If you look at the sources of traffic for Barton’s companies, the vast majority of their traffic comes from search or direct. This makes their user acquisition far cheaper than any company that relies primarily on paid acquisition. It’s this ability to get free acquisition at scale that made it possible to build companies in these otherwise... See more
This may not seem like a big deal for creators & startups in first-world countries – where services like Stripe & Paypal have become fairly seamless & merchant-friendly. But if you’re in the 3rd world – or otherwise in a business where getting a merchant account is difficult – this is a HUGE deal.
One of the most well-known leaders of the “building in public” phenomenon is Austen Allred, Founder & CEO of Lambda School. Allred largely built his company on Twitter, and those who followed him got to see him build Lambda in real time.
In Roam we’re working with graphs instead of worksheets. Graphs are the collection of pages and bullets across a specific account. Roam takes the concept of referenceable pieces of data and applies it to each bullet point, or block. Roam is letting you take each and every thought you have and assign it a unique identifier (e.g. a block reference).... See more
Since the cost to provide utility is dropping, business models are evolving from rent-seeking to skin-in-the-game. Instead of just providing a service (utility), companies need to invest in their customers (vanity)
The internet unlocks distribution. Traditionally, gatekeepers dictated who had influence: record labels, newspaper editors, studio executives. Now anyone can build an online community. You can share videos to YouTube, writing to Substack, music to Soundcloud
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