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Substack's counter-positioning: skin in the game
Medium, Mailchimp and Substack are key players in the newsletter rising passion economy where they serve different schools of thought.
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Netflix applies friction to fuel growth
Monetization is not an output of growth. It's an overlay on the whole system that can either add or eliminate friction. Monetization strategy has to be…
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Why Postman Wins
Postman wins by tapping the adjacent users and simplifying software of everyone involved. And simplifying software for everyone is incredibly important.
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August 2020

Y Combinator Rolls The Dice 🎲 on Demo Day - Part I of II
Y Combinator has a great business model, with a real network effect and phenomenal execution. YC Continuity is a logical extension of the core operating…
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Slack is breaking through 'the wall'
Asymptotes are underrated dynamic for scaling a product. Slack Connect breaks through the wall and exhibits organic scaling.
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Brag Score : Measuring The Pomposity of YouTube Call-To-Actions
Brag Score: Framework to quantify trade-offs against some metric that is sure to go up
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July 2020

Xbox Game Pass is “Netflix for Gaming”
Screenshot essay. Game Pass removes barriers to entry, providing a compelling reason for anyone to jump into this Xbox ecosystem w/ affordable price.
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Coursera with Rap 👨‍🎤 and Memes 🐱
Screenshot essay. Bonus: Bessemer memo on remix thesis, three examples on GitHub for Education. Is Strava for Education possible?
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Netflix is building an 'empire', Vimeo is 'arming the rebels'
Screenshot Essay: All that fits on a mobile screen. Faster for you.
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Why does Figma win?
Screenshot Essay: All that's fit on mobile screen. Faster for you.
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Thesis On Bundling and My Wishlist from Times Internet
Lessons from McDonalds, Sony PS4, TataSky, Spotify and more.
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