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8 Product Hurdles Every Founder Must Clear — This PM-Turned-Founder Shares His Playbooks
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In 1993, Jensen Huang pitched a startup idea to his former boss, Wilf Corrigan.
After Jensen's pitch, Wilf said,
“I have no idea what you just said. That was one of the worst pitches I've ever heard.”
Wilf then called the renowned venture capitalist Don Valentin... See more
Every young person (and plenty of non-young people), trying to strike gold and solve problems, is architecting themselves after a dominant personality of our field.
These archetypes equally modeled themselves off of someone else that inspired them. Steve was obsessed with Edwin Land, the founder of Polaroid. He would even take the “intersection of t... See more
These archetypes equally modeled themselves off of someone else that inspired them. Steve was obsessed with Edwin Land, the founder of Polaroid. He would even take the “intersection of t... See more
Reggie James • A Land Without Giants
The computer in the woods
When Alan Kay wrote his famous article "A Computer for Children of All Ages," one key part of the description of that ideal computer is the lightness of the Dynabook as an object. It must be as easy to carry as a notebook, as light as possible, and as personal as possible.
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“All new fails” - Zynga CEO Mark Pincus explains his favorite product principle
“All new fails. If all new worked, we’d be using new stuff all the time. But how often do you change what’s on the front of your iPhone? How often do the top 10 or 25 apps change? They haven’t https://t.co/pY0Og7wXjW
Startup Archivex.comYohei Nakajima (@yoheinakajima) leads a double life.
By day, he’s a general partner of a small venture firm, Untapped Capital.
By night, he’s one of the most prolific internet tinkerers in AI. (He also sometimes works on automating his job as a venture capitalist.)
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Dan Shipper 📧x.com
Mike Speiser is one of the most unique investors who isn't as well known outside the valley.
At Sutter Hill, he incubates one startup at a time, acts as founding CEO and gets it off the ground.
His track record is insane, creating $70B of value from 5 companies over 15yrs! https://t.co/B4Gg4pGzmn