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← Users vote with their clicks, and roughly half of them are lost at every click a product asks for.
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Read this korrent: Users vote with their clicks, and roughly half of them are lost at every click a product asks for.
Users vote with their clicks, and roughly half of them are lost at every click a product asks for.
Last stated 5 months ago
2 Jun 2026
AC
Andrew Chen — holds since 2024-02-05 — tap for who they are
MP
Mark Pincus — holds since 2026-06-02 — tap for who they are
Same subject: For a product you install rather than open, activation is the decisive moment and it carries the user for years. — tap to centre the map on it
For a product you install rather than open, activation is the decisive moment and it carries the user for years.
Last stated a year ago
5 Oct 2025
AC
Albert Cheng — holds since 2025-10-05 — tap for who they are
Same subject: People are more used to computers than old design assumptions allow, and testing often shows they know how to scroll. — tap to centre the map on it
People are more used to computers than old design assumptions allow, and testing often shows they know how to scroll.
Last stated 6 months ago
5 May 2026
RC
Rafa Conde — holds since 2026-05-05 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Reaching product-market fit requires deliberately not acting on the feedback of many of your early users, at the same time as listening intensely. — tap to centre the map on it
Reaching product-market fit requires deliberately not acting on the feedback of many of your early users, at the same time as listening intensely.
Last stated 2 years ago
23 Mar 2025
RV
Rahul Vohra — holds since 2025-03-23 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Ignore both the users who love your product and the ones who are indifferent to it; the only feedback that raises product-market fit comes from the somewhat disappointed. — tap to centre the map on it
Ignore both the users who love your product and the ones who are indifferent to it; the only feedback that raises product-market fit comes from the somewhat disappointed.
Last stated 2 years ago
23 Mar 2025
RV
Rahul Vohra — holds since 2025-03-23 — 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: Conversational products have made user intent far harder to measure, because a click on a tab told you what somebody wanted and a conversation does not. — tap to centre the map on it
Conversational products have made user intent far harder to measure, because a click on a tab told you what somebody wanted and a conversation does not.
Last stated a year ago
21 Sept 2025
JZ
Julie Zhuo — holds since 2025-09-21 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Which products become visible is decided by distribution friction rather than by any contest of merit. — tap to centre the map on it
Which products become visible is decided by distribution friction rather than by any contest of merit.
Last stated 3 years ago
26 Mar 2024
SG
Seth Godin — holds since 2024-03-26 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Now that everyone can build apps with AI, distribution is the thing that separates who wins. — tap to centre the map on it
Now that everyone can build apps with AI, distribution is the thing that separates who wins.
Last stated 3 months ago
20 Jul 2026
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Pieter Levels — holds since 2026-06-06 — tap for who they are
PL
Pieter Levels — no longer holds since 2026-07-20 — 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 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 conclusion cannot rest on its simplicity alone; it must be backed by empirical evidence. — tap to centre the map on it
A conclusion cannot rest on its simplicity alone; it must be backed by empirical evidence.
Last stated 7 years ago
28 Oct 2019
SP
Shane Parrish — holds since 2019-10-28 — 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
BJ
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 3 weeks 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 3 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
IA
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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Users vote with their clicks, and roughly half of them are lost at every click a product asks for.
Last stated 2 Jun 2026 · 5 months ago
Holds Andrew Chen Mark Pincus
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Similar wording
For a product you install rather than open, activation is the decisive moment and it carries the user for years.
Last stated 5 Oct 2025 · a year ago
Holds Albert Cheng
Similar wording
People are more used to computers than old design assumptions allow, and testing often shows they know how to scroll.
Last stated 5 May 2026 · 6 months ago
Holds Rafa Conde
Similar wording
Reaching product-market fit requires deliberately not acting on the feedback of many of your early users, at the same time as listening intensely.
Last stated 23 Mar 2025 · 2 years ago
Holds Rahul Vohra
Similar wording
Ignore both the users who love your product and the ones who are indifferent to it; the only feedback that raises product-market fit comes from the somewhat disappointed.
Last stated 23 Mar 2025 · 2 years ago
Holds Rahul Vohra
Similar wording
Good onboarding is not about adding a skip button, because with AI tools people jump into the product and are totally confused.
Last stated 25 Aug 2026 · 2 months ago
Holds John Bai
Similar wording
Conversational products have made user intent far harder to measure, because a click on a tab told you what somebody wanted and a conversation does not.
Last stated 21 Sept 2025 · a year ago
Holds Julie Zhuo
Similar wording
Which products become visible is decided by distribution friction rather than by any contest of merit.
Last stated 26 Mar 2024 · 3 years ago
Holds Seth Godin
Similar wording
Now that everyone can build apps with AI, distribution is the thing that separates who wins.
Last stated 20 Jul 2026 · 3 months ago
No longer holds Pieter Levels
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 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: simplicity
A conclusion cannot rest on its simplicity alone; it must be backed by empirical evidence.
Last stated 28 Oct 2019 · 7 years ago
Holds Shane Parrish
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 · 3 weeks 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 · 3 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