September 2022

Working Harder and Smarter

Hiring: Why More is Often Less

Mitch Lasky - The Business of Gaming

How To Predict The Future - Brad Feld

Emmett Shear: "If your product is for consumers, either it’s a daily habit, it’s used consistently in response to an external trigger, or it’s not going to grow."

Floating Point Math

Twitterverse Visualization

I Miss RSS

Creative tools 2.0. Trying (hard) to eat (some of) Adobe’s lunch (or getting acquired tryin’)

How platforms turn boring - The Verge

The Infinite Article

Google is trying to become a more visual, more exploratory search engine

Before YouTube’s Algorithm, There Were ‘Coolhunters’

The Enchanted Notebook

The New Creator Playbook: Jumpstarting Communities Through Tokens

Forum Channels: A Space for Organized Conversations

On "Campus" Startups

The Smartest Website You Haven't Heard of

AI Content Generation, Part 1: Machine Learning Basics

Dreams of the Universal Library

Founder's Choice VC Rankings Revealed

Continuations by Albert Wenger: Web3/Crypto – Why Bother?

WTF Happened In 1971?

Henry Heffernan - Portfolio 2022

Natural Language Processing in Python - YouTube

American Idle — Remains of the Day

Network effects and startup growth strategies: James Currier, NFX

Patrick OShaughnessy: “Have been lucky to meet with or study hundreds of companies in 2021. Here's an ongoing list of company attributes that I find interesting..." / Twitter

Jaleh Rezaei: "As head of marketing at Gusto I shifted us from "growth at all costs" to profitable growth. ARR grew 100x in 4 yrs while CAC <12 mos. Now every company is asked to do the same. I shared how we did it in a recent talk to @ycombinator & @sequoia founders. Here's the summary:"

What Shopify and Amazon can learn from Mimetic Theory

Lenny Rachitsky Twitterissä: "All of my GTM and growth strategy research summarized in one image: https://t.co/lGNOueh5P4" / Twitter

Nikita Bier Twitterissä: "After 10 years of building consumer social apps, I've decided to start exploring new areas. Building these products is an unforgiving grind—but I learned a lot along the way. For those embarking on this path, here's everything you need to know: TIME FOR A THREAD 👇" / Twitter

Jeff Weinstein Twitterissä: "💌 to: founders cc: internet subject: [changelog] @stripe @atlas We’ve made a bunch of improvements to starting an internet company: - Company name search - Visual cap table - Sign docs with one click - ETAs - Faster EINs - Pre-filled 83(b) - Free payments - Perks - More access" / Twitter

The Product Wedge: How To Scope Your Initial Product - Divinations - Every

cdixon | The “thin edge of the wedge” strategy

Picking a wedge - by Lenny Rachitsky - Lenny's Newsletter

Curators All the Way Down — Gaby Goldberg

Generative AI: A Creative New World