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The single hardest problem in startups
There’s never a perfect answer for most situations you’ll run into as a founder. You’ll get reasonable sounding advice that is wrong on every major…
Mar 23
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February 2024
Uber's great ride
Uber is now worth $146b. Lyft, which at one pointed seemed like the definitive rival is worth $5b. Here’s the relative performance of the two over time…
Feb 12
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Don't build for yourself
There’s a startup cliché that you should “build for yourself,” “solve your own problem,” and “work on something you’re passionate about.” I think this…
Feb 8
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Analogies create, they don't criticize
Creation happens through analogy and recombination. Uber for x sounds like a corny VC-forced language, but it’s a useful way to think. What if we took…
Feb 3
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October 2023
A word on incubators
An incubator - much like a producer - combines ideas, people, and money to create a new company. I won’t cover accelerators - which like YC - take an…
Oct 5, 2023
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January 2023
Boulton & Watt
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Jan 10, 2023
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Boulton & Watt
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June 2022
Operating well – what I learned at Stripe
Over the last few years, I’ve grown from a fine to a good operator. I learned by watching some great operators during my time at Stripe, and some of…
Jun 8, 2022
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May 2022
Favorite books on the history of the retail business
I’m a bit… obsessed with business histories. Abstract business theory often tells clean case studies that don’t reflect the reality of operating a…
May 1, 2022
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December 2019
What you can do
A few years ago I was at a company where I felt urgent changes needed to be made. The changes felt so obvious to me – and it felt frustrating that it…
Dec 14, 2019
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The SAFE of option pools
One area where we’ve seen shockingly little innovation over the few last few years is in standardizing and protecting employee options. Sure – the…
Dec 1, 2019
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