Jay Matthews

One of the biggest challenges people have when embarking on an unconventional path is disconnecting from extrinsic markers of success and listening to internal motivational cues. On the default path, you can spend an entire career playing other people’s games. At first, people on a pathless path try to fill the lack of extrinsic goals with new ones... See more

“Frank is really collecting this kind of brainpower around him,” says Niemi. “He’s the attraction, the magnet who gets people to come together.”

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On Ecommerce and Marketplaces: Look for 1. Positive unit economics on the product, positive contribution margins on products sold. 2. Logistics: how long does it take to get to you? Will people pay for convenience. 3. Ability to browse as a human and connect, products that delight the customer, 4. Hooks the customer going forward, 5. The future is ... See more

In the future—not the distant future, but ten years, five—people will remember the internet as a brief dumb enthusiasm, like phrenology or the dirigible. They might still use computer networks to send an email or manage their bank accounts, but those networks will not be where culture or politics happens. The idea of spending _all day online_&... See more

Metrics for success is a fascinating problem, because at the end of your day, you're planting seeds. And it'll take a decade or so for it to grow into its tree. We have these moments at Pioneer where we're not quite sure, are we successful or not? Companies have, at the end of the day, a very short-term feedback loop to chase, which is revenue, whi

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The stress of safety, poverty, and loss stops us from seeing and feeling, it leaves us alienated from ourselves and the world. The four levels of alienation mentioned in this talk are alienation from : 1. Our work, 2. Others, 3. Nature, 4. Ourselves.