Sublime

Founders love ambitious deadlines. But great execution comes from ambitious goals with flexible timelines. Let the work define the schedule, not the other way around.

Increasingly believe that the "good, cheap, fast—choose two" maxim is devious misinformation spread by the slow. In my experience, "slow" and "expensive" usually go together. I was in a meeting yesterday where lopping a year off a project schedule also ended up reducing the cost substantially. Fundamentally, it takes ti... See more

@shreyas IMO the best product will stem from a very strong mental model of the domain and the users. UXR can help you *get* to such a model, and validate it along the way, but it's important to view the syllogism as UXR -> model -> product, not UXR -> product.

Simplest path to making money: 1) Find a service people already buy 2) Do it in half the time, make it twice as easy for the customer, or remove all risk 3) Ask everyone you know if they know anybody who wants it 4) Charge more than everyone else 5) Dont stop when ... See more

You can learn anything you want as long as you’re willing to look dumb in front of other people for an extended period of time.