growth
-
🔄 The release circle
As previously discussed, a release is useful and quality. What counts as a release? One way to think about this is to view the release as a circle with two attributes: What (it contains) Who (it’s for) Initially, there is not much in the …
-
🛠️ Do things that don't scale
From Paul Graham’s popular essay Do Things That Don’t Scale: Over-engaging with early users is not just a permissible technique for getting growth rolling. For most successful startups it’s a necessary part of the feedback loop that makes …
-
🏆 What is the ultimate platform success?
The ultimate platform success is when an internal platform turns into a sellable product/service, or an open source project. Perhaps some companies succeed by starting out building a platform as a product, but the greatest platform successe…
-
✍️ Why writing is important
Some people are wildly successful without writing. So, if the goal is only to make a lot of money or have a lot of power, this advice may not apply. However, for those who want to: Think better Scale ideas beyond direct personal contact Ca…
-
📈 Scale vs. Value
As scale increases (# of people, # of technologies, # of products, # of teams, life cycle of product, experience, amount of knowledge, etc.), what does the value produced look like? Metcalfe’s law states that the financial value or influen…
-
📈 What do we mean by scaling?
This can mean many things: More units sold More customers served More people doing the work More features More innovation More models produced More model options More quality We could go on, but basically we mean more of something over ti…