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Taste for MakersPaul Graham ・ Feb 15, 2002 ・ 17 min
The Intelligence AgeSam Altman ・ Sep 23, 2024 ・ 5 min
The Most Powerful Internet Metric of AllAbove the Crowd by Bill Gurley ・ Mar 6, 2000 ・ 4 min
5 People Who Destroy Your CultureElad Gil ・ Jan 28, 2014 ・ 5 min
The Post-YC SlumpSam Altman ・ Aug 20, 2015 ・ 3 min
Ideas vs Judgment and Execution: Climbing the MountainPaul Buchheit ・ Mar 31, 2008 ・ 4 min
I love calculatorAndrej Karpathy ・ Sep 8, 2024 ・ 3 min
When To Do What You LovePaul Graham ・ Sep 29, 2024 ・ 6 min
The Only Way to Grow HugeSam Altman ・ Dec 3, 2013 ・ 1 min
The Danger of Early Hype in Consumer SocialSarah Tavel ・ Jul 27, 2021 ・ 6 min
How to hireSam Altman ・ Sep 23, 2013 ・ 11 min
The Top Idea in Your MindPaul Graham ・ Jul 14, 2010 ・ 5 min
The Power User Curve: The best way to understand your most engaged usersAndrew Chen's Blog ・ Aug 6, 2018 ・ 8 min
The Purpose of TechnologyBalaji Srinivasan ・ Jul 19, 2020 ・ 5 min
The only thing that mattersPmarchive ・ Jun 25, 2007 ・ 8 min
Startups are Frontier CommunitiesMelting Asphalt ・ May 9, 2012 ・ 9 min
DO TOO MUCHAlexandr Wang ・ Oct 7, 2024 ・ 1 min
Hire people who give a shit.Alexandr Wang ・ Nov 26, 2020 ・ 3 min
Becoming Steve Jobs Foreword by Marc AndreessenThe Founders' Tribune ・ Oct 18, 2024 ・ 9 min
How to be Elon MuskRemains of the Day by Eugene Wei ・ Apr 20, 2015 ・ 2 min
Lessons from Peter Thiel by Joe LonsdaleThe Founders' Tribune ・ Oct 27, 2024 ・ 5 min
Gene Pool Engineering for EntrepreneursVinod Khosla ・ May 14, 2015 ・ 25 min
Startup advice, brieflySam Altman ・ Feb 20, 2015 ・ 4 min
The Struggle by Ben HorowitzThe Founders' Tribune ・ Nov 3, 2024 ・ 4 min
Why your product idea sounds too complicated@andrewchen ・ Nov 6, 2024 ・ 5 min
Blaming is the #1 enemy in destroying leadership by John D. RockefellerThe Founders' Tribune ・ Nov 10, 2024 ・ 6 min
Be less preciousDavid Heinemeier Hansson ・ Mar 12, 2024 ・ 2 min
Relentlessly ResourcefulPaul Graham ・ Mar 15, 2009 ・ 4 min
How to be Elon Musk by Justine MuskThe Founders' Tribune ・ Nov 17, 2024 ・ 4 min
Jaguar is lost but Volvo knows the wayDavid Heinemeier Hansson ・ Nov 21, 2024 ・ 2 min
Negative CAC: How to make money from your marketingNewsletter Operator ・ Nov 23, 2024 ・ 5 min
Why Training Is the Boss's Job by Andy GroveThe Founders' Tribune ・ Nov 24, 2024 ・ 9 min
REVIEW: Scaling People, by Claire Hughes JohnsonMr. and Mrs. Psmith’s Bookshelf ・ Aug 28, 2023 ・ 22 min
Amp It Up! by Frank SlootmanThe Founders' Tribune ・ Dec 1, 2024 ・ 13 min
Happy Talk versus Hard TalkBottom Up by David Sacks ・ Mar 15, 2020 ・ 4 min
To make smarter systems, it’s all about the dataChris Dixon ・ Aug 30, 2009 ・ 3 min
What I've Learned from UsersPaul Graham ・ Sep 15, 2022 ・ 9 min
The Challenge of the Future by Peter ThielThe Founders' Tribune ・ Dec 8, 2024 ・ 5 min
The Leaky Bucket Theory of Network EffectsDan Hockenmaier ・ Dec 9, 2024 ・ 6 min
REVIEW: Reentry, by Eric BergerMr. and Mrs. Psmith’s Bookshelf ・ Dec 9, 2024 ・ 25 min
Founder-Style LeadershipSilicon Valley Product Group ・ Dec 10, 2024 ・ 8 min
The Musk AlgorithmDavid Heinemeier Hansson ・ Sep 25, 2023 ・ 3 min
10 Passages from Jeff Bezos's Shareholder LettersThe Founders' Tribune ・ Dec 15, 2024 ・ 26 min
Everything we've learned about hiring for startups (so far)Product for Engineers ・ Sep 7, 2023 ・ 7 min
The Steve Jobs Roller Coaster by Ed CatmullThe Founders' Tribune ・ Dec 22, 2024 ・ 4 min
The 80-hour MythNaval Ravikant ・ Nov 29, 2005 ・ 1 min
Why Storytelling by Tony FadellThe Founders' Tribune ・ Dec 29, 2024 ・ 10 min
Every time you ask the user to click you lose halfAndrew Chen's Blog ・ Feb 5, 2024 ・ 3 min
I am rich and have no idea what to do with my lifeVinay Hiremath ・ Jan 3, 2025 ・ 6 min
Leveraging AISarah Tavel ・ Jan 14, 2025 ・ 2 min
The $15B Accidental StartupGreg's Letter by Greg Isenberg ・ Jan 16, 2025 ・ 3 min
The 50 Percent Rule by Gabriel WeinbergThe Founders' Tribune ・ Jan 19, 2025 ・ 9 min
Why Did DoorDash Win?Dan Hockenmaier ・ Jan 22, 2025 ・ 7 min
I had to email you about DeepSeekGreg's Letter by Greg Isenberg ・ Jan 27, 2025 ・ 4 min
My product went viral on social media but all I got were these shitty users@andrewchen ・ Jan 28, 2025 ・ 8 min
How to Design an Org for Founder ModeDan Hockenmaier ・ Feb 7, 2025 ・ 6 min
the triangle of talentShaan Puri ・ Feb 7, 2025 ・ 3 min
Three ObservationsSam Altman ・ Feb 9, 2025 ・ 5 min
Crazy New IdeasPaul Graham ・ May 14, 2021 ・ 5 min
The Psychology of Entrepreneurial Misjudgment: Biases 1-6Pmarchive ・ Mar 24, 2008 ・ 16 min
AI or DieRavi Gupta ・ Feb 14, 2025 ・ 5 min
The Confrontation ObligationRavi Gupta ・ Jun 4, 2024 ・ 2 min
Free isn't Cheap EnoughPalmer Luckey ・ Oct 30, 2018 ・ 4 min
How Consumer Psychology Informs AI Product DesignDigital Native by Rex Woodbury ・ Feb 20, 2025 ・ 8 min
Real-World ViralityBottom Up by David Sacks ・ Aug 23, 2018 ・ 3 min
Non-obvious SEO advice for startupsProduct for Engineers ・ Feb 20, 2025 ・ 9 min
Finding Language/Market Fit: How to Make Customers Feel Like You've Read Their MindsFirst Round Review ・ Nov 9, 2021 ・ 17 min
Compounding Competitive Advantage, Part IPratyush Buddiga ・ Feb 26, 2025 ・ 14 min
The Product EngineerRands in Repose by Michael Lopp ・ Mar 17, 2025 ・ 8 min
The Pivot to Product-Market Fit: How Plaid, Clay, Lattice & Other Startups Broke OutFirst Round Review ・ Apr 6, 2025 ・ 19 min
big Mario marketingShaan Puri ・ Mar 21, 2025 ・ 1 min
DoorDash's v1 was 8 PDF menus on a static HTML website@andrewchen ・ Mar 24, 2025 ・ 9 min
The Death of Product Development as We Know itThe Looking Glass by Julie Zhuo ・ Mar 25, 2025 ・ 4 min
What to do when product growth stallsAndrew Chen's Blog ・ Aug 10, 2023 ・ 13 min
How I Spent 17,784 Hours in 5 Years as a Startup FounderFirst Round Review ・ Mar 26, 2025 ・ 18 min
Investing In PivotsThe New Internet by Jeff Morris Jr. ・ Apr 5, 2025 ・ 3 min
The power of defaultsJulian Lehr ・ Dec 20, 2021 ・ 19 min
Capital Intensity Isn't BadNot Boring by Packy McCormick ・ Jun 24, 2025 ・ 35 min
Why Investors Don’t Care About Your BusinessSteve Blank ・ Jul 1, 2025 ・ 6 min
The New Skill in AI is Not Prompting, It's Context EngineeringPhilipp Schmid ・ Jun 30, 2025 ・ 4 min
Europe’s Great Founders Must UnretireThe Generalist ・ Jul 10, 2025 ・ 5 min
How AI Companies Will Build Real DefensibilityNFX ・ Jul 10, 2025 ・ 10 min
AI Makes Opinionated Software More Important Than EverContrary Research ・ Jul 12, 2025 ・ 13 min
I Gave Up Coding in the Short Term to Become a Better Leader Long Term by Max LevchinThe Founders' Tribune ・ Jul 13, 2025 ・ 5 min
hypercapitalism and the AI talent warsJohn Luttig ・ Jul 13, 2025 ・ 10 min
The Bitter LessonRichard Sutton ・ Mar 14, 2019 ・ 4 min
If your product is Great, it doesn't need to be Good.Paul Buchheit ・ Feb 9, 2010 ・ 4 min
The False-Positive IncumbentNFX ・ Jul 16, 2025 ・ 9 min
Advice I'd Give Past Me by Patrick CollisonThe Founders' Tribune ・ Jul 20, 2025 ・ 3 min
How Claude Is Building A Unique Growth Engine Out of User-Created AppsBrian Balfour ・ Jul 21, 2025 ・ 9 min
Sourcing EngineersZach Perret ・ Jul 11, 2018 ・ 3 min
Competition Is for LosersPeter Thiel ・ Sep 12, 2014 ・ 9 min
Startup = GrowthPaul Graham ・ Sep 15, 2012 ・ 21 min
Startup Seed Raising Skilzzz by Travis KalanickThe Founders' Tribune ・ Jul 27, 2025 ・ 8 min
Personal SuperintelligenceMark Zuckerberg ・ Jul 30, 2025 ・ 3 min
The case against conversational interfacesJulian Lehr ・ Mar 27, 2025 ・ 7 min
S**t Umbrella by Zach PerretThe Founders' Tribune ・ Aug 3, 2025 ・ 1 min
Writing a good design documentGrant Slatton ・ Feb 1, 2025 ・ 5 min
Optimism Shapes RealityAlexandr Wang ・ May 30, 2022 ・ 5 min
Culture is KingTom Brady ・ Aug 6, 2025 ・ 6 min
Idea GenerationSam Altman ・ May 28, 2020 ・ 3 min
Steve Jobs In His Own Words: Make Something WonderfulDavid Senra ・ Aug 14, 2025 ・ 2 min
You Don't Need A Good Idea To Start A Great CompanyElad Gil ・ Jan 27, 2011 ・ 2 min
Six Principles for Making New ThingsPaul Graham ・ Feb 14, 2008 ・ 5 min
How WeChat grew to be the #1 app in the worldYC Library ・ ・ 16 min
Lessons from Peter ThielJoe Lonsdale ・ Apr 11, 2010 ・ 5 min
RetentionSequoia Capital ・ Jun 19, 2018 ・ 12 min
Evolution of a ProductSequoia Capital ・ May 30, 2018 ・ 7 min
Measuring Product HealthSequoia Capital ・ Jun 5, 2018 ・ 19 min
How to Hire A Strong Founding TeamAndreessen Horowitz ・ Aug 28, 2025 ・ 9 min
How to make something greatRyo Lu ・ Feb 28, 2025 ・ 4 min
Viral LoopsMichael McGuiness ・ Aug 31, 2025 ・ 4 min
Why retention is so hard for new tech products@andrewchen ・ Sep 8, 2025 ・ 14 min
How the biggest consumer apps got their first 1,000 usersLenny's Newsletter ・ May 12, 2020 ・ 19 min
It’s All About the Long TermJeff Bezos ・ Mar 13, 1998 ・ 7 min
A Dusting of GamificationJoel Spolsky ・ Apr 13, 2018 ・ 5 min
How Duolingo reignited user growthLenny's Newsletter ・ Feb 28, 2023 ・ 19 min
A theory of mind for entrepreneursNic Carter ・ Sep 15, 2025 ・ 7 min
Podcast hourBig Desk Energy ・ Sep 16, 2025 ・ 6 min
When Sh!t Hits the Fan -- Founders in a CrisisSteve Blank ・ Sep 17, 2025 ・ 3 min
Drivers vs. PassengersFrank Slootman ・ Jan 8, 2022 ・ 4 min
Amp It Up!Frank Slootman ・ May 14, 2018 ・ 13 min
Improving Duolingo, one experiment at a timeDuolingo Blog ・ Jan 10, 2020 ・ 5 min
Andrew CarnegieFaster Than NormalTM ・ Sep 20, 2025 ・ 7 min
It Is Impossible to Fool Mother NatureNaval Ravikant ・ Sep 22, 2025 ・ 4 min
Growth HackingFirst Round Review ・ Sep 30, 2025 ・ 5 min
Five FoundersPaul Graham ・ Apr 12, 2009 ・ 3 min
Sora 2Sam Altman ・ Sep 30, 2025 ・ 3 min
How to hire the best people you’ve ever worked withPmarchive ・ Jun 6, 2007 ・ 10 min
Here’s how to live: Create.Derek Sivers ・ Dec 23, 2021 ・ 4 min
What I Wish Someone Had Told MeSam Altman ・ Dec 21, 2023 ・ 1 min
Black Swan FarmingPaul Graham ・ Sep 14, 2012 ・ 9 min