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Moats(longform.asmartbear.com)
3 points by bspear 4y ago|0 comments
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Map of a Downturn(every.to)
2 points by bspear 4y ago|0 comments
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by bspear 4y ago
Exactly, last year's funding craze was laughable. We all knew it in the moment. Fast's rise and fall is exhibit A. Whenever people worry about startups having trouble raising, I think they forget that most startups are trash. Now,
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by bspear 4y ago
How random. Can't wait to try this
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by bspear 4y ago
The comms for this security breach is a textbook case study of what NOT to do
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Rippling and Return of Ambition(luttig.substack.com)
1 points by bspear 4y ago|0 comments
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by bspear 4y ago
Gotta love this spicy thread
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by bspear 4y ago
This is why promo culture is impossible to remove at bigger companies. Perks of promotion (higher salary, title, status) far outweighs just trying to do right by customers. Whereas at early-stage startups, the only way to really make a lot
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Index Mindset(luttig.substack.com)
1 points by bspear 4y ago|0 comments
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by bspear 4y ago
There's a major difference between things you don't want to do for "growth" and things you don't want to do for "maintenance". Latter is easily outsource-able, former is less so. Because growth is the key
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by bspear 4y ago
Ya sounds about right. Also curious if DALL-E 2 allows people to request edits to the generated images, or just one-shot attempts
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by bspear 4y ago
Ive reminds me of a pretty good designer elevated at the right place at the right time
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by bspear 4y ago
If only we could say how we truly felt
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by bspear 4y ago
> Learning things by yourself is actually much of the job Think this statement explains the fast success of the writer. The drive to experiment and find solutions is so valuable, and surprisingly in short supply. As a hiring manager, one
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by bspear 4y ago
Try: https://topstartups.io/jobs/?role=solution+architect https://angel.co/jobs should pull up some too
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by bspear 4y ago
> No one is as impressed with your possessions as you are Reminds me of: if you own a Porsche, all I know is that you're $120K less rich
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by bspear 4y ago
Gotta respect them for trying new things
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by bspear 4y ago
Ya your product is your entire world. But it's just a small thing for customers (esp. before you find traction) Helps to know exactly what type of feedback you're looking for. Frame any ask as a way to help them [save time /
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by bspear 4y ago
LinkedIn alerts cover most use cases. For startups: https://topstartups.io/
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by bspear 4y ago
Wow big week of lay-offs between this and Robinhood
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by bspear 4y ago
Information, like fast food, is easy and cheap to produce today, mostly horrible for long-term health Worse, I fear most info increases our confidence in decisions while reducing critical thinking At this point, I'm very selective abou
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by bspear 4y ago
Less impressive because this was done over 6 years...
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Rent, Own or Divvy(every.to)
2 points by bspear 4y ago|0 comments
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You can only respond to what you notice(every.to)
3 points by bspear 4y ago|0 comments
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by bspear 4y ago
Many dimensions to intelligence: there's book smart, street smart, hustle smart, etc.
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by bspear 4y ago
> high end is going to just go further to show it's not AI-generated. That actually is the argument the author makes. That companies compete to differentiate from what can be easily generated by anyone.
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Sudowrite(sudowrite.com)
3 points by bspear 4y ago|0 comments
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by bspear 4y ago
Yup, I file this under: ask more questions that reflect what the person would be doing day-to-day
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by bspear 4y ago
Am I missing something... or did this article have no new insights? Like yes, Android helped. Yes, messaging is sticky. Nothing new under the sun
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by bspear 4y ago
Yes, the BS drained the life out of me. Switched to a startup and it got much better, but once we grew to 100+ people, the endless meetings started piling up again The worst part is the high degree of censorship. Everyone is so sensitive no

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