Luc Cheung

In order to build conviction, we rely on founders to tell us a compelling story, almost always in the form of slides. We’ve funded companies almost entirely because of the quality of their seed decks. Poor deck? We’ll likely pass on the opportunity.

Falling into the trap of thinking other users will be like you is especially pernicious because the people building the product are usually among that early adopter cohort. The easiest north star for a product person is their own intuition. But if they're working on a product that requires customer segmentation, being in the early adopter cohort... See more

Slowness in LaunchingCompanies of all sizes have a hard time getting software done. It's

intrinsic to the medium; software is always 85% done. It takes an

effort of will to push through this and get something released to

users.

[3]Startups make all kinds of excuses for delaying their launch. Most

are equivalent to the ones people use for procrastinating... See more

How to convince people to join your startup

I actually researched and covered this in a previous issue, so go read that post. Here’s the high-level summary of what you need to get right:

1. Captivating vision —Make it easy for candidates to visualize what you are building toward and to feel like their work will be meaningful.


2. A++ early team —The best

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You and the Algorithm

Doing well on TikTok seems to come down to two main things:

1. Figuring out what the algorithm likes for your niche to get in front of viewers


2. Figuring out what those viewers like so they want to follow you

Some people just focus on #1 and get millions of views with a very low follower conversion. Others do great on #2 and have a... See more

“Diversification is a protection against ignorance. It makes very little sense for those who know what they are doing.” -Warren Buffet

2 years. Dozens of scripts. 1,000,000s of views. Here are 10 scriptwriting fundamentals I stand by for almost any YouTube video 🧵: https://t.co/rR9sovOTmg