December 25, 2022

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas!

I hope everyone had a great holiday!

← Read a newer post Read an older post →

Learning from the Masters of Capital Allocation

Founders’ Most Important Job: Capital Allocation

Pierre Omidyar’s Stubborn Vision

Weekly Reflection: Week Two Hundred Twelve

Build vs. Buy: What eBay Learned the Hard Way

Help Me Count the Money: eBay’s Product–Market Fit Story

Thoughts After Reading Getting Things Done

David Allen’s Bottom-Up Productivity Framework

David Allen’s Ideas about Getting Things Done

Getting Top-Tier Service for Less

Weekly Reflection: Week Two Hundred Eleven

Why I’m Testing Checklists

Two Brains Are Better Than One

Tiago Forte’s Framework for Actionable Knowledge

Tiago Forte’s Framework for Organizing Digital Information

Framework Books and Tactical Learning

First Impressions of Personal Knowledge Management

Weekly Reflection: Week Two Hundred Ten

Principles for Rapid Skill Acquisition and Learning

To Acquire a New Skill Faster, Learn About It

My Reading Mojo: Gone (Temporarily)

The $2B Davis Dynasty and the Weekly Bulletin

Weekly Reflection: Week Two Hundred Nine

Clarity on Its Market Is Driving Home Depot’s Growth 30 Years Later

Customer Discovery as a Job

Excited to Learn

Running Multiple Start-ups

How I Save Interesting Podcast Points

Successful Founders Understand Their Business’s Costs

Weekly Reflection: Week Two Hundred Eight

Redefining the Market Led to $152 Billion a Year

Look at Failed Companies for Cofounders

Actions Speak Louder Than Words

Storytelling Will Be Harder Than I Thought

Takeaways from Writing about My Reading

Weekly Reflection: Week Two Hundred Seven

A Century of Learning from Bernie Marcus, Summed Up

Bernie Marcus on Failure

Make Customers—Not Investors—Your Priority

Takeaway from Bull! A History of the Boom and Bust, 1982–2004

F. M. Alexander on the Future

2024 IPO Activity

Weekly Reflection: Week Two Hundred Six

Plan for the Unexpected

Ken Langone on Home Depot’s IPO

Ken Langone on Over-Delivering

Reviewing Highlights in Physical Books: I Need a Good Method

Learning Friction

Challenge: Write About My Reading

Weekly Reflection: Week Two Hundred Five

Charlie Munger’s Iron Prescription

Another Learning Survey Takeaway

Reddit Files for an IPO

Henry Ford’s Secret to Success

An Effective Company Vision

Weekly Reflection: Week Two Hundred Four

Interest: The Price of Time

What Will Fundraising in 2024 Look Like?

Schweitzer on Wisdom Being Color-blind

Alibaba’s Nontechnical Founder

Feedback on My Posts

Weekly Reflection: Week Two Hundred Three

Learning Survey Takeaway

Hustler + Practitioner Experiment

Ad-Revenue Business Models

Entrepreneurs Win When They Share

Reading for Wisdom

Knowledge Isn’t Wisdom

Weekly Reflection: Week Two Hundred Two

Think of Hiring as a Three-Month Investment

Relying on Others’ Interpretations Is Risky

Ideal Work Environment: Home or Office

More Reddit IPO Info

Panic-Bird Investing – and Warren Buffett

Weekly Reflection: Week Two Hundred One

A Resource for Learning about Business Models

Founders/CEOs Who Go from Idea to Billions All Have One Trait

Spotting Patterns in History

The Sprinter Work Style

Want to Succeed? Learn How to Focus

There’s No Shame in Asking

Weekly Reflection: Week Two Hundred

Learning Survey Insight

VC Downturn, Market Sentiment, and Recent IPO Performance

How Much Are the Landscapes of Learning and Work Transforming?

Why I Loved Woodshop in High School

Bruce Lee on Limits

Learning Survey

Weekly Reflection: Week One Hundred Ninety-Nine

Replication Costs and Business Model Scalability

Roosevelt on Discussing Ideas, Events, and People

Practitioners Might Make Good Cofounders

100%-Leveraged Start-ups