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Pavlovian conditioning [0]: "a learning procedure in which a biologically potent stimulus (e.g. food) is paired with a previously neutral stimulus (e.g. a bell)
by gazzini 6y ago
Pavlovian conditioning [0]:
"a learning procedure in which a biologically potent stimulus (e.g. food) is paired with a previously neutral stimulus (e.g. a bell)."
In my case:
food: losing all my data (or it becoming incredibly difficult to access / control / afford)
bell: uploading all of my data to a new internet product.
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Most companies have unsustainable business models (grow forever).
For startups, this is especially true (rapid growth forever).
This is a new internet company, but their whole shtick is that they have a sustainable business model. Given that data, maybe my bias is unfair.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_conditioning https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_conditioning
- ooobit2 6y agoI'm skeptical of "sustainable business" claims, as they trend zero cyclical models. So, if this is how this group is doing business every week, month, and year, they just have a different approach, not a sustainable one. Sustainable means a business shifts between periods of focused growth and periods of focused stabilization. You grind for acquisition for awhile, then you pivot into shoring up operations during a period of controlled churn. Sustainable business should be able to withstand any sudden, dramatic shifts in the market or loss of accounts, and have enough resources on-hand to have something like a continuity plan for revenue.