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Anything You Want
Book notes on Derek Sivers' 40 lessons from building and selling CD Baby. Writing your utopia as a business plan, starting with one percent of the vision, and where his advice on validation falls apart.
Books · · 19 min
The Mom Test
Book notes on Rob Fitzpatrick's guide to talking to customers without lying to yourself. Which questions to ask, which to throw out, and how to tell real signal from polite noise.
Books · · 37 min
Zero to One
Book notes on Peter Thiel's manifesto about building the future through monopolies, secrets, and definite optimism, and why competition is something to escape, not master.
Books · · 39 min
The Cold Start Problem
Book notes on Andrew Chen's framework for how networked products are born, grow, and die. From atomic networks to moats.
Books · · 27 min