Zoom traded moats for speed. That trade works while they have the better product, but “superior product” is not one of the seven powers. Over time, product can be copied.
incredible to see the growth curve of Acquired, one of the most popular podcasts. if it would've been a startup, it would've been shuttered after two years because of slow growth. good things take time.
Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations
Young people realize that communicating quickly is most efficiently done by a photograph or video and not by writing text....They say a photo is worth a thousand words - there's some truth to that.
Memes are essentially just patterns we imitate to achieve some desired effect. For example, in fifth grade I learned to play guitar because I thought it would make me cool. In college I smoked clove cigarettes and conspicuously read Heidegger. Today I write blog posts about business strategy and wear a recreational continuous glucose monitor.