The Gradient of User Value
April 10, 2025 • #Climb the gradient of user value.
Topic / startups
18 posts✦
Netflix Couldn't Build Netflix
September 22, 2022 • #The things hyperscale companies do now would've stunted their early success.
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Chaordic Organizations
August 19, 2022 • #Visa founder Dee Hock's ideas on the balance between imposing order but embracing chaos, and the decentralized organization.
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The Challenge of High-Capital Startups
August 17, 2022 • #Thoughts on satellite/earth observation startups, high-capital requirements, and the search for product-market fit.
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Notes on Operating Well
June 27, 2022 • #Thoughts on what it means to be an effective operator, team leader, and product builder
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Lines Not Dots
May 11, 2022 • #Mark Suster on pattern recognition and patience in investing.
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A Brief History of Construction Startups
May 5, 2022 • #Brian Potter of Construction Physics breaks down construction startup funding by category.
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Jobs Clubhouse Does
February 23, 2021 • #Looking at Clubhouse through a Jobs-to-Be-Done lens.
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Weekend Reading: Guide to SaaS, a Few Rules, and Starting a Company Now
September 26, 2020 • #Stripe's guide to SaaS, a few rules from Morgan Housel, and the advantages of starting a company in a crisis.
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Strategy for Startups
August 28, 2020 • #Thinking about strategic planning in the uncertain environment of a startup.
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SEO for Startups
August 20, 2020 • #Patrick McKenzie's primer on how to think about SEO for your work.
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Weekend Reading: Raising Less, the Adjacent Possible, and Fire and Motion
August 15, 2020 • #Raising less money, the many uses for a screwdriver, and the importance of relentless incremental progress.
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Weekend Reading: Timeful Texts, Sumo Startups, and Canva Backlinks
August 1, 2020 • #Matuschak and Nielsen on spaced repetition, Byrne Hobart's 'sumo startups', and Canva's backlink empire.
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Novelty and Heresy
January 8, 2020 • #Finding the heresy might mean finding a key idea.
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Entrepreneurs, Then and Now
July 7, 2019 • #Conversation with a16z's founder.s
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Status as a Service
March 20, 2019 • #Eugene Wei dives deep on the concept of 'social capital' as the currency of social networks.
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How Airtable Became a Unicorn by Reinventing the Spreadsheet
March 18, 2019 • #A cool post from Hiten Shah about Airtable's history.
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Keith Rabois on This Week in Startups
February 20, 2019 • #An interesting interview with VC and founder Keith Rabois on This Week in Startups.
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