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Sam Liebeskind • Better Questions than “Any Questions?”
The better the investor, the simpler the questions. When I started, I was obsessed with jargon, complex questions and spreadsheets. Now I ask things like “what does it do?”, “why do people buy it?”, and “why are you selling?”. And I never do more math than I can fit on a napkin.
Jeremy Giffontwitter.com
At the start of 2013, I gave a presentation to Percolate about our company values and vision for the year. By June, we had doubled our headcount to 60 people. When I referenced that presentation mid-year, I realized that half the people in the room had never heard it. That moment had a huge impact on my approach to company-building.
I became
... See moreNoah Brier • Docs X AI // BRXND Dispatch Vol 82
Simplicity isn’t just a visual style. It’s not just minimalism or the absence of clutter. It involves digging through the depth of the complexity. To be truly simple, you have to go really deep. For example, to have no screws on something, you can end up having a product that is so convoluted and so complex. The better way is to go deeper with the... See more
Walter Isaacson • Steve Jobs
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