The Gradient of User Value
April 10, 2025 • #Climb the gradient of user value.
Climb the gradient of user value.
The things hyperscale companies do now would've stunted their early success.
Visa founder Dee Hock's ideas on the balance between imposing order but embracing chaos, and the decentralized organization.
Thoughts on satellite/earth observation startups, high-capital requirements, and the search for product-market fit.
Thoughts on what it means to be an effective operator, team leader, and product builder
Mark Suster on pattern recognition and patience in investing.
Brian Potter of Construction Physics breaks down construction startup funding by category.
Looking at Clubhouse through a Jobs-to-Be-Done lens.
Stripe's guide to SaaS, a few rules from Morgan Housel, and the advantages of starting a company in a crisis.
Thinking about strategic planning in the uncertain environment of a startup.
Patrick McKenzie's primer on how to think about SEO for your work.
Raising less money, the many uses for a screwdriver, and the importance of relentless incremental progress.
Matuschak and Nielsen on spaced repetition, Byrne Hobart's 'sumo startups', and Canva's backlink empire.
Finding the heresy might mean finding a key idea.
Conversation with a16z's founder.s
Eugene Wei dives deep on the concept of 'social capital' as the currency of social networks.
A cool post from Hiten Shah about Airtable's history.
An interesting interview with VC and founder Keith Rabois on This Week in Startups.