🤓 User research for consumer tech startups
đź§ Innovation in social systems
An MVP is a basic early version of a product that looks and feels like a simplified version of the eventual vision. An MVT, on the other hand, does not attempt to look like the eventual product. It’s rather a specific test of an assumption that must be true for the business to succeed. In an MVP, you try to simulate the entire car. In an MVT, you... See more
Raising awareness and pushing back or calling others out might be righteous at times, but it also means generating engagement for yourself or your cause and the thing you dislike. There’s a constant risk/reward calculus we’re asked to make before posting, and the problem is that the deck is stacked against us. We take the prompt, we play the role,... See more
🚀 @shopthruxyz partnered with @iiiitsandrea’s @thesnaxshot and a number of the brands in their community to release the first set of Snicketts to the world!
Wait, what are Snicketts?
They’re beautiful, powerful, digital passes that unlock perks from businesses and... See more
NFTs as “discounts” for communities on commerce
As young single men have dramatically increased their time alone and online, they’ve marinated in a unique attentional environment that is more charged with extremist ideas and emotional negativity. Political scientists have found that social isolation increases the risk that young men develop a “need for chaos,” and law enforcement officers have... See more
Letterloop: The Newsletter for Friends, Families & Teams
Claude projects are truly incredible
My favorite is a version of “morning pages.” I could never sit and write for 30 min so instead I do it with Claude as an audio note and have it organize it. Here’s the “custom instructions” I input. Then, just talk at the thing for 10 minutes.
“I want... See more
Don’t switch fields, don’t look for a new job, don’t move on. Even when it’s tempting. Especially when it’s tempting. There’s a decent chance your motivations are driven by two things: The grass-is-greener fallacy of wrongly assuming the alternative is better, or denying the fact that great opportunities occasionally require annoyance and... See more