The origins of economic progress, and what comes next
Gumroad’s founder shares what he’s learned about strategy, product, and growth.
A guide to the “right way” (discounted cash flow analysis), and why “everything is dumb right now.”
Is being Sequoia actually pretty easy?
Three reasons why RSS still dominates in audio, but not text.
A new conduit for knowledge of business strategy
On launching and learning
Commoditizing tweets’ complement (the algorithm) will increase usage and rebuild trust
A conflict of interest
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
I hope it becomes a new paradigm for the creator economy
How and why early-stage startups sacrifice growth for power
A friendly rebuttal
My chapter-by-chapter summary, with notes and reactions
It’s not like war, but it’s not like art class, either.
Building your v1
Jesse Beyroutey, partner at IA Ventures, on why some companies achieve dominance while others get bogged down.
And does it matter?
Businesses plateau for two reasons: Their strategy is wrong (Wrong Strategy Syndrome) They fail to execute any strategy at all (Fuzzy Strat
Their new paid podcast feature only makes sense in a world where in-app purchase rules are relaxed.
How to understand the essence of any business
How the Fed accidentally scuttled your Series B, simply explained
