The lifecycle of a business is to be born simple, grow complex, and then die.
My recent interview with Jesse Beyroutey solidified a hunch that I’ve been nursing for awhile: Incentive alignment is one of the most import
Three Shorts: Notion, Roam, and “Time Preference”
The original cloud kitchen, ten years before it was cool
The dust has settled. Now what?
Why I bought an outfit I’ll never wear IRL
I'm interviewing Li Jin and Adam Davidson on Friday!
It’s not like war, but it’s not like art class, either.
Hiten Shah on why “garbage in, garbage out” applies to strategy, too.
You probably can't have your cake and eat it too. But that's just fine.
It’s weird, but in some ways, side projects require better strategy than regular businesses. They’re so easy to quit. Even if you love it, y
A new conduit for knowledge of business strategy
The “divine discontent” critique
Gumroad’s founder shares what he’s learned about strategy, product, and growth.
Strategy’s most famous theory could be wrong
A guide to Porter’s “Five Forces” framework—through the lens of Spotify
The return of Three Shorts!
We made a bundle, and you're grandfathered in!
Six attributes of high-traction startups
Lessons from ecology’s “competitive exclusion principle”
Short-form premium video is here to stay.
Hey! Something special today :) I always wanted to release the raw audio of the interviews I do. But part of the magic of the original inter
Two theories; one of them good
The Divinations Podcast is back! (If you want to add it to your podcast app, press “add to podcast app” by the audio player above!) This wee