When startups think a partnership with some big company will be the silver bullet that makes them grow, they're usually mistaken. What makes you grow is building amazing things and making customers love you.↗

Teach people Retool / Airtable / Zapier / Figma / Clay on one end of a marketplace and create easy ways for companies to hire these people as freelancers and onboard them into existing systems for projects (could even be done through API) on the other end↗

Morals of the @zoom_us entrepreneurial fable:↗

11 angel investing lessons venturehacks.com/articles/11-le…↗

Indie hackers, what services do you use that are worth every penny?↗

Who is writing, thinking, talking about low code/no code? 💻↗

1/ "You can name people who are richer than Rich Barton, but you can’t name very many people who have his track record. You will find very few people in this country who have as many times created something from nothing.” Nick Hanauer. A chapter on Barton: …↗

Check out the full discussion here: anchor.fm/square-one-con…↗

made me lol. "Is Your Startup Idea Already Taken?" via @buzzfeed↗

@bentossell @earnestcapital A little bit hacky - but if you add an audio file to Dropbox and create the share link, you can replace the 'www.dropbox' with 'dl.dropboxusercontent' and then the audio file can be embedded and streamable. I use this for podcast hosting and it works g…↗

A thread with all of my podcasts expounding on the "How to Get Rich" tweetstorm. I’ll add new episodes here. Here’s the original tweetstorm for reference: x.com/naval/status/1…↗

Been investing for 5.5 years. I have returned almost no capital, but have lead 1 round from seed investor->unicorn, 1 more coming shortly, and another hopefully a bit later in year. So I have at least learned some things. Here are my learnings for New GPs/Managers, fwiw:↗

We would have a better understanding of many social networks if we regarded them as Status as a Service (SaaS) businesses. Not all network effects work the same way. Status is a powerful motivator but inherently volatile. eugenewei.com/blog/2019/2/19…↗

Thread: The best consumer marketplaces end up supply-constrained, because they tap into an incredible amount of demand. For instance, Airbnb, Lyft, and Uber have seemingly infinite demand since the product/market fit is so strong--and this demand puts pressure on supply.↗

This week we are introducing Glitch Challenges — a fun new way to get started making apps with Glitch. Every two weeks we will share a new starter app and a few challenges to help you get started making the app your own. 💪🏾↗

I have a big announcement! 🎉 New programmers tend to struggle with putting together the pieces of the puzzle when creating bigger projects. So, I'm creating a multimedia series on problem solving, breaking down problems, debugging and more. dev.to/aspittel/movin…↗

Strong public and private response to this. We need to find a space, but if you’re into it, shoot me a note and I’ll get you an invite once we pin down details (email address in my bio).↗

Uber's MVP↗

Projects that yield great results often wouldn't seem promising to a rational person. Fortunately some people have a compensating irrationality: they're so interested in the project that they'll work on it for its own sake.↗

Here’s a thread of Successful people who started flying in their 30’s. The thought of turning 30 can be scary but it doesn’t have to be.. I hope this inspires you to say no to 30anxiety & take each day as it comes whilst embracing your journey 💕↗

I think I’m going to move to actively picking just 7 public stocks that I know will have even better products and more customers in 15 years: @Disney, @amazon, @google, @Apple, @Netflix, @Uber, @Airbnb @tesla & @microsoft come to mind. Who are your top 7-10?↗

Thread: “Fake it til you make it” is a key strategy for overcoming the chicken-and-egg problem of starting a new marketplace, popularized by companies like Uber and Yelp. The idea is to bootstrap one side of the marketplace inorganically in order to attract the other side.↗

Time for a story, since @gustaf is asking for some stories about talking to users for a YC presentation. This is how Lambda School was born, and it's way less sexy than everyone assumes.↗

1/ We recently celebrated a decade (!) of building Thumbtack so I’m sharing a few of the lessons we’ve learned along the way. Zero to $1B - 8 Lessons Scaling a Startup: medium.com/@swaaanson/zer… And for the lazy web, here's some highlights:↗

🤝 My biggest lessons in how to build your professional network... 1. Build community. There's no better way to improve your reputation in a field than to be the one bringing people together. Offline is key: Host events. Big or small. Conferences, meetups or dinners all work.↗

The results to the following question isn't surprising: "Which 1-3 things do you want most help with right now?" VCs can help in many ways but very few (almost none) focus on the value-add startups want most: user acquisition↗

We are honored to work with so many talented teams, with the backing of some of the best investors in the industry. The 39 companies we’ve invested in:↗

One of my lessons for 2018 is that slide decks are many times more engaging than long-form essays. On average people spend 200-300% more time on a deck than an essay. Funny. Y’all are just daring me to exclusive create and publish content in slide deck format?↗

This year has been a massive one for self-discovery, self-awareness, and self-improvement for me. I wrote out what I learned about myself in 2018 and thought I would share it here:↗

Profit sharing is the new IPO.↗