04 Feb

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The purpose of passion

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The point of following your passion when you start a company isn’t because it magically makes the work easy. It’s still hard and you’ll still hit the dip. The real benefit is this: By following an internal compass (what you care about) rather than an external one (market trends & “opportunities”), you’ll repeatedly return to [...]

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Category: Founders

10 Jan

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Unfair advantages grow from irrational habits

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Not fair: he knows how to ride a horse!

Ask anyone how to start a local marketplace business and Zaarly will have successfully done the opposite. Bo did a great interview about how they approached it all. Although there’s plenty to learn from the interview, I want to focus on a comment from an agitated viewer. This comment represents a common mindset which, left unchecked, [...]

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Category: Founders

28 Dec

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First, put some junk up

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Paul Graham knows how to make new things: I like to find (a) simple solutions (b) to overlooked problems (c) that actually need to be solved, and (d) deliver them as informally as possible, (e) starting with a very crude version 1, then (f) iterating rapidly. » 6 Principles for Making New Things by @paulg [...]

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Category: Product

26 Dec

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Your winter weekend workshop

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Merry Christmas! Here’s some homework. It will take somewhere between five minutes and a week. I’m going to do it too, and my answers (and the consequences thereof) are down below. First, write down what this is all about. Second, Write down the top three things you need to learn to achieve that. I know you’re [...]

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Category: Uncategorized

24 Dec

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A blind, forceful kick toward the sphinx

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Sphinx

Before you’ve begun, the most important thing is to give the ball a blind, forceful kick and get it rolling. Until you’ve done this, inertia will kill you dead. Perfection and planning are inertia’s tireless guardians and your enemies. Once you’ve started, the most important thing is to learn how to learn. The universe helps [...]

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