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2025 Founder Recap: State of Sublime
youtube.comThe future belongs to people who can think about a hard problem for more than 10 minutes without doing anything else.
John Collison: "We only had 50 users two years after founding Stripe."
alex • John Collison: Not an Overnight Success
“Find a way to be ok with your worst case scenario - if you can truly do that - you will always have the upper hand in negotiations. You cannot lose when you have nothing to lose. People can feel that.” — Zayd Ali
The most transformative companies rarely emerge from someone else's problem statement. They come from founders who see opportunities that others miss, often in areas that lack established categories.
Facebook didn't fulfill a request for "improved college social networking." It emerged from Mark Zuckerberg's specific intuition about how Harvard... See more
Facebook didn't fulfill a request for "improved college social networking." It emerged from Mark Zuckerberg's specific intuition about how Harvard... See more
Tina He • The Art of Understanding What's Going On
If you touch an idea too much without actually making it, just like a dough or plaster, it dies. I think it’s better to make and bake it and throw it away than to imagine how it would have worked or tasted. —Zeynab Izadyar
The Power of Beliefs in Business:
Help people see a better future.
Help people see how they might get to that future.
Show people how much they matter.
Help people see how much their work matters.
Help people see how small steps are the keys to success.
Show people how they fit into a larger whole.
Help people see a better future.
Help people see how they might get to that future.
Show people how much they matter.
Help people see how much their work matters.
Help people see how small steps are the keys to success.
Show people how they fit into a larger whole.
material solutions can't fix spiritual problems