long-term thinking
musings on long-term thinking in a shortsighted world. we overestimate what we can do in a year, underestimate what we can do in 10 kinda thing.
Juan Orbea and
long-term thinking
The founder of Teenage Engineering opens up to his creative space
scandinavianmind.comscandinavianmind.com
Figma had $0 in revenue for 4 years.
Completely breaks the “rush something to market and start charging immediately” mindset that most try to adapt.
And it resulted in the largest acquisition of a private software company (ever) https://t.co/YLGBR9hJe0
Play the long game.
People really underestimate **just how early** @joerogan was to podcasting.
2004 - Term "podcasting" is coined (ipod + broadcasting)
2005 - iTunes starts supporting podcasts
2009 - @joerogan starts his podcast
2012 - Apple... See more
Eric Jorgenson 📚 ☀️x.comAs people contort themselves to please the algorithm for short-term payouts, there’s even more of the less legible, less liquid, but ultimately more important long-term value up for grabs for you if you continue to just be yourself and talk about whatever lights your fire, algorithm be damned.
Packy McCormick • A Market For (Almost) Everything
Jeff Bezos says that if Amazon has a good quarter it’s because of work they did 3, 4, 5 years ago—not because they did a good job that quarter
SAM H INKIE 3 6 0 1 S O U T H B R O A D S T R E E T
Passion & Pain
joincolossus.com
"the gradual + slow build of something beautiful and substantial interests me more than suddenly giving into what feels convenient or pleasurable in one slice of a moment in time" https://t.co/SyooBOYZ4p