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The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers
Ben Horowitz • 12 highlights
amazon.com
Ppl usually don’t know what they want until someone shows them or until theI encounter it in the world for the very first time. That's why the greatest role of an entrepreneur is shaper of desires. 💯
a really nice write-up for (climate tech) founders who want to do a PR launch without breaking the bank
Lesson #1: Great Products Expand Markets Taylor Swift moved to Nashville at 13 and went door-to-door to record labels. They all turned her down. Labels saw country music on the decline with young listeners, and didn't see a market for a teen country artist.
Rex Woodbury • Tweet
When you’re focused on something few others are thinking about, you find yourself constantly making the case to yourself and others that your vision is worth pursuing and worthy of other people’s attention. This ongoing need to justify your work creates a significant emotional overhead.
Yancey Strickler • When Your Purpose Is 1-of-1
Marc Andreessen, who wrote: “The world is a very malleable place. If you know what you want, and you go for it with maximum energy and drive and passion, the world will often reconfigure itself around you much more quickly and easily than you would think.”
Gena Gorlin • How Builders Think
If you want to create something but feel it has already been done 1000 times, remember: There is always room for quality.