Britt Gage
@brittfgage
Founder, of All Trades. Building a new type of company for generalists and the founders we seek to serve.
Britt Gage
weofalltrades.com
If consumer behavior is evolving as a result of technology, businesses either compete to get ahead of it, they perpetually react to it, or they belittle it. One of the most problematic aspects around digital maturity is that technology is both part of the solution and also part of the problem.
Brian Solis • Digital Darwinism: How Disruptive Technology Is Changing Business for Good
Your personal experiences make up maybe 0.00000001% of what’s happened in the world but maybe 80% of how you think the world works.
collabfund.com • Ideas That Changed My Life
My entire philosophy of how I organize myself as a working painter can be summed up by something George Carlin said: “Just keep movin’ straight ahead. Every now and then you find yourself in a different place.”
You hear a lot in art school about how painters must continue to “grow” and “evolve”—but I think those are such bullshit words. There is... See more
You hear a lot in art school about how painters must continue to “grow” and “evolve”—but I think those are such bullshit words. There is... See more
Kieran O‘Hare • Following the ‘White-hot Fire Inside of You’
How To Enjoy The Process and On building of All Trades
The art in “sheer persistence”
There isn’t nearly enough emphasis on repeatability . As you move your way up through the different levels of product-market fit, what you’re really unlocking is repeatability — across demand generation, product development, customer satisfaction and unit economics. A startup hasn’t reached the upper levels of product-market fit until it has... See more
The 4 Levels of PMF
Start With First Principles
First-principles thinking is one of the best ways to understand complicated problems. Understand the root cause of why something works (or doesn't), so you can adapt it to your problem and build great experiences.
1FS Blog, First Principles: The Building Blocks of True Knowledge (2016)
https://growth.design/case-studies/p
... See moreDifferent backgrounds, different views, different experiences. The best teams are diverse. These are the ingredients that spark innovation.
Daniel Rizea • Top 5 Learnings After Mentoring 100 Startups
On building of All Trades and The Future of Generalist Work
Diversity of backgrounds can also mean diversity of generalist vs. specialist skillsets. Generalists become multi-functional, bringing domain expertise from corners that you might least expect it.
“The beginner chases the right answers.
The master chases the right questions.”
The master chases the right questions.”
James Clear • 3-2-1: On hard conversations, how to ruin a good strategy, and asking for what you want
Generalists are masters in asking the right questions.
If you never get bored of learning, you'll never get tired of living.
