Who is buying what you're selling? In 2015, Bill Gurley gave a talk called "Running Down a Dream." In it, he argued that the best founders don't just build products. They build companies around how value actually moves through their market. He was talking
Two weeks, two deaths of early aughts icons disclosed. After short periods of mourning and requisite social media tributes, the details of their financial circumstances became grounds for heated public discourse, and nothing was spared. Much like our forebears who took to the town square to jeer at their unfortunate
Reciprocity and the natural cycle of give and take have been off-kilter for a while now. We talk about the loneliness epidemic, the erosion of community, and the collapse of our collective sense that the ground will hold. Yet when we look at our day-to-day lives and what we build
Ahhhhh-stin. From the moment you step off the plane and are greeted by the live music wafting through the terminal, the smell of brisket and tacos, and see the Austin uniform — wide-brim hat, leather boots, and an earthy mix of Brooklyn meets ranch attire, you know you've arrived
On integration, regulated markets, and the role nobody hires for. When DMX’s It’s Dark and Hell Is Hot blew up the hip-hop scene in the late ‘90s, nobody quite knew what to make of him or it. It was dark. It was brooding. He was integrating dog barking
"Choose Good Quests" asks exactly the right question: why aren't the best founders working on hard, important problems? The framework is genuinely good — good enough that it's worth examining the one assumption inside it that may be reinforcing the very drought it's
We glorify startups as a society. The sayings have crossed the chasm from business mantras to motivational quotes - move fast and break things; fail often so you can succeed sooner; if you build it, they will come; do what you love. And while there is some merit to these
It’s funny how when you’re searching for something, at first you can’t find it, but give it a few weeks and suddenly your entire newsfeed, all your Amazon results, podcast suggestions, Instagram stories, and newsletters merge into a firehose of relevant content that creates layers upon layers
Have you ever been at a cocktail party, a professional dinner, or sitting with a new contact for coffee and wondered what on earth do I have in common with these people? Ask your fellow humans how they feel about the U.S. healthcare system. You’ll find an immediate
Inspired by the Ben Horowitz classic Good Product Manager/Bad Product Manager Product Marketing does not have a singular meeting. It’s been described as a jack of all trades, a marketing pinch hitter, a storyteller, or even the business-minded counterpart to Product and engineering. This lack of clarity -
Inspired by the Ben Horowitz classic Good Product Manager/Bad Product Manager A good product launch introduces a new product that solves a real problem for a specific set of people who find that this problem makes their lives difficult. A good product launch doesn’t seek out a problem
Inspired by the Ben Horowitz classic Good Product Manager/Bad Product Manager Good Product Marketing VPs are a strategic thought partner to their Product Management VP, as well as the CMO, CPO, CRO, and COO. A Good Product Marketing VP understands that being a leader is setting an achievable vision