Business Development

Bill Gates on Microsoft's "hard-core detractors" December 4, 1993

I’ve hosted events where only two people showed up. You have to keep at it. Big things start small, but when you have all these pressures and limited resources in a growing company, it’s tempting to quickly ditch anything that’s not working. You can’t hopscotch over the hard bits, as much as you might want to

Amazon memo: Here’s why we should acquire Ring October 10, 2017

Sergey Brin: The Facebook phenomenon is a problem October 13, 2007

Head of Facebook App: "Building the Discovery Engine" April 27, 2022

Here are (some) steps founders can take to get reporters to write about their companies (a thread). (Caveat: this thread is not exhaustive and really applies only to me)

Amazon: How do we keep experimenting in superfast delivery? September 19, 2013

Mark Zuckerberg: Could Facebook move faster? March 30, 2012