Searching for Signal
We are in an age of noise.
The frameworks that got us here, of jobs-to-be-done or product-market fit, will be insufficient going forward. For founders to have extraordinary outcomes, they will have to find alpha in markets that aren’t easily understood.
Which is to say, technology alone won’t be enough. The other essential ingredient will be taste.... See more
The frameworks that got us here, of jobs-to-be-done or product-market fit, will be insufficient going forward. For founders to have extraordinary outcomes, they will have to find alpha in markets that aren’t easily understood.
Which is to say, technology alone won’t be enough. The other essential ingredient will be taste.... See more
Evan Armstrong • Want to Build? Technical Excellence Won’t Be Enough.
We are in an age of noise.
The frameworks that got us here, of jobs-to-be-done or product-market fit, will be insufficient going forward. For founders to have extraordinary outcomes, they will have to find alpha in markets that aren’t easily understood.
Which is to say, technology alone won’t be enough. The other essential ingredient will be taste.... See more
The frameworks that got us here, of jobs-to-be-done or product-market fit, will be insufficient going forward. For founders to have extraordinary outcomes, they will have to find alpha in markets that aren’t easily understood.
Which is to say, technology alone won’t be enough. The other essential ingredient will be taste.... See more
Evan Armstrong • Want to Build? Technical Excellence Won’t Be Enough.
All of this is to say that you can’t predict what might work in advance: often, the only information you can trust when doing something new is what you learn when you poke at reality.
On some level it makes sense that entrepreneurs think effectually. When you can’t know what happens next, or what shapes your idea will take, you will, quite... See more
On some level it makes sense that entrepreneurs think effectually. When you can’t know what happens next, or what shapes your idea will take, you will, quite... See more
Cedric Chin • When Action Beats Prediction
Those who really win (an industry, or in a career) did so by delaying gratification. One of the greatest competitive advantages in a startup team — or any bold new project or turnaround — is simply sticking together long enough to figure it out. This is hard because our natural human tendency is to crave short-term rewards and seek short-cuts to... See more
Scott Belsky • Talent Density, Feeling Special as a Service, Moving Past Prompts, and Product Leadership.
A silent boom
Nobody knows what's going on.
Finally, it's way too long. It feels like a research doc, and it spooks me a bit for it to be so long and to be so reluctant to talk about the thing you're building, especially the first thing you're building. Like, market research is relatively easy; ChatGPT can write a million compelling-sounding
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