Caitlin
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Caitlin
“Sometimes I wish I could wear all of my pants at once! But sadly that’s not possible. In fact, I’m likelier to go the opposite route and cop more beautiful pants, because our consumer culture tends to mire us in Acquisition Mode — focused on the ephemeral pleasures of coveting / obtaining what we do not possess — and prevents us from fully enterin
... See more"I was waiting for something extraordinary to happen, but as the years wasted on, nothing ever did unless I caused it.”
—Charles Bukowski
I love boring problems that are flying under the hype radar. But that doesn’t mean you can take a boring problem/solution and find anyone to run that business. Founders need to care. When things get tough (and they always do), the founders that stick around are those that care deeply about the user/customer and the problem they’re solving.
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Ben Yoskovitz • Wanna Win? Solve a Boring Problem - by Ben Yoskovitz
I fundamentally believe that solving boring problems is how you win, especially in a venture studio. There are lots of boring problems in underserved industries/verticals where a studio can thrive.
Ben Yoskovitz • 5 + 1 Predictions for Venture Studios in 2025
“Don’t start a company on a level playing field.”
Ben Yoskovitz • Wanna Win? Solve a Boring Problem - by Ben Yoskovitz
Why does design need to be in the boardroom when it can occasionally run the boardroom? Why aren’t there at least a few more designers running Fortune 500 companies? I don’t have an answer for that, but I do know a couple things: I think of myself maybe as a designer, but I’m not a designer the way most of you are, but I designed our business model... See more