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helping someone achieve their dreams is not the same thing as achieving your own.  Or put another way, making someone else the focus of your ambition is not the same as having a self-centered, work-centered ambition. The two are different. One is selfish, the other is selfless. And lately I’ve been thinking: why is it so difficult—maybe impos

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Twitter: 31% 3-month user retention, 22% 24-month (source, source)

Historically, the primary strains of creative tools have been text editors, spreadsheets, HyperText,¹ and Computer Aided Design (CAD) software. For the purposes of this essay, “digital creative tool” will refer to tools that foster creative thought in their human users, whether that be a design, writing, or multimedia tool.

We’ve observed a trend of consumer apps pushing annual discounted pricing more and more aggressively (sometimes not even offering monthly prices anymore, like Calm) to improve revenue retention metrics and reinvest revenues into growth. We’ve also seen others do a lot of creative experimentation with their price points (e.g. Noom’s ‘name your own p... See more