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Vibe Analysis
AI is coming for data analysis, and it will never be the same
Jul 31
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Build, Sell, Understand
A framework for navigating your startup career
Jul 14
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The internet killed general-purpose products. AI will bring them back.
AI will break fundamental trade-offs in product design and bring back massive general-purpose products in retail, media, education, and more.
Jun 11
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How to Design an Org for Founder Mode
Examples from Apple, Airbnb, Shopify, and Nvidia
Feb 7
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Dan Hockenmaier
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Why Did DoorDash Win?
Three stories, all of which are true.
Jan 22
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Generalist Disease
Sep 25, 2023
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Why Did DoorDash Win?
Jan 22
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How to Design an Org for Founder Mode
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How to Choose a Startup
Dec 4, 2023
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The Leaky Bucket Theory of Network Effects
A framework for understanding the strength of a marketplace’s network effect
Dec 9, 2024
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Playing Game One
A two-minute career manifesto for ambitious people
Oct 8, 2024
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How to be Strategic
The actual nature of strategic work, and how to become great at it
Sep 30, 2024
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When to join a startup
Learning to assess risk will help you maximize the economic outcome of joining a startup
Aug 1, 2024
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The Best Way to Drive Demand in Marketplaces is Hiding in Plain Sight
This is a joint post by Casey Winters and Dan Hockenmaier.
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Feb 22, 2024
Why growth models fail
Why most growth models don't get adopted, how to avoid this fate, and a template model to get you started.
Feb 14, 2024
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How to describe your business as an equation
And why you don’t fully understand your business until you can
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Jan 16, 2024
The Two Paths of a Manager
Diagnosing and course correcting two of the most common stumbling blocks for new managers
Jan 3, 2024
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How to Choose a Startup
And why so many people get it almost entirely backwards
Dec 4, 2023
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