Lillian Sheng

1. A single source of truth: Clay can connect to Calendar, Email, Twitter, iMessage, LinkedIn to extract a broad spectrum of signals on how you interact with people.

3. Control experienceGetting feedback and developing the right product experience is a commonly cited reason why a certain product has gated access. This is especially true for consumer products where losing 75% of the initial sign-ups is considered a good retaining product.

996 existed long before there was a term for it, but youthful spirits, blue ocean spaces and the promise of future rewards sustained the workforce back then. Those that couldn’t hack it left, and most tech firms gained a reputation for hard work, high rewards and a high churn culture. In the late-stage consumer internet age, endless work culture... See more

But at some point, other investors began to follow in our footsteps. The market became so so hot that even if you made the right choice, you would still lose money. Whole cities and neighborhoods materialized and prospered, but the price investors paid for the land made it impossible to sell the land at a profit or generate an appropriate yield.

But being productive and being organized are not always the same thing. The trap with organizing is that it can sometimes be an excuse not to ship things.

goPuff competes more with convenience stores like 7-Eleven than supermarkets like Walmart meaning that the company (i) is offering prices that are at-par only with convenience stores and (ii) has a reduced number of SKUs and does not sell fresh products like supermarkets.

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