Three reasons why RSS still dominates in audio, but not text.
Gumroad’s founder shares what he’s learned about strategy, product, and growth.
The blue check fiasco reveals a shallow understanding of how status motivates participation in social networks. Here is a deeper look.
A conflict of interest
I hope it becomes a new paradigm for the creator economy
How and why early-stage startups sacrifice growth for power
Advice for Generalist Founders
Commoditizing tweets’ complement (the algorithm) will increase usage and rebuild trust
A guide to the “right way” (discounted cash flow analysis), and why “everything is dumb right now.”
Is being Sequoia actually pretty easy?
A friendly rebuttal
An exclusive excerpt from a16z general partner Andrew Chen’s new book, The Cold Start Problem
A guide to Porter’s “Five Forces” framework—through the lens of Spotify
Strategy’s most famous theory could be wrong
Businesses plateau for two reasons: Their strategy is wrong (Wrong Strategy Syndrome) They fail to execute any strategy at all (Fuzzy Strat
On launching and learning
How the Fed accidentally scuttled your Series B, simply explained
Three Shorts — April 2nd, 2020
How to understand the essence of any business
It’s not like war, but it’s not like art class, either.
Building your v1
Three Shorts: Notion, Roam, and “Time Preference”
And does it matter?
Growing an audience ain’t what it used to be
