Dan Hock's Essays

LLMs vs. Marketplaces

Which marketplaces will probably win the battle with LLMs, which will probably lose, and what any marketplace can do to improve its odds.

Jan 13 • Dan Hockenmaier

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September 2025

How to make your writing C.R.I.S.P.

A framework for improving your business writing with templates and an LLM prompt

Sep 4, 2025 • Dan Hockenmaier

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July 2025

Vibe Analysis

AI is coming for data analysis, and it will never be the same

Jul 31, 2025 • Dan Hockenmaier

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Build, Sell, Understand

A framework for navigating your startup career

Jul 14, 2025 • Dan Hockenmaier

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June 2025

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, 2025 • Dan Hockenmaier

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February 2025

How to Design an Org for Founder Mode

Examples from Apple, Airbnb, Shopify, and Nvidia

Feb 7, 2025 • Dan Hockenmaier

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January 2025

Why Did DoorDash Win?

Three stories, all of which are true.

Jan 22, 2025 • Dan Hockenmaier

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December 2024

The Leaky Bucket Theory of Network Effects

A framework for understanding the strength of a marketplace’s network effect

Dec 9, 2024 • Dan Hockenmaier

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October 2024

Playing Game One

A two-minute career manifesto for ambitious people

Oct 8, 2024 • Dan Hockenmaier

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September 2024

How to be Strategic

The actual nature of strategic work, and how to become great at it

Sep 30, 2024 • Dan Hockenmaier

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August 2024

When to join a startup

Learning to assess risk will help you maximize the economic outcome of joining a startup

Aug 1, 2024 • Dan Hockenmaier

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February 2024

The Best Way to Drive Demand in Marketplaces is Hiding in Plain Sight

This is a joint post by Casey Winters and Dan Hockenmaier.

Published on Casey Accidental • Feb 22, 2024