Tom So

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Deep into web3 social, bit of a generalist In the crypto rabbit hole (as I should). Also super into startups, everything social and community building. I usually read on product management and career development - I add engineering sprinkles to the mix bc why not

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When I reflect on the lived experience of identity, I think of something that is complex, personal, intersectional, situational, intersubjective. It seems like the thing we are gesturing toward when we say “on-chain identity” is not this personal lived experience of identity, but something else. What is it?

Gordon Brander • Soulbinding Like a State

Zoom out, and you can see that scarcity has been the story of the whole pandemic response. In early 2020, Americans were told to not wear masks, because we apparently didn’t have enough to go around. Last year, Americans were told to not get booster shots, because we apparently didn’t have enough to go around. Today, we’re worried about people

Derek Thompson • A Simple Plan to Solve All of America’s Problems

Investors advising early-stage teams should avoid pushing for growth ahead of product/market fit. As an industry, we all know that this ends in disaster, yet the pressure for premature growth is still all too common. Startups need time and space to find their fit and launch the right way.

firstround.com • How Superhuman Built an Engine to Find Product Market Fit

Startup strategic planning: + Set a goal for rev/traffic/x that is 3 mos out + Figure out the top 3-5 driver metrics (eg, leads, sales mtgs, churn) needed to hit the goal + Pick the top 3 activities w high confidence to achieve the driver... See more

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Startups and

Reminiscing: the retreat to comforting work.

Will Larson lethain.com

leadership and

How Recommendation Algorithms Actually Work | Future - https://future.com/forget-open-source-algorithms-focus-on-experiments-instead

Thomas Dimson future.com

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why curation... and

Mapping the web3 Identity Landscape

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Web 3.0 and

The State of Frontend in 2022

Gergely Orosz newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com

Building software and

I’m talking about using in-product levers to grow, in place of or in conjunction with external marketing and sales channels. When people can try your product for free, they experience the value of your product before making the decision to pay. This turns more people into happy users, creating more opportunity for them to tell their friends, who in... See more