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The second fundamental lessons is that social networks must have strong network effects so that as more and more users come aboard, the network enters a positive flywheel of growth, a compounding value from positive network effects that leads to hockey stick growth that puts dollar signs in the eyes of investors and employees alike. "Come for the tool, stay for the network" wrote Chris Dixon, in perhaps the most memorable maxim for how this works.
Status as a Service
Eugene Wei
Gelman said, “Don’t tell me what to do, Superintendent Shithead!” Gemberling responded, “You’re pronouncing my name wrong, it’s….” I want to pause here and say that this is actually a very common response to being given a silly name. Someone calls you “Dr. Hardass” and you say, “It’s actually Har-daz-say.” I see it all the time. But to my surprise, Gemberling finished with, “...it’s pronounced Superin-TYNE-dent Shithead.” Oh man, did I laugh. Correcting the pronunciation of “superintendent” I did not expect. He used a hack comedy move, but in an unhacky way. I loved it. I thought the scene was going to be so predictable, and then that line showed me I was in the hands of genuinely funny people.
How to Be the Greatest Improviser on Earth
Will Hines
It is an approach that exemplifies the two important equations in this chapter: happiness equals reality minus expectations, and suffering equals pain times resistance.
Master of Change
Brad Stulberg
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