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Perspective on life
โ€œIf you do the hard path and it doesn't work, actually you still win because you've now done something hard.โ€
Farhan ThawarHow Shopify builds a high-intensity culture | Farhan Thawar (VP and Head of Eng)
Choosing the hard path
โ€œYou just focus on doing something of meaning that really helps people.โ€
Garrett LordInside the expert network training every frontier AI model | Garrett Lord
Entrepreneurial advice
โ€œWith AI, there's going to be so many opportunities to improve the way people learn.โ€
Garrett LordInside the expert network training every frontier AI model | Garrett Lord
Opportunities in AI
โ€œThere's unlimited demand. How do you make sure that three months from now, six months, you have no regrets?โ€
Garrett LordInside the expert network training every frontier AI model | Garrett Lord
Business mindset
โ€œBecome an expert somewhere, somehow, before you start, because you'll be a lot more credible.โ€
GergelyLeaving big tech to build the #1 technology newsletter | Gergely Orosz (The Pragmatic Engineer)
Expertise
โ€œDecide if you want to do entertainment, education, or edutainment, and figure out what format might work both for the medium and for you.โ€
GergelyLeaving big tech to build the #1 technology newsletter | Gergely Orosz (The Pragmatic Engineer)
Content creation
โ€œYou cannot guarantee having success, but you can do what he did, which is start something, do a cadence, see if it sticks.โ€
GergelyLeaving big tech to build the #1 technology newsletter | Gergely Orosz (The Pragmatic Engineer)
Success in newslettering
โ€œThe easiest way to be the best is to be the first.โ€
Gaurav MisraMastering onboarding | Lauryn Isford (Head of Growth at Airtable)
Competitive strategy
โ€œIf you're just building a playground and people play around in the playground and then they leave after playing around, it's not a business.โ€
Gaurav MisraMastering onboarding | Lauryn Isford (Head of Growth at Airtable)
Importance of solving real problems
โ€œThere's rarely a time like this where so much is possible.โ€
Gaurav MisraMastering onboarding | Lauryn Isford (Head of Growth at Airtable)
Opportunities in the current market
โ€œVelocity is everything at Ramp.โ€
Geoff CharlesVelocity over everything: How Ramp became the fastest-growing SaaS startup ever | Geoff Charles
Company Culture
โ€œYour attention is a gift. If you're interested in joining us here at Ramp, we're obviously hiring incredible people.โ€
Geoff CharlesVelocity over everything: How Ramp became the fastest-growing SaaS startup ever | Geoff Charles
Hiring
โ€œEmpowered and talented engineers and designers are the biggest reason why Ramp was so successful.โ€
Geoff CharlesVelocity over everything: How Ramp became the fastest-growing SaaS startup ever | Geoff Charles
Team Success
โ€œProducts change, markets change, customers change, teams change in a ball.โ€
Gia LaudiCustomer-led growth | Georgiana Laudi (Forget The Funnel)
Adaptability
โ€œFunnels are gross.โ€
Gia LaudiCustomer-led growth | Georgiana Laudi (Forget The Funnel)
Marketing
โ€œIt's about the values of the business, not the value to the customer that's being measured.โ€
Gia LaudiCustomer-led growth | Georgiana Laudi (Forget The Funnel)
Customer Focus
โ€œIt's more important to be an entrepreneur now than maybe ever. I wouldn't make becoming a billionaire my goal.โ€
Geoffrey MooreGeoffrey Moore on finding your beachhead, crossing the chasm, and dominating a market
entrepreneurship
โ€œIf you're a category leader, if you're like Oracle and Databases, you're 40 years in. You're still the leader, because the ecosystem organized around you.โ€
Geoffrey MooreGeoffrey Moore on finding your beachhead, crossing the chasm, and dominating a market
market leadership
โ€œYou really do need to do good, but it's not because you're obeying a divine creator. It's because we're mammals and mammals nurture their young.โ€
Geoffrey MooreGeoffrey Moore on finding your beachhead, crossing the chasm, and dominating a market
values and ethics
โ€œThe missing piece... is that I hadn't earned their trust.โ€
FailureFailure
Leadership and Trust
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