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← A felt want stays theoretical until the action of businessmen turns it into effective demand.

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Everything filed under customer demand customer demand Everything filed under innovation innovation Everything filed under mental models mental models Everything filed under social media social media Everything filed under product management product management Everything filed under physics physics Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: A felt want stays theoretical until the action of businessmen turns it into effective demand. A felt want stays theoretical until theaction of businessmen turns it intoeffective demand. PD Peter Drucker — holds since c. 1954 — tap for who they are Same subject: Trying to conjure demand tends to produce nothing, while found demand gets an immediate reaction. — tap to centre the map on it Trying to conjure demand tends toproduce nothing, while found demandgets an immediate reaction. Last stated a year ago 12 Sept 2025 RS Rob Snyder — holds since 2025-09-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: Very successful people who do not feel dead inside have taken the approach of serving demand as an objective good. — tap to centre the map on it Very successful people who do notfeel dead inside have taken theapproach of serving demand as anobjective good. Last stated a year ago 24 Oct 2025 RS Rob Snyder — holds since 2025-10-24 — tap for who they are Same subject: "The market wasn't ready" is kind of meaningless, because a founder who had looked for demand could have found something. — tap to centre the map on it "The market wasn't ready" is kind ofmeaningless, because a founder whohad looked for demand could havefound something. Last stated 3 months ago 19 Aug 2026 RS Rob Snyder — holds since 2026-08-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: Demand may not be visible from the outside and may only be knowable from the inside. — tap to centre the map on it Demand may not be visible from theoutside and may only be knowablefrom the inside. Last stated 4 weeks ago 9 Oct 2026 RS Rob Snyder — holds since 2026-10-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: Latent demand cannot be seen from outside; it has to be felt from the inside. — tap to centre the map on it Latent demand cannot be seen fromoutside; it has to be felt from theinside. Last stated 4 weeks ago 9 Oct 2026 RS Rob Snyder — holds since 2026-10-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: Great consumer products work because they answer a human instinct or need that was already being felt but was unexpressed and unmet. — tap to centre the map on it Great consumer products work becausethey answer a human instinct or needthat was already being felt but wasunexpressed and unmet. Last stated 5 months ago 2 Jun 2026 MP Mark Pincus — holds since 2026-06-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: A purchase is not caused by convincing someone to want your product. — tap to centre the map on it A purchase is not caused byconvincing someone to want yourproduct. Last stated a week ago 30 Oct 2026 RS Rob Snyder — holds since 2026-10-30 — tap for who they are Same subject: The universe does not owe a founder the finding of demand; you might just be looking in the wrong place. — tap to centre the map on it The universe does not owe a founderthe finding of demand; you mightjust be looking in the wrong place. Last stated 3 months ago 19 Aug 2026 RS Rob Snyder — holds since 2026-08-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: "Lots of anonymous people worked it out by trial and error" is never the real story of an invention: on closer investigation, identifiable people always turn out to be responsible. — tap to centre the map on it "Lots of anonymous people worked itout by trial and error" is never thereal story of an invention: oncloser investigation, identifiablepeople always turn out to beresponsible. Last stated 3 years ago 25 Oct 2023 AH Anton Howes — holds since 2023-10-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: A capability existing is not the same as a capability being absorbed: how fast a technology changes the world is not set by how fast the technology improves. — tap to centre the map on it A capability existing is not thesame as a capability being absorbed:how fast a technology changes theworld is not set by how fast thetechnology improves. Last stated 4 months ago 21 Jul 2026 RT Ruxandra Teslo — holds since 2026-07-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: A cash-flowing core business can fund long-term speculative R&D in a way no venture capitalist would ever support. — tap to centre the map on it A cash-flowing core business canfund long-term speculative R&D in away no venture capitalist would eversupport. Last stated 7 months ago 12 Apr 2026 ES Evan Spiegel — holds since 2026-04-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: A business book tends to see every problem through its author's trade: a salesperson's solves everything with sales, a marketer's with marketing. — tap to centre the map on it A business book tends to see everyproblem through its author's trade:a salesperson's solves everythingwith sales, a marketer's withmarketing. Last stated 10 months ago 18 Jan 2026 TL Tobias Lütke — holds since 2026-01-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: A business can be thought of as a factory that produces case studies. — tap to centre the map on it A business can be thought of as afactory that produces case studies. Last stated 6 months ago 25 Apr 2026 RS Rob Snyder — holds since 2026-04-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: A business's only real competition is its own costs, not the alternatives on the market, because staying in business means making more than you spend. — tap to centre the map on it A business's only real competitionis its own costs, not thealternatives on the market, becausestaying in business means makingmore than you spend. Last stated 9 months ago 15 Feb 2026 JF Jason Fried — holds since 2026-02-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: A dominant platform is more fragile than it looks, because pushing users far enough makes even the locked-in ones leave. — tap to centre the map on it A dominant platform is more fragilethan it looks, because pushing usersfar enough makes even the locked-inones leave. Last stated 2 years ago 7 Oct 2024 CD Cory Doctorow — holds since 2023-01-21 — tap for who they are MW Molly White — holds since 2024-10-07 — tap for who they are Same subject: A food’s value should not be set by the attention it gets on social media. — tap to centre the map on it A food’s value should not be set bythe attention it gets on socialmedia. Last stated 2 years ago 12 Dec 2024 YO Yotam Ottolenghi — holds since 2024-12-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: A growing fraction of social media is AI slop influencers being replied to by bots — an echo of an echo of an echo. — tap to centre the map on it A growing fraction of social mediais AI slop influencers being repliedto by bots — an echo of an echo ofan echo. Last stated 2 months ago 23 Aug 2026 FC François Chollet — holds since 2026-08-23 — tap for who they are
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