I worked on a tarpit startup idea (college hangout app) for the last 2 years. Haters said @JoinPush would never find PMF. They were 100% right. Great call by the haters. But building Push was incredibly valuable, and it would be a disservice to not share what I learned:... See more

In San Francisco, while Zhao still believed he was right about his grand vision, he realized he was wrong about his market. It was a crucible moment. The first version of Notion was a tool that non-coders could use to make their own apps. Disappointingly for the co-founders, it turned out, even if they were Last’s and Zhao’s actual friends,... See more

By working within the browser, Figma introduced an astounding level of efficiency into the design process and drove organization-wide adoption, which resulted in large ACV enterprise opportunities. This required a period of complex product development prior to monetization — so being product-obsessed and patient were a big part of the company’s

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