Abie Cohen

Like my friends, I often worry about what I can achieve, whether I’ll succeed on my own. But somewhere in the back of my mind, I can still hear that most-American of refrains, the one I thought of over and over again on the trail: I think I can, I think I can, I think I can. . .

Having this vessel that you’re motivated to fill encourages being more observant and analytical in daily life too.

Scrolling through Twitter led to more scrolling and then a feeling of emptiness and guilt for wasting time when I finally managed to leave the app — scrolling through Sublime more often than not led me to putting away my phone, getting a breath of fresh air, and getting to work on that passion project I’d put aside years ago.

Ambitious startups will need a high value wedge and the product velocity to expand quickly, create innovative data loops, and establish themselves as a core user operating system or “system of intelligence”.