Sublime

Consider the cascade of specialized productivity apps (not suites) over the years, like Evernote, Wunderlist, Any.do, Todoist, Trello, Clubhouse, Basecamp, and the list goes on. Many of these are stable businesses, but they all claim a small piece of a large pie (and one could argue, were not great VC investments from a multiples perspective). The ... See more

my main theory for why atlassian products look and behave the way they do is because the people responsible for them are twenty minutes away from places like this

The Pixar Pitch Tell a story that pulls people in. Structure it like Pixar does:Once upon a time... Every day... One day... Because of that... Until finally... Stories persuade better than facts. The best pitches don’t feel like pitches. They spark conversations and invite

WHOA. Yes- Microsoft laid off 6,000 people BUT... they dropped a pretty brutal new policy overhaul: -2-year rehire ban for anyone pushed out over performance -A new “good attrition” metric (yes, they track if they’re happy you’re gone) PLUS... you have 5 days to choose: – 16

I'm hiring a video editor to make short-form videos. Yep, that's the entire job. I want to hire somebody full-time because most short-form is so generic. Everything looks the same, and so many creators treat it like an afterthought. But what would it look like to produce… https://t.co/O0EdeuCLmm

The 10x plan for 10x work for 10x people

Let’s go back to the power law, where I initially complained was full of long-tail 1x work.

What would we like the curve to look like instead?

1. For the long tail — remove/delegate/automate the <1x work. If it doesn’t matter much if it’s done well or not, then just get it done. There’s so much written abo

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One of the things that's really hard in a larger company is sharing and repeating stories. This is less about the company’s founding and such, but rather “What is our strategy? What are we trying to achieve? What are we doing?” Though people can look up our OKRs, it's not quite the same. If someone new starts tomorrow, they're going to get directed... See more

I took Naval Ravikant’s tweet thread "How to Get Rich (without getting lucky)" & made $1.55M with it. Here’s how: