Atluru opens with the common startup refrain - "do things that don't scale" and spells out the unspoke corollary to that statement: "in order to do things that do scale". The end goal is scale. Its to build a massively successful business that creates huge impact as well as financial gain. …
Koch describes happiness island as the 80/20 of happiness - that is to say the 20% of activities/people that bring 80% of your happiness. …
Every once in a while, I do an "energy audit" - I go over a past number of weeks and months and parse out what people and activities have given me energy and vice versa. …
Eric Migicovsky (founder, formerly founder of Pebble), launched an android chat app that can send and receive messages to an iPhone as an apple device. Apple finds a way to block them three days later. The Beeper team is now working on a patch to undo Apple's block. It's a real time cat and mouse escalation between two tech companies. …
Everyday I tell myself this story that I'm going to do some writing before bedtime. …
chris is one of the most articulate people in human negotiations his definition of empathy - to be able to understand the other person and know where they are coming from. doesn't involve agreeing with them. in his view, there's never a moment when you shouldn't try to achieve empathy with another person …
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Been a fan of the Wittig brother's work for a long time. Their blog posts are great and genuinly useful. They've also been able to build out both an AWS consulting practice as well as selling servies to the enterprise. …
Published a pricing comparison between cloudwatch logs, datadog, and a homegrown solution using firehose/s3/athena this week. …
More user interviews. …
User interviews and starting to converge on MVP specs. …
Fourth week of pivot. Circling in on both pivot as well as co-founder. …
Third week after the pivot. How time flies. …
Second week after starting the pivot in earnest. …
I started blogging in 2013. This was after a 3 month backpacking trip after college. …