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rationality is a method of dealing with uncertainty by devouring information and making simplifying assumptions about the outside world until you can convince yourself that you understand it
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With the exception of industry experts who have built very similar businesses, opinions are worthless. You want facts and commitments, not compliments.
Rob Fitzpatrick • The Mom Test: How to talk to customers & learn if your business is a good idea when everyone is lying to you
Rule of thumb: Opinions are worthless.
Rob Fitzpatrick • The Mom Test: How to talk to customers & learn if your business is a good idea when everyone is lying to you
Vadik Marmeladov's Codes of Practice:
1. Wear the uniform
2. Think long term (like 30 years from now)
3. Build stories and languages, not things
4. Create your own universe (or join ours)
5. Collect samples
6. Be a sample for somebody else
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We’ve sacrificed nuanced judgment for a trend report without a methodology.
We’ve sacrificed white space thinking for whatever the average is doing.
And we’ve sacrificed the attributes we care most about (resonance, loyalty, fandom, influence and impact) for the metrics easily available to us (clicks, views and follows).
As Rick Rubin puts it,
We’ve sacrificed white space thinking for whatever the average is doing.
And we’ve sacrificed the attributes we care most about (resonance, loyalty, fandom, influence and impact) for the metrics easily available to us (clicks, views and follows).
As Rick Rubin puts it,
“If you... See more
Matt Klein • Self-Sabotaging Innovation: The Art of Doing Dumb Shit
For the past decade, our idolatry of startups and innovation has meant the focus has been: What can we disrupt? How fast can we grow? How big can we get? How much can we raise?
Founders are taught to possess enough faith that they can build something very big very fast. This creates a pressure cooker of responsibility that distorts reality to the p... See more
Founders are taught to possess enough faith that they can build something very big very fast. This creates a pressure cooker of responsibility that distorts reality to the p... See more