Luc Cheung
@luccheung
Luc Cheung
After 10 years of building consumer social apps, I've decided to start exploring new areas. Building these products is an unforgiving grind—but I learned a lot along the way.
For those embarking on this path, here's everything you need to know:
TIME FOR A THREAD 👇
Nikita Biertwitter.com
“The man who doesn’t read good books has no advantage over the man who can’t read them,”
Morgan Housel • How to Read: Lots of Inputs and a Strong Filter
Cold outreach
I was surprised to learn that the second most common channel for finding early employees is cold outreach—finding people you want to hire and reaching out to them directly. These outreaches happened mostly through LinkedIn and GitHub, and unlike channel #1, this is something anyone can do.
I was surprised to learn that the second most common channel for finding early employees is cold outreach—finding people you want to hire and reaching out to them directly. These outreaches happened mostly through LinkedIn and GitHub, and unlike channel #1, this is something anyone can do.
“We filled many roles through cold hard... See more
Lenny Rachitsky • Hiring your early team
“Diversification is a protection against ignorance. It makes very little sense for those who know what they are doing.” -Warren Buffet
Why Diversification Results In Mediocrity
One of my favorite Ben Thompson posts is "What Clayton Christensen Got Wrong" in which he built on Christensen's theory of disruption to note that low end disruption can be avoided if you can differentiate on user experience. It is difficult and perhaps even impossible to over-serve on that axis. Tesla came into the electric car market with a car... See more
Remains of the Day • Invisible asymptotes
