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Things I'm thinking about
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Because big businesses aren’t built on gimmicks. You can blitz your way through Sand Hill Road and spike up the App Store charts on gimmicks, but you can’t actually use them to replace Gmail, or Salesforce, or Instagram, or Instagram, or Instagram, or Instagram. Even seemingly instant successes can’t become lasting companies without putting in the ... See more
Benn Stancil • Why Are We Surprised That Startups Are So Freaking Hard?
I don’t think it’s a coincidence that the companies that have a reputation for building the best products of this generation—Slack, Figma, Superhuman, Notion, and Linear—are basically new versions of successful predecessors. These companies didn’t distract themselves with four-step strategic maneuvers or clever wedges into a new category that they ... See more
Benn Stancil • Why Are We Surprised That Startups Are So Freaking Hard?
How to make users go ‘whoa’
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I’m not saying it takes decades to execute, but the better part of a decade may be figuring out what you can uniquely provide. [10]
Tim Ferriss • The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness
Whatever you build and launch to the world becomes much harder, both logistically and psychologically, to change after launch. If the uniqueness isn’t already baked in, and instead only gets sprinkled on top, it’s likely to taste bland. Speed through the generic stuff, but take the time you need to perfect the few things that you’re most proud of.
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