Writing
Notes and working ideas. Sporadic. Opinionated. Always worth the wait.
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On being useful
What's left when everyone can make everything
Why I make my children think harder than they'll ever need to
Some things just take time
On listening to customers
My children keep choosing the oldest book on the shelf
Why I think the small and mighty will win
On back-of-the-envelope maths
Creating is the learning
The window is open for small exits
What's left when everyone can make everything
Why I make my children think harder than they'll ever need to
My children keep choosing the oldest book on the shelf
Creating is the learning
I don't follow a curriculum
An operating system for independent thinkers
Some things just take time
Why I think the small and mighty will win
The window is open for small exits
Small exits are the dominant outcome
Why the future belongs to small teams
Tiny businesses might become the new real estate
You don't have to sell the company
What's worth owning is relative
Cheap to build is not the same as worth owning
What buying a business teaches you that building never will
We built a world where founders can start businesses but not exit them
The internet created millions of businesses nobody can sell
The micro-liquidity thesis: autonomy is the exit
On being useful
On listening to customers
On back-of-the-envelope maths
On forward deployment
On focus
On hiring last
On building for absence
On the exit that builds itself
On leverage
Nobody wants to build software
On longevity
On dealmaking
On the obligation to try weird things
On independence
On digital asset builders and why the future belongs to them
A few posts from each theme.
Independence5 posts
The calm, sovereign business. What freedom actually costs.
Why I think the small and mighty will win
On building for absence
You don't have to sell the company
Ownership11 posts
Buying, selling, and autonomy as the real exit.
What's left when everyone can make everything
The window is open for small exits
Small exits are the dominant outcome
Leverage4 posts
Doing more with less. The maker's unfair advantages.
Why the future belongs to small teams
On hiring last
On leverage
Curiosity5 posts
Trying weird things, thinking with machines, following the question.
On listening to customers
On forward deployment
Nobody wants to build software
Mastery4 posts
The long game of getting good. Craft, depth, judgement.
On being useful
Some things just take time
On back-of-the-envelope maths
Capability5 posts
Education, learning, and the skills that make every other skill worth more.
Why I make my children think harder than they'll ever need to
My children keep choosing the oldest book on the shelf
Creating is the learning
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