Ideas I want to write about
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
Increasingly believe that the "good, cheap, fast —choose two" maxim is devious misinformation spread by the slow.
In my experience, "slow" and "expensive" usually go together. I was in a meeting yesterday where lopping a year off a project schedule also ended up reducing the cost substantially. Fundamentally, it takes... See more
Patrick Collisonx.comLiterature is at once the most intimate and the most articulate of the arts. It cannot impart its effect through the sense or the nerves as the other arts can; it is beautiful only through the intelligence; it is the mind speaking to the mind ... if it fails to express precisely the meaning of the author, if it does not say HIM, [sic] it says... See more
Miguel • Issue #341: How to Earn Money from Your Writing
He believes that if you say it often enough and insistently enough it will come—a glorious revenge.
Tad Friend • The Mind of Marc Andreessen | The New Yorker
The stories we find most engaging aren't perfect, but they are either told by someone we trust or are constructed to highlight whatever will resonate most with our thinking/liking.
These are the two most common elements a story needs to generate revenue and resonance.
It's Spielberg vs. Nolan: Messenger vs. Medium. One is known for using the message... See more
These are the two most common elements a story needs to generate revenue and resonance.
It's Spielberg vs. Nolan: Messenger vs. Medium. One is known for using the message... See more