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Competing Against Luck: The Story of Innovation and Customer Choice
Clayton M. Christensen • 3 highlights
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One of the hardest and loneliest battles you’ll have to fight as you work to build the life you want is maintaining unwavering self belief that you will make it despite having *nothing* to show for it over a 2-3 year period before you see “overnight” success. You’ll feel like an imposter telling others what you’re building and who you believe... See more
Bx.comSo but how do we build software that can be anything without falling into the Zombocom trap? I believe that Bezos interview shows us exactly how.
- You start from a systems-level insight ( the internet is growing rapidly )
- Then work backwards to a first best customer who has a burning need ( can’t find book ) that is related to your superpower (
Gordon Brander • The Zombocom Problem
Until you're 10+ in a startup , the only roles that exist are head of get shit done & chief common fucking sense officer.
Jean de La Rochebrochardx.com... See more“A master in the art of living draws no sharp distinction between his work and his play; his labor and his leisure; his mind and his body; his education and his recreation. He hardly knows which is which. He simply pursues his vision of excellence through whatever he is doing, and leaves others to determine whether he is working or playing. To
Startup time management in three simple steps:
1. Write down your todo list
2. Trash it
3. Do the absolute most essential thing for the survival of the company
nametwitter.comThings don’t happen for a reason. But they do often happen because nobody has yet found a better way.
Jeff Huber • Find a Better Way
The good stuff is always lonely in the beginning. Nothing meaningful will get made if its potential makers all wimp out too soon, because they get scared by the sparse crowd, the empty room.