Britt Gage

Teams that adopt DRICE notice a difference in the projects they end up prioritizing. Many “promising” projects turn out to be defeated by a half-hour investigation, while “nice to have” features that would have been left on the cutting-room floor end up becoming high-ROI winners.

Dropbox case study

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The world of expertise has flipped. Before the internet and social media, expertise was functionally scarce. Now, it’s readily abundant, and it really is possible to read an expert credibly criticizing a New York Times article on Twitter.

Writers can no longer depend on default credibility. Quoting a couple of experts and linking a few studies... See more

Paul Graham said, “when people visit your startup, they should be surprised how few people you have.”

The most valuable thing to pursue is also the hardest

Use 1:1s as mini performance reviews. If you have a good manager (and that’s a BIG if, folks), they’ve probably already structured your 1:1s to keep track of your work and give you feedback on your progress toward bigger goals. But even if your boss is less Ted Lasso and more Michael Scott, you can still use your 1:1 time to prep for your annual... See more

“Everyone bifurcates the world into content and distribution,” Whaley told me. He has brown hair, is of average height, and was wearing a nondescript gray t-shirt and jeans when we talked. “From the beginning, we viewed those as the same thing. Each object gets better with more participation, and so does MSCHF. Scale is not the goal. Scale is a... See more

How to build a system of information-gathering to get an ROI on time spent

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Embracing the risk of losing everything means learning that our self-worth and identity are not solely tied to the success or failure of our ventures.