Andrew wrote a great tweet about the dynamics of referral programs in consumer apps. But I’d say that there are instances where selecting for money-motivated people on the demand side is also good. One of them is group buying apps like Pinduoduo.

Feature parity is a euphemism for not knowing what your users want.

Quick post summarizing crypto views - Bitcoin is in a supercycle (shorter shallower dips) - Macro is still looking good - Crypto markets are heated up and euphoric - ETF inflows can sustain and drive prices further regardless - Seeing some crypto founders turn disgustingly

The start of AI singularity?

A product person is only as good as their last action. This creates a powerful incentive to choose opportunism vs. opportunity development because the personal costs of failure are just too high.

Tell me you killed a bunch of startups without telling me telling me.

Product adoption is hard. This might become the standard for product teams in onboarding optimization.

It's like going from the Stone Age to the Industrial Age in terms of AI app development.

Design for the whole experience, not its part.

Differentiation has gone too far.

Unbelievably profound insights from Bezos on creating a high-standards culture and how it depends on the scope of actions and time.

Great tips and execution is simple.

Improving communication standards also improves results. The better we frame our work reports, the more motivated we are to do work that has good framing.

The end of the 1 billion active user ad-supported consumer startup -- and why highly-monetizing, useful, vertical apps are the next thing It's been a long time since we last built a broadly horizontal consumer app like YouTube, Instagram, Linkedin, or Snapchat. In fact, I'm

Product Management 101

Had some time to kill on a long flight, so I dug into my notes. Found this old draft from early 2021. Just saw Brad Gerstner's chart showing OpenAI’s revenue way ahead of Google and Meta. In hindsight, I should’ve titled that note: Google might just be the opening act for OpenAI.

Play silly games, win silly prizes.

knowing what the right thing to do is in any situation is one thing, but actually being able to pull it off is another. that’s why having hands-on experience and taking time to think things over and adjust is super important.

the death of desktop software. it's basically impossible to run anything else with all these chrome tabs gobbling up resources

ceo pitching a new idea to the team