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Choosing Your North Star Metric
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The Power of Product Thinking
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Choosing Your North Star Metric
Lenny Rachitsky
How to decide the guiding metrics for every type of business, based on a survey of employees at over 40 of today's most successful growth-stage companies.
All about Network Effects
Anu Hariharan
What is a network effect? How do we untangle the nuances of ‘network effects’ with ‘marketplaces’ and ‘platforms’? What’s the difference between network effects, virality, supply-side economies of scale?
Why Developers Are Building So Many Side Projects
Ben Stokes
From unleashing creativity to mitigating risk, Ben Stokes of Tiny Projects shares some of the main reasons why developers are building so many side projects.
The Power of Product Thinking
Julie Zhuo
Developing product thinking is not just for designers and PMs. Anyone in the business of building products or understanding trends can use this framework.
A Startup's Guide to Launching College Ambassador Programs
Jacob Westphal
This 101 guide on college ambassador programs for consumer startup covers the what, why, and when, how to get started, incentive structures, metrics, and more.
What We Learned Doing Fast Grants
Patrick Collison, Tyler Cowen, and Patrick Hsu
We launched an abnormally fast source of emergency science funding during COVID-19. The results revealed the strength and weakness in current funding models.
How to Build a GPT-3 for Science
Josh Nicholson
A GPT-3-like AI model for science would accelerate innovation and improve reproducibility. Creating it will require us to unlock scientific publications.
What the Merge Means for Ethereum
Danny Ryan and Jeff Benson
The Ethereum Foundation's Danny Ryan discusses how the Merge will increase security and explains how proof of stake impacts developers.
Building for the 99% Developers
Jean Yang
Effectively building and buying software means understanding that most developers work with legacy code, slow processes, and a mishmash of frameworks.
The Future of Search Is Boutique
Sari Azout
The way to improve search is not to mimic Google, but instead to build boutique search engines that index, curate, and organize things in new ways.
Why Applying Machine Learning to Biology is Hard – But Worth It
Jimmy Lin and Nicole Neuman
Computational genomics pioneer Jimmy Lin explains what many machine learning-focused biotech companies and get wrong about hiring, data, and communication.
Jason Fried on Why He Doesn't Do Planning or Politics at Work
Jason Fried and Lauren Murrow
The Basecamp and HEY founder discusses the power of short-term thinking, his framework for startup longevity, and the key thing he looks for when hiring remote.
In Online Ed, Content Is No Longer King—Cohorts Are
Wes Kao
Consumers pay for what’s scarce. And within the crowded, cheap, content-rich world of online education, what's scarce is community.
Grow or Die: A Framework for Turning Your Company Around Fast
Michael Mignano
When your back's against the wall, you need a high stakes, focusing goal that instills a sense of urgency and clarity.
Rethinking Equity Compensation: From Lottery Ticket to Financial Wedge
Niya Dragova
Smart equity management strategies for employees with RSUs or stock options, a future-forward vision for companies, and a wish-list for builders.
The Case for 'Developer Experience'
Jean Yang
No code, SaaS, APIs have led to faster yet more heterogeneous systems: developers work in rainforests, not planned gardens.
Community ≠ Marketing: Why We Need Go-to-Community, Not Just Go-to-Market
Patrick Woods
In a world where software is no longer sold, but rather adopted, community isn't just part of go-to-market; it's a distinct competency: go-to-community.
The Iron Man Model: How Startups and the Military Can Work Together
Jeff Decker
In order to create Iron Man-like innovations, defense tech startups must optimally engage the Pentagon instead of treating it as just another customer.
A Guide to Decentralized Biotech
Jocelynn Pearl
Shared lab space, collaborative projects, DAO-funded research, and other signs of big structural change in this traditionally centralized industry.
Why We Crave Software With Style Over "Branding"
Molly Mielke
Modern software’s uniformity has fueled a craving for more interesting, personalized, opinionated tools — turning inanimate pixels into something with soul.
The Overlooked Levels of the Creator Economy
Dan Runcie
Are creator platforms enabling the 99 percent to chase their childhood dreams? Or are they helping the stars of the 0.1 percent expand their wealth?
Well-Behaved Bubbles Often Make History
Byrne Hobart
The right kind of bubble brings together the right group of people at the right time — it's a coordinating mechanism that can do a surprising amount of good.
Did We Overeat on Software?
Andrej Safundzic
Lumos CEO Andrej Safundizc explains why companies that use SaaS wisely have a competitive advantage over those that blindly consume it.
What Is Negative Engineering?
Jeremiah Lowin
Negative engineering is the time-consuming and sometimes frustrating work that engineers undertake to ensure the success of their primary objectives.
Inside Latin America’s Creator Economy: Rich in Influence, Poor in Cash
Julio Vasconcellos
Though LatAm leads the world in internet and digital media consumption, its creators still struggle to cash in on their influence. That presents an opportunity.
The Music Industry Is Built on Artists, but Shuns Creators
Dave Edwards
If the music business can revise its draconian approach to copyright, modding, and UGC, it will empower tech startups to do for audio what TikTok did for video.
Research Twice, Build Once: How to Know Your Users as You Grow
Ryan Glasgow
Sprig founder and CEO Ryan Glasgow explains why the key to building successful products is understanding your users and what they want.
Our Cities Have an API Problem. Startups Can Fix It.
Zach Caceres
What if we evaluated America’s cities as technological systems? To really improve them, a new generation of startups must compete with them.
A Decade of Deep Learning: How the AI Startup Experience Has Evolved
Richard Socher and Derrick Harris
Richard Socher discusses advances in NLP, and how the experience for AI startups has changed since the early days of deep learning.
How to Use Massive AI Models (Like GPT-3) in Your Startup
Elliot Turner
How startups and smaller entities can take advantage of large foundation models, like GPT-3 and BERT, to kickstart their AI and machine learning efforts.
The Average American Would Pay $242,000 For One Extra Year of Good Health
Andrew Scott
New economic research supports a shift from the pursuit of longevity at all costs to a focus on healthspan: more healthy time over the duration of one’s life.
To Start Building a Community, Master These Two Concepts
Amber Atherton
While many founders are eager to invest in community, they often don't know what they’ll need to know to build one the right way.
How Recommendation Algorithms Actually Work
Thomas Dimson
The author of Instagram's original ranking algorithm explains how social platforms pick content for users and why sharing more experiments could improve trust.
Global Shipping Infrastructure and the Ever Given
Ryan Petersen
The world watched when a container ship blocked the Suez Canal. Amid a frenzy of global trade demand, the world’s shipping infrastructure is starting to break.
AI’s Next Frontier: Brains on Demand
Patrick Mineault
AI-created models of the brain are emerging that have applications in art, advertising, and health. Adoption of AR and BCI will further enhance model utility.
Managing Your Mental Health While Running a Startup
Frederic Kerrest
Building and running a startup is exhausting. Okta co-founder Frederic Kerrest explains why all founders need to stay mentally, emotionally, and physically fit.
Why SQL Needs Software Libraries
George Fraser and Derrick Harris
Fivetran CEO George Fraser discusses the lack of software libraries for SQL, and how enabling them through a platform like dbt could change data analysis.
The Rise of Domain Experts in Deep Learning
Jeremy Howard and Derrick Harris
Jeremy Howard of fast.ai discusses the impacts of deep learning and AI now being accessible to people without PhDs in those spaces.
The Creator Economy Comes for Gaming
Joost van Dreunen
Players are discovering new ways to monetize, whether by building original game worlds, selling in-game goods on the blockchain, or engaging new streamer tools.
How to Excel in Tech Without Learning to Code
Justin Gage
Technical literacy matters because a lot of people work at companies that sell software. And everybody works at companies that use software.
What's Next for Creator Platforms? Learning to Sell
Nathan Baschez
In the rush to build frictionless payment features, the actual pitch—"here's why you should pay and here's what you're getting"—is too often an afterthought.
How to Design (and Redesign) the Practices of Company Culture
Melissa Daimler
This book excerpt "ReCulturing" by Melissa Daimler shares mindsets for evolving the practices that shape a company culture, especially for communication.
Speculation is Necessary. Governments Can Help.
Jamie Catherwood
Instead of trying to eradicate speculative manias, we should channel investors’ innate affinity for speculation into productive ventures.
When to Expand Your Marketplace Business, According to 14 Operators
Justine Moore and John Koelliker
Takeaways from 30 successful marketplaces—including Uber, Airbnb, and Tinder—on when, where, and how to grow.
How to Drive Business Growth By Fostering Your Community
Patrick Woods
If the goal of go-to-market is value capture, the goal of go-to-community (GTC) is value creation that turns users into advocates. Here's where to focus.
It's Time for Esports to Stop Idolizing Traditional Sports
Marty Strenczewilk
Esports are pioneering the future of sports engagement. But to succeed, they need to stop chasing the NBA and NFL and become diverse entertainment companies.
Hopper CEO on Super-App Ambitions and Becoming an Everything Startup
Frederic Lalonde and Theresa Fisher
A Q&A with founder Fred Lalonde on building for Gen Z, unbundling luxury travel, motivations for social behavior, and more.
Info Diet: Tandem CEO Rajiv Ayyangar
Rajiv Ayyangar
A seminal guide to interactive system design, all sorts of rock-climbing content, founder advice videos, and more.
On Workplace Productivity
Nicole Forsgren
What does it mean to be productive? In a post-pandemic world, we need multidimensional measures to understand worker productivity.
Can 'Community Composability' Help Web2 Users Make the Jump to Web3?
Jenny Wang and Michael Chiang
Does widespread web3 adoption hinge on simplifying the onboarding process? Not necessarily. Here's another idea to get the crypto-curious in the door.
Tech Fear-Mongering Isn't New—But It's Time to Break the Cycle
Jason Feifer
Hand-wringing over the latest New Thing isn't unique. In fact, it tends to follow a predictable, four-step cycle fueled by politicians, scientists, and media.
AlphaFold, GPT-3 and How to Augment Intelligence with AI
Niko Grupen
Thanks to a set of new AI models, we have the tools to reimagine common workflows, processes and user experiences. Here are some ideas for how that might look.
What Synthetic Embryos Can and Can't Do, Now and in the Future
Magda Zernicka-Goetz and Nicole Neuman
Caltech Professor Magda Zernicka-Goetz explains recent progress in building 'synthetic' embryos from stem cells, their applications, and what they can't do.
How Headless Commerce Will Change How and Where We Buy
Dirk Hoerig and Derrick Harris
Commercetools CEO Dirk Hoerig explains headless commerce and microservices, and why we'll see innovation in AR, in-car, and B2B commerce.
The Key to Enterprise Sales Is Understanding Enterprises
Gary Hoberman and Derrick Harris
Unqork founder and CEO Gary Hoberman, who spent decades managing Wall Street IT budgets, gives advice for B2B startups getting started with enterprise sales.
How AI Copywriters Are Changing SEO
Chris Tweten
How do AI copywriters stack up to human writers? How are GPT-3-enabled AI writing tools affecting SEO? And how can you use these AI tools to your advantage?
PlanetScale CEO on Cloud-Prem and Climbing the Engineering Ladder
Sam Lambert and Derrick Harris
Sam Lambert is CEO of PlanetScale, a MySQL-compatiable serverless database provider. Prior to joining PlanetScale (then ...
Remote Startups Will Win the War for Top Talent
Chris Herd
When 40 percent of workers are considering quitting, management that opts for empty arguments and handy-wavy phrases will bleed top talent to the competition.
The Two Things We’ll Need for the Next AlphaFold
Daphne Koller and Nicole Neuman
Daphne Koller explains why some fail the academia-to-biotech transition and identifies what we'll need for AlphaFold-level successes across biology and biotech.
The Silicon in Silicon Valley, Again
Dan Wang
Software is fashionable, but we need more than software to reshape our physical world. To build more, we have to prize manufacturing as more meaningful work.
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