With really good product-market fit, you can run your company like California and still be successful.

How Japanese have produced wood for 700 years, without cutting down trees. Daisugi is an ancient Japanese forestry technique developed in the 14th century originally used by people living in the Kitayama region, because the territory was extremely poor in saplings. They planted cedars pruned in a special way to produce shoots that eventually wo... See more

There are essentially two business models right now: boring, useful things that can print money and tastemaker brands that can brute force cultural relevancy. Dumb $ is funding the middle: stuff that is neither useful nor cool enough to make it past current startup headwinds.

I only have time for two things: My family, and my business. I still occasionally hang with friends, catch a game, exercise, etc., but only when I have spare time. Trying to do more was a source of great frustration. Embracing this season of life has been freeing.

My notes from Anna Wintour’s biography turned into maxims: 1. Hire talented people as found, not as needed. 2. Taste is as rare as a unicorn. 3.Your employees should describe you as “easy to understand.” 4.Pretend to be completely in control and people will assume that… Show more

You can't have an edge if you are well rounded.

always surprises me how crazy good @rainbowdotme's browser wallet is, at this point it has surpassed every other option

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You're under no obligation to remain the same person you were a year ago, a month ago, or even a day ago. You are here to create yourself, continuously.

startups: build it and nobody will come until you figure out distribution which is way harder