Mastering the art of 0 to 1
Advice for Generalist Founders
The blue check fiasco reveals a shallow understanding of how status motivates participation in social networks. Here is a deeper look.
Say you just launched a product to a group of users for the first time. What now?
How AI will—and won’t—change writing
25,000 users in 24 hours
Meta thinks it will, and they are betting everything on it.
Here’s how to do it well
How close are we to having a personal AI that can write the perfect thing just for us?
Or, how to learn something useful from big events
An expansive question that has surprisingly practical value
The origins of economic progress, and what comes next
A third revolution in software is happening, and we’re just beginning to understand it.
Viral photo app BeReal has a unique feature, but not a unique network.
Real data from our business showing how execution is exponential
The math that quantifies how much execution matters
A market analysis, Divinations-style
They’re betting the farm on Reels. Will it blow up in their face?
A step-by-step process for uncovering the power dynamics that govern any industry
The past, present, and future of writing on the internet
Scale, speed, or freedom: choose two
My chapter-by-chapter summary, with notes and reactions
A Book Review of “Mastering the Market Cycle”
How the Fed accidentally scuttled your Series B, simply explained