The Bus Ticket Theory of Genius: paulgraham.com/genius.html

Oh man, it's such a treat for my brain every time a new Paul Graham essay drops. 3rd one in a month and this one rings particularly true paulgraham.com/lesson.html

We read/preach a lot about startups being hard, stressful, etc. That's all true... but they're also so much fun. Many of us founded/joined a startup because few things brought more joy than seeing an idea come to life. It's easy to lose sight of this.

This mirrors my experience - cold outreach works incredibly well if you do it in a sincere way. I've gotten tons of help from people I didn't know, just by asking. The key thing is to give back, and do the same when you have some way to help.

Sure are a lot of opinions flying around about the necessity and viability of open source protocols for social networking/media. Some missing the forest for the trees: A social media giant says the internet needs a decentralized, open source alternative. And that’s really big.

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Nice collection of experiences on filling early supply in marketplace startups. Common thread is to a) set quality bar high, b) overcorrect suppliers to ensure a great off-platform experience for consumers, c) define supplier culture fit.

Candidly, despite spending a LOT of my time over the past 15 years presenting ideas, I still feel I've got plenty of room to grow in being a good public speaker. This talk by Patrick Winston @ MIT is a great overview on becoming better: youtu.be/Unzc731iCUY

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Digging the new @Facebook beta dark mode and UI element refresh, but the whitespace is even more ridiculous now🤯

It's here. The Wall Street Journal on PressReader. Recognized for its outstanding and accurate journalism, The Wall Street Journal joins our prestigious collection of the world’s best newspapers and magazines. #ReadYourselfBetter. Read the full release: hubs.ly/H0n4fjG0

My day job (also: night job) is CEO of Slack, a publicly traded company with investors to whom I am a fiduciary, 110k+ paying customers of all sizes, and thousands of employees I care about very, very much. The last few weeks have been 🤯😳😢 Here’s what it's been like. [Thread]

Dear friends, sharing more works for you in this heavy days. Machine Hallucinations - Nature Dreams using 46,474,696 photographic landscape memories of our Earth with machine intelligence. This time with beautiful S. Rachmaninoff. Symphony № 2. Movement.

Sora has some wild ideas about airplanes😂 (joking aside, it is an amazing product)