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Everything filed under space space Everything filed under ideas vs execution ideas vs execution Everything filed under design design Everything filed under semiconductors semiconductors Everything filed under product management product management Everything filed under startups startups Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Building a factory that turns out rockets at rate is at least as hard as designing the rocket in the first place. Building a factory that turns out rocketsat rate is at least as hard as designingthe rocket in the first place. Last stated 3 years ago 14 Dec 2023 JB Jeff Bezos — holds since 2023-12-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: Semiconductor manufacturing is a more technologically challenging endeavor than rocket science. — tap to centre the map on it Semiconductor manufacturing is amore technologically challengingendeavor than rocket science. Last stated 3 years ago 18 Jul 2023 DW Dan Wang — holds since 2023-07-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: The raw-materials cost of a rocket is only around 2 percent of the typical price of one, an unusually low ratio for a large mechanical product. — tap to centre the map on it The raw-materials cost of a rocketis only around 2 percent of thetypical price of one, an unusuallylow ratio for a large mechanicalproduct. Last stated 14 years ago 21 Oct 2012 EM Elon Musk — holds since 2012-10-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: Product organizations are probably not investing nearly enough in technical product managers who build the internal factory. — tap to centre the map on it Product organizations are probablynot investing nearly enough intechnical product managers who buildthe internal factory. Last stated a month ago 10 Sept 2026 GC Geoff Charles — holds since 2026-09-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: It is really dangerous when design operates in a silo outside of product and engineering, as if it had a different goal and did not need to work with those two groups to be successful. — tap to centre the map on it It is really dangerous when designoperates in a silo outside ofproduct and engineering, as if ithad a different goal and did notneed to work with those two groupsto be successful. Last stated 6 months ago 28 Apr 2026 PD Polly D'Arcy — holds since 2026-04-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: If people will build without designers regardless, getting their quality bar to about 90 percent is still a success. — tap to centre the map on it If people will build withoutdesigners regardless, getting theirquality bar to about 90 percent isstill a success. Last stated a month ago 15 Sept 2026 NF Nev Flynn — holds since 2026-09-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: Building a manufactured object at a high enough rate pushes its cost down toward the cost of its inputs. — tap to centre the map on it Building a manufactured object at ahigh enough rate pushes its costdown toward the cost of its inputs. Last stated 4 years ago 30 Jan 2023 ED Eli Dourado — holds since 2023-01-30 — tap for who they are Same subject: Iterating through outside aerospace suppliers is close to impossible, which is why a hardware startup should own its own machine shop. — tap to centre the map on it Iterating through outside aerospacesuppliers is close to impossible,which is why a hardware startupshould own its own machine shop. Last stated 3 months ago 28 Jul 2026 BS Blake Scholl — holds since 2026-07-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: Manufacturing and mining in space will never be lucrative enough to pay for human settlement of space. — tap to centre the map on it Manufacturing and mining in spacewill never be lucrative enough topay for human settlement of space. Last stated 8 months ago 10 Feb 2026 CH Casey Handmer — holds since 2020-05-06 — tap for who they are CH Casey Handmer — no longer holds since 2026-02-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: A computational discovery platform does not make a biotech fast, because the thousand other steps of drug development are still the bottleneck. — tap to centre the map on it A computational discovery platformdoes not make a biotech fast,because the thousand other steps ofdrug development are still thebottleneck. Last stated 2 years ago 17 Sept 2024 AT Alex Telford — holds since 2024-09-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: A good idea often fails to spread not for lack of merit but because no convenient way exists to implement it. — tap to centre the map on it A good idea often fails to spreadnot for lack of merit but because noconvenient way exists to implementit. Last stated 5 months ago 7 Jun 2026 SR Scott Rao — holds since 2026-06-07 — tap for who they are Same subject: A loosely plotted, anarchic novel requires a correspondingly loose, unplanned writing process to produce it. — tap to centre the map on it A loosely plotted, anarchic novelrequires a correspondingly loose,unplanned writing process to produceit. Last stated a month ago 7 Sept 2026 LM Lincoln Michel — holds since 2026-09-07 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI-assisted writing creates an illusion of greater creativity while actually reducing the originality of the ideas expressed. — tap to centre the map on it AI-assisted writing creates anillusion of greater creativity whileactually reducing the originality ofthe ideas expressed. Last stated 4 months ago 22 Jun 2026 AG Adam Grant — holds since 2026-06-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: Big leaps forward are sprints inspired by a hunch — tap to centre the map on it Big leaps forward are sprintsinspired by a hunch Last stated 2 years ago 13 Nov 2024 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2024-11-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: Details are the essential substance of human communication, creativity and productivity. — tap to centre the map on it Details are the essential substanceof human communication, creativityand productivity. Last stated 3 months ago 22 Jul 2026 TF Tiago Forte — holds since 2026-07-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: Acting on an idea reveals its true potential in a way that merely thinking about it cannot. — tap to centre the map on it Acting on an idea reveals its truepotential in a way that merelythinking about it cannot. Last stated 6 months ago 26 Apr 2026 EP Eliot Peper — holds since 2026-04-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: An idea can look obvious in hindsight only because the insight that makes it obvious was itself the hard discovery. — tap to centre the map on it An idea can look obvious inhindsight only because the insightthat makes it obvious was itself thehard discovery. Last stated 11 years ago 31 Aug 2015 CO Christopher Olah — holds since 2015-08-31 — tap for who they are Same subject: Big product ideas rest on a dozen invisible small ideas that a copier never sees. — tap to centre the map on it Big product ideas rest on a dozeninvisible small ideas that a copiernever sees. Last stated 2 months ago 6 Sept 2026 AA Anish Acharya — holds since 2026-09-06 — tap for who they are
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