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management Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Read this korrent: "Simplify onboarding" is an action, not a problem, and a roadmap line written that way will not work. "Simplify onboarding" is an action, not a problem, and a roadmap line written 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: Executing a roadmap and staying at the AI frontier are opposed ways of working, so asking the same people to do both is very hard. — tap to centre the map on it Executing a roadmap and staying at the AI frontier are opposed ways of working, so asking the same people to do both is very hard. Last stated a month ago
10 Sept 2026
DS
Dan Shipper — holds since 2026-09-10 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Roadmapping and pure iteration are both failure modes; a product team has to keep stretching out to strategy and compressing back into shipping. — tap to centre the map on it Roadmapping and pure iteration are both failure modes; a product team has to keep stretching out to strategy and compressing back into shipping. Last stated 3 months ago
2 Aug 2026
TV
Tom Verrilli — holds since 2026-08-02 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Good onboarding is not about adding a skip button, because with AI tools people jump into the product and are totally confused. — tap to centre the map on it Good onboarding is not about adding a skip button, because with AI tools people jump into the product and are totally confused. Last stated 2 months ago
25 Aug 2026
JB
John Bai — holds since 2026-08-25 — tap for who they are
Same subject: People will go through onboarding steps if it is engaging and makes the value of what they are onboarding onto abundantly clear upfront. — tap to centre the map on it People will go through onboarding steps if it is engaging and makes the value of what they are onboarding onto abundantly clear upfront. Last stated 2 months ago
25 Aug 2026
JB
John Bai — holds since 2026-08-25 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Any redesign of an incumbent product, such as an onboarding flow, almost always loses at first; it takes the confidence and agreement to begin below the status quo baseline in order to beat the incumbent. — tap to centre the map on it Any redesign of an incumbent product, such as an onboarding flow, almost always loses at first; it takes the confidence and agreement to begin below the status quo baseline in order to beat the incumbent. Last stated 5 months ago
12 May 2026
KB
Katarina Batina — holds since 2026-05-12 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Coding agents made implementation cheap without making roadmaps shorter or software better -- the binding constraint was never how fast code gets written. — tap to centre the map on it Coding agents made implementation cheap without making roadmaps shorter or software better -- the binding constraint was never how fast code gets written. Last stated 2 months ago
14 Aug 2026
SP
Sunil Pai — holds since 2026-08-14 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Onboarding probably matters much more now than it did before. — tap to centre the map on it Onboarding probably matters much more now than it did before. Last stated a month ago
10 Sept 2026
NY
Nan Yu — holds since 2026-09-10 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Neither running everything through the founder nor pushing decisions down is the better way to run a company; each only works if it fits that company’s own resources and values. — tap to centre the map on it Neither running everything through the founder nor pushing decisions down is the better way to run a company; each only works if it fits that company’s own resources and values. Last stated 2 years ago
17 Dec 2024
CM
Charity Majors — holds since 2024-12-17 — 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 to make a founder answer — the honest answer can simply be that you started now. Last stated 3 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 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 3 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, 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. Last stated 5 months ago
2 Jun 2026
JJ
Justin Jackson — holds since 2026-06-02 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A CEO cannot be a calibrated interviewer for every role, so insisting on interviewing every candidate makes hiring worse rather than better. — tap to centre the map on it A CEO cannot be a calibrated interviewer for every role, so insisting on interviewing every candidate makes hiring worse rather than better. Last stated 2 years ago
17 Dec 2024
CM
Charity Majors — holds since 2024-12-17 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A company is not sensitive to the few thousand dollars a candidate is afraid to ask for, because the fully-loaded cost of employing them dwarfs it. — tap to centre the map on it A company is not sensitive to the few thousand dollars a candidate is afraid to ask for, because the fully-loaded cost of employing them dwarfs it. Last stated 15 years ago
23 Jan 2012
PM
Patrick McKenzie — holds since 2012-01-23 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A company needs someone who cares about the outcome above the effort — tap to centre the map on it A company needs someone who cares about the outcome above the effort Last stated 2 years ago
19 Mar 2025
DH
David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2025-03-19 — 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 platform does not make a biotech fast, because the thousand other steps of drug development are still the bottleneck. 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 spread not for lack of merit but because no convenient way exists to implement it. 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 novel requires a correspondingly loose, unplanned writing process to produce it. Last stated a month ago
7 Sept 2026
LM
Lincoln Michel — holds since 2026-09-07 — tap for who they are
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"Simplify onboarding" is an action, not a problem, and a roadmap line written that way will not work.
Holds Read this korrent →
Executing a roadmap and staying at the AI frontier are opposed ways of working, so asking the same people to do both is very hard.
Holds
Roadmapping and pure iteration are both failure modes; a product team has to keep stretching out to strategy and compressing back into shipping.
Holds
Good onboarding is not about adding a skip button, because with AI tools people jump into the product and are totally confused.
Holds
People will go through onboarding steps if it is engaging and makes the value of what they are onboarding onto abundantly clear upfront.
Holds
Any redesign of an incumbent product, such as an onboarding flow, almost always loses at first; it takes the confidence and agreement to begin below the status quo baseline in order to beat the incumbent.
Holds
Coding agents made implementation cheap without making roadmaps shorter or software better -- the binding constraint was never how fast code gets written.
Holds
Onboarding probably matters much more now than it did before.
Holds
Neither running everything through the founder nor pushing decisions down is the better way to run a company; each only works if it fits that company’s own resources and values.
Holds
“Why now?” is the wrong question to make a founder answer — the honest answer can simply be that you started now.
Holds
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.
Holds
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.
Holds
A CEO cannot be a calibrated interviewer for every role, so insisting on interviewing every candidate makes hiring worse rather than better.
Holds
A company is not sensitive to the few thousand dollars a candidate is afraid to ask for, because the fully-loaded cost of employing them dwarfs it.
Holds
A company needs someone who cares about the outcome above the effort
Holds
A computational discovery platform does not make a biotech fast, because the thousand other steps of drug development are still the bottleneck.
Holds
A good idea often fails to spread not for lack of merit but because no convenient way exists to implement it.
Holds
A loosely plotted, anarchic novel requires a correspondingly loose, unplanned writing process to produce it.
Holds