Prepare for anomalies. Building a startup requires extraordinary adaptability. What seems fixed one day may be fluid the next. To capitalize on volatility, it’s worth preparing a playbook for low-probability, high-impact events. When the next Black Swan hits, your business will be ready.
Traditionally, tech gets "consumerized" when people stop talking about the tech. Nobody says "hey you should use Instagram b/c it's on Python". Before NFTs, we explained crypto by talking about Byzantine consensus. NFTs abstract that away. It's crypto's consumer moment.
Every interesting outcome in my life was unpredictable and was the result of good habits, strictly practiced.
This is the opposite of “vision” “big, hairy, audacious goals” and “accomplishments.”
The best kind of success is continuous, every day, not occasional.