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Barrels and Ammunition
This is my favorite thing Iâve written in a bit. I came across the concept of barrels and ammunition in a talk from Keith Rabois and itâs been in the back of my mind since. Check it out and let me know what you think.
High Growth Handbook in 6 Minutes
I recently wrote up my notes from High Growth Handbook, a playbook for growing your startup from 10 to 10,000 employees. These are the key points that stood out to me from each chapter, along with some of my favorite quotes along the way.
đ What I Read
Signaling as a Service
This blog post from Julian Lehr of Stripe is just really great all around. The general idea here is that just about everything we do can be traced back to our motivation to seek status. Of course, there are products that capitalize on this!
All Numbers Are Made Up
Vicky Boykis gives a bunch of interesting examples of how tracking things is harder than meets the eye. Nobody knows whatâs really going on. The more context we can operate with at our disposal, the better.
What to Work On
Moments like weâre in now provide a useful forcing function for reevaluating what weâre working on and how we spend our time. This exercise from Julian Shapiro might be worth your time.
76 Tips to Make You a Better Writer
Iâve been meaning to get around to reading On Writing Well by William Zinsser, but I havenât quite yet. In the meantime, this short summary of the book will get you started on improving your writing.
đ„ What I Found Interesting
Obsession with Codenames
I found myself down a tech project codename rabbit-hole at some point this week, and I wasnât mad about it. Photoshop takes my vote with âSingle Malt Whiskey Catâ â like, come on, how great is that?
Stewart Butterfield on COVID-19
If you missed this Twitter thread from Steward Butterfield of Slack, itâs pretty good. Check out this brief (and probably filtered) look into the crisis through the lens of a public company CEO.
Triscuits Explained
This is the story that you didnât know you needed this week. Still seems like a stretch, but hey, Iâll buy it.
đ€ Quote I'm Pondering
âWhen you want to know how things really work, study them when theyâre coming apart.â â William Gibson
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