basil (propagation arc)
@itsbasil
invest in teams, not projects… in brains, not products — or get forked or stolen & vampired via better distro in the age of no-code, first movers is a disadvantage in the age of no-code, technical excellence yields diminishing returns gamble on teams who understand gtm, partnerships & marketing, systems thinking & incentives, comms & positioning gamble on teams who think deeply about strategy or get your lunch eaten your strategy is your moat (switch cost) your moat is your story (narrative) your story is your multiple (price) they will pivot 648 times anyway its no longer about what you build, it’s about how you defend it & embed it into the everyday lives of your users
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basil (propagation arc)
@itsbasil
this is lowkey why historically vcs like to fund yappers bc they think it’s a game of attention but that’s not the full story despite how many times they feel the need to yell that from the rafters
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basil (propagation arc)
@itsbasil
yapping != strategist attention != sustainable tho both are venn diagrams
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