Startup Advice
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Startup Advice
Move faster. Slowness anywhere justifies slowness everywhere.
2021 instead of 2022. This week instead of next week. Today instead of tomorrow.
Moving fast compounds so much more than people realize.
Sam Altmantwitter.comCompeting Against Luck: The Story of Innovation and Customer Choice
Clayton M. Christensen • 3 highlights
amazon.com
Something I told 9 yo: If you're a maker, resist being told what to do by people who aren't.
Paul Grahamx.comWhether a recession is coming or not -- biggest thing is momentum.
Momentum cures all.
You’re going to get knocked down or discouraged. Inevitable.
Key is to get back on it as soon as possible.
nametwitter.comI stepped away from Heap last month, after nine fantastic years.
Here are some things I wish I could tell my 2013 self.
I was excited to write some code, and I had no idea what was in store on the path to 350+ people and a transformative product.
nametwitter.com
For me, 'big' means having the ability to take a chance on an idea that others may not understand or even see as valuable. My team was excited about the idea of using artificial intelligence to help us develop web content and make it more engaging for users. Others in the company were skeptical, but we took a chance on it."
the power of imagination and optimism is an amazing and essential part of innovation. But over the years, we’ve become so enamored with the unicorn valuation as the goal, that we started valuing the wrong things and overlooking the fundamental physics of business.
With capital at zero cost, growth at all costs became the mantra. How fast can you... See more
With capital at zero cost, growth at all costs became the mantra. How fast can you... See more
Where does VC go from here?
We make purchases with emotion, but justify them with logic.
And that logic gets pieced together over time in what Eugene Schwartz called the Stages of Awareness.
He covered this in his classic book Breakthrough Advertising back in 1966.
He broke down prospect awareness into five distinct phases:
The Most Aware: They’re motivated to solve the problem... See more
And that logic gets pieced together over time in what Eugene Schwartz called the Stages of Awareness.
He covered this in his classic book Breakthrough Advertising back in 1966.
He broke down prospect awareness into five distinct phases:
The Most Aware: They’re motivated to solve the problem... See more