Oversimplified: Issue 53
How to take smart notes, searching for startups, and remote work in 2020
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đ What I Wrote
How to Search for Startups
I've wanted to work at an early-stage startup for a while now, and itâs finally happening. This post shares what I learned throughout the job search, in the hopes of helping you find your rocket ship.
đ What I Read
The Business Equation
Brett Bivens of Benchmark explains how the firm evaluates businesses using a simplified set of factors that guide day to day to guide decision making. Itâs not short, but I really enjoyed all of the examples and explanations here.
How To Take Smart Notes
Articles like this arenât always super valuable, but this is the exception. Tiago Forte shares his takeaways from How To Take Smart Notes in a really concise and actionable way, lucky for us.
Dissecting a Web Stack
From sockets and parsers to cloud infrastructure, this deep-dive takes you through the full evolution of web service architecture. I learned a lot about websites here that I didnât know previously.
23 Rules to Run a Startup With Minimum Hassle
If you want to minimize hassle as you run your software business, stick to each of these rules. I found some of the details a bit contentious, but the principles are solid.
đ„ What I Found Interesting
The 2020 State of Remote Work
As someone who just started working remotely, this census was particularly relevant to me. Iâm buying more and more into the remote revolution every day.
The a16z Marketplace 100
This report has plenty of takeaways on the state of marketplaces. I found the insights on emerging and fast-growing categories to be interesting.
How to Improve Conversion Rates
Short, but sweet. This video from YC Startup School provides a helpful framework for auditing your website or landing page.
đ€ Quote I'm Pondering
âPeople are not thinking about you and me or caring what is said about us. They are thinking about themselvesâbefore breakfast, after breakfast, and right on until ten minutes past midnight. They would be a thousand times more concerned about a slight headache of their own than they would about the news of your death or mine.â â Win Friends and Influence People
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