Sam Liebeskind
@samliebeskind
product partnerships at New_Public; previously community & growth @ Geneva
Sam Liebeskind
The worst version of a fundraising ask is “we need $3M to give us 24 months of runway”.
The best version is “we need $3M to accomplish these 3 critical projects we have planned that will take us from X users/revenue to 5x in 18 months.
We need these 4 new positions to pull it off and we... See more
Wiz 👨🚀twitter.comThreat Model
github.com
Social Platform Trust & Safety
from the chat app Quiet (https://tryquiet.org/) - good example of a “threat model” for a communications/social platform
Every notification ping holds the possibility we have merit. When we scroll, what are we looking for?
Thea Lim • The Collapse of Self-Worth in the Digital Age
Ownership = upside + control
It also equals risk, sleepless nights, opportunity costs, responsibility, working for little to no pay, tolerance for uncertainty.
To share the upside, you have to share the downside too.
Everyone wants to cook but nobody wants to do... See more
@austinrobey.xyz 🦋twitter.com
The six principles are:
(a) build simple solutions
(b) to overlooked problems
(c) that actually need to be solved
(d) deliver them as informally as possible
(e) starting with a very crude version 1
(f) and then iterate... See more
Bristol Cable launches hybrid news and social networking app in bid to double membership
journalism.co.uk
I’ll refer to the work that you do to decide what to build as discovery and the work that you do to build and ship a product as delivery. This distinction matters. As you’ll see, many companies put a heavy emphasis on delivery—they focus on whether you shipped what you said you would on time and on budget—while under-investing in discovery,... See more
Teresa Torres • Continuous Discovery Habits: Discover Products that Create Customer Value and Business Value
So right now, it’s like the sparkle and spectacle of the shininess of the internet, it’s started to fade, and we’re really aware in this moment of, you know, trash in the comments and crowds on the timeline and, you know, misinformation graffiti on the walls.
