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Read this korrent: Requiring every product to be buyable on its own should improve how all products are built, not just the advanced ones.
Requiring every product to be buyable on its own should improve how all products are built, not just the advanced ones.
Last stated a year ago
25 Sept 2025
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Dane Knecht — holds since 2025-09-25 — tap for who they are
Same subject: If the people building a product would not use it with their own money, it is not good enough. — tap to centre the map on it
If the people building a product would not use it with their own money, it is not good enough.
Last stated 5 months ago
28 Apr 2026
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Polly D'Arcy — holds since 2026-04-28 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Adding things to a product is not the goal and is not what makes it more useful to more people. — tap to centre the map on it
Adding things to a product is not the goal and is not what makes it more useful to more people.
Last stated a month ago
8 Sept 2026
RU
Roman Ugarte — holds since 2026-09-08 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Even as AI makes building software easy, people will still prefer to buy some software off-the-shelf rather than build their own. — tap to centre the map on it
Even as AI makes building software easy, people will still prefer to buy some software off-the-shelf rather than build their own.
Last stated 3 months ago
11 Jul 2026
JF
Jason Fried — holds since 2026-03-20 — tap for who they are
JJ
Justin Jackson — holds since 2026-07-11 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI cannot get a product to the quality bar on its own, because it still works in the realm of averages. — tap to centre the map on it
AI cannot get a product to the quality bar on its own, because it still works in the realm of averages.
Last stated 12 months ago
16 Oct 2025
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Dylan Field — holds since 2025-10-16 — tap for who they are
Same subject: What you have to invent is the whole system around a product, including how it is sold, bought and installed, not the one piece people remember. — tap to centre the map on it
What you have to invent is the whole system around a product, including how it is sold, bought and installed, not the one piece people remember.
Last stated 4 months ago
7 Jun 2026
TF
Tony Fadell — holds since 2026-06-07 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Almost nobody should build their own AI go-to-market tools; buy them, the way you would buy any other software. — tap to centre the map on it
Almost nobody should build their own AI go-to-market tools; buy them, the way you would buy any other software.
Last stated 9 months ago
1 Jan 2026
JL
Jason Lemkin — holds since 2026-01-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Just because something can be built as a function does not mean it needs to be, and adding it brings a lot of product bloat and complexity. — tap to centre the map on it
Just because something can be built as a function does not mean it needs to be, and adding it brings a lot of product bloat and complexity.
Last stated 3 months ago
8 Jul 2026
MC
Meaghan Choi — holds since 2026-07-08 — tap for who they are
Same subject: You cannot A/B test your way into a really great product. — tap to centre the map on it
You cannot A/B test your way into a really great product.
Last stated a year ago
21 Sept 2025
JZ
Julie Zhuo — holds since 2025-09-21 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A business is more likely to fail from taking on too much complexity than from lacking resources. — tap to centre the map on it
A business is more likely to fail from taking on too much complexity than from lacking resources.
Last stated 8 years ago
29 Sept 2018
TG
Tren Griffin — holds since 2018-09-29 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A business succeeds through a small number of highly effective distribution channels, not many mediocre ones. — tap to centre the map on it
A business succeeds through a small number of highly effective distribution channels, not many mediocre ones.
Last stated 3 years ago
17 Feb 2024
AW
Adam Wiggins — holds since 2024-02-17 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A candidate negotiating an offer should make every ask fit one line of logic. — tap to centre the map on it
A candidate negotiating an offer should make every ask fit one line of logic.
Last stated 2 months ago
9 Aug 2026
AW
Adam Ward — holds since 2026-08-09 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A big part of taste is delivering high levels of craft in an accessible way so that as many people as possible can experience it. — tap to centre the map on it
A big part of taste is delivering high levels of craft in an accessible way so that as many people as possible can experience it.
Last stated 6 months ago
21 Apr 2026
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Brandon Jacoby — holds since 2026-04-21 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A company name can have different appeal to corporate buyers versus their customers. — tap to centre the map on it
A company name can have different appeal to corporate buyers versus their customers.
Last stated a week ago
4 Oct 2026
PG
Paul Graham — holds since 2026-10-04 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A first draft should not be graded good or bad; it is only the material that taste then gets to act on. — tap to centre the map on it
A first draft should not be graded good or bad; it is only the material that taste then gets to act on.
Last stated 2 months ago
6 Aug 2026
GS
George Saunders — holds since 2026-08-06 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A feeling of responsibility is probably the greatest inhibitor of creativity; great ideas came from people not paid to have them — tap to centre the map on it
A feeling of responsibility is probably the greatest inhibitor of creativity; great ideas came from people not paid to have them
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Isaac Asimov — holds since c. 1959 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A free-wheeling, anarchic neural organization may be the secret of human creativity, at the price of susceptibility to mental illness — tap to centre the map on it
A free-wheeling, anarchic neural organization may be the secret of human creativity, at the price of susceptibility to mental illness
Last stated 14 years ago
8 Jan 2013
DD
Daniel Dennett — holds since 2013-01-08 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A person who works from a recipe, even an innovative one, starts from something that already exists. — tap to centre the map on it
A person who works from a recipe, even an innovative one, starts from something that already exists.
Last stated 11 years ago
6 Nov 2015
TU
Tim Urban — holds since 2015-11-06 — tap for who they are
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Requiring every product to be buyable on its own should improve how all products are built, not just the advanced ones.
Last stated 25 Sept 2025 · a year ago
Holds Dane Knecht
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If the people building a product would not use it with their own money, it is not good enough.
Last stated 28 Apr 2026 · 5 months ago
Holds Polly D'Arcy
Similar wording
Adding things to a product is not the goal and is not what makes it more useful to more people.
Last stated 8 Sept 2026 · a month ago
Holds Roman Ugarte
Similar wording
Even as AI makes building software easy, people will still prefer to buy some software off-the-shelf rather than build their own.
Last stated 11 Jul 2026 · 3 months ago
Holds Jason Fried Justin Jackson
Similar wording
AI cannot get a product to the quality bar on its own, because it still works in the realm of averages.
Last stated 16 Oct 2025 · 12 months ago
Holds Dylan Field
Similar wording
What you have to invent is the whole system around a product, including how it is sold, bought and installed, not the one piece people remember.
Last stated 7 Jun 2026 · 4 months ago
Holds Tony Fadell
Similar wording
Almost nobody should build their own AI go-to-market tools; buy them, the way you would buy any other software.
Last stated 1 Jan 2026 · 9 months ago
Holds Jason Lemkin
Similar wording
Just because something can be built as a function does not mean it needs to be, and adding it brings a lot of product bloat and complexity.
Last stated 8 Jul 2026 · 3 months ago
Holds Meaghan Choi
Similar wording
You cannot A/B test your way into a really great product.
Last stated 21 Sept 2025 · a year ago
Holds Julie Zhuo
Same subject: simplicity
A business is more likely to fail from taking on too much complexity than from lacking resources.
Last stated 29 Sept 2018 · 8 years ago
Holds Tren Griffin
Same subject: simplicity
A business succeeds through a small number of highly effective distribution channels, not many mediocre ones.
Last stated 17 Feb 2024 · 3 years ago
Holds Adam Wiggins
Same subject: simplicity
A candidate negotiating an offer should make every ask fit one line of logic.
Last stated 9 Aug 2026 · 2 months ago
Holds Adam Ward
Same subject: taste
A big part of taste is delivering high levels of craft in an accessible way so that as many people as possible can experience it.
Last stated 21 Apr 2026 · 6 months ago
Holds Brandon Jacoby
Same subject: taste
A company name can have different appeal to corporate buyers versus their customers.
Last stated 4 Oct 2026 · a week ago
Holds Paul Graham
Same subject: taste
A first draft should not be graded good or bad; it is only the material that taste then gets to act on.
Last stated 6 Aug 2026 · 2 months ago
Holds George Saunders
Same subject: creativity
A feeling of responsibility is probably the greatest inhibitor of creativity; great ideas came from people not paid to have them
Last stated c. 1959
Holds Isaac Asimov
Same subject: creativity
A free-wheeling, anarchic neural organization may be the secret of human creativity, at the price of susceptibility to mental illness
Last stated 8 Jan 2013 · 14 years ago
Holds Daniel Dennett
Same subject: creativity
A person who works from a recipe, even an innovative one, starts from something that already exists.
Last stated 6 Nov 2015 · 11 years ago
Holds Tim Urban