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Learnings Compound, Money Doesn't
Things that compound are significantly more valuable than things that don't. For startups, when you learn something about your users, that learning helps you every time you design a new feature, run a new marketing campaign, etc. for the lifetime of the company. For startups, $ does not compound.
Increasing a Startup's Chances of Being Successful
For a startup to win, it needs a sufficient number of successes along the way. The obvious question then becomes: how does a startup generate the maximum number of successes? Let's define a success as anything that when accomplished, moves your startup closer to winning. It could be
Founder Simulations
Great founders have this uncanny ability to run highly accurate, localized simulations about their business in their heads. What's surprising is none of them could do this when they started. What's the benefit of being able to mentally run accurate simulations? You can predict the future.
How To Think About Product
For many, being a founder is the first time they've had to think about product strategy. Here's how I think about it. All products can be broken down into growth, activation, retention and monetization. 1. Growth – Are more and more people using your product? It'
The Importance of Slope
A benefit of studying mathematics is, you learn how to describe things and their relationship relative to each other. For example, if you want to describe a line, you can with the equation y = mx + b, where b is the y-intercept and m is the slope. I know what you’
Starting Iterative
Brian, Hsu Han, and I are starting a YC-style accelerator called Iterative, focused exclusively on Southeast Asia. The first batch starts on 1 June 2020. If you’re working on something, you should apply. Here’s how it works: 1. Invest $150K Upon Admission – Iterative will invest USD $150K upon
Origin Story of a Venture-Backed, Acquired Startup
Decide.com was acquired by eBay on September 6, 2013. For those unfamiliar with Decide, we invented technology that predicted the future price of consumer goods. Thinking about buying a Samsung television? We’d tell you whether the price would drop in the next two weeks. We helped you decide
Postmortem of a Venture-Backed, Acquired Startup
Decide.com was acquired by eBay on September 6, 2013. For those unfamiliar with Decide, we invented technology that predicted the future price of consumer goods. Thinking about buying a Samsung television? We’d tell you whether the price would drop in the next two weeks. We helped you decide