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Derek Brown

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Dixon, my colleague at a16z, summarized the idea in an essay titled, appropriately, “The next big thing will start out looking like a toy.” Disruptive technologies are dismissed as toys because when they are first launched they “undershoot” user needs.

Andrew Chen • The Cold Start Problem: How to Start and Scale Network Effects

Alex D

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Fuller is something of a philosopher of digital design; his podcast “Scratching the Surface” canvasses experts in the field. In the past decade, he argues, a “user-centered” approach to design has been replaced by what he has taken to calling a “corporation-centered” approach. Rather than optimizing for the user’s experience, it optimizes for the... See more

Kyle Chayka • Why I Finally Quit Spotify | the New Yorker

Each company is trying to figure out how to strategize, how much to invest, what the technology should be. In a case like that, it’s not at equilibrium.

W. Brian Arthur • Complexity Economics: Proceedings of the Santa Fe Institute's 2019 Fall Symposium

Alex Danco: Funding the Future - David Perell

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Sean sees lots of people in the online education world focusing their time entirely on marketing, but his focus is on making his products better for his existing audience. He works to get more and better results for his existing customers, who in turn continue to buy from him, both established products and new products as he releases them. He

Paul Jarvis • Company Of One: Why Staying Small Is the Next Big Thing for Business

This Entrepreneur Gave Away His $22 Million Dollar Fortune - Derek Sivers on Burning the Ships

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Larger competitors are often able to copy the product, but find it difficult to capture the network.