@stephsmithio A few that I like: What’s something people wouldn’t know about you by looking at you? What’s one proud moment from your life? What’s bringing you joy recently? What’s a product you bought recently that you absolutely love? What book have you read the most times?

How to de-risk building a social network The components that have the most engineering scope tend to be wholly reusable—such as the friendfinder & invite system. The fastest way to arrive at an app that resonates is to run rapid experiments by only changing the interaction model

The cold email script that never stops working (adjust as needed) https://t.co/3Id4odD4yi

The natural end state of marketplaces and social media is the eventual shift from user generated supply to professionalized supply/content. They can fight it for some time, but eventually there is no other way to keep scaling (or prevent power users from peeling off)

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… Show more

It seems to me that school, by nature of its inefficiency and coercion into it, just eats the life out of kids. It slows them down, forces them to stare ahead, forces them to learn rigidly. It's worse than a prison, it's a gunshot wound straight into the heart of agency

15) Family walks after meals should be non negotiable. They improve insulin sensitivity, recovery from workouts, and overall mood. 16) Hydration starts the days before exercise, not the morning of. 17) Rarely is the area of pain the source of your problem.

Imagine how much relationships would change if people went into one thinking “how can I make this person’s life better” instead of “how can this person make my life better”

What's the "essential" non-fiction book about your city?

the best relationships come out of creating something together