Mo Shafieeha
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Mo Shafieeha
When the iPhone was introduced in 2007, it mystified its competitors because it wasn't designed for the world as it existed. It was such a remarkable device that the world adapted to it. The iPhone keeps getting better as Apple fixes problems and adds new features. The smartphone illustrates a broader historical trend: technologies usually appear... See more
Chris Dixon • Strong and weak technologies
As a result of the bipolar disorder spectrum, two major neurological deficits have been observed: (1) there is a lack of awareness of one's own body (interoception); and (2) there is a lack of connection between the limbic system and the parietal region. The combination of talk therapy with lithium therapy, for example, would be a good treatment... See more
Andrew Huberman • The Science & Treatment of Bipolar Disorder
6. Get pressKey question: What’s a unique, compelling, fresh story you could pitch press? Airbnb is one of the best examples.
Lenny Rachitsky • How the biggest consumer apps got their first 1,000 users
OpenTable, Yelp, Zillow, oDesk, GrubHub, UShip, and Uber are examples of successful online marketplaces. The smartphone has accelerated these opportunities.
Bill Gurley • All Markets Are Not Created Equal: 10 Factors To Consider When Evaluating Digital Marketplaces - Above the Crowd
Governance and
Market size is the amount of revenue companies generate for the same product or service today. Understanding the inherent risks and believing in market growth is crucial. Even if it's small, as tag management was two years ago, it's not a deal killer. Many investments fail because new markets don't grow at the expected pace or scale. In the overall... See more
larry cheng • Thinking About Thinking
What do they not understand, and what are they skeptical of?How does the customer wish it worked differently than you described?Your desired outcome is to have a limited, clear, and repeatable set of use cases where 1) your product is differentiated, 2) there is customer pull, 3) customers understand how the product as described by you will solve... See more
Greylock • “Is There a Pony in There?” Five Steps to Diligence Your B2B Startup Idea
Pure Market Innovation For businesses that were once cash-only, Square provides credit card processing. Square was founded in 2009 and used a new combination of technologies to solve a problem, but it wasn't the technological innovation that Square used. Uber's technologies weren't new in 2009. They could have launched ten years ago. When it came... See more
Jerry Neumann • Disruption Is Not a Strategy
product design and