how I’d build a startup
we need social approval to adopt new technology. for example, ever wonder why do people feel awkward recording voice messages on public?
this happened before with earphones when people were fighting the notion of being crazy while they were speaking without holding a phone near the face. same is going to happen with... See more
danyx.comWhere Are They Now with Joshua Schachter from Del.icio.us
open.spotify.comSome great lessons about how to screen for investors and how to figure out what’s worth working on
This isn’t to say that proof of work is bad. In fact, coming up with a constraint that unlocks the creativity of so many people is exactly how Status as a Service businesses achieve product-market fit. Constraints force the type of compression that often begets artistic elegance, and forcing creatives to grapple with a constraint can foster the
... See moreRemains of the Day • Status as a Service
"Verticalized agents" is a bit of a meme among startups right now—but rightly so: Over the last year, we indexed too far into AI being a Swiss army knife—jack of all trades and master of none.
You simply cannot go wrong building something obsessively focused around a problem. And this is not simply because you will... See more
Nikita Bierx.comwhen re-designing a feature, one approach is to take what you have, and imagine small changes that will solve the problems with the feature. Instead, it’s often instructive to imagine that you were working from a clean slate and design the feature from scratch. In either case, the right approach is almost always to re-use the existing codebase in... See more
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Peter Thiel advice to Joe Lonsdale
on the importance of a singular vision and good judgment
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
Are you building a practice or a cathedral?
- Yancey Strickler