Whose job is it to consider the problem of graph design? And when? To take one example, growth team strategies should be informed by your graph design. Growth shouldn't be treated as a rogue team whose only job is to extend the graph in every possible direction. They need to know what both good and harmful graph growth looks like so they can craft ... See more
I've seen hundreds of pitches in the consumer and new media space in my life. Often, many of the pitches are centrally focused around things like an emerging technology or a new financial model. I am not here to argue against the value of building these ways. I do think it's more productive to approach building products from a storytelling first pe... See more
Many people correctly intuit something is wrong with social media, and they wonder if it can be fixed with government regulation. It cannot. A federal law prohibiting all politicians at every level from sharing to the popular platforms would be a compelling, partial solution to the specific threat of state-backed, mob-initiated conflict.
It'd be neat if there was a way for employees at different startups to be able to swap a small % of their equity with each other. It would help each de-risk a little and build a small portfolio of startups they believe in.