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taste is the ultimate moat and differentiator

Lenny Rachitsky Saturn This is a brilliant article! I keep telling folks who are building social apps, if you focus on network over single-player retention- the product will never work past 30 days. I'm glad this article echoed that!

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David Park Unfortunately I learned this lesson the hard way at $65M. The usual solutions are: (1) annualization, (2) focus on larger companies. Most product improvements rarely bend the curve once the core products is figured out.

What is your curiosity pointed towards?

Every time I invest in a founder and run into them at a VC-sponsored AI dinner, I get nervous. Shouldn't they be working?

the “viewed your profile” to “noticed you” rebrand hits different

Looking for the best full stack engineer to join Soundmap and ship to 1m+ users. We can taste PMF and it’s time to scale. DM open.

one thing i have noticed about the best performers is delusional self belief. even the ones who appear humble or down to earth. if you really get to know them closely you will realise the way they talk to themselves inside their head is just different.

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“When you don’t have to design around a screen all the time, you can do some crazy ass shit.” — FA My favorite part of the talk The lack of optionality in hardware today, and how that closes us off when new options are presented

Nikita Bier The company (process, iterations, team, testing...) is the real product.

When you are 26 years old, it common to spend a lot of time pursuing what you want without spending much time considering why you want it. When I was 26, I wanted to be a successful YA novelist. I wanted it more than I wanted a long life, or happiness, or a family...

Offices lead to greater connection, inspiration, community, productivity, and even wellbeing.

Nikita Bier People who think this is depressing don't realize that there is an entire world of introverted, type B, potentially depressed people out there who are finally able to have companions

People like to overthink their startup name but… Adobe was named after the creek in Los Altos outside the founders house. Zynga was named after the founders dog.