Andy Johns: find the balance between innovation growth and optimization growth
Andy Johns is widely recognized as an expert in the data-driven, optimization-heavy style of growth popularized by Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter — all places where…
Author: Moses
It is up to you to explain the future in terms that those living in the past and present can follow.
I have to admit that when I was younger, whenever older executives didn’t see my vision, I would always blame them because they didn’t “get…
Tradeoffs that arise when selecting a North Star Metric
Selecting a North Star Metric is hard, but it can be extraordinarily valuable if done well. Here are some tradeoffs that arise. One metric vs…
Julie Zhou on how Facebook product designers think
Some products and features that we build are destined to succeed, and others to fail. We want to minimize the time we’re spending on the…
Brainstorm techniques for product solution ideation
If you need to brainstorm potential solutions to a product design problem, these techniques might help. Solution Finds You Steps: Start with a well-scoped design…
Intensional and extensional definitions
Of the many arcane and esoteric distinctions that professional logicians make, there’s one that I think is quite valuable outside of philosophical logic. It’s a…
Cosmic fist bump
I have two middle names. They’re both on my birth certificate, but for most of my life I only used the first one. The first…
Transcript: Ryan Holiday and Eric Weinstein on The Portal episode 31
[YouTube video not yet posted; here’s the audio: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/the-portal-2/e/69070975%5D Eric Weinstein 0:06Hello, this is Eric with a few initial thoughts before this week’s episode. First,…
Transcript: Ross Douthat and Eric Weinstein on The Portal episode 30
[YouTube video not yet available; here’s the audio: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/kast-media-2/the-portal-2/e/68874611%5D Eric Weinstein 0:06Hello, this is Eric with a few words of housekeeping. First of all, I…
Transcript: Jamie Metzl and Eric Weinstein on The Portal podcast episode 29
[YouTube video not yet available; here’s the audio: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/kast-media-2/the-portal-2/e/68757826%5D Eric Weinstein 0:06Hello, this is Eric with the housekeeping section of this week’s release before we…