Startup Advice
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Startup Advice
So, what exactly has OpenAI done differently? Expanding on Altman’s comments and adding a few others.
- Going to market with a consumer and an enterprise product. ChatGPT Enterprise just launched. There’s ChatGPT Plus for $20/month for consumers. Is ChatGPT just product-led growth for the enterprise product, or will OpenAI run two playbooks: one to
Matt Rickard • The Contrarian Strategy of OpenAI
The “bedroom startup” approach, an audience-centric model
For when someone says “I’ve seen this before, it didn’t work” — D'Arcy Coolican
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Steve Jobs: The more dependent Google is on Apple, the better
October 10, 2008
- To create a product that grows organically, you need to “surprise and delight” your customers. You can’t do that by simply meeting a user’s expectations, you have to surpass them. And doing that takes time. (h/t Scott Belsky)
Things I'm thinking about
A simple rule of thumb for what makes an idea venture-scale is having a path to $100 million a year in revenue and hitting $1 billion+ valuation , in 10 years . Essentially, can you get big, fast? This is what VCs need to invest in in order to make their fund economics work. Very few ideas can hit this scale, and it’s important that you recognize... See more
Lenny Rachitsky • Your startup idea probably isn’t venture-scale
