What I Wish Someone Had Told Me - Sam Altman
Optimism, obsession, self-belief, raw horsepower and personal connections are how things get started. Cohesive teams, the right combination of calmness and urgency, and unreasonable commitment are...
Which books and blogs are in the Silicon Valley canon? - Marginal REVOLUTION
This Patrick Collison list is descriptive, not normative: The Tinkerings of Robert Noyce Seeing Like a State The Dream Machine The Sovereign Individual The Beginning of Infinity Surely You’re Joking, Mr Feynman Softwar Ashlee Vance’s Elon biography The Mythical Man-Month Mindstorms Masters of Doom Skunk Works Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs Thinking in Systems […]
Hyakumeizan - Hike Master Japan
Cal.com | Open Startup
Cal.com is an Open Startup | Scheduling infrastructure for absolutely everyone
How leaders should invest their time: Walters' Lever of Improvement
All things being equal, where can leaders exert their effort and have the most significant impact? Here's a simple model I call Walters' Lever of Improvement.
Giving a Shit as a Service
A mental model for service businesses.
The Cadence: How to Operate a SaaS Startup | by David Sacks | Craft Ventures | Medium
You think you need a COO. What you really need is an operating philosophy.
The Spinout.fyi database
The largest global database for spinout deal terms
Constellation: Software's Superorganism | The Generalist
The conglomerate with +500 software companies is a unique compounder.
How to do iteration with Carol Teskey & Sid
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had an emotional moment staring at a running faucet this week. we really don't appreciate civilizational infrastructure. literally "pay as you go" unlimited clean drinkable water delivered to everyone, physically piped straight to you and whisked away as soon as you dont need it
— David (@DavidSHolz)
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The Leadership Principles Explained by Amazon CEO Andy Jassy | Full Length Video
Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.
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The Art of Finishing | ByteDrum
My endless battle with the "Project Hydra": why I can't seem to finish projects, and the strategies I'm exploring to finally complete what I start. A personal journey through productivity's thorniest challenge.
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The Silicon Valley Canon: On the Paıdeía of the American Tech Elite
I often draw a distinction between the political elites of Washington DC and the industrial elites of Silicon Valley with a joke: in San Francisco reading books, and talking about what you have rea…
Founder Mode
After we found product market fit in Dec 2012, we nearly ran out of money because we were so scared to ask customers to pay. It took two gracious customers, a cocky sales advisor and a lot of fernet to learn the true value of our product. A 🧵 with 📸 1/18
— Peter Reinhardt (@reinpk)
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In the early days of Segment, right after we crossed $10m ARR our growth decelerated 8x from 300% yoy to 40% yoy in 6 months. What the hell happened? How did we reaccelerate back to 100% yoy? A thread 1/18
— Peter Reinhardt (@reinpk)
"The show was successful because I micromanaged it — every word, every line, every take, every edit, every casting. That’s my way of life."
— Paul Graham (@paulg)
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The Work You Do, the Person You Are
The pleasure of being necessary to my parents was profound. I was not like the children in folktales: burdensome mouths to feed.