Luc Cheung
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Luc Cheung
When a precocious yet nonconformist teenager asks why they need to learn calculus, what should you say?
You know they will never use it in adulthood, outside of certain career choices.
You could say, “It’ll help you get into college,” but then they’re left wondering why college cares if you know calculus. And once they’re in college, maybe you could... See more
You know they will never use it in adulthood, outside of certain career choices.
You could say, “It’ll help you get into college,” but then they’re left wondering why college cares if you know calculus. And once they’re in college, maybe you could... See more
blog.nateliason.com • Proof You Can Do Hard Things
So here's the story of how we missed Airbnb, one of the best startups to come our way in the past few years.
The Airbnb founders came out of the winter 2009 Y Combinator class. They came to see us during their time at YC. They told us about a great stunt they pulled at the Democratic Convention in Denver (in which Obama was nominated). They bought a... See more
The Airbnb founders came out of the winter 2009 Y Combinator class. They came to see us during their time at YC. They told us about a great stunt they pulled at the Democratic Convention in Denver (in which Obama was nominated). They bought a... See more
Airbnb - AVC
Filming & Cadence
Alright, let’s make some videos.
First, I think you should aim for two or more videos per day for the first few weeks until you get some hits . That might sound insane, but, it’ll give you a lot of data very quickly on what’s working and what isn’t, and you can slow it down to one video per day once you have a good backlog of... See more
Alright, let’s make some videos.
First, I think you should aim for two or more videos per day for the first few weeks until you get some hits . That might sound insane, but, it’ll give you a lot of data very quickly on what’s working and what isn’t, and you can slow it down to one video per day once you have a good backlog of... See more
Nat Eliason • Kickstarting TikTok: 55,500 Followers & 7m views in 6 Weeks
Some of my biggest surprises when researching paths to PMF for top B2B companies:
1. If you build it, they *will* come—if you have strong product-market fit.
Lenny Rachitskyx.comPaul Graham on how to make yourself a big target for luck:
“When you read biographies of people who've done great work, it's remarkable how much luck is involved.
They discover what to work on as a result of a chance meeting, or by reading a book they happen to pick up.... See more
David Senrax.comEmail GTD
The goal of the system is that the vast majority of emails don't get to you, because they don't need to.
You should only be responding to the very few emails per day that are important for you to take action on, and everything else should go to the relevant person.
To do that, everything needs to have a clear "place" it should go. The... See more
The goal of the system is that the vast majority of emails don't get to you, because they don't need to.
You should only be responding to the very few emails per day that are important for you to take action on, and everything else should go to the relevant person.
To do that, everything needs to have a clear "place" it should go. The... See more
Nat Eliason • How I Spend 5 Minutes Per Day on Email
On the dimension of utility, Facebook's network effects continue to be pure and unbounded. The more people that are on Facebook, the more it's useful for certain things for which a global directory is useful. Even though many folks don't use Facebook a lot, it's rare I can't find them on Messenger if I don't have their email address or phone... See more
Remains of the Day • Invisible asymptotes
Only decades ago, the average person had one source of information, if any — the local newspaper. It’d take an hour, tops, out of their day. 1 hour out of 16 waking hours, or 6%. The rest of the day was spent making, creating value, conversing with others — 94%. Desires were simple — work for food and housing and a way to get around, find love,... See more