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Michael McGuiness

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Co-founder of @perchdotapp. Creator of @startuparchive_ & @foundertribune

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New essay: Viral Loops From the inception of PayPal, Peter Thiel focused on viral distribution for both practical and philosophical reasons. Practically, he knew his small startup could never acquire millions of users through conventional marketing channels. Philosophically, he…


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Naval: "Feedback from other people is fake . . . Real feedback comes from free markets and nature."

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"From the inception of PayPal, Peter Thiel focused on viral distribution for both practical and philosophical reasons. Practically, he knew his small startup could never acquire millions of users through conventional marketing channels. Philosophically, he drew on René Girard’s…

New essay: Viral Loops From the inception of PayPal, Peter Thiel focused on viral distribution for both practical and philosophical reasons. Practically, he knew his small startup could never acquire millions of users through conventional marketing channels. Philosophically, he…



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The one and only, legendary, @balajis He is like batman, will fight crime in any organization, through any means necessary (even unsanctioned methods).

Brian Armstrong on what he learned about management from Balaji Srinivasan “Balaji is a brilliant guy. He’s probably one of the top couple smartest people I’ve ever met in my life,” Brian begins. “He was briefly the Chief Technology Officer of Coinbase. He came in through an…



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recent work

[Product] Brand new app experience → Perch

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iverson's tweet image. [Product] Brand new app experience → Perch


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Yes, listening to articles is quite potent. You should check out @perchdotapp. Same benefit, but spread across 'all' your newsletter subs and any others you want to subscribe to. Know for a fact that the team is thinking audio-first (@mikemcg0).


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Just added this essay to my bookmarks playlists on @perchdotapp which you can follow here: perch.app/feed/a3dab8bc-…


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Paul Graham’s 6 principles for making new things

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"S**t Umbrella" by Zach Perret

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“No startup ever wins because their team is the best at attending internal meetings or approving expense reports.” - Zach Perret, co-founder of Plaid

"S**t Umbrella" by Zach Perret

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Mark Zuckerberg: “Developing superintelligence is now in sight.”

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Great quote from Jensen on resilience here: "It’s pretty hard to discourage me, and if I believe in something, I’m just going to keep doing it until it’s done and we’re great at it. It’s hard to deter me. It’s hard to distract me. It’s hard to discourage me."

Jensen Huang: the character of a company is the most important thing “The character of a company is what makes it ultimately successful,” Jensen begins. “How resilient is it? How does it deal with adversity? How does it deal with learning when it’s presented with new…



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"The Competitive Deal" by Travis Kalanick

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Travis Kalanick's advice to founders raising their seed round: "Until the deal is closed, you have at best a 50/50 shot of it happening. Keep working new seed investors, keep the competitive leads warm, get your deal oversubscribed, because until your deal is done, it’s just a…

"The Competitive Deal" by Travis Kalanick

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"Momentum and Urgency" by Travis Kalanick

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Travis Kalanick on the importance of momentum & urgency when raising your seed round: "Investors are fickle creatures, they are motivated by fear and greed, and without it they will take their time and hem and haw at every turn. They will turn a 3 week process into a 6 month…

"Momentum and Urgency" by Travis Kalanick

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