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disregard q, acquire dau
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not any more
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Roughly the same number of people care about deterministic outputs as they do decentralization
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trying out x articles to force myself to think deeply - wrote a response to @paulg's latest drop (https://paulgraham.com/brandage.html). incredible piece and fun read but we're headed to an incredible age for branding https://x.com/dawufi/status/2030002385163112840
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thanks for the feedback energy only works if you actually appreciate the feedback otherwise you're just alienating the people that care enough to give it to you. disagreement is fine, but people know when they're being lied to
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ive decided millenial nostalgia is back because things were so unapologetically what they were during our heyday there was never any concern about bsb dropping a hip hop album or michael scott launching an NFT collection (he's exit liquidity anyways) - thigns were what they were and we loved them for it with authenticity being manufactured and the deep understanding that all social media is now performative, the nostaliga is kicking in hard - and in 2026 even "bad taste" is still taste. these bots could never
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the tbpn guys talking about how the claude superbowl ad is off brand is fascinating to me on the one hand I get it - no one outside of tech circles gives a shit about ads that aren't even in their chatgpt yet, this isn't going to land with the majority of potential users watching the superbowl on the other hand - so much (hardware deals, funding, talent wars) are riding on narrative control that the 4d chess take is that it's easily worth 80mm just to put a w on the scoreboard and a chink in the openai armor unclear to me how much awareness is going on at anthropic but its an interesting case study in messaging no matter what the intention was
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highly encourage founders attemping product led growth to make sure they're not building a growth led product
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Actual lesson here not just memeing
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if you want builders you're going to need consumers - no amount of grants or airdrops will ever fix that
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everyone founder hears "solution looking for a problem" and thinks it's a bad thing... at least you have a solution. just gotta go find your problem
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whether you think your brand reputations is valuable or not - you're right
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if your users are telling you something and you don't agree you've either got; - the wrong users - the wrong expectations it's important to know which one, take responsibility, and adjust accordingly
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so much of growth is just understanding how to say why something is important, and not just tell someone what it is
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inspired by @chriscocreated to try to bring back some positivityand be the change i want to see in my feed drop the website for your project (or one you love) and i'll give it a 5 minute messaging audit to help you reach your audience other /growth heads encouraged to participate as always when trying something new, recasts appreciated so we can do some vibe lifting instead of token shitting happy friday y'all
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Hot growth tip: drink milk
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