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MARKET
EssayApr 8, 2025

Market Ending Moves

Startup CEOs should ask themselves what crazy ideas can turn into a move that just ends a market's competitive dynamic

Elad Gil · Substack · Elad Gil

NAVAL
EssayApr 7, 2025

Naval Ravikant on avoiding mediocrity, Kobe on bringing the best out in people, and Facebook's first website

The Z Fellows Newsletter - April 7th, 2025

Z Fellows

EssayApr 6, 2025

Sometimes never compete on price

The difference between "low prices" as a race to the bottom or as a success story (like Amazon, Costco, IKEA, Vanguard) is in leveraging intentional weaknesses.

A Smart Bear · Jason Cohen

WEEKLY
EssayApr 5, 2025

Weekly Learning

3-Step Decision Making Framework, Churn Metrics, and AI

Do Fuong · Substack · Do Fuong

EssayApr 1, 2025

The definitive guide to mastering product sense interviews

A step-by-step playbook to help you ace your PM interview

Lenny's Newsletter · Ben Erez

A16Z
EssayMar 31, 2025

Why a16z is investing up to $1M in very early stage startups

Come work with me 1:1, or refer folks please!

Andrew Chen · Substack · Andrew Chen

MARC
EssayMar 31, 2025

Marc Andreessen on traits of innovators, Charlie Munger on clear thinking, and Paul Graham’s advice for pitching your early stage startup

The Z Fellows Newsletter - March 31, 2025

Z Fellows

SIMPLIFY
EssayMar 30, 2025

How to simplify complex decisions by cleaving the facts

Simplify complex decisions by separating upsides from downsides, investing in upsides, vetoing with downsides, and using an appropriate decision framework.

A Smart Bear · Jason Cohen

BUSINESS
EssayMar 25, 2025

Go do business

Business isn’t something you learn in books. Or posts. Or threads. You can’t read your way to the right hire. You can't consume enough content to produce a product. You have to do. You learn business by doing business. Hiring by hiring. Products by building them. We know this is true in music. Never pick up a guitar? Go read 100 books on guitar. You'll suck just as much. You have to play. You can only learn guitar by playing. Business is music. Some things can be taught. Some are just knowledge…

Jason Fried · HEY World · Jason Fried

EssayMar 24, 2025

DoorDash's v1 was 8 PDF menus on a static HTML website

Revisiting the Minimum Viable Product strategy and its strengths/weaknesses

Andrew Chen · Substack · Andrew Chen

NOTES
EssayMar 24, 2025

Notes on creativity from Socratica, Shopify's founder on maximizing your potential, and an inspirational Nike ad

The Z Fellows Newsletter - March 24, 2025

Z Fellows

ALL
EssayMar 23, 2025

All pretty models are wrong, but some ugly models are useful

Identifying useful frameworks for companies, strategy, markets, and organizations, instead of those that just look pretty in PowerPoint.

A Smart Bear · Jason Cohen

NGH
EssayMar 18, 2025

Nghệ Thuật Pivot

Trong hành trình xây dựng startup, câu hỏi: Liệu có nên pivot không?

Tuấn Huỳnh · Substack · Tuấn Huỳnh

CHIM
EssayMar 17, 2025

Chiêm nghiệm về metric của tài xế Grab

Từ cảm hứng bài viết trước Metric “số 5” từ trải nghiệm đi cắt tóc, lần này tôi muốn chia sẻ về câu chuyện của tài xế Grab.

Tuấn Huỳnh · Substack · Tuấn Huỳnh

STARTUP
EssayMar 17, 2025

Startup tips from Sam Altman, advice on greatness from Magnus Carlsen, and Apple's open challenge to IBM

The Z Fellows Newsletter - March 17, 2025

Z Fellows

EssayMar 16, 2025

Reframing "Freemium" by charging the marketing department

A Smart Bear · Jason Cohen

RANDOMLY
EssayMar 12, 2025

Randomly right

Jason Fried · HEY World · Jason Fried

SUPA
EssayMar 11, 2025

Supa Pecha Kucha

swyx

VIBE
EssayMar 10, 2025

Vibe coding, some thoughts and predictions

Andrew Chen · Substack · Andrew Chen

DAVID
EssayMar 10, 2025

David Goggins on how small wins spark growth, Reid Hoffman on working smart, and 10 rules by Kobe Bryant

Z Fellows

EssayMar 9, 2025

The wrongness of relativism

A Smart Bear · Jason Cohen

1000000
EssayMar 4, 2025

1,000,000

Lenny's Newsletter

ESSAY
EssayMar 3, 2025

Nên gặp VC sớm hơn?

Tuấn Huỳnh · Substack · Tuấn Huỳnh

MARK
EssayMar 3, 2025

Mark Zuckerberg on the importance of getting started, Julian Weisser on greatness, and Teddy Roosevelt's advice on dealing with critics

Z Fellows

EssayMar 2, 2025

"I scratched my own itch" isn't good enough

A Smart Bear · Jason Cohen

ESSAY
EssayMar 1, 2025

What to Do

Paul Graham

PODCAST
EssayFeb 27, 2025

What the podcast industry gets wrong about YouTube

Justin Jackson

ADJACENT
EssayFeb 25, 2025

Adjacent Possible và Instacart

Tuấn Huỳnh · Substack · Tuấn Huỳnh

NETWORK
EssayFeb 24, 2025

Network Effect trong mô hình VC

Tuấn Huỳnh · Substack · Tuấn Huỳnh

BEN
EssayFeb 24, 2025

Ben Horowitz on The Struggle, Jocko Willink on the dichotomies of a good leader, and Benjamin Franklin's daily routine

Z Fellows

ITS
EssayFeb 23, 2025

Why it's nice to compete against a large, profitable company

A Smart Bear · Jason Cohen

HIRING
EssayFeb 21, 2025

Hiring judgement

Jason Fried · HEY World · Jason Fried

NHIU
EssayFeb 21, 2025

Nhiều trứng vào nhiều giỏ hay ít giỏ

Tuấn Huỳnh · Substack · Tuấn Huỳnh

CONCLAVE
EssayFeb 19, 2025

Conclave - Suy nghĩ về Tội Chắc Chắn

Tuấn Huỳnh · Substack · Tuấn Huỳnh

WHERE
EssayFeb 18, 2025

Where will the AI Horde strike next? AI video, social media, and Hollywood

Andrew Chen · Substack · Andrew Chen

METRIC
EssayFeb 18, 2025

Metric “số 5” từ trải nghiệm đi cắt tóc

Tuấn Huỳnh · Substack · Tuấn Huỳnh

BRIEF
EssayFeb 17, 2025

Brief startup advice from Sam Altman, David Goggins on not feeling sorry for yourself, and a CIA culture manual on how to sabotage your organization

Z Fellows

SELECT
EssayFeb 16, 2025

How to select your first marketing channel

A Smart Bear · Jason Cohen

THESIS
EssayFeb 14, 2025

Thesis Driven

Tuấn Huỳnh · Substack · Tuấn Huỳnh

ISNT
EssayFeb 14, 2025

AI isn't going to build your startup

Justin Jackson

GROWTH
EssayFeb 10, 2025

The Growth Maze vs The Idea Maze

Andrew Chen · Substack · Andrew Chen

OUR
EssayFeb 9, 2025

Our unhealthy fixation with emulating #1

A Smart Bear · Jason Cohen

VERTICAL
EssayFeb 8, 2025

Vertical Integrated

Tuấn Huỳnh · Substack · Tuấn Huỳnh

GOVERNOR
EssayFeb 7, 2025

Governor Newsom: Please help Franklin fire victims

Jason Fried · HEY World · Jason Fried

WHATS
EssayFeb 6, 2025

What's still here?

Jason Fried · HEY World · Jason Fried

LEAVING
EssayFeb 5, 2025

Leaving Delaware

Elad Gil · Substack · Elad Gil

REVENGE
EssayFeb 4, 2025

Revenge of the GPT Wrappers: Defensibility in a world of commoditized AI models

Andrew Chen · Substack · Andrew Chen

DEEPSEEK
EssayFeb 4, 2025

DeepSeek AI: Ngon, Bổ, Rẻ và Cú Hích Lớn Cho Ngành AI

Tôi đi code dạo · Phạm Huy Hoàng

EssayFeb 3, 2025

We increased conversion ~30% and we don't know exactly how

Jason Fried · HEY World · Jason Fried

STARTUP
EssayFeb 2, 2025

The Startup Drake Equation

A Smart Bear · Jason Cohen

PRODUCT
EssayJan 28, 2025

My product went viral on social media but all I got were these shitty users

Andrew Chen · Substack · Andrew Chen

EssayJan 26, 2025

On the (un?)importance of design

A Smart Bear · Jason Cohen

DOWNLOAD
EssayJan 25, 2025

How to download YouTube Videos quickly

swyx

EssayJan 24, 2025

Low-barrier-to-entry Market

Tuấn Huỳnh · Substack · Tuấn Huỳnh

MAKE
EssayJan 22, 2025

How to make big decisions

Justin Jackson

TOP
EssayJan 21, 2025

My top essays from 2024

Andrew Chen · Substack · Andrew Chen

WHATS
EssayJan 21, 2025

What’s in your stack: The state of tech tools in 2025

Lenny's Newsletter · Noam Segal

HOME
EssayJan 20, 2025

Home Assistant Voice Preview is an unusable mess.

swyx

STEALTH
EssayJan 19, 2025

"Stealth mode" and other f'ing brilliant strategies

A Smart Bear · Jason Cohen

TOO
EssayJan 18, 2025

Is it too hard to build a SaaS in 2025?

Justin Jackson

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