Matt Joseph @_mattjoseph
San Francisco, CA Joined December 2013-
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Founders are trained to focus on things that show up in investor decks. Interesting there’s no slide for emotional strategy even though founder breakdowns ruin investments faster than an empty bank account.
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There are lots of experts on scaling successful products, but very few experts on creating them. It's not because scaling is that easy, but rather because creating is that hard.
Dr. King fought hatred with love, violence with peace, and oppression with inclusion. We're a long way from realizing his dream, but its relevance is greater now than ever before.
Most founders spend too much time coming up with solutions and too little time figuring out which problems are worth solving
A great startup idea that's poorly timed isn't actually a great idea. If you're too early or too late to a problem, you have nothing.
There are few better ways to improve your product than meeting with users who criticize it. Check your ego at the door and just listen.
10 years ago: we’re building a platform for X 5 years ago: we’re taking X mobile Today: we’re using AI to get rid of X
When coming up with ideas, it's tempting to choose what investors will fund over what you truly believe in Might make money. But then what?
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It's easy to feel like there is no innovation left and the leaders are set, but that's never true.
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To find new ideas, read old books. 📚
To reach your potential you have to try things you're not sure you can pull off
Couldn't have said it any better: build product --> build company --> invest in new step-function products blog.ycombinator.com/the-second-job…
Being a founder is hard - I get it. But it's a gift to learn everyday about a problem that matters to you. And it's worth the bs.
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No one can compete with you on being you. Most of life is a search for who and what needs you the most.
To grow quickly, you have to run experiments quickly. When your experiments fail, move on quickly. When they succeed, pour gas on the fire.
Bad teams never set goals. Average teams set goals quarterly. Good teams set goals once a week. Great teams set goals *every* day.
Excellent read from Jared Diamond on how to structure organizations. True to form, it's full of compelling anecdotes edge.org/conversation/j…
An important but often overlooked metric is pace of learning. It correlates positively with growth and helps retain great talent.
This week I started reading books instead of morning email lists. I'll never go back - good books change you in a way that headlines can't.
The hard part isn't articulating a big vision for where you'll be in 10 years. It's translating your vision into tasks you'll do tomorrow.
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