New essay:

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These days I’m spending a lot of my time with very early stage startups (yes, as part of the program at a16z to invest up to $1M into each, called a16z speedrun -- speedrun.a16z.com) and as part of this, I spend a lot of time talking... See more

Instead of building a community around a business, a company should strive to create new business models around its community. Why place community before market? Because if you focus on making an insanely good community, the profits will follow. I’m not saying you should throw away your GTM plan; on the contrary. Instead, it would be best to have a... See more