re launching a new program!!
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Hacking for Defense @ Stanford 2026 – Lessons Learned Presentations We just wrapped up our Hacking for Defense class at Stanford. This was the 11th year we’ve taught...
8th Jun 2026
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Hacking for Defense @ Stanford 2026 – Lessons Learned Presentations

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

8th Jun 2026
We just wrapped up our Hacking for Defense class at Stanford. This was the 11th year we’ve taught Hacking for Defense, and the impact of asymmetric warfare, (drones, off-the-shelf technologies, etc.,) disruptive technologies (AI, commercial access to space) and a startup friendly...
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How Philosophers Think Philosophers are the most rigorous thinkers I know. Like intellectual boxers; they come to...
1st Jun 2021
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How Philosophers Think

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

1st Jun 2021
Philosophers are the most rigorous thinkers I know. Like intellectual boxers; they come to understand ideas by making them fight with each other. Their style of analysis is effective because it’s so bloody. One friend calls his style “violent thinking.” He talks about thinking...
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Logs as end user UI A long time ago, I decided to show Bridgy‘s end users its raw logs. Like, raw logs. HTTP requests,...
11th Jan 2023
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Logs as end user UI

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

11th Jan 2023
A long time ago, I decided to show Bridgy‘s end users its raw logs. Like, raw logs. HTTP requests, database reads and writes, JSON objects, stack traces, etc. It’s an unusual UI feature, but it’s been an unqualified success, enough that when I built Bridgy Fed, I immediately...
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If you're in Tokyo this Friday, come to my hanami! An annual tradition.
1st Apr 2026
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If you're in Tokyo this Friday, come to my hanami!

from Noahpinion [alt+shift+b] in startups

1st Apr 2026
An annual tradition.
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What’s the big idea? To make a big impact, we need a big idea. In brand communications, coveting the ‘big idea’ is...
12th Apr 2022
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What’s the big idea?

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

12th Apr 2022
To make a big impact, we need a big idea. In brand communications, coveting the ‘big idea’ is commonplace. We look for them. Long for them. Laud them and lionise them. And yet, despite its ubiquitous use, the ‘big idea’ remains incredibly ill-defined. This article is an...
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Building for Voice In, Visuals Out Recently, Andrej Karpathy argued that the ideal interaction pattern for AI models is voice in,...
31st May 2026
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Building for Voice In, Visuals Out

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

31st May 2026
Recently, Andrej Karpathy argued that the ideal interaction pattern for AI models is voice in, visuals out: Audio is the human-preferred input to AIs, but vision is the preferred output from them. Around a ~third of our brains are a massively parallel processor dedicated to...
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Chapter 2 of Ansi Common Lisp
3rd Apr 2023
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Chapter 2 of Ansi Common Lisp

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

3rd Apr 2023
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Searching for Product-Market Fit Product-market fit is the holy grail.
28th Apr 2025
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Searching for Product-Market Fit

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

28th Apr 2025
Product-market fit is the holy grail.
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Mexico’s new tariffs hit Shein — and millions of local resellers The government hopes the 19% tax will push Asian e-commerce giants to grow their operations in...
3rd Mar 2025
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Mexico’s new tariffs hit Shein — and millions of local resellers

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

3rd Mar 2025
The government hopes the 19% tax will push Asian e-commerce giants to grow their operations in Mexico, and make up for 79,000 textile jobs lost to fast fashion.
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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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Linking CUDA Kernels into Python Linking CUDA Kernels into Python Gaussian blur is a common image processing operation that smooths...
18th Nov 2022
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Linking CUDA Kernels into Python

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

18th Nov 2022
Linking CUDA Kernels into Python Gaussian blur is a common image processing operation that smooths images using a Gaussian kernel. While it's straightforward to implement on CPU, it can be quite slow for large images. Let's explore how to implement this efficiently using CUDA and...
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I want Apple's Vision Pro The Apple Vision Pro has a very appealing use case: "the workplace of your dreams".
16th Jun 2023
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I want Apple's Vision Pro

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

16th Jun 2023
The Apple Vision Pro has a very appealing use case: "the workplace of your dreams".
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Nobody knows the future, so focus on what doesn’t change At every music conference, with a panel of experts on stage, the moderator always asks, “What’s the...
17th Oct 2008
1

Nobody knows the future, so focus on what doesn’t change

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

17th Oct 2008
At every music conference, with a panel of experts on stage, the moderator always asks, “What’s the future of the music business?” The guy selling intelligent playlists will say that intelligent playlists are the future. We have a desperate need for certainty, so we want...
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Asia is much more important to U.S. interests than the Middle East We need to prioritize, and our priorities should be clear.
1st Nov 2023
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Asia is much more important to U.S. interests than the Middle East

from Noahpinion [alt+shift+b] in startups

1st Nov 2023
We need to prioritize, and our priorities should be clear.
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Historical data now available on DataBoutique.com Web scraped historical data access
3rd Jun 2024
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Historical data now available on DataBoutique.com

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

3rd Jun 2024
Web scraped historical data access
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The hot round fallacy I originally wrote this essay for The Information, where it was published on Feb 16. Here's a fun...
3rd Mar 2022
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The hot round fallacy

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

3rd Mar 2022
I originally wrote this essay for The Information, where it was published on Feb 16. Here's a fun little paradox in fundraising: Founders and the media love to talk about how quickly funding rounds happen these days—think about the big, rapid-fire raises...
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The Internet Is Kind of a Predatory Cesspit Now The Internet Is Kind of a Predatory Cesspit Now I’m a kid of the 90s, and I still remember the early...
3 weeks ago
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The Internet Is Kind of a Predatory Cesspit Now

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

3 weeks ago
The Internet Is Kind of a Predatory Cesspit Now I’m a kid of the 90s, and I still remember the early internet. It was slow, ugly, unreliable, and full of cranks, a strange world of wheezing dial-up modems, Usenet flamewars, <marquee> tags, and dancing babies. It was also...
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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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Advice Starting a company is a challenging process - you’re thrown into the deep-end with nothing but your...
28th May 2013
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Advice

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

28th May 2013
Starting a company is a challenging process - you’re thrown into the deep-end with nothing but your wits to help you. Often, though, advice will be forthcoming. This post is about that advice, and how to spot the difference between good and bad. Some advice is expert - your...
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Naïve Quitting My first real job was as the librarian at Warner/Chappell Music. After 2½ years, though, I...
24th May 2010
1

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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Naming your startup The Name Inspector has a good post today regarding 6 naming myths to ignore. I think it’s generally...
18th Apr 2009
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Naming your startup

from cdixon [alt+shift+b] in startups

18th Apr 2009
The Name Inspector has a good post today regarding 6 naming myths to ignore. I think it’s generally right on.   Naming is so important and…
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I love AI. Why doesn't everyone? Anti-AI sentiment might or might not be rational, but it certainly relies on a lot of bad arguments.
1st Dec 2025
1

I love AI. Why doesn't everyone?

from Noahpinion [alt+shift+b] in startups

1st Dec 2025
Anti-AI sentiment might or might not be rational, but it certainly relies on a lot of bad arguments.
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Inside-out vs. outside-in: the adoption of new technologies There are broadly two adoption paths for new computing technologies: inside-out and outside-in....
17th Jan 2020
81

Inside-out vs. outside-in: the adoption of new technologies

from cdixon [alt+shift+b] in startups

17th Jan 2020
There are broadly two adoption paths for new computing technologies: inside-out and outside-in. Inside-out technologies are pioneered by…
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Not all products make good businesses You might fix a problem, but that doesn't mean people will pay for it.
1st Mar 2019
14

Not all products make good businesses

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

1st Mar 2019
You might fix a problem, but that doesn't mean people will pay for it.
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Competing in search A quarter century after 'don't be evil', a judge has found that Google is abusing its monopoly in...
19th Aug 2024
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Competing in search

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

19th Aug 2024
A quarter century after 'don't be evil', a judge has found that Google is abusing its monopoly in search. But no-one knows what happens next, and whether this ruling will change anything. Will Apple build a search engine? Will ChatGPT change search? Does it matter?
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It might never go away When you click "publish" thousands of copies are generated and sent to individual inboxes. Once...
17th Sep 2021
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It might never go away

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

17th Sep 2021
When you click "publish" thousands of copies are generated and sent to individual inboxes. Once you've sent an email, people can keep a copy of it in their archive, forever. You can't take it back.
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Technology, Innovation, and Great Power Competition  – 2022 Wrap Up We just wrapped up the second year of our Technology, Innovation, and Great Power Competition class...
5th Jan 2023
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Technology, Innovation, and Great Power Competition  – 2022 Wrap Up

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

5th Jan 2023
We just wrapped up the second year of our Technology, Innovation, and Great Power Competition class – now part of our Stanford Gordian Knot Center for National Security Innovation. Joe Felter, Raj Shah and I designed the class to 1) give our students an appreciation of the...
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Premium: The Hater's Guide To SoftBank Soundtrack: Ozzy Osbourne — Mr. Crowley A lot of people have been making a lot of fun of the...
6th Jul 2026
1

Premium: The Hater's Guide To SoftBank

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

6th Jul 2026
Soundtrack: Ozzy Osbourne — Mr. Crowley A lot of people have been making a lot of fun of the SoftBank 46th annual shareholder meeting and Masayoshi Son’s (to quote Bryce Elder of the Financial Times) Untethered Goose Game, specifically referring to slides that, well, looked like...
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How to attend a conference Attending a music conference is the most efficient way to meet the most number of the best...
12th Dec 2008
1

How to attend a conference

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

12th Dec 2008
Attending a music conference is the most efficient way to meet the most number of the best contacts. I highly recommend you go to a few music industry conferences every year. be interested in them. how to be a great listener. (The original classic from the 1930s is titled...
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Reconsidering "Self-Made" I have a strong memory arguing with a friend at 2am in SF, close to 10 years ago now, that someone...
4th Dec 2025
1

Reconsidering "Self-Made"

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

4th Dec 2025
I have a strong memory arguing with a friend at 2am in SF, close to 10 years ago now, that someone could be “self-made.”
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How many trials should I be getting for my SaaS? One misconception I see from new SaaS founders: they need more trials than they think they do.
15th Aug 2020
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How many trials should I be getting for my SaaS?

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

15th Aug 2020
One misconception I see from new SaaS founders: they need more trials than they think they do.
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Understanding the Importance of Operating Leverage in the Age of Efficiency Amazon grew it's revenue per employee from $50K to $1M over its first fifteen years.
2nd Apr 2023
130

Understanding the Importance of Operating Leverage in the Age of Efficiency

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

2nd Apr 2023
Amazon grew it's revenue per employee from $50K to $1M over its first fifteen years.
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How Much Money Do OpenAI And Anthropic Actually Make? Hello and welcome to the latest premium edition of Where's Your Ed At, I appreciate any and all of...
1st Aug 2025
38

How Much Money Do OpenAI And Anthropic Actually Make?

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

1st Aug 2025
Hello and welcome to the latest premium edition of Where's Your Ed At, I appreciate any and all of your subscriptions. I work very hard on these, and they help pay for the costs of running Ghost and, well, my time investigating different things. If you're
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Your blog could be a party
2nd May 2014
13

Your blog could be a party

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

2nd May 2014
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Retail, search and Amazon’s $40bn ‘advertising’ business Amazon sold close to $40bn of advertising last year - bigger than Prime, bigger than the entire...
6th Mar 2023
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Retail, search and Amazon’s $40bn ‘advertising’ business

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

6th Mar 2023
Amazon sold close to $40bn of advertising last year - bigger than Prime, bigger than the entire global newspaper industry and probably more profitable than AWS. But is this really advertising, rent, or something else? And what does that mean for Google?
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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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Calm yourself Here are a few techniques I've used to calm myself down in times of anxiety..
4th Mar 2022
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Calm yourself

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

4th Mar 2022
Here are a few techniques I've used to calm myself down in times of anxiety..
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Games are problems people pay to solve Good definitions are powerful. Lately, while reading The Art of Game Design, it became clear to me...
22nd Apr 2023
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Games are problems people pay to solve

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

22nd Apr 2023
Good definitions are powerful. Lately, while reading The Art of Game Design, it became clear to me that the author’s definition of games makes a lot of sense. He defines games as problems that people pay to solve with either their time or money. Unlike movies or books, games are...
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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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Coming Back Up For Air The last time I posted was May 23rd, three weeks ago. There was a time when I wrote every day. When...
13th Jun 2023
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Coming Back Up For Air

from AVC [alt+shift+b] in startups

13th Jun 2023
The last time I posted was May 23rd, three weeks ago. There was a time when I wrote every day. When I had not yet posted on any day, I felt like something was missing, like I had not yet had my cup of coffee. Clearly, I have moved on from that need to write […]
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Going Deep on DeepSpeed Going Deep on DeepSpeed Getting started with training modern AI models on multi-GPU hardware can...
5th Jun 2023
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Going Deep on DeepSpeed

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

5th Jun 2023
Going Deep on DeepSpeed Getting started with training modern AI models on multi-GPU hardware can feel quite daunting. So let's break down the key concepts and how to get started with the Microsoft DeepSpeed library. Here's a short DeepSpeed tutorial, this is a deep (har har)...
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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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stop saying advertising is evil Yesterday, a colleague asked me if I feel conflicted working in advertising while caring about...
26th Feb 2025
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stop saying advertising is evil

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

26th Feb 2025
Yesterday, a colleague asked me if I feel conflicted working in advertising while caring about overconsumption. This came up in a discussion about fast fashion, particularly SHEIN. This was my reply. Advertising has always been around. Saying “advertising” is bad is like saying...
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The war over wine Tariffs have crushed California vineyards dependent on exports to Canada. But they’ve been a boon...
5th Dec 2025
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The war over wine

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

5th Dec 2025
Tariffs have crushed California vineyards dependent on exports to Canada. But they’ve been a boon for once-overlooked Ontario wineries.
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The Granny Hobby Protocol And the hands-on, thumbs-off economy
3rd Apr 2024
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The Granny Hobby Protocol

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

3rd Apr 2024
And the hands-on, thumbs-off economy
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Interactive navigation in embedding space tdjgordon, Pixabay Discussed a fascinating idea for a foundation model tool at lunch today:...
23rd Jan 2025
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Interactive navigation in embedding space

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

23rd Jan 2025
tdjgordon, Pixabay Discussed a fascinating idea for a foundation model tool at lunch today: interactive navigation in embedding space. Right now, you prompt most generative models with human language. That works, but it’s imprecise and coarse. If you’re generating an image of an...
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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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Why is ChatGPT for Mac So… Bad? Last week I wrote an exploration of Ben Thompson’s recent question, “Why is the ChatGPT Mac app so...
5th Dec 2025
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Why is ChatGPT for Mac So… Bad?

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

5th Dec 2025
Last week I wrote an exploration of Ben Thompson’s recent question, “Why is the ChatGPT Mac app so good?” A lot of people on the internet, it turns out, do not agree with this premise! Many folks have been having problems with ⌘C not copying text. Hacker News sees the app as “not...
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Don’t start a business until people are asking you to When you bake a cake, you need to do first things first. You need to get the ingredients before you...
13th Apr 2016
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Don’t start a business until people are asking you to

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

13th Apr 2016
When you bake a cake, you need to do first things first. You need to get the ingredients before you turn on the oven. You need to bake it before you frost it and slice it. Most have an idea but no customers. For them I always say, “Don’t start a business until people are...
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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

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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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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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Taking Blogging Seriously It’s a warm summer night in NYC and I’m walking through central park with a friend, the fireflies...
27th Jun 2025
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Taking Blogging Seriously

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

27th Jun 2025
It’s a warm summer night in NYC and I’m walking through central park with a friend, the fireflies blink around us like an external reflection of the neurons firing in our brains as the conversation sparks.
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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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You Should Watch More Canceled TV Shows An argument against the Lindy Effect. How can we sample from the long tail?
26th Oct 2022
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You Should Watch More Canceled TV Shows

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

26th Oct 2022
An argument against the Lindy Effect. How can we sample from the long tail?
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Your Name is an Ad Creative that is Everywhere, All at Once Learn how to leverage cognitive science to create an instant brand advantage.
16th Jan 2023
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Your Name is an Ad Creative that is Everywhere, All at Once

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

16th Jan 2023
Learn how to leverage cognitive science to create an instant brand advantage.
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The person on the other side of the screen
22nd Aug 2014
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The person on the other side of the screen

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

22nd Aug 2014
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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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Thoughts on thinking I have been stuck. Every time I sit down to write a blog post, code a feature, or start a project, I...
16th May 2025
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Thoughts on thinking

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

16th May 2025
I have been stuck. Every time I sit down to write a blog post, code a feature, or start a project, I come to the same realization: in the context of AI, what I’m doing is a waste of time. It’s horrifying. The fun has been sucked out of the process of creation because nothing I...
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💡 Business Brainstorms 💡- My favorite ideas of the week 🪄 Growth Magic
12th Aug 2024
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💡 Business Brainstorms 💡- My favorite ideas of the week

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12th Aug 2024
🪄 Growth Magic
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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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Deploying Django with Kamal In this post I'll walk you through my template to deploy a Django monolith using Kamal, but you...
11th Sep 2023
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Deploying Django with Kamal

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11th Sep 2023
In this post I'll walk you through my template to deploy a Django monolith using Kamal, but you could also adapt it for Rails or Laravel.
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You can only succeed if you know how you can fail We want to be successful with our decisions. Even though failure is often glamorized, nobody wants...
18th Feb 2023
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You can only succeed if you know how you can fail

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

18th Feb 2023
We want to be successful with our decisions. Even though failure is often glamorized, nobody wants it on purpose. Everyone wishes to be successful when they’re starting a company, launching a product, hiring a leader or even while buying a house. It may sound obvious, but the...
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Steve Jobs's drafts | Elon Musk's coinvestors For your eyes only. Thoughts?
14th Sep 2025
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Steve Jobs's drafts | Elon Musk's coinvestors

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

14th Sep 2025
For your eyes only. Thoughts?
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A better birthday party for kids
11th Dec 2009
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A better birthday party for kids

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11th Dec 2009
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Producing good content isn't enough
1st Sep 2013
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Producing good content isn't enough

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1st Sep 2013
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My Year-End Playlist Every year I put together a playlist at the end of the year with some of the new music I found and...
20th Dec 2023
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My Year-End Playlist

from AVC [alt+shift+b] in startups

20th Dec 2023
Every year I put together a playlist at the end of the year with some of the new music I found and got into. Most of these songs are under the radar which is my favorite kind of music. So I hope you find something new that you like in here.
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No agenda cold emails, dealership visits as a service, prompt money, the doing game. Hey, this is Jakob Greenfeld, author of the Business Brainstorms newsletter - every week I write...
3rd Jul 2023
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No agenda cold emails, dealership visits as a service, prompt money, the doing game.

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

3rd Jul 2023
Hey, this is Jakob Greenfeld, author of the Business Brainstorms newsletter - every week I write this email to share the most interesting trends, frameworks, opportunities, and ideas with you. Let's dive in! 💡 Opportunities Prompt Base has a list of the
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This is what starting small looks like
13th Dec 2016
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This is what starting small looks like

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

13th Dec 2016
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Maintenance
6th Mar 2020
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Maintenance

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

6th Mar 2020
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Elon Musk and OpenAI Guys, I've had enough. This is the final straw.
15th Nov 2024
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Elon Musk and OpenAI

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15th Nov 2024
Guys, I've had enough. This is the final straw.
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Scott Forstall emails Steve Jobs | Elon Musk on tweeting He mentions third party developers. I do think at some point we will want to enable third parties to...
19th Apr 2022
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Scott Forstall emails Steve Jobs | Elon Musk on tweeting

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19th Apr 2022
He mentions third party developers. I do think at some point we will want to enable third parties to write apps for P2.
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The unskippable road to real experience Lived experiences can’t be compressed, they take as long as they take
30th Jun 2025
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The unskippable road to real experience

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30th Jun 2025
Lived experiences can’t be compressed, they take as long as they take
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What’s Up with Austin? Austin is a mediocre city, but a great place to live.  The post What’s Up with Austin? appeared...
21st Jun 2022
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What’s Up with Austin?

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

21st Jun 2022
Austin is a mediocre city, but a great place to live.  The post What’s Up with Austin? appeared first on David Perell.
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8 Years on the Road Being self-employed feels a bit like being on an extended road trip. Untethered and free, but lonely...
10th Nov 2022
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8 Years on the Road

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

10th Nov 2022
Being self-employed feels a bit like being on an extended road trip. Untethered and free, but lonely and unsupported too. Ultimate freedoms combined with shallow roots. Every year I write a recap, around the anniversary of quitting my last job (Oct 24th, 2014). Here’s my recap of...
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Las compañías de autos eléctricos quieren el litio de Argentina. Poco queda para sus ciudadanos. A los habitantes de la Isla Paulino se les prometió baterías de litio para reducir el uso de...
1st Apr 2024
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Las compañías de autos eléctricos quieren el litio de Argentina. Poco queda para sus ciudadanos.

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

1st Apr 2024
A los habitantes de la Isla Paulino se les prometió baterías de litio para reducir el uso de generadores. El proyecto se frenó. Mientras tanto, las exportaciones de litio crecen.
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Process Reward Models Process Reward Models Reasoning models are all the rage with the kids these days, and in particular...
1st Dec 2024
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Process Reward Models

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

1st Dec 2024
Process Reward Models Reasoning models are all the rage with the kids these days, and in particular the training data behind them is a hot topic. One particular case of this is the process reward models which are a type of reward model used in complex reasoning and...
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Why people buy products
6th Aug 2013
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Why people buy products

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

6th Aug 2013
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Contribution and abundance Ben Horowitz gave this remarkable response to a question about joy and happiness on Time Well Spent:...
4th May 2021
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Contribution and abundance

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

4th May 2021
Ben Horowitz gave this remarkable response to a question about joy and happiness on Time Well Spent: In my experience there are really two things that lead to happiness and everything else is mostly noise. The two things are contribution and abundance. Contribution is basically...
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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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How Should You Write? There are two ways to write: The Printer Method and the Pixel Method. With the Printer Method, you...
11th Oct 2021
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How Should You Write?

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

11th Oct 2021
There are two ways to write: The Printer Method and the Pixel Method. With the Printer Method, you write and rewrite every sentence until it’s perfect. Nail the first sentence, then the second, and so on. Perfection is the name of the game so you don’t advance to a new sentence...
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Interfacing MCP with Combinatorial, Convex, and SMT Solvers Interfacing MCP with Combinatorial, Convex, and SMT Solvers Lately I've been working on using MCP...
2nd Jun 2025
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Interfacing MCP with Combinatorial, Convex, and SMT Solvers

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

2nd Jun 2025
Interfacing MCP with Combinatorial, Convex, and SMT Solvers Lately I've been working on using MCP beyond just using it for symbolic algebra manipulations, I've been thinking about how to interface large language models with a suite of dedicated solvers for scientific computing...
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Considerate book pricing I love having my own store so I can make things the way I think they should be. Let’s separate...
27th Oct 2021
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Considerate book pricing

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

27th Oct 2021
I love having my own store so I can make things the way I think they should be. Let’s separate these two things: Contents: the words in a book Delivery: the ways to get the words into your brain: paper, audio, PDF, HTML, etc. buy the contents, not delivery. Today you...
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Seeking inspiration? The word “inspiration” usually means “something that mentally stimulates you.” breathe...
14th Apr 2013
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Seeking inspiration?

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

14th Apr 2013
The word “inspiration” usually means “something that mentally stimulates you.” breathe in. People surf the web, reading pithy articles, looking for inspiration. People listen to hours of podcasts, looking for inspiration. Musicians, writers, artists, and everyone else, all...
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How many pets do you have? I used to have too many pets. My house was overflowing. But it didn’t feel that way at the...
13th Aug 2021
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How many pets do you have?

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

13th Aug 2021
I used to have too many pets. My house was overflowing. But it didn’t feel that way at the time. In each moment, I was giving just one pet my full attention. My life was full of so many loves. I sadly realized this was unfair. The situation was hurting them. No pet was...
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A good find
13th Aug 2025
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A good find

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

13th Aug 2025
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