Abhilash Rao
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Abhilash Rao
Templates for growth vs customer success
Notion has really excelled in their use of templates, and it’s clear that people are highly engaged with them. They've crafted an experience where users feel they are not just using Notion, but are also interacting with a beautifully designed solution that addresses a specific problem. This approach has prove
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What stories teach us is that people’s internal desire to resolve a frustration is a greater motivator than their desire to solve an external problem.
Donald Miller • Building a StoryBrand: Clarify Your Message So Customers Will Listen
Yet is it freedom to be a slave to the senses, to anger, to jealousies and a hundred other petty things that must occur every day in human life?
Swami Vivekananda • Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda
What has been your biggest mistake, what was the lesson learned from it?
Originally Answered: What has been your biggest mistake and the lesson learned from it?
The general class of mistake has been to focus on the wrong things.
I generally let myself get a little bit too overcommitted, which causes me to not spend enough time thinking about what I s... See more
Originally Answered: What has been your biggest mistake and the lesson learned from it?
The general class of mistake has been to focus on the wrong things.
I generally let myself get a little bit too overcommitted, which causes me to not spend enough time thinking about what I s... See more
Quora Session with Sam Altman
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Alex Cornell transitioned from a background in music to product design (ex Meta, Linear, Substack)
Shantanu Deshpande on LinkedIn: Just observed some wildly unexpected behaviour from myself. I order on… | 107 comments
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Classic example of “mutli-homing” in platform network effects
When you’re the cheapest, you’re not promising change. You’re promising the same, but cheaper. The race to the bottom is tempting, because nothing is easier to sell than cheaper. It requires no new calculations or deep thinking on the part of your customer. It’s not cultural or emotional. It’s simply cheaper.