how I’d build a startup
Education and practitioner networks
We’re seeing a lot of new venture funded education communities, but here once more is a reason to be more excited about bottom-up community-driven businesses. What happens when groups of independent teachers or consultants who are already chatting have shared interfaces to formalize, quote, and invoice? In the
Subpixel Space • Come for the Network, Pay for the Tool
Repeat the mission over and over.
Repeat the yearly goals over and over.
Repeat the quarterly goals over and over.
Say it so many times, the team tells you to stop saying it and then keep saying it. It needs to become like a reflex.
- Lesson learnt after Dao asked me what our goals were and I didn’t know the details.
it reflects how the best software products aren’t just assemblages of functionality , exposed by particular formal elements (links, buttons, icons, menus). Rather, they organize and shape how you think, and they create or sustain a particular lifestyle:
Celine Nguyen • research as leisure activity
It = research as leisure activity
Work isn’t war
One of the most important skills to learn as a founder is how to use Mixpanel—especially with a very small sample size. This is not something you can delegate because only you will be obsessed enough to make sure your insights are valid.
Almost everyday I see founders get deluded into... See more
Nikita Bierx.comWhat happens when you succeed? If you feel like you’re focusing more on growth than creating great work, it might be time to figure out a new vision for the future.