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- I'm convinced that the biggest problem Mozilla had was that the business model we stumbled into (ad revenue sharing from search providers) gave us a firehose of money that was mostly disconnected from our execution no matter how you measure things.
- You don't realize how efficient Amazon is until you order something from another retailer.
- Figma had $0 in revenue for 4 years. Completely breaks the “rush something to market and start charging immediately” mindset that most try to adapt. And it resulted in the largest acquisition of a private software company (ever) https://t.co/YLGBR9hJe0
The Breakout Growth Podcast Episode 19 - Mirror CEO, Brynn Putnam
- Twitter is what we thought Quora would become.
- Current social networks don't have great tools for dispute resolution. They're a combination of anarchy (people yelling) and tyranny (arbitrary deplatforming). An alternative approach is a global moderator hierarchy. In the event of dispute, the lowest common ancestor mediates.
- One of my favorite sayings is "a dog with two owners dies of hunger." Singular accountability is powerful.
- Reaching your goals is not success if you compromise your values along the way. Getting ahead shouldn't force you to leave people behind. No accomplishment is worth sacrificing kindness or integrity. Ambition shapes what you achieve. Character is defined by how you achieve it.