Mo Shafieeha

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Cleo is tackling a big and almost universal problem. They are building a software-mediated network that dramatically democratizes access to the "modern village," helping women and men meet modern parental and career demands. There are hundreds of billions of dollars in lost productivity, employee attrition and medical costs at stake. Cleo has... See more

It's been shown that with 2-6 months of abstinence, social/casual drinkers can rewire their neural circuits and revert damage to their prefrontal cortex. Drinking can cause the prefrontal cortex and circuits that control memory to shut down, so chronic alcohol users are likely to feel long-lasting effects.

Context plays a major role in the success and survival of platform businesses. Competitive approaches commoditize network elements, easy entry, replacement of network components, and competitive approaches commoditize parts of the network. Java's users have network effects, but they have no profitable relationship. Therefore, a company's... See more

A startup miracle is the key difficult thing you need to pull off for your startup to work. If your startup requires zero miracles to succeed, it probably isn't a defensible startup. If your startup requires multiple miracles, you are multiplying a low probability event to get even smaller expected outcomes.