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← There are no shortcuts in growth; there are only patterns and frameworks.
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Read this korrent: There are no shortcuts in growth; there are only patterns and frameworks.
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: No growth initiative should ever be started from scratch. — tap to centre the map on it
No growth initiative should ever be started from scratch.
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: People creating their own workflows, building a set of tools and stringing them together to get to their output, is as creative as it gets. — tap to centre the map on it
People creating their own workflows, building a set of tools and stringing them together to get to their output, is as creative as it gets.
Last stated 7 months ago
2 Apr 2026
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Marvin Schwaibold — holds since 2026-04-02 — 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: Growth loops and funnels are complementary tools, not competing strategies. — tap to centre the map on it
Growth loops and funnels are complementary tools, not competing strategies.
Last stated 2 years ago
27 Aug 2024
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Sean Ellis — holds since 2024-08-27 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The HTML shortcut takes care of much of the custom tooling designers used to build. — tap to centre the map on it
The HTML shortcut takes care of much of the custom tooling designers used to build.
Last stated 3 months ago
11 Aug 2026
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Kyle Zantos — holds since 2026-08-11 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Micromanagement does not scale. — tap to centre the map on it
Micromanagement does not scale.
Last stated 21 years ago
26 Dec 2005
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Kathy Sierra — holds since 2005-12-26 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Communities cannot be self-sustaining from the start without initial effort. — tap to centre the map on it
Communities cannot be self-sustaining from the start without initial effort.
Last stated 7 years ago
3 Jan 2020
JP
Joe Previte — holds since 2020-01-03 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Adding one more feature and asking marketing to push harder will not restart growth, even when the feature is great. — tap to centre the map on it
Adding one more feature and asking marketing to push harder will not restart growth, even when the feature is great.
Last stated 9 months ago
25 Jan 2026
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Jason Cohen — holds since 2026-01-25 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A contest between five paid firms is not the way to get good creative work. — tap to centre the map on it
A contest between five paid firms is not the way to get good creative work.
Last stated 3 months ago
14 Aug 2026
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Susan Kare — holds since 2026-08-14 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A culture that is uncompromising but also kind and supportive is the most fertile ground for creativity. — tap to centre the map on it
A culture that is uncompromising but also kind and supportive is the most fertile ground for creativity.
Last stated 7 months ago
12 Apr 2026
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Evan Spiegel — holds since 2026-04-12 — 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 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 the valuation if it buys all of the control, because the right to be wrong in your own way is what founding was for.
Last stated 5 months ago
2 Jun 2026
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Mark Pincus — holds since 2026-06-02 — 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 4 months ago
18 Jun 2026
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Lip-Bu Tan — holds since 2026-06-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Being formidable means getting what you want in any situation, and that is exactly why investors want it: a formidable founder's interests and theirs are the same. — tap to centre the map on it
Being formidable means getting what you want in any situation, and that is exactly why investors want it: a formidable founder's interests and theirs are the same.
Last stated 2 months ago
3 Sept 2026
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Paul Graham — holds since 2026-09-03 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A bubble can only be identified in retrospect, so arguing about whether one is happening now cannot be settled now. — tap to centre the map on it
A bubble can only be identified in retrospect, so arguing about whether one is happening now cannot be settled now.
Last stated 11 months ago
9 Dec 2025
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Howard Marks — holds since 2025-12-09 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A central bank can eliminate a self-fulfilling ('sunspot') debt crisis simply by credibly committing to buy as many bonds as needed at the low interest rate. — tap to centre the map on it
A central bank can eliminate a self-fulfilling ('sunspot') debt crisis simply by credibly committing to buy as many bonds as needed at the low interest rate.
Last stated 4 years ago
1 Jun 2022
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Olivier Blanchard — holds since 2022-06-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A government debt crisis is measurable and therefore visible well in advance; the diagnostic is mechanical rather than a matter of judgement. — tap to centre the map on it
A government debt crisis is measurable and therefore visible well in advance; the diagnostic is mechanical rather than a matter of judgement.
Last stated 2 months ago
21 Aug 2026
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Ray Dalio — holds since 2026-08-21 — tap for who they are
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