Startup Growth

Bill Gates on Microsoft's "hard-core detractors" December 4, 1993

Steve Jobs: The more dependent Google is on Apple, the better October 10, 2008

Amazon memo: Here’s why we should acquire Ring October 10, 2017

Marketing 101 How to build a brand strategy from 0-1: a guide for startups // 🧵

Mark Zuckerberg: Could Facebook move faster? March 30, 2012

I've long hated the CAC/LTV framework (particularly for consumer businesses). Because it’s so tied with creating a structural dependency on Google & Facebook it isn’t only a poor framework, it can lull you into mediocrity. My raw notes over the years of addressing this topic:

This week I was invited by @_JoinLion with @ARichetin, @antinertia to start exploring a question: How is #Web3 impacting your Growth Strategy ? In this thread I'll recap our discussion - happy to be challenged!

“do things that don’t scale” is a nice way of saying stop looking for efficiency and leverage before you’ve earned it

Here are (some) steps founders can take to get reporters to write about their companies (a thread). (Caveat: this thread is not exhaustive and really applies only to me)

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.