Mo Shafieeha

A: If you let Business Stakeholders dictate How to build features.

1. New Experience vs. the Status Quo. The best marketplaces don't just aggregate markets; they enhance them. OpenTable lets you search reservations across hundreds of restaurants in seconds. GrubHub lets you watch your food as it comes to your house.


2. Economic Advantages vs. the Status Quo. Some marketplaces give companies a lot of economic advantages.

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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

Construction is a $10T industry with several very big problems. As an industry, it consumes the greatest amount of resources and energy and contributes the largest amount of waste. We build everything as if it's unique, have unacceptable worker injury/fatality rates and collect sparse data.

Experiments paved the way for modern DAOs Early DAOs were collective investment vehicles designed to function like decentralized venture funds. Tokens represented voting rights and economic interests in the DAO. Every participant was rewarded on Ethereum for their contribution regardless of their contribution. DAO winter coincided with the bear... See more

When he was CEO of Opsware, their toughest competitor Bladelogic started consistently beating them in large deals. His smartest people offered suggestions on how to avoid the battle. they regained their product lead after nine months of hard work on a rugged product cycle, building a company worth $1.6B in the end. "There are no silver bullets... See more

Principles of Organization Design

1. Free Yourself From the Past


2. Design With Knowledge of Your DNA

Structuring information You can structure your notes even better if the tool you're using allows you to use tags. When working with transcripts, identify the main ideas and topics. You can use these insights for all kinds of things — from adding new features to enhancing your custom journey map.