What essay or article have you read that has had a significant impact on how you think about business, markets, entrepreneurship and/or technology?
3/ This podcast with @bgurley and @patrick_oshag and its discussion of network effects

http://investorfieldguide.com/gurley/ ">https://investorfieldguide.com/gurley/&q...
5/ summarized the Evolution v Revolution article here

https://twitter.com/asanwal/status/1137361726167486471

I">https://twitter.com/asanwal/s... do recommend reading the whole thing, however
6/ Status-as-a-Service by @eugenewei is https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔥" title="Feuer" aria-label="Emoji: Feuer">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔥" title="Feuer" aria-label="Emoji: Feuer">

What makes it special is that it& #39;s long AF and detailed & still immensely readable

He& #39;s a special writer for the clarity he brings to topics while talking like a human the whole time https://www.eugenewei.com/blog/2019/2/19/status-as-a-service">https://www.eugenewei.com/blog/2019...
7/ @pmarca with a great reminder abt markets

Reminded of this Warren Buffett maxim

"When a management with a reputation for brilliance tackles a business with a reputation for bad economics, it is the reputation of the business that remains intact."

https://pmarchive.com/guide_to_startups_part4.html">https://pmarchive.com/guide_to_...
8/ "Management is (Still) Not Leadership"

very helpful for me as I def conflated the two prior

helped provide some clarity on where to seek help as we scale @CBinsights

https://hbr.org/2013/01/management-is-still-not-leadership.html

thx">https://hbr.org/2013/01/m... @nickseguin for flagging this one
9/ Great talk by Peter Kaufman on the Multidisciplinary Approach to Thinking

Discusses Einstein’s 5 ascending levels of cognitive prowess

5: smart
4: intelligent
3: brilliant
2: genius
1: simple

Simple transcends genius

http://latticeworkinvesting.com/category/peter-kaufman/">https://latticeworkinvesting.com/category/...
10/ Five ways to build a $100M biz by @chrija featuring his https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🐁" title="Maus" aria-label="Emoji: Maus">, https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🦌" title="Hirsch" aria-label="Emoji: Hirsch">, https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🐘" title="Elefant" aria-label="Emoji: Elefant"> framework was very clarifying in @CBinsights early days (esp in figuring out which markets not to attack)

Also, killer dataviz as you’ll see attached :)

http://christophjanz.blogspot.com/2014/10/five-ways-to-build-100-million-business.html?m=1">https://christophjanz.blogspot.com/2014/10/f...
10/ Five ways to build a $100M biz by  @chrija featuring his https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable=, https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🦌" title="Hirsch" aria-label="Emoji: Hirsch">, https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🐘" title="Elefant" aria-label="Emoji: Elefant"> framework was very clarifying in @CBinsights early days (esp in figuring out which markets not to attack)Also, killer dataviz as you’ll see attached :) https://christophjanz.blogspot.com/2014/10/f..." title="10/ Five ways to build a $100M biz by @chrija featuring his https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🐁" title="Maus" aria-label="Emoji: Maus">, https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🦌" title="Hirsch" aria-label="Emoji: Hirsch">, https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🐘" title="Elefant" aria-label="Emoji: Elefant"> framework was very clarifying in @CBinsights early days (esp in figuring out which markets not to attack)Also, killer dataviz as you’ll see attached :) https://christophjanz.blogspot.com/2014/10/f..." class="img-responsive" style="max-width:100%;"/>
11/ Going to use this to record concepts I& #39;ve liked from various sources (to remind myself)

My favorite concept from @AnnieDuke& #39;s Thinking in Bets was that of "resulting" - our tendency to equate the quality of a decision with the quality of its outcome

Def been guilty of this
12/ "The 4 Myths of Bundling" by @shishirmehrotra

Very detailed, thoughtful analysis which challenged some preconceptions I had and also taught me a lot about the concept of bundling https://coda.io/@shishir/four-myths-of-bundling">https://coda.io/@shishir/...
13/ "The 3 Sides of Risk" by @morganhousel

1. The odds you will get hit
2. The avg consequences of getting hit
3. The tail-end consequences of getting hit

It’s the third that’s hardest to learn, and can often only be learned through experience https://www.collaborativefund.com/blog/the-three-sides-of-risk/">https://www.collaborativefund.com/blog/the-...
14/ “Fake activity is great for making yourself feel better, but lousy for actual results“

Loved the examples in this. So easy to confuse activity with progress. https://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/2020/05/04/do-the-real-thing/">https://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/2020...
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