Max Beauroyre
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Max Beauroyre
To presume to point a man to the right and ultimate goal— to point with a trembling finger in the RIGHT direction is something only a fool would take upon himself.
Farnam Street • Hunter S. Thompson’s Letter on Finding Your Purpose and Living a Meaningful Life
The most innovative products emerged without explicit customer requests. Nobody asked for the first iPhone, Airbnb, or Figma. These products came from vision and intuition.
linear.app • Building What Customers Need, Not Just What They Ask For
I remember with a cold sweat that I almost turned Johanna down because I felt confused by my inability to explain what our relationship was and why I liked it; confused by my friend’s lack of excitement, and by their excitement about other, more legible people, that wanted to date me. It made me really confused about my feelings.
most businesses don’t last forever, and they don’t need to.
Anu • The Generational Business Trap
Accept the entropy and the ephemeral nature of operating in a given entity
As of right now, Avalara has mostly been focused on the Mid-Market (50-500 employees) and Small and Mid-sized Businesses (SMB) segments. Their largest competitor in this segment is manual processes. It is clear that a large percentage of the businesses in this segment will transition to automated solutions eventually.
There’s a reason why the most popular words in tech right now are acceleration, destruction, disruption.
Have you figured out what they want to destroy and disrupt? Here’s a clue—take a look in the mirror.
Have you figured out what they want to destroy and disrupt? Here’s a clue—take a look in the mirror.
Ted Gioia • The Real Crisis in Humanities Isn't Happening at College
It is rare for people to come into themselves if no one is excited and curious about their core, their potential. We need someone who gives us space to unfold.
Henrik Karlsson • Relationships Are Coevolutionary Loops
- Promoting our newsletter in other newsletters. Provided you know your audience, other newsletters can be a great way to expand your audience. It’s much easier to convert people to reading your newsletter than immediately signing up to your product.
Andy Vandervell • B2B Startup Marketing for Noobs: What We've Learned in 3 Years
My definition of “Life’s Work:” “A lifelong quest to build something for others that expresses who you are” 3 parts to the definition, all important… “A LIFELONG QUEST” reflects the reality that work isn’t about a series of accomplishments, which ultimately ring hollow.…
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