Sam Liebeskind

But how do you monitor or take responsibility for what everyone says anywhere all the time? Well, you don’t. You can’t. Providing everyone with bandwidth and software keeps expense growth arithmetic. But if you try to exert any control over how it’s used then expenses become exponential too. It’s impossible to do within the business model. Everythi... See more

WhatsApp initially achieved that global dominance in large part by doing just one thing very well: enabling cheap, private, and reliable messaging on almost any phone, almost anywhere in the world. But in the decade since Meta acquired WhatsApp for an eye-watering $22 billion in 2014, the app has been transformed from a narrowly focused utilitarian... See more

After building +40 apps over the last decade, I think the most valuable skill is an ability to correctly sequence the things that need to validated for the concept to work. For example: 1. Users need to share the app X number times for the app to have a basis to grow 2. The shares then need to convert to downloads at X rate 3. Then, X% of users n... See more

Great framework to empower people. — Apprentice: learning how to do things — Qualified: doing things — Proven: doing things and making sure they are done well — Empowered: knowing what needs to be done

Product advertising explains the product to me. Brand advertising explains me to me. (via John Bevins)

Another lesson to take away, however, is that you need to refine your personal brand and know exactly what you symbolize — that is, which slice of the algorithmic network of consumer identities you represent. Eventually you run the risk of replicating the very institutions you’ve rebelled against.