Readings
Pieces of media I recommend.
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Writings
Ideas for Startups
Link paulgraham.com
Start with a problem. Transform that problem into a question. Bounce the question off of smart people in your network. Repeatedly ask if people would pay to have that problem-question solved. Evaluate if that problem-question being solved would have multiple acquirers, and if not, recognize that it has a smaller exit potential.
"When you make something cheaper you can sell more of them. But if you make something dramatically cheaper you often get qualitative changes, because people start to use it in different ways. For example, once computers get so cheap that most people can have one of their own, you can use them as communication devices."
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Quotes
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"How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives" — Annie Dillard
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Writings
The Hagakure
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Writings
Becoming a Supple Leopard
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This Tweet
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"Every single person has something they uniquely and deeply know/care about, it’s on you to find it and ask about it"
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Schlep Blindness
Link paulgraham.com
A schlep is a tedious, unpleasant task. Your subconscious won't let you see ideas that involve painful schleps. You shouldn't let schleps get in the way of building a great idea. Ignorance of the number & difficulty of schlep problems is how great startups get built, because good founders grow with the problems.
"A company is defined by the schleps it will undertake. And schleps should be dealt with the same way you'd deal with a cold swimming pool: just jump in."
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How to Think for Yourself
Link paulgraham.com
UNFINISHED - KEEP READING The three components of independent-mindedness work in concert: fastidiousness about truth and resistance to being told what to think leave space in your brain, and curiosity finds new ideas to fill it.
"Do you want to do the kind of work where you can only win by thinking differently from everyone else? I suspect most people's unconscious mind will answer that question before their conscious mind has a chance to. I know mine does."
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