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Erik Torenberg
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Frameworks for coming up with startup ideas "The best way to come up with startup ideas is to lead an interesting life & be curious.If you put yourself in a
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Aggregated threads on company building, including:- How to pick startup ideas- Picking co-founders- How to raise a seed round- Recruiting- Hiring execs- Management- Growth- Network effects- Building communities- Remote How
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Econ Twitter:Tell me where the below is wrong or add nuance to some of the claims:- Misconceptions around monetary policy- Similarities btw 1929, 1990s (Japan), & 2008 & lessons learned-
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High-level overview on network effects (nfx):- Frameworks for thinking about them- Different kinds of nfx- Other forms of defensibility- Addressing bottlenecks to nfx- Misconceptions around nfxReferences @JamesCurrier @anuhariharan @ljin18 @DCoolican
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Deep Dive into Marketplaces:- Vertical marketplaces- B2B marketplaces- Unit economics- Case studies- Understanding liquidity- Mistakes founders makeHigh-level overview First, why are marketplaces great businesses?- Network effects bring high barrier
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High-level thoughts on remote work:- Advantages- Frameworks for thinking about it- Hiring- Compensation- 2nd order effects- Remote as an investible categoryMuch of this inspired by conversations w/ @andreasklinger & @photomatt
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My favorite tips on how to raise a seed round Paraphrasing Paul Graham: Pretend you are a venture capitalist, that you have their incentives in mind, then convince yourself that
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Some of my favorite takeaways from Samo Burja's "Great Founder Theory" & other writings: Thread Great Founder Theory: http://samoburja.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Great-Founder-Theory-v-1.43.pdfOther writing:http://samoburja.com/
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1/ Below is my perception/(limited) understanding of Peter Thiel's worldview:People don’t understand how important economic growth is.It’s the only thing sustaining the planet. Without it, we go into malthusian war.https://twitter.com/then_there_
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1/ In the literature of growth & marketing, there is this concept called “loops” I’m curious to explore “loops” in the context of how people make career decisions and think
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Very high level & evolving thoughts on lending businesses within fin-tech from someone trying to make sense of the space 1st wave - OnDecks & Lending Clubs taking products
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