enigmatic02

Disagreed with 5, it's too prescriptive. Lots of great writers use progressive disclosure to keep people hooked

Being unselfish also helps with building great products. Reminds me of this article, treat your reader like a customer: https://www.productlessons.xyz/article/improve-business-writ...

Ya I sometimes just keep track of newsletters I like in a doc, then make the rounds when I'm in a reading mood

VC capital is useful assuming it's a winner-takes-all / capital-intensive market, but many markets are not, in which case optimizing for $ raised is actually a distraction

Example: Delicious was sold to bootstrapped competitor, Pinboard for only $35K. Pinboard is still around to this day

https://www.productlessons.xyz/article/pinboard-delicious-fa...

No company is incentivized to do what's sustainable for society

Cost $300K total: $100K to exercise, $200K in paper gains. Looks like it will pay off bc valuation has continued to go up, but the 90-day exercise window is punishing for cashflow.

Didn't know about 83b election, didn't make use of QSBS exemption; learnings here: https://www.productlessons.xyz/article/how-stock-options-for...