It’s not like war, but it’s not like art class, either.
A radical new take on email
Growing an audience ain’t what it used to be
Three Shorts: Notion, Roam, and “Time Preference”
Opening a marketplace creates complicated new tradeoffs
A little Learning is a dang'rous Thing;Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian Spring:There shallow Draughts intoxicate the Brain,And drinking
A eulogy for a larger-than-life thinker
Hiten Shah on why “garbage in, garbage out” applies to strategy, too.
How the founder of WorkLife Ventures built one of Silicon Valley’s most sought after emerging funds from scratch.
Lessons from ecology’s “competitive exclusion principle”
Decoding Apple's intentions
The strategy behind the news, in as few bullet points as possible
One new strategy. Two new websites.
Can disruption be simplified?
(Ceci n’est pas investment advice.)
Six attributes of high-traction startups
The two types of “death tech” companies
Sonos filled homes with silky smooth sound, but it’s questionable if their strategic decisions made them anything more than commodity hardware.
Trying something new - what do you think?
Jesse Beyroutey, partner at IA Ventures, on why some companies achieve dominance while others get bogged down.
Hello again! Yesterday after I published the Sahil Lavingia interview I received a tweet from my friend Alex: https://twitter.com/CantHardyW
How strict prioritization processes cause malaise, and why you should take gut instinct more seriously in your planning process.
A new talk show starring Li Jin and yours truly
Hello! Welcome to Three Shorts, a recurring series where I unpack the strategy behind the news in as few bullet points as possible. Enjoy!
