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Mark Zuckerberg: “You can’t 80/20 everything” When Facebook started, Mark Zuckerberg and Dustin Moskovitz had a tough decision to make. For each college they launched Facebook at, they had to clean up data from course catalogs to make sure everyth

Customer Validation > MVP: 5 Reasons Why It’s Your Startup’s First Step 90% of startups fail—many because they build before validating. Here’s why talking to customers beats rushing an MVP: 1.Confirms Product-Market Fit – Avoid building what no one

What if I told you that building real wealth doesn’t require a high-paying job, a wealthy family, or special skills? It might sound hard to believe, but David Bach, who came from a regular middle-class family, made it happen with one simple idea: "Pa

Keith Rabois tells the story of Elon Musk observing interns waiting in line for coffee at SpaceX Elon Musk moves faster, executes harder, and accomplishes more than most people. Here’s how: 1. Focus on Outcomes, Not Effort Most people go through t

Collapse Theory: Knapsack in a smarter way :) Just came across a fascinating idea that rethinks how we approach optimization, especially the classic Knapsack Problem. In short, you’re packing items with different weights and values into a limited s

Jensen Huang on why he rarely fires people and will instead “torture them into greatness” In a conversation with Patrick Collison, Jensen shared his thoughts on firing employees. He said he doesn’t like doing it and rarely does, because he believe

🌟 Failure isn’t the enemy of success—it’s the roadmap. 🌟 We’re so busy chasing wins that we forget to ask: “What could go wrong?” But here’s the kicker—mapping out potential failures isn’t pessimistic; it’s the secret to building a bulletproof pla

😄 Don’t Focus on Making Employees “Happy” It Doesn’t Work. Most people think: “If my team is happy, they’ll perform better.” ❌ But that’s a myth. Many happy employees are still: – Unmotivated – Distracted – Just going through the motions Here’s

Before you build software, ask this simple question: 🧠 “Will this save time or make money?” Because most businesses don’t fail from bad software — They fail from building the wrong thing. At Codestam Technologies, we’ve learned this the hard way