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17 connected korrents · 13 moments from 27 Feb 1860 to 14 Sept 2026.

Everything filed under startups startups Everything filed under product management product management Everything filed under venture capital venture capital Everything filed under ambition ambition Everything filed under politics politics Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Agitating for social equality is folly; progress must come from constant struggle, not artificial forcing Agitating for social equality is folly;progress must come from constant struggle,not artificial forcing Last stated 131 years ago 18 Sept 1895 BW Booker T. Washington — holds since 1895-09-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: Whether a more equal distribution of wealth is attainable is uncertain; if it is not, Providence is cruel — tap to centre the map on it Whether a more equal distribution ofwealth is attainable is uncertain;if it is not, Providence is cruel Last stated 133 years ago 10 May 1893 RT Rabindranath Tagore — holds since 1893-05-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: We are not bound to follow everything the founders did; that would reject all progress and current experience — tap to centre the map on it We are not bound to followeverything the founders did; thatwould reject all progress andcurrent experience Last stated 167 years ago 27 Feb 1860 AL Abraham Lincoln — holds since 1860-02-27 — tap for who they are Same subject: Anyone who honestly opposes a multitude's wrongdoing in public life will not survive; a fighter for right needs a private station — tap to centre the map on it Anyone who honestly opposes amultitude's wrongdoing in publiclife will not survive; a fighter forright needs a private station SO Socrates — holds since c. 399 BCE — tap for who they are Same subject: It is better to be an optimist who works hard than a pessimist who writes about why things will not work, because no amount of such essays moves society forward. — tap to centre the map on it It is better to be an optimist whoworks hard than a pessimist whowrites about why things will notwork, because no amount of suchessays moves society forward. Last stated 2 months ago 4 Aug 2026 SA Sam Altman — holds since 2026-08-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: Advice should follow how people actually live, since acting wholly on professed virtue among so much evil leads to ruin — tap to centre the map on it Advice should follow how peopleactually live, since acting whollyon professed virtue among so muchevil leads to ruin NM Niccolò Machiavelli — holds since c. 1513–1514 — tap for who they are Same subject: Those who deny women intellectual improvement must either claim women have no souls or let them cultivate their minds — tap to centre the map on it Those who deny women intellectualimprovement must either claim womenhave no souls or let them cultivatetheir minds MA Mary Astell — holds since c. 1694–1697 — tap for who they are Same subject: The world is currently too politically and socially divided. — tap to centre the map on it The world is currently toopolitically and socially divided. Last stated 4 months ago 8 Jun 2026 AG Adam Grant — holds since 2026-06-08 — tap for who they are Same subject: Black Americans should support Booker T. Washington's thrift and industrial training but firmly oppose his acceptance of injustice — tap to centre the map on it Black Americans should supportBooker T. Washington's thrift andindustrial training but firmlyoppose his acceptance of injustice Last stated 124 years ago 1 Feb 1903 WB W. E. B. Du Bois — holds since 1903-02-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: “Why now?” is the wrong question to make a founder answer — the honest answer can simply be that you started now. — tap to centre the map on it “Why now?” is the wrong question tomake a founder answer — the honestanswer can simply be that youstarted now. Last stated 2 months ago 28 Jul 2026 BS Blake Scholl — holds since 2026-07-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: A belief nobody else shares is a warning, and a belief everybody shares is also a warning; the right number of people who agree with you is small but not zero. — tap to centre the map on it A belief nobody else shares is awarning, and a belief everybodyshares is also a warning; the rightnumber of people who agree with youis small but not zero. Last stated 2 months ago 28 Jul 2026 SA Sam Altman — holds since 2026-07-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: A business can have market fit, real advantages, and sustained effort behind a hard product and still fail if it doesn't give customers a strong enough reason to switch from what they already use. — tap to centre the map on it A business can have market fit, realadvantages, and sustained effortbehind a hard product and still failif it doesn't give customers astrong enough reason to switch fromwhat they already use. Last stated 4 months ago 2 Jun 2026 JJ Justin Jackson — holds since 2026-06-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company that grows enough eventually has no need for investors. — tap to centre the map on it A company that grows enougheventually has no need forinvestors. Last stated a month ago 1 Sept 2026 PG Paul Graham — holds since 2026-09-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: A first-time founder has an advantage over a repeat winner, because past success makes it too easy to raise money and hire against a big vision before there is product-market fit. — tap to centre the map on it A first-time founder has anadvantage over a repeat winner,because past success makes it tooeasy to raise money and hire againsta big vision before there isproduct-market fit. Last stated 4 months ago 14 Jun 2026 MP Mark Pincus — holds since 2026-06-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: A founder should take half the valuation if it buys all of the control, because the right to be wrong in your own way is what founding was for. — tap to centre the map on it A founder should take half thevaluation if it buys all of thecontrol, because the right to bewrong in your own way is whatfounding was for. Last stated 4 months ago 2 Jun 2026 MP Mark Pincus — holds since 2026-06-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: "Simplify onboarding" is an action, not a problem, and a roadmap line written that way will not work. — tap to centre the map on it "Simplify onboarding" is an action,not a problem, and a roadmap linewritten that way will not work. Last stated 2 years ago 19 Jan 2025 EV Elena Verna — holds since 2025-01-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company should hire a product manager only against a specific need, never by default. — tap to centre the map on it A company should hire a productmanager only against a specificneed, never by default. Last stated 2 months ago 2 Aug 2026 TV Tom Verrilli — holds since 2026-08-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: A feature shipped in a product's official release is fair to judge, regardless of whether the company labels it a beta. — tap to centre the map on it A feature shipped in a product'sofficial release is fair to judge,regardless of whether the companylabels it a beta. Last stated 3 weeks ago 14 Sept 2026 JS Jason Snell — holds since 2026-09-14 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Agitating for social equality is folly; progress must come from constant struggle, not artificial forcing Last stated 18 Sept 1895 · 131 years ago Holds Booker T. Washington Read this korrent →