Startup Advice
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Startup Advice
Our decentralized approach for decisions passes the torch of responsibility, enabling fast-paced iteration without the need for approval processes. Individuals make urgent, locally optimal decisions. Any misalignments are then ironed out quickly afterward.
Lenny Rachitsky • How Perplexity builds product
Chores
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The truth is that if we stop doing chores, we have to do real work instead. The things that aren’t repeatable or proven. The things that are emotionally difficult, creatively challenging or simply requiring exploration and guts to pursue. If we succeed at this work, there will be plenty of money to pay to get the chores done.
Doing chores cheerfully and with skill is a fine hobby. But it might not be what you need to do right now.
i have thought about this hacker news comment nearly every day since november ninth twenty seventeen https://t.co/mz5auDBkKl
A PM I once worked with was struggling to persuade somebody of something. I told him to ask them the question, “What data would I have to show you to get you to change your mind?” If they didn’t have a clear answer, then he would know this was an idea they held on faith, a bit like a religious belief. No amount of data can sway a person from their... See more
Deb Liu • Changing Your Mind
Before I decide to do something, my first question is:
“What problem are we solving?”
9 times out of 10, answering that question shows me:
1) It’s not really a problem (so I can ignore it)
2) What I was planning on doing wasn’t the best way to solve... See more
Alex Hormozitwitter.comIf 0 to 1 is about product-market fit, -1 to 0 is about founder-market fit. Figure out what you want to build and why you are the right person to build it before you start.
Ruchi Sanghvi • To Go 0 to 1, First Go -1 to 0
Take, for example, the ambition to “make your venture-backed startup profitable”: to develop, market, and distribute a product or service that’s never existed before, in a form that’s valuable and accessible enough for large numbers of people to want to pay you for it, in sufficient quantity that your revenue consistently exceeds your costs.
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