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Jason: I mean, you brought up the, the Tesla analogy earlier on and, I mean, while some might be purchasing Teslas because they're good for the plane

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Most AI backlash is economic anxiety coated in a veneer of social justice. Alfalfa farming consumes 19 times the water that data centers do; there’s n

“Diffusion lag” reflects a lack of product-market fit. Even AI optimists are still hitting practical roadblocks. That’s why detailed case studies are

Here are some things I’ve asked chatgpt recently: “why is Toblerone so popular at airport duty-free stores?” “give me a recipe for a chickpea tagine

Eating Ecosystems

According to him, the word “natural” has become a “sort of a secular stand-in for a generalized understanding of goodness, which in religion you’d cal

In France, food norms are powerful and cohesive forces, while in the US food is simply a whirlwind of chaos.

Eating seasonally is about being present – weaving yourself into the earth you inhabit.

Applying detergents (soaps) to our skin and hair every day disrupts a sort of balance between skin oils and the bacteria that live on our skin. When y

evolutionarily, why would we be so disgusting that we need constant cleaning? And constant moisturizing and/or de-oiling? If we do more to allow our o

12,167 hours of washing our bodies. That’s how much life you use, if you spend 20 minutes per day washing and moisturizing your skin and hair (and you

startups: build it and nobody will come until you figure out distribution which is way harder

Start in the future and work backward

If you pay attention, you’ll see that today’s winning brands understand the customer’s story is the only one that matters. Your most important job as

Solving a problem for your user is great, but easing their cognitive dissonance can have a much greater emotional impact. There is likely something th

The Questions Before the Questions

When pursuing a 1-of-1 vision, you aren’t going to be the most popular or celebrated person. You’re going to be an oddity that the most in-the-know pe

It’s possible for other projects to be sexier, more lucrative, and more attention getting, however their purposes are less unique than yours.

I appreciated Nvidia’s founder talking the other week about what it means to work in a zero billion dollar industry. It means really believing in some

Business Plan: development of ado.vc decentralized financial instrument for investors end entrepreneurs

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The stages of CEO & how to evolve as your company does:

When evaluating a company, one of my favorite questions to ask is whether it has an aesthetic. We don’t talk about aesthetics as the highest form of

13 Creative Commandments: 1. Talent is an important differentiator, but talent needs to put in the hours to excel. 2. Question everything. Question wh

“In the past, jobs were about muscles. Now they’re about brains, but in the future, they’ll be about the heart.”

Here are (some) steps founders can take to get reporters to write about their companies (a thread). (Caveat: this thread is not exhaustive and really

When startups start taking off, the founders usually can't tell what's changed. It's some combination of all the random things they did to make it ta

If you don’t have time to clean up, you don’t have time to cook Professionals understand that the project is the whole project, not simply the fun

Hindsight is 2020I don’t mean “hindsight is 20/20.” I’m talking about the year 2020.See, early in 2023, I wrote an article about starting and growing

A solid foundation requires a robust team structure. Hiring individuals who not only have the requisite skills but also align with the company’s cultu

I’ve hosted events where only two people showed up. You have to keep at it. Big things start small, but when you have all these pressures and limited

maybe more interesting and differentiated (and fun!) subscription bundles can be created by combining two things you wouldn't typically associate with

The stages of CEO & how to evolve as your company does:

I often hear of founders shutting down their company after a year or so of trying, so I don't know who needs to hear this but: it takes anywhere betwe

Product-market fit works in both directions. The perspective of the builder is always toward what they can do to change their product, what features a

Aggressive growth projects often lead to UX cruft, slowly degrading long-term user engagement and retention. Yes, you can move short-term metrics by t

Founder Mode

Why Figma Wins

Artificial invitation mechanisms (i.e refer a friend) are not PLG. Sustainable growth from the product comes from built in in natural product-led acqu

The second built in PLA channel Cash App is using is billboarding—when a user’s use of your product is visible to others around them. For example:When

Impossible Foods CEO Patrick Brown on a new kind of meat

Design For Awareness | Cap_able Design

What are WeChat Mini-Programs? A Simple Introduction

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Hyperconnected 'Kakao Kingdom' - "Everything is hyperconnected on KakaoTalk. It connects people, as well as numerous services affiliated from taxi-ha

The Mom Test: How to Talk to Customers & Learn If Your Business Is a Good Idea When Everyone Is Lying to You

if project management is the meta of doing work, then managing your psychology is the meta of project management. A moderately-good process maintained

People who don’t take themselves too seriously. They have to be able to laugh at themselves to succeed. What to look for: This is usually very easy to

The #1 thing I look for when hiring people is FIO. "Figure It Out" You can get pretty damn far just by being: - Resourceful - Reliable - Results or

@mckaywrigley I have a bunch of questions I ask. What would you build for yourself? What did previous companies you've worked for need? What are you a

Gen Z and the End of Predictable Progress - by kyla scanlon

The game has shifted, and the winning strategy with it. It’s no longer about understanding specialized details; it’s about grasping the high-level glo

What we do with our freedomThe examples of the excruciating etiquette of the aristocratic courts, the marriage market Rhimes dramatised, the civil ass

Market Selection in Vertical IntegrationIf you were to ask what sunk Convoy, it ultimately boils down to an over-dependence on the digital freight mat

Impossible Foods CEO Patrick Brown on a new kind of meat

Plant Based Meats Do More to Address Climate Change Than Green Buildings or Zero-Emission Cars

Plant-based meat sales went up 23% when Kroger made one simple switch: they moved them from a vegetarian section to the meat section. Plant based is g

Impossible Foods CEO Patrick Brown on a new kind of meat

Plant Based Meats Do More to Address Climate Change Than Green Buildings or Zero-Emission Cars

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A good life doesn’t ask you to be good at everything. It asks you to find the small circle where you have unusual leverage, and to be peacefully avera

My father was a Sarkari Babu (government officer with basic salary) his entire life, he was at one job throughout his life. He drove a Bajaj scooter