Business Building
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Business Building
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?
excellence is mundane
Figma acquisition shows how hard it is to turn money into software. You'd think for $20B you could build something as good as Figma yourself, but you can't. Software is art.
Nathan Manousostwitter.comThe Mom Test: How to Talk to Customers & Learn If Your Business Is a Good Idea When Everyone Is Lying to You
Rob Fitzpatrick • 6 highlights
amazon.comJeff Bezos Shareholder Letters | Founders Podcast with David Senra #282 • Podcast Notes
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Email from Steve Jobs to Apple employees on the day it surpassed Microsoft to become largest tech firm
a fascinating example of humility and leadership
1. It doesn’t have to be new. It just has to be fresh.
The toy brick was invented (and patented) by British toymaker, Hilary Fisher Page in the 1950s. But when LEGO released its own riff on the brick, they made some very important changes to ‘freshen up’ the idea for the Danish market. One of those important changes was the little tubes underneath... See more
The toy brick was invented (and patented) by British toymaker, Hilary Fisher Page in the 1950s. But when LEGO released its own riff on the brick, they made some very important changes to ‘freshen up’ the idea for the Danish market. One of those important changes was the little tubes underneath... See more
Five lessons from LEGO - Colossus
Five lessons from Lego
Measure What Matters: How Google, Bono, and the Gates Foundation Rock the World with OKRs
John Doerr • 8 highlights
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If you’re a founder struggling with prioritizing a roadmap and defining a strategy:
embrace the chaos of reality and not be over-reliant on meticulous, inflexible planning. Instead of waiting for the perfect plan, take action and be prepared to pivot swiftly as opportunities or changes in the landscape arise.
make decisions fast and be ready to