Business Building

My favorite part of this practice is the last question is “What are we doing wrong?”, followed by a prod similar to “No, really. Something is broken. What is the most broken thing you’ve seen?” Bugs get filed in substantially real time where appropriate.

Patrick McKenzie x.com

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customer obsession in startups

Fight bullshit and bureaucracy every time you see it and get other people to fight it too. Do not let the org chart get in the way of people working productively together.

-Sam Altman

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7 Lessons from Andy Rachleff on Product-Market Fit

Parsa Saljoughian medium.com

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Am I Being Too Subtle?: Straight Talk From a Business Rebel

Sam Zell • 6 highlights

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Why Greatness Cannot Be Planned: The Myth of the Objective

Kenneth Stanley • 6 highlights

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Sterling Proffer

Some Thoughts On Burn Rates - AVC

Fred Wilson avc.com

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Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration

Ed Catmull • 10 highlights

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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?

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excellence is mundane

The Messy Middle: Finding Your Way Through the Hardest and Most Crucial Part of Any Bold Venture

Scott Belsky amazon.com

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