Abhilash Rao
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Abhilash Rao
In general, people are resistant to self-assessment. Companies are bad at it, too. Looking inward, to them, often boils down to this: “We are successful, so what we are doing must be correct.” Or the converse: “We failed, so what we did was wrong.” This is shallow.
Ed Catmull • Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration
It’s also because change is hard. Acknowledging a problem might mean committing to change, which can be painful
How to go from siloed sales and marketing to full-funnel cross-functional teams that are focused on pipeline and revenue generation:
Andrei Zinkevich • Full-Funnel B2B marketing function and cross-functional teams
the authors describe an experiment during Navy SEAL training where they swapped the leaders of their most successful and least successful teams. The surprising result of this experiment was that both teams excelled after the flip, because:
- The weak team now had a great leader who elevated their performance
- The strong team maintained a durable culture
Stay SaaSy • Advice That I Can't Get Out of My Head
From the book Extreme Ownership by for Navy SEAL officer
expect the traditional per-seat subscription model will increasingly come under pressure as AI products deliver work rather than augment personal productivity.
Kyle Poyar • How AI apps make money
coming. “Being right and ineffective in venture is not worth very much,”
Sebastian Mallaby • The Power Law: Venture Capital and the Art of Disruption
Shubham Maheshwari on LinkedIn: Loyalty is one the core outcomes that all businesses strive to achieve…
linkedin.com
Paid loyalty vs earned loyalty vs none
Airtable swag
Small wins are exactly what they sound like, and are part of how keystone habits create widespread changes. A huge body of research has shown that small wins have enormous power, an influence disproportionate to the accomplishments of the victories themselves. “Small wins are a steady application of a small advantage,” one Cornell professor wrote
... See moreCharles Duhigg • The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do, and How to Change
Alex Cornell transitioned from a background in music to product design (ex Meta, Linear, Substack)