Riffing on Chris Dixon's and Balaji's seminal post the idea maze.

Pulling The Thread

Not Ken Norton's Bring the Donuts. A simple (but not easy!) way to consistently stand out.

Bring The Cupcakes

Many seemingly complex things are actually pretty straightforward. But that doesn't mean it's easy.

One of the key requirements for greatness. You cannot be great without the juice.

It turns out a 24x7 online casino is as crazy as it sounds.

My favorite Arrington post. Definitely a pirate's life for me.

Early stage investing is not only about the people, but the match between those people and the problem space.

The most interesting things live at the intersection of two or more markets.

A new class of people in the workforce allows a new class of tools & companies to be built.

Blue chips are often too successful and breed mediocre founders. The best founders seem to come from failure.

While your current skills helped you get to where you are, they're holding you back from the next level.

A lesson from Bezos - how to know when a decision is actually a decision.

We already live in the metaverse, the UI just isn't very good yet.

All startups are hard and take everything you've got. If the effort is mostly constant, then make sure to pick a problem with bigger rewards.

This is the most important question in startups. There are no new ideas, only timing ideas.

Good & done is better than perfect & in progress. High frequency revs rule everything around me.

Money is made from points of friction. Innovation makes those scarce resources abundant and then creates a new higher level point of friction.

Your inbox is a todo list that everyone can add to. That's playing defense with your time. Learn to play offense.