Ideas I want to write about
Marketing is about identifying and meeting human and social needs. One of the shortest good definitions of
marketing is “meeting needs profitably.”
Too many people think the grass is greener somewhere else but grass is green where you water it, remember that.
doesn't reality always feel a bit tenuous in summer? The way the days lose structure, how they blend into one another, how time moves in funny ways.
René Magritte, Gertrude Abercrombie, and Alex Katz Feel Like Summer
one of the best sales advice we got back in YC was the "ikea effect":
if you are in the middle of a demo, never just open your laptop and show a generic feature dump. before you show anything, ask this:
"if you were in my shoes, what would this platform need to show you to prove it can solve your problem?"
the prospect will give you a checklist of 2-3... See more
if you are in the middle of a demo, never just open your laptop and show a generic feature dump. before you show anything, ask this:
"if you were in my shoes, what would this platform need to show you to prove it can solve your problem?"
the prospect will give you a checklist of 2-3... See more
Chris Pisarski • Tweet
Caring what other people think is human and often learning and getting feedback on how one can improve is key to success so not living in other people’s minds does not mean not listening to or caring what other people say or think.
It means stopping using their metrics and their rulers of success to rule the way we live our life.
If nobody was... See more
It means stopping using their metrics and their rulers of success to rule the way we live our life.
If nobody was... See more
Exercising Belief.
To opt out, though, is to be excluded.
Adam Aleksic • how the algorithm keeps you under control
art is the curing of callousness
ayan artan • In Defense of Pretension.
The cocktail server is fulfilling the needs of the guest who want to get a couple beers for the people who don’t drink liquor at the table. The server is building the guests trust by trying to “save them money” by getting one free. However, the server took it from a two beer order to a $30 add on purchase to the
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‘don’t be the best, be the only’