Divinations

Get smarter about business strategy.

Nov 23, 2022

My Philosophy of Product Building

Mastering the art of 0 to 1

Nov 16, 2022

Technology Waves and How to Ride Them

Advice for Generalist Founders

Nov 9, 2022

Status as a Disservice

The blue check fiasco reveals a shallow understanding of how status motivates participation in social networks. Here is a deeper look.

Nov 2, 2022

What to Do After You Launch

Say you just launched a product to a group of users for the first time. What now?

Oct 26, 2022

Writing with Machines

How AI will—and won’t—change writing

Oct 19, 2022

How Lex Happened

25,000 users in 24 hours

Oct 12, 2022

Will the Metaverse replace PCs?

Meta thinks it will, and they are betting everything on it.

Oct 5, 2022

Good Positioning Makes Everything Easier

Here’s how to do it well

Sep 28, 2022

The Infinite Article

How close are we to having a personal AI that can write the perfect thing just for us?

Sep 21, 2022

Figma’s Layered Lessons

Or, how to learn something useful from big events

Sep 14, 2022

What is a Business?

An expansive question that has surprisingly practical value

Sep 7, 2022

Book Review: Slouching Towards Utopia

The origins of economic progress, and what comes next

Aug 31, 2022

Intelligent Tools

A third revolution in software is happening, and we’re just beginning to understand it.

Aug 24, 2022

⚠️ Time to BeWorried ⚠️

Viral photo app BeReal has a unique feature, but not a unique network.

Aug 17, 2022

How Every Executes: two tweaks that generated ~54% more paid subscribers

Real data from our business showing how execution is exponential

Aug 10, 2022

Execution is Exponential

The math that quantifies how much execution matters

Aug 3, 2022

How Power Works in the Writing Industry

A market analysis, Divinations-style

Jul 27, 2022

Instagram’s Existential Bet

They’re betting the farm on Reels. Will it blow up in their face?

Jul 20, 2022

Finding Power: How To Do Market Analysis

A step-by-step process for uncovering the power dynamics that govern any industry

Jul 13, 2022

Did Medium Succeed?

The past, present, and future of writing on the internet

Jun 29, 2022

What kind of company do you want to build?

Scale, speed, or freedom: choose two

May 20, 2022

Mastering the Market Cycle, by Howard Marks

My chapter-by-chapter summary, with notes and reactions

May 20, 2022

How To Time The Market (Or Not)

A Book Review of “Mastering the Market Cycle”

May 12, 2022

Why Sh*t is Hitting the Fan

How the Fed accidentally scuttled your Series B, simply explained