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.

As you become an adult, you realize that things around you weren't just always there; people made them happen. But only recently have I started to internalize how much tenacity *everything* requires. That hotel, that park, that railway. The world is a museum of passion projects.

After 10 Years of Buildi...

the addictive & isolating cycle of deep work: https://t.co/LcWQ9tE08C

Focus, as Steve Jobs said, is about saying no. The only dangerous competitors are focused ones. Ergo there are things that even the most dangerous competitors say no to, and it would be worth thinking explicitly about what those are.

Jony Ive on what Steve Jobs taught him about the power of focusing: “Focus is not this thing you aspire to…or something you do on Monday. It’s something you do every minute.”

All of my startup experience summed up: The right person with the precise right focus and completely unshackled is 10x as effective as 10 pretty smart people working hard in a vague general direction

“My whole life has been spent trying to teach people that intense concentration for hour after hour can bring out in people resources they didn’t know they had.” — Edwin Land

A few years ago I started a new habit of making sure I wake up each morning with at least 30 minutes without a screen. It’s just me and my thoughts. This may be one of the most powerful life hacks and so simple.

Taught myself iOS dev and SwiftUI over a weekend with ChatGPT & now using Cursor to successfully build an entire app for my startup. Can't think of any other tool that's upgraded my human capabilities as much as GPT4. All you need to build the future is motivation.