Emilie Kormienko

Distrust breeds more distrust. If you're already distrustful of someone, it's easy to find more confirming evidence.

Building on an interoperable infrastructure layer makes it easy for platforms to plug into broader content networks, thereby expanding the scale and types of value they can provide their users. A Web3 art gallery, for example, can bootstrap off the artwork users have already created on the blockchain, rather than requiring them to upload art to the... See more

It’s important to tell your friends, see a therapist or psychiatrist, join a support group, or even just read up online about what you might be experiencing.

In a unique sort of chicken and egg problem, the very types of video that TikTok’s algorithm needed to train on weren’t easy to create without the app’s camera tools and filters, licensed music clips, etc.

Most frequently valued PM skills: Communication, execution, product sense.  Least frequently valued PM skills: Design/UX, empathy, raw intelligence.

First, we pivoted, redefining our business. We “fired” all our unprofitable customers and sharpened the product specifically for power users. We borrowed against our receivables to keep growing without dilution. Little by little, the bet paid off, and we scaled our revenue 10x, from $70k/mo to $700k/mo.

The way to change people’s minds is to become friends with them, to integrate them into your tribe, to bring them into your circle. Now, they can change their beliefs without the risk of being abandoned socially.