Oversimplified: Volume 113
Principles for life, evaluating growth tool ideas, and dystopian movies
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âď¸ 25 Principles for 25 Years
Conor Dewey | Life | 2021-07-07
I turned 25 last week. Each year I go through my notes and pick out the ideas I resonate with most. These are the principles that shape who I am today.
âď¸ Evaluating Growth Tool Ideas
Conor Dewey | Growth | 2021-07-14
Growth tools allow companies to escape the marketing rat race with assets such as quizzes, calculators, games, directories, apps, and more. We've experimented in this space at Hugo recently. This is how I'm thinking about the idea vetting process.
đ Roadmap: Data Infrastructure
Bessemer Venture Partners | Data Science | 2021-07-28
âA wave of startups enabling the next generation of data-driven businesses is on the rise, as they offer better and easier-to-use infrastructure for accessing, analyzing, and furthering the use of data.â Check out this overview of the data landscape and the trends driving new tools.
đ Duolingo and Consumer Subscription Businesses
Tanay Jaipuria | Startups | 2021-07-12
âGiven that there arenât too many public consumer subscription businesses in the U.S. despite the increasing popularity of subscriptions for startups, I thought I would highlight a few takeaways from the filing.â
đ BAPO: Business, Architecture, Process, Organization
Jason Yip | Startups | 2021-07-04
Because org structure change can get messy, thereâs often a tendency to have structure drive strategy. This article from Jason Yip argues otherwise, starting with your business strategy and then moving towards org structure.
đ The 50 Best Dystopian Movies
Paste Magazine | Entertainment | 2021-05-19
This is a solid list if you find yourself looking for a good movie to watch and scifi happens to be in your wheelhouse.
Food for Thought
âYou can't trust your opinions in the same way about things that change, which could include practically everything else. When experts are wrong, it's often because they're experts on an earlier version of the world.â â Paul Graham
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