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Read this korrent: When a business starts to feel easy it is about to get very hard; comfort is the warning sign, not the reward.
When a business starts to feel easy it is about to get very hard; comfort is the warning sign, not the reward.
Last stated 2 months ago
14 Aug 2026
TK
Travis Kalanick — holds since 2026-08-14 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Being pissed off is what makes an entrepreneur good, and getting used to adversity dulls the edge that comes with it. — tap to centre the map on it
Being pissed off is what makes an entrepreneur good, and getting used to adversity dulls the edge that comes with it.
Last stated 2 months ago
14 Aug 2026
TK
Travis Kalanick — holds since 2026-08-14 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A founder who does not know their own goal dies by a thousand compromises and ends up running a company they do not want to work at. — tap to centre the map on it
A founder who does not know their own goal dies by a thousand compromises and ends up running a company they do not want to work at.
Last stated 5 months ago
2 Jun 2026
MP
Mark Pincus — holds since 2026-06-02 — 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 2 months ago
3 Sept 2026
PG
Paul Graham — holds since 2026-09-03 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Enterprises buy from startups now because the risk of keeping the status quo has come to look larger than the risk of the startup. — tap to centre the map on it
Enterprises buy from startups now because the risk of keeping the status quo has come to look larger than the risk of the startup.
Last stated 3 months ago
31 Jul 2026
PC
Patrick Collison — holds since 2026-07-31 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Founders who fail early tend to attach themselves to that failure and start being defined by it, and the line between success and failure on a first company is very fine. — tap to centre the map on it
Founders who fail early tend to attach themselves to that failure and start being defined by it, and the line between success and failure on a first company is very fine.
Last stated 5 months ago
2 Jun 2026
MP
Mark Pincus — holds since 2026-06-02 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Now that anyone can build fast, the hardest problem in starting something is not the tech, the software or the people, but getting attention. — tap to centre the map on it
Now that anyone can build fast, the hardest problem in starting something is not the tech, the software or the people, but getting attention.
Last stated 2 months ago
10 Aug 2026
PS
Peter Steinberger — holds since 2026-08-10 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Investing well requires reversing the human instinct to grow excited as prices rise and fearful as they fall. — tap to centre the map on it
Investing well requires reversing the human instinct to grow excited as prices rise and fearful as they fall.
Last stated 3 years ago
20 Feb 2024
BA
Bill Ackman — holds since 2024-02-20 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Lowering regulatory burden on businesses leads to increased wealth for everyone. — tap to centre the map on it
Lowering regulatory burden on businesses leads to increased wealth for everyone.
Last stated 4 weeks ago
26 Sept 2026
PL
Pieter Levels — holds since 2026-09-26 — 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
MP
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
LT
Lip-Bu Tan — holds since 2026-06-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Burn rate is a measure of risk, and preemptive rounds push successful companies to raise it whether or not they need to. — tap to centre the map on it
Burn rate is a measure of risk, and preemptive rounds push successful companies to raise it whether or not they need to.
Last stated 4 months ago
9 Jun 2026
BG
Bill Gurley — holds since 2026-06-09 — tap for who they are
Same subject: "Lots of anonymous people worked it out by trial and error" is never the real story of an invention: on closer investigation, identifiable people always turn out to be responsible. — tap to centre the map on it
"Lots of anonymous people worked it out by trial and error" is never the real story of an invention: on closer investigation, identifiable people always turn out to be responsible.
Last stated 3 years ago
25 Oct 2023
AH
Anton Howes — holds since 2023-10-25 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A capability existing is not the same as a capability being absorbed: how fast a technology changes the world is not set by how fast the technology improves. — tap to centre the map on it
A capability existing is not the same as a capability being absorbed: how fast a technology changes the world is not set by how fast the technology improves.
Last stated 3 months ago
21 Jul 2026
RT
Ruxandra Teslo — holds since 2026-07-21 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A codec does not really exist until everyone can decode it. — tap to centre the map on it
A codec does not really exist until everyone can decode it.
Last stated 5 months ago
31 May 2026
JK
Jean-Baptiste Kempf — holds since 2026-05-31 — tap for who they are
Same subject: "Simplify onboarding" is an action, not a problem, and a roadmap line written that way will not work. — tap to centre the map on it
"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: A company captured by ideology will produce useless products — tap to centre the map on it
A company captured by ideology will produce useless products
Last stated 3 years ago
8 Mar 2024
DH
David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2024-03-08 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A company needs someone with a product vision to recover — tap to centre the map on it
A company needs someone with a product vision to recover
Last stated 4 years ago
5 Nov 2022
DH
David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2022-11-05 — tap for who they are
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When a business starts to feel easy it is about to get very hard; comfort is the warning sign, not the reward.
Last stated 14 Aug 2026 · 2 months ago
Holds Travis Kalanick
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Being pissed off is what makes an entrepreneur good, and getting used to adversity dulls the edge that comes with it.
Last stated 14 Aug 2026 · 2 months ago
Holds Travis Kalanick
Similar wording
A founder who does not know their own goal dies by a thousand compromises and ends up running a company they do not want to work at.
Last stated 2 Jun 2026 · 5 months ago
Holds Mark Pincus
Similar wording
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 3 Sept 2026 · 2 months ago
Holds Paul Graham
Similar wording
Enterprises buy from startups now because the risk of keeping the status quo has come to look larger than the risk of the startup.
Last stated 31 Jul 2026 · 3 months ago
Holds Patrick Collison
Similar wording
Founders who fail early tend to attach themselves to that failure and start being defined by it, and the line between success and failure on a first company is very fine.
Last stated 2 Jun 2026 · 5 months ago
Holds Mark Pincus
Similar wording
Now that anyone can build fast, the hardest problem in starting something is not the tech, the software or the people, but getting attention.
Last stated 10 Aug 2026 · 2 months ago
Holds Peter Steinberger
Similar wording
Investing well requires reversing the human instinct to grow excited as prices rise and fearful as they fall.
Last stated 20 Feb 2024 · 3 years ago
Holds Bill Ackman
Similar wording
Lowering regulatory burden on businesses leads to increased wealth for everyone.
Last stated 26 Sept 2026 · 4 weeks ago
Holds Pieter Levels
Same subject: venture capital
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 2 Jun 2026 · 5 months ago
Holds Mark Pincus
Same subject: venture capital
AI factories and foundries are too capital-intensive for venture money; they need government or sovereign funds behind them.
Last stated 18 Jun 2026 · 4 months ago
Holds Lip-Bu Tan
Same subject: venture capital
Burn rate is a measure of risk, and preemptive rounds push successful companies to raise it whether or not they need to.
Last stated 9 Jun 2026 · 4 months ago
Holds Bill Gurley
Same subject: innovation
"Lots of anonymous people worked it out by trial and error" is never the real story of an invention: on closer investigation, identifiable people always turn out to be responsible.
Last stated 25 Oct 2023 · 3 years ago
Holds Anton Howes
Same subject: innovation
A capability existing is not the same as a capability being absorbed: how fast a technology changes the world is not set by how fast the technology improves.
Last stated 21 Jul 2026 · 3 months ago
Holds Ruxandra Teslo
Same subject: innovation
A codec does not really exist until everyone can decode it.
Last stated 31 May 2026 · 5 months ago
Holds Jean-Baptiste Kempf
Same subject: product management
"Simplify onboarding" is an action, not a problem, and a roadmap line written that way will not work.
Last stated 19 Jan 2025 · 2 years ago
Holds Elena Verna
Same subject: product management
A company captured by ideology will produce useless products
Last stated 8 Mar 2024 · 3 years ago
Holds David Heinemeier Hansson
Same subject: product management
A company needs someone with a product vision to recover
Last stated 5 Nov 2022 · 4 years ago
Holds David Heinemeier Hansson