Don't Read History for Lessons
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A detailed perspective on what you can really learn from history and how to make the process effective.
A detailed perspective on what you can really learn from history and how to make the process effective.
The answer has more to do with behavioral economics than company finances.
The idea of “strategic delay” is interesting (and maybe comforting).
If you write, read this: “40 One-Sentence Writing Tips”. The ones I most liked: “11. ‘Wow, that had great grammar,’ said nobody ever.” and “39. The secret to writing is a paradox: Confine your ideas to a box in which anything is possible.”
I’ve read “Demand-side sales 101” by Bob Moesta. His perspective on sales may be very interesting for a lot of product and service designers. The idea of reducing customer anxiety goes well with the “curate essential features” approach we do on our products at Lefty Ventures.
It remembered me the “Getting Real” approach, which is the first Basecamp’s book. It’s probably easier to get real with simpler and smaller products, with curated features and bootstrapped business models.