Grubhub was early to the food delivery game and unlike its VC-backed competitors, it was consistently profitable. That its business model worked should have given Grubhub a leg up, but what it actually meant was that the company was playing a different game from competitors bloated with venture capital and untethered to things like profit and unit ... See more
This is the paradox of our time: the very tools designed to free us from labor are trapping us in an endless cycle of escalating work. As our productivity increases, our standards and expectations rise even faster, creating a psychological Jevons Paradox that threatens to consume our humanity in the pursuit of ever-greater output. We become victims... See more
If you subconsciously feel you don't deserve to be rich, you'll sabotage your pursuit.But if you feel you truly deserve it, you'll do whatever it takes. So adjust your self-image first.
Making money is nothing more than a neutral exchange of value. Making money is proof you're adding value to people's lives. Aiming to get rich is aiming to be useful to the world.
It's easy for product teams to bias towards building for power users vs. new users, but this is often a mistake.
Power users are vocal - they'll complain on social, in your community, and more. New users, meanwhile, will just stop using your product if their experience sucks.… Show more
Some copywriters write tricky headlines – double meanings, puns and other obscurities. This is counter-productive. In the average newspaper your headline has to compete with 350 others. Readers travel fast through this jungle. Your headline should telegraph what you want to say.