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“One of the reasons the tech industry is so creatively bankrupt is that people just focus on attributes you can measure,” said Jony Ive, when told of the insecurity Kushner had confided to Rick Rubin. “I was very lucky at Apple, because Steve [Jobs] showed me there was a way to articulate things like sensibility, intuition, taste, which all start... See more
The New World: Joshua Kushner, Thrive Capital, and the American dream
The most important qualities in improving one's product thinking are:
👀 curiosity
🔍 observation
Julie Zhuotwitter.combad people make bad founders.
paulgraham.com • Billionaires Build
So why would you create a 15-question survey and think anyone will answer it? I recommend 5 questions at the max. Make 2-3 of those open-ended.
Ramit Sethi • Your Move: The Underdog’s Guide to Building Your Business
To test an idea, you must build it. You can’t rely on the abstract – you have to bring it into the world to play with it feel it and only then can you judge whether it’s worth pursuing or not
Christa Nicholson • The Creative Act by Rick Rubin
2/ Gamified Learning Path
@Duolingo breaks its courses into bite-sized contents, only 2-3 mins per lesson.
Short attention + quick actions = retention.
Such a low barrier of entry to completion is key to incentivizing today's low-attention span audience to... See more
Felix Leetwitter.com
7/ No brainer subscription
As users get invested in Duo, they soon realize there are limitations but also, fear of losing their "streaks."
@duolingo is insanely smart about packaging this. They don't just monetize; they monetize with your most precious asset - save time.... See more
Takeaway: Increase your deal flow by building relationships with other active investors. The two best ways to build relationships are to:
1. Build a skill that is useful to startup founders, so that other investors benefit by introducing you to them
2. Share great deals with them
Lenny Rachitskytwitter.com