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Three types of startup advisors you might not have thought about
“Most of the companies we back figure out how to use advisors in compelling ways, it’s just not as public as it used to be.” | learn more
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Your environment shapes your decisions
“Your environment matters more than you think. Most people waste most of their day paddling upstream. Here’s how to create an environment that makes it easy to thrive.” | learn more
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Why books don’t work
This certainly hits home. “All this suggests a peculiar conclusion: as a medium, books are surprisingly bad at conveying knowledge, and readers mostly don’t realize it.” | learn more
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The best-case outcomes are statistical outliers
“There’s nothing wrong with hoping for the best. But the best-case scenario is rarely the one that comes to pass. Being realistic about what is likely to happen positions you for a range of possible outcomes and gives you peace […]
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Bus factor 1
“A company dependent on a single person’s work has a single point of failure. In tech jargon, they have low Bus Factor, the number of people who would have to get hit by a bus for the project to fail. […]
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How to get better introductions
Troy Henikoff of MATH Ventures explains in this 3-minute video. “The best way to get that introduction? The forwardable email.” | learn more
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Fluid thought: the art of exploring without expecting
“The moment we conjure a result in our minds, we tie ourselves to that result, and become attached to that idealized blueprint.” | learn more
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6 lessons for startups from Amazon execs who aren’t Jeff Bezos
Lesson include: slow down to innovate, build by working backwards, and intentions don’t work, mechanisms do. | learn more
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Things you’re allowed to do
What an excellent list from engineer Milan Cvitkovic. “This is a list of things you’re allowed to do that you thought you couldn’t, or didn’t even know you could.” | learn more
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Ideas that changed my life
So many great concepts here from Morgan Housel. He starts with, “Everyone belongs to a tribe…” and ends with, “Your personal experiences make up maybe 0.00000001% of what’s happened in the world but maybe 80% of how you think the […]