Startups
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Startups
uncertainty as the key differentiator between startups and other companies
Startup COO job boils down to this:
1. Pick a problem area, and build 0 to 1 yourself. First principles get you pretty far!
2. After it gets going, start recruiting for an experienced leader for the area.
3. Onboard the leader well, nuke yourself out and attack next problem.
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Rethinking the startup MVP: Building a competitive product | Linear
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the modern MVP exercise is about building a version of an idea that is different from and better than what exists today. Most of us aren’t building for a net-new market. Rather, we’re finding opportunities to improve existing categories
What a mistake it is to title-chase when choosing a startup 🤦🏻♀️.
SVP at a company goes nowhere is SVP of nothing. Early teammate at a company that becomes a $10B+ platform biz, grows into a staff engineer, an SVP of product, an extraordinary leader.
Choose company, not title.
sarah guo // convictiontwitter.comMy notes from Hackers & Painters by Paul Graham:
The way to create something beautiful is often to make subtle tweaks to something that already exists, or to combine existing ideas in a slightly new way.
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