Business Building

The single best thing I've read this year on how to improve a company. https://t.co/cUahYNEPQw

Best explanation I've seen of what makes a "brand" By Scott Thomas, via @jessicahische https://t.co/noYygFHMdZ

On the long game of developing CUDA: “I like hard things because it takes a long time to do. If it takes a long time to do, it takes a really resilient person to do it.”

.@dharmesh on why every founder is fighting the 2nd law of thermodynamics

A business doesn't need a mission, a vision, a guiding light, or a north star to stay in business. It doesn't need AI or this framework or that tech stack. It doesn't need an investor, a board, or the backing of X, Y, or Z. It just needs to make more than it spends.

"We do these things not because they are easy, but because we thought they were going to be easy" is a surprisingly profound quote. When I ask people who've pulled off remarkable things, it's interesting how many confirm that they wouldn't have started if they'd know how long and… Show more

48 smart things Sam Walton wrote in his autobiography: 1. It never occurred to me that I might lose. It was almost as if I had a right to win. Thinking like that often seems to turn into a self-fulfilling prophecy. 2. We just got after it and *stayed* after it. 3. We just… Show more

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.

The most shocking thing from talking with Jensen: if he could do it all over again, he would not start a company. The toll it takes is too large. Brutal honesty with zero hesitation.

Birkenstock IPO’d today at a ~$8B valuation. Its CEO Oliver Reichert did a massive turnaround in the past decade: sales 5x’d from $125m in 2012 to $1.3B in 2022. The wildest part: he has zero background in footwear or fashion. Prior to taking over the top job in 2013, he… Show more