"I have stolen ideas from every book I have ever read. My principle in researching is "Read like a butterfly, write like a bee", and if this story contains any honey, it is entirely because of the quality of the nectar I found in the work of better writers." — Philip Pullman ✨↗

Online education is taking off. But the courses on the future will look nothing like the courses of today. The best ones will be: • Active, not passive. • Communal, not solo. • Responsive, not static. • Live, not recorded. It’s happening. Education is finally improving.↗

What are some of your favorite personal productivity hacks? ie: color-coded calendars, no meeting days, etc.↗

Don Valentine, the greatest of all time. I spent the morning watching his GSB talk. Rest in peace: 1. If you don't attack a big market, it's highly unlikely you're ever going to build a big company. (thread) youtu.be/nKN-abRJMEw?t=…↗

Using @Superhuman is like using a fitness tracker. You invest into something, so you put in effort to do it right. I have better email health (towards inbox zero) in my first 24 hours of Superhuman than I’ve had in the last 5 years. Will see if it lasts, but props @rahulvohra↗

1/ "We create software like it's a game" - @rahulvohra discusses how his team @superhuman thinks about designing products with the same video game principles that create joyful experiences - 1/2 clips below...↗

I'm starting a new agency focused on NoCode design + build. Who wants to run it? :-)↗

Disney + just made the most epic Twitter thread we've ever seen. 400+ tweets announcing every single title that'll be available at launch. Quick thoughts + analysis (thread):↗

💌 I've been improving @WIP's onboarding flow the last few weeks. The latest addition is an email sequence spread out over 8 days. The goal is to teach new members about the how (practical) and why (philosophical) of WIP. First email: 👋 Welcome to WIP (15 min. after signup)↗

What are your favorite, inexpensive but super delicious food places / restaurants in NYC ?↗

Frank Slootman, one of the best operators in enterprise software of all time, on the importance of building a strong sales and marketing team early: "you control your destiny, and you don't need anybody else to hit your numbers" Excerpts from "Tape Sucks" on the topic:↗

When it comes to achieving financial freedom, being able to create is a superpower. Here's a short story about why...↗

@gustavormiranda @naval Headliner mate.↗

1/ "We have to have a business with some inherent characteristics that give it a durable competitive advantage." C. Munger "The key to investing is ... determining the competitive advantage of any given company and, above all, the durability of that advantage." W. Buffett↗

Costco is a fascinating business. You know all those groceries you buy? Yeah, they basically sell those at breakeven and then make all of their profit from the $60 annual membership fees. Quick [THREAD]↗

After a year working on 1350+ icons, illustrations and a full-blown editor, we’re finally launching Shape.so 🙌↗

@jlengstorf @johnlindquist @chrisbiscardi @eggheadio An ongoing educational documentary series would be what I'd think was interesting. Video summaries with some measure of storytelling and community vibe. I'll leave the live streaming to the pros :)↗

Almost everything I've learned about startups: * Aim to get to cash flow positive early * Don't overly optimize for private market valuations * Build a great team and culture * Make sure the business model *works* * Focus, focus, focus. Dilution of effort will crush you↗

I’ve learned a lot about giving advice over the past 5 years at YC (still more to learn). When I started I had a very formulaic / tactical view of how startups succeed. Over time and after seeing over 1000 startups go through YC that has changed.↗

In an @earnestcapital basecamp thread, we're crowdsourcing a list of tiny automations SaaS founders can use (in @intercom et al) to save time, delight customers, improve your marketing, onboarding, support and revenue. Feel free to add your ideas 👇↗

It takes me an annoyingly long time to get into a state of mind where I can do deep work (not just emails and ad box stuff). What are some tricks to shorten that time?↗

Who is building with no code? And can you share what you've made?↗

the financial stack of a multimillion dollar services business 👇↗

Do you run a self-funded *profitable* business? 🤑 Let’s make a list! 👉 Reply with your website :) Any type of business counts.↗

The week of burning man is an extremely special experience for people in San Francisco. Many people are more experienced with this than me. I want to make sure I do this right. Given that everyone is at BM: WHICH restaurant that I'd never get into normally should I try out? 🙏↗

Few startups I have found that help make having teammates everywhere simpler : Donut, Humble Dot, Deel, Carrom, Codi, Focusmate, Tandem, Keeper, Mural, Preface↗

What notable funds are doing pre-seed at scale? @HustleFundVC, @PrecursorVC, @svangel, @ycombinator - Who am I missing? With most Seed funds moving to $1-3M+ is there a gap at the $100-500k level?↗

1/ Today I prepared for talking about common mistakes startups make (founding -> growth stages) by writing it in tweet form. I ramble too much when public speaking and hoped it would make the core ideas clearer in my mind and more concise. Think it worked. Here are the tweets↗

Looking to make a list of angel & pre-seed investors looking at the no-code space. Any recommendations?↗

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