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The Amish have mastered controlled innovation, testing new tools without breaking their values. Here's how product teams can apply their method to emerging tech adoption.
Investor updates: Angel Investors’ most expensive substack subscriptions! An Investor update email is an essential part of keeping your stakeholders informed about the progress of your…
🚫🙈 TL;DR: America is struggling through an identity crisis. Good thing we have new ethnographers exposing us to other viewpoints. Good thing we have incredible musicians to unite us as “One N…
A retrospective look at the creation process of Ash the Pirate during the Global Game Jame 2021 hackathon.
🚫🙈 TL;DR: Grind your beans too little, their coarseness will leave your coffee under extracted (sour, acidic). Grind too much, over extracted (bitter, hollow). The same thing happens in life. If we…
2021 appears to be off to a rough start. How will you make it the best year of your life? Consistent incremental improvements and by simply beginning again.
🚫🙈 TL;DR: I expose you to art, writing, and music from Northern Europe. You try a new tool to reconcile your year. And — Oh yeah — biological robots built through machine learning and b…
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🚫🙈 TL;DR I share historical ephemera. Who invented Christmas Cards? Why didn’t ancient Greeks see the color blue? How come in 1984 a 100 year old ballad from the United Kingdom was being sung…
🚫🙈 TL;DR This week I introduce you to my biggest mentors, Grove, Dalio, and Ferriss. We’ll also explore the works of J. Cole and Alex Grey. Last but not least, we meet the man who survived Th…
🚫🙈 TL;DR “History doesn’t repeat itself, but it rhymes.” Smart Investors study history, read books, understand strategy, and follow principles. *Click linked names to ask for an i…
📏😚 TL;DR Let’s reframe the discussion, zoom out from the stress inducing myopia of the last week. My favorite accomplishments of Humanity involve our struggle to understand the Universe. Lets…
📏👀 TL;DR We learn about creating wealth, saving time, and making great art. 🗽😄 Must Read: (7 min) Naval Ravikant’s life is the American Dream. An immigrant youth who struggled in NYC, he over…
📏👀 TL;DR I didn’t “ship it” last week. People noticed! 😣 I didn’t beat myself up about it. 🥰 This week we’re going to talk about taking time for yourself, being presen…
📏👀 TL;DR This week we ignore the drama and wear a smile. Why shouldn’t you? Things are looking up! The poor have comforts that the titans of industry couldn’t get with all their we…
Imagine that everyone you spend time with are Dandelion seeds and your impact will be spread forth into the world. What’s is the Dandelion Effect? As Leaders travel through life, we build tea…
Pitch-In is an event designed to help founders of early stage companies. Early Stage Founders present their business idea and receive kind-but-critical feedback. What’s the Format of a Pitch …
I spent today compiling a retrospective report that summarizes the past six months. I’m left in awe of all that you have done as a startup community. We have grown and supported each through …
The Idea Stage Startup Trap I spend a lot of time talking to Idea Stage Founders about their fictional startups. Often they’re stuck thinking about their business instead of building it. The …
Scaling Operations for your SaaS startup by Kat Carter from Squire. Focused on the foundational elements of scaling and highlighted Kat’s knowledge. The Q&A at the end goes deeper and sha…
During my PTO, I was playing around with a side-project. About 8-12 hour in, I realized I had made a classic mistake. I was focusing on building a thing, but I hadn’t spend enough time …
The Equity Mistake They Make With Each Other: If you’re founding a company with other people. All founders should vest in their stock over time. Typically, you should use a one-year cliff and…
One of the hardest things for senior managers to maintain Situational Awareness across their entire organization. Ego and averaging often obscure the reporting up through your hierarchy. Mid-level …
H/T: @lpolovets Donald Knuth was specifically talking about algorithms in computer software, but the lesson applies broadly to product development, startups, and self-improvement. Perfection is the…
Jocko Willink is my spirit animal. Falling Victim to Entropy Since 2009, I had made a series of choices to focus on my career and entrepreneurial ambitions instead of my health. I put on about 50 l…
Wireframe for ClarkDever.com in Powerpoint There are dozens of tools for building user interfaces, some of them are web-based, some require specialized skills and software (looking at you Adobe). T…
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Every year, I try and participate in at least one Hackathon. As a Product Manager, I find building and shipping a product as fast as possible is a great way to work on your ability to scope and p…
Micro-contracts build Habits Micro-contracts are one-line agreement with yourself. They are used to short-circuit decision making process for recurring events. The goal is to increase complia…
Violence of action means the unrestricted use of speed, strength, surprise, and aggression to achieve total dominance against your enemy. – Cade Courtley A Strategy for Startups Fo…
