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What if a product really is a cult?
Product people usually expect their company to do marketing and sales. When companies do this super well, people sometimes laugh and call their customer community a cult. But if your software product is high value and has strong network effects
What if a product really is a cult?
Product people usually expect their company to do marketing and sales. When companies do this super well, people sometimes laugh and call their customer community a cult. But if your software product is high value and has strong network effects
Venture biases I have, thinking like Travis, and the Superstar effect in startups.
A friend told me yesterday, “Think like Travis.” Wow, I thought. It’s a new age. Then I also thought: he is probably right… (The Travis he mentioned is the Uber CEO.) Then today I see someone mention a competitor to
Venture biases I have, thinking like Travis, and the Superstar effect in startups.
A friend told me yesterday, “Think like Travis.” Wow, I thought. It’s a new age. Then I also thought: he is probably right… (The Travis he mentioned is the Uber CEO.) Then today I see someone mention a competitor to
Useful ancient information
Where there is fire, or in water, or on ground which is strewn with dry leaves, or where there are wild animals, where four streets meet, or where there is too much noise, or too much fear, or too many
Useful ancient information
Where there is fire, or in water, or on ground which is strewn with dry leaves, or where there are wild animals, where four streets meet, or where there is too much noise, or too much fear, or too many
Building machines: a world class, high impact publication.
Here’s what I do for a living: I make little machines that can replicate themselves and can grow, and spit out great stuff. Right now we are building a little machine at Knotable (it’s a company, not a machine, but
Building machines: a world class, high impact publication.
Here’s what I do for a living: I make little machines that can replicate themselves and can grow, and spit out great stuff. Right now we are building a little machine at Knotable (it’s a company, not a machine, but
Why Bitcoin is exciting.
Second hand, and you can read it from the horse’s mouth anywhere, but here is the answer to an important question. First the question: why are the top most exciting investors in the world so electrified over Bitcoin? The answer
Why Bitcoin is exciting.
Second hand, and you can read it from the horse’s mouth anywhere, but here is the answer to an important question. First the question: why are the top most exciting investors in the world so electrified over Bitcoin? The answer
This course description makes me want to puke.
Technology Mistakes Cost Entrepreneurs a Fortune Do you ask yourself the following questions? Why is my tech project costing so much? How has this project fallen so far behind? How can I find the right tech person? How can I
This course description makes me want to puke.
Technology Mistakes Cost Entrepreneurs a Fortune Do you ask yourself the following questions? Why is my tech project costing so much? How has this project fallen so far behind? How can I find the right tech person? How can I
Automating Buzzfeed
They are a technology company right? That explains why the site is full of awful uselessness worse than weekend reruns of the A-team? No editorial voice? Well, they do have one I guess. Compare an actual Robo-Buzzfeed that I think
Automating Buzzfeed
They are a technology company right? That explains why the site is full of awful uselessness worse than weekend reruns of the A-team? No editorial voice? Well, they do have one I guess. Compare an actual Robo-Buzzfeed that I think
The Watch
Weird about the reaction to the watch: people are seemingly going through the motions with their questions. They are literally feigning skepticism — “are people ready”, “will it really be useful or just a silly gadget”, “do the Swiss Watch
The Watch
Weird about the reaction to the watch: people are seemingly going through the motions with their questions. They are literally feigning skepticism — “are people ready”, “will it really be useful or just a silly gadget”, “do the Swiss Watch
Trends in venture capital
Facts I didn’t know – venture capital as a class is cash flow positive – venture returns for top quartile funds are better than the market over the decade – 10 funds raised half of the money committed in the
Trends in venture capital
Facts I didn’t know – venture capital as a class is cash flow positive – venture returns for top quartile funds are better than the market over the decade – 10 funds raised half of the money committed in the
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