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
There are few companies that have successfully scaled taste better than MSCHF (pronounced “mischief”). Well, not exactly a company, as they explained to me when I visited their Brooklyn-based workshop set across the street from a skate park, but an “artist’s collective that happened to raise venture capital.” Or, according to their self-selected... See more
Evan Armstrong • The Art of Scaling Taste
If 2022 was the year of quiet quitting, and 2023 brought quiet firing, 2024 will restore the time-honored tradition of “Quiet Performing.”
After four years of macro shocks, punctuated by 2023’s epidemic of white-collar layoffs, many companies are looking to rebuild confidence and focus among employees. While an emphasis on performance management... See more
After four years of macro shocks, punctuated by 2023’s epidemic of white-collar layoffs, many companies are looking to rebuild confidence and focus among employees. While an emphasis on performance management... See more
Nick DeWilde • 6 Trends That Will Shape Our Careers in 2024
Invest in onboarding — even if it means pressing pause on output
Build Your Culture Like a Product — Lessons from Asana’s Head of People
Not all email is spam.
Not all offers are scams.
And not all GPT3 responses are incorrect.
But it can’t hurt to insert your own preface before you accept it as true.
As a founder, there will come a point where your backs against the wall, runway is short, and you’ve got to fight for your companies survival.
Every founder has been there. Always look to have another move in your back pocket for when you need it. Ben Horowitz has walked the walk on this — here he is answering why he made the unpopular decision to... See more
Every founder has been there. Always look to have another move in your back pocket for when you need it. Ben Horowitz has walked the walk on this — here he is answering why he made the unpopular decision to... See more
Michael Houck • Resilient Founders Always Have A Move
Time to Value is a metric that considers the amount of time required after starting to use a product for the user/customer/buyer to begin experiencing meaningful results.
For example, if you buy a car and drive it off the lot, the TTV value — let’s call it a TTV ratio — is basically 1:1. You buy the car, you start driving to where you want to go,... See more
For example, if you buy a car and drive it off the lot, the TTV value — let’s call it a TTV ratio — is basically 1:1. You buy the car, you start driving to where you want to go,... See more
A Powerful New Metric for Evaluating a Startup’s Potential for Success
The borders of being ‘technical’ are expanding by the day
There used to be a well-defined line between who could build things and who couldn’t. Building was reserved for people who could code—people who were “technical.”
Sure, there’ve been waves of milquetoast no-code tools that purported to turn you into a developer for the past decade. But those... See more
There used to be a well-defined line between who could build things and who couldn’t. Building was reserved for people who could code—people who were “technical.”
Sure, there’ve been waves of milquetoast no-code tools that purported to turn you into a developer for the past decade. But those... See more
Dan Shipper • You’re a Developer Now
How to clarify a concept you can’t articulate:
1. Change mediums. Draw it. Photograph it. Sing it.
2. Change levels. Explain what is one level up (bigger picture) or one level down (finer details).
3. Change fields. What would this concept look like in different fields?
1. Change mediums. Draw it. Photograph it. Sing it.
2. Change levels. Explain what is one level up (bigger picture) or one level down (finer details).
3. Change fields. What would this concept look like in different fields?
James Clear • 3-2-1: On hard conversations, how to ruin a good strategy, and asking for what you want
How great generalists think
According to productivity expert Grace Marshall: Fake work keeps you busy, but offers little in return. It’s relatively easy to tick off a to-do list (giving you that oh-so-lovely dopamine hit!) but doesn’t necessarily move goals forward. Examples could be…
Answering every email in your inbox.
Tinkering with your landing page until it’s just right. ... See more
Answering every email in your inbox.
Tinkering with your landing page until it’s just right. ... See more