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What Is The Value In Helping Small Creators Succeed?

Successful founders get less happy over time because while the numbers go up and up, their satisfaction goes down. They get disconnected from the positive impact of their companies, and the negative stories start to outshine.

The emotional impact of creating good in the world, by helping other people, is incredibly powerful.


How Much Screen Time Does @Dhh Give To His Kids?

According to DHH, his kids can have as much screen time as they want because scarcity only builds desire, and once he's let kids watch all the TV and to play all the video games, they got bored and found other activities. The key here is to have other activities available so that once kids are ready, they do have something more interesting to do than just play games or to watch TV.


Why Is Metastasized Cancer So Dangerous?

Metastasized colon cancer gets into your organs, liver first, and liver is the hardest to treat. The whole point of your liver is to remove toxins, and when you start to blast the body with chemo (toxins), the liver gets overloaded.

The solution, which saved Michael's life, is a slow-drip chemo, delivered by a HAI pump, attached to a patient's liver.


Are We On The Cusp Of Another Great Depression?

Despite the depression, 1930s saw a boom in innovation and growth, riding on the tailwind of scientific and and technological innovation from the 1920s. Aviation, plastics, movies, appliances, and a bunch of other industries got going in that time. By 1939 three-times as many people had cars in US as they did in 1929. It all got badly mismanaged, but the basis for a booming economy were all there. Today, on the other hand, we are doing a fine job managing the economy, but we don't have such a strong tailwind to propel our growth.


What Should Potential Students Look For In A Coding Bootcamp?

Dig into a school's numbers. Make sure that a school's graduation rate is good and that their students are finding jobs upon completion of the program. Make sure to read information on tuition and payment plans.


What Kind Of Clinic Will Bulletproof Labs Be?

They will be a clinic where standardized procedures have been proven to work in populations, but are targeted toward specific things, such as V-cell procedures. They are looking to offer upgraded versions of current clinical procedures in a regenerative medical space.


Why Is Earnin Able To Provide Flexible Play At No Cost When Others Charge Outrageous Fees?

Earnin is using the smart phone to analyze whether their users are actually working or not, and therefore able to trust their users to pay the money back. Traditional loan businesses have no visibility like that and therefore have to charge very high fees to pad their loses.


Does The Best Product Always Win?

Nir Eyal says it is a myth that the best product always wins.

For example, when compared in a blind test, Bing get 50% of the users, but in real life, Google has >80% of market share. Most users are already in the habit of using Google, and they just don't stop to consider other options.

Once you can get get a customer to use your product without even thinking about it, then you are no longer competing on either price or features.

Habit-formation is a huge competitive advantage.


What Makes Freight More Difficult Than Regular Package Delivery?

Anything that is too heavy for a driver to pick up is a freight package, and it requires a whole different network to move it around.

Physical packages cannot go through the same trucks. The conveyor belts are too narrow for freight for pallets...etc.

Meanwhile, package delivery companies own their logistics end-to-end, which enables simple conveniences like tracking. Freight is too large in volume to be operated by just one company, and as a result, user experience of shipping is very distributed.


How Does Vinovest Work?

1. Take a short quiz about your investment tendencies, risk profile, etc.

2. The system automatically generates a custom portfolio for you

3. Your wine is stored in their facilities, where they appreciate over time.


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