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Lindley’s paradox.
On null effects in science. “What’s more convincing? p = 0.04 in a sample of 10 or p = 0.04 in a sample of 1,000,000?” ~ learn more
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A word to the resourceful.
One of Paul Graham’s essays from 2012: “A year ago I noticed a pattern in the least successful startups we’d funded: they all seemed hard to talk to. It felt as if there was some kind of wall between us. […]
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How to speak more confidently and persuasively.
This is an interesting interview with Matt Abrahams, who teaches a class on strategic communication at Stanford. I liked this framework because it’s easy to remember: “What? So What? Now What?” ~ learn more
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Avoid blundering: 80% of a winning strategy.
What’s true in amateur chess and tennis is that one can win by avoiding blunders moreso than by winning points. Is it true in startups as well? This author makes the case. ~ learn more
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Ambition’s gravity.
“I’m here to tell you: you can simply decide to do big things. And I’m here to argue that you should spend the time to figure out the most ambitious thing you could dream of doing with your one wild […]
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20 years of experience or 1 year repeated 20 times?
“How does one make sure that you do not end up as a one trick pony, a person with limited experience that you have simply repeated?” ~ learn more
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Warren Buffett, Harry Bottle and the story of Dempster Mill.
I have been reading Buffet’s early letters (pre-Berkshire) and this value investing story was in there. “In 1956, the Buffett Partnership began acquiring Dempster Mill Manufacturing Co., a producer of windmills and farm equipment in Beatrice, Nebraska, about 100 miles […]
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Growing a small home services with acquisitions.
I enjoyed listening to this interview with John Wilson, who took over his family’s small and very stable HVAC business and used it as a launchpad to quickly expand. ~ learn more
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6 lessons from Y-Combinator, 10 years later.
“YC taught us to outsource very little. Own the problem. Own the outcome. And if you do, you get to be stupidly ambitious.” ~ learn more
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Entropy: the hidden force that complicates life.
I’m a sucker for discussions of entropy, which is the tendency (sometimes law) for all systems to trend toward disorder. ~ learn more