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perspectives on funding and venture capital (VC)
"But there is an influential tide of founders on the rise that is opting out of this path and quietly plotting a new one that leads to building generational companies. It’s a hybrid path, combining the growth of targeted venture funding with the durability found in bootstrapping (i.e. profitability). It’s a path with less venture capital and more self-reliance."
The act of creation causes imagination, not the other way around. To understand this is to understand the ecology that fosters the unique. Agency is precious because the lucidities that purposeful work and responsibility bring are the real education. The secret of the world is that it is a very malleable place, we must be sure that people learn thi... See more
Simon Sarris • The Most Precious Resource is Agency
The spiritual teacher Jiddu Krishnamurti said his secret was simple: “I don’t mind what happens.” That needn’t mean not trying to make life better, for yourself or others. It just means not living each day anxiously braced to see if things work out as you hoped.
oliverburkeman.com • Oliver Burkeman's Last Column: The Eight Secrets to a (Fairly) Fulfilled Life
from Make your Stuff by Austin Kleon:
“it’s not enough to be good. In order to be found, you have to be findable.”
“If you want people to know about what you do and the things you care about, you have to share.”
“Make stuff you love and talk about stuff you love and you’ll attract people who love that kind of stuff. It’s that simple.”
“Teaching people
... See moreThe step of zooming out, being meta, and asking myself the right questions is hard. It is not the default action. The problem right in front of me always feels urgent, going meta never feels like the thing I should do right now, so I never do it.
Neal Nanda • Post 39: On Reflection — Neel Nanda
Substack needs some network effects to keep authors tied to the platform, even if they can leave at any moment. The best way to achieve that is through cross-promotion tools that allow authors to constantly gain new readers that they wouldn’t gain otherwise. That makes their presence on Substack truly valuable.
Tomas Pueyo • The Future of Substack
The idea is that Chord — built this decade — is designed to power more flexible, customizable shopping experiences than a template-based system, and according to its founders, has better built-in, first-party data tools.
Dan Frommer • Why there still haven’t been more billion-dollar acquisitions for direct-to-consumer commerce startups
This essay is my attempt to show you what the small and independent web can look like, why it’s different from the the sites that dominate web traffic today, why it's worth exploring and how easy it is for anyone to be a part of it.