sari
- 19 inconvenient truths I don't want to forget:
"They subscribe to your consciousness. So many “experts” will tell you to write for your reader. I think that’s BS. I write for me. And when people enjoy it, it’s a rewarding bonus. I love connecting with my readers, but I am not altering my words for them. I am not writing the things that I think will go viral or resonate with the mainstream.”
-som
... See more- I was just reminded that for our Series A, we sent a questionnaire to the investors we were considering to understand if we have alignment. Then the investor needed to write a doc or a presentation explaining their answers and thinking.
any classification seems to understate what it is
Quiet excellence. (h/t hummingbird ventures)
- You should expect that (if you're lucky!) your spouse—and maybe one good friend—will read and understand your work, but that as a general rule: the people who are closest to you will care and understand the least. Their very familiarity breeds a kind of incomprehension of… Show more
good reminder. no reason to expect your fam/friends to understand your work.
- In light of recent issues on Clubhouse & harassment targeted at @taylorlorenz, I want to share some thoughts re how difficult it will be for CH to set up an effective moderation system -- in particular, how difficult it will be to protect women & other marginalized groups. /1
- In 2012, 11 companies became unicorns. In 2020, 175 companies became unicorns. So far in 2021—seven months in—291 companies have become unicorns.
“All feelings are welcome; all behaviors are not.”
- Shouldn't it be easier than ever before to make beautiful structures? Why isn't it the default? Why can't we seem to? It is far easier to move the earth than it was 200 years ago, yet the end result gives a feeling that nobody is really trying their best.
Aesthetics and Beauty