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BRAINDUMP ON VIRAL LOOPS
Everything we learned (and forgot) about viral loops from Web 2.0

September 2025

The Anti-Pitch: When haters hate your startup idea
Every product category has a skeptical meme against it
Why retention is so hard for new tech products
And how to apply these lessons to the current gen of AI apps
AI will change how we build startups -- but how?
We still don't know a lot. A list of the questions.

July 2025

Lies per Second, Meetings per Decision Ratio, and other important biz metrics
And yes, please add your own

June 2025

May 2025

April 2025

Every marketing channel sucks right now
Yes, I'm about to roast every tactic you're betting on

March 2025

Why a16z is investing up to $1M in very early stage startups
Come work with me 1:1, or refer folks please!
DoorDash's v1 was 8 PDF menus on a static HTML website
Revisiting the Minimum Viable Product strategy and its strengths/weaknesses
Vibe coding, some thoughts and predictions
Amazing things are happening in AI code gen

February 2025

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