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Strategy and process is mostly a mistake when doing creative work

“Instead of finding the product through discovery and iteration the goal is to reverse engineer the vision,” he explains. “If you take an incremental, discovery-led approach, then you might find yourself with product-market fit in a local maximum, building a company that you don’t want to lead.”

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Favorite quotes 1/ Every great creator is sharing their DNA and experiences with the world. Some spread it through art, some through music - but for me, it's through product.” 2/ Jay-Z bought a pair of construction Timberland boots from me every weekend. I got to see why these different stars and heroes of mine liked the product that they liked. ... See more

One of my big surprises of Silicon Valley was finding out how nice & well intentioned many of the execs of “evil big tech” were. Shocking because I expected them to be evil. Heartbreaking because they weren’t.It meant big tech do bad not cuz of who runs them, but because of the systematic forces they’re beholden to, ie business model & shareholder ... See more