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← Growth is not metrics hacking: the job is to connect users to the value of the product.
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Read this korrent: Growth is not metrics hacking: the job is to connect users to the value of the product.
Growth is not metrics hacking: the job is to connect users to the value of the product.
Last stated 11 months ago
5 Oct 2025
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Albert Cheng — holds since 2025-10-05 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A company with ten customers has no data, and a growth team cannot function without data. — tap to centre the map on it
A company with ten customers has no data, and a growth team cannot function without data.
Last stated 2 years ago
19 Jan 2025
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Elena Verna — holds since 2025-01-19 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A startup does not need a growth team to start growing, because the first wave of growth has to be founder-led. — tap to centre the map on it
A startup does not need a growth team to start growing, because the first wave of growth has to be founder-led.
Last stated 2 years ago
19 Jan 2025
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Elena Verna — holds since 2025-01-19 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Brand marketing and growth experimentation are not rivals — a product personality carried into social media becomes fuel for the measured growth work. — tap to centre the map on it
Brand marketing and growth experimentation are not rivals — a product personality carried into social media becomes fuel for the measured growth work.
Last stated 11 months ago
5 Oct 2025
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Albert Cheng — holds since 2025-10-05 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Steady experimentation is what a growth team controls, but the step changes come from outside waves the company did not create and would be foolish to ignore. — tap to centre the map on it
Steady experimentation is what a growth team controls, but the step changes come from outside waves the company did not create and would be foolish to ignore.
Last stated 11 months ago
5 Oct 2025
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Albert Cheng — holds since 2025-10-05 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Every question about stalled growth reduces to whether the customer is actually getting the value you promised. — tap to centre the map on it
Every question about stalled growth reduces to whether the customer is actually getting the value you promised.
Last stated 7 months ago
25 Jan 2026
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Jason Cohen — holds since 2026-01-25 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A company can treat AI as a way to grow and do more or as a cost-cutting exercise, and the growth reading is the better one. — tap to centre the map on it
A company can treat AI as a way to grow and do more or as a cost-cutting exercise, and the growth reading is the better one.
Last stated 11 months ago
16 Oct 2025
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Dylan Field — holds since 2025-10-16 — tap for who they are
Same subject: There are no shortcuts in growth; there are only patterns and frameworks. — tap to centre the map on it
There are no shortcuts in growth; there are only patterns and frameworks.
Last stated 2 years ago
19 Jan 2025
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Elena Verna — holds since 2025-01-19 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The fastest-growing companies are not using data well, because they reached enormous scale before they had time to build any of the instrumentation. — tap to centre the map on it
The fastest-growing companies are not using data well, because they reached enormous scale before they had time to build any of the instrumentation.
Last stated 12 months ago
21 Sept 2025
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Julie Zhuo — holds since 2025-09-21 — 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 media is AI slop influencers being replied to by bots — an echo of an echo of an echo.
Last stated 2 weeks ago
23 Aug 2026
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François Chollet — holds since 2026-08-23 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A parental-consent exception defeats a social media age limit, because it drops each family straight back into the trap the law exists to break. — tap to centre the map on it
A parental-consent exception defeats a social media age limit, because it drops each family straight back into the trap the law exists to break.
Last stated 7 months ago
17 Feb 2026
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Jon Haidt — holds since 2026-02-17 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI design tools are starting at the low end and eating their way up: within ten years even the richest brands will rely heavily on them. — tap to centre the map on it
AI design tools are starting at the low end and eating their way up: within ten years even the richest brands will rely heavily on them.
Last stated 2 years ago
8 Aug 2024
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Jakob Nielsen — holds since 2024-08-08 — 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 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.
Last stated a month ago
28 Jul 2026
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Sam Altman — holds since 2026-07-28 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A founder cannot delegate judgment: the chief executive has to make the decision that makes sense to them, however much momentum the alternative has. — tap to centre the map on it
A founder cannot delegate judgment: the chief executive has to make the decision that makes sense to them, however much momentum the alternative has.
Last stated a month ago
7 Aug 2026
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Max Hodak — holds since 2026-08-07 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A founder needs ambition rather than a sense of duty, because a startup is grueling enough that dutifulness will not carry anyone through it. — tap to centre the map on it
A founder needs ambition rather than a sense of duty, because a startup is grueling enough that dutifulness will not carry anyone through it.
Last stated 4 days ago
3 Sept 2026
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Paul Graham — holds since 2026-09-03 — 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 enough eventually has no need for investors.
Last stated 6 days ago
1 Sept 2026
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Paul Graham — holds since 2026-09-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: About 5% is the most common final ownership stake for the founder of a VC-funded startup that works out. — tap to centre the map on it
About 5% is the most common final ownership stake for the founder of a VC-funded startup that works out.
Last stated 2 months ago
18 Jul 2026
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Pieter Levels — holds since 2026-07-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI factories and foundries are too capital-intensive for venture money; they need government or sovereign funds behind them. — tap to centre the map on it
AI factories and foundries are too capital-intensive for venture money; they need government or sovereign funds behind them.
Last stated 3 months ago
18 Jun 2026
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Lip-Bu Tan — holds since 2026-06-18 — tap for who they are
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