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OpenAI • 3m
Number 15 about not sacrificing users for profit is particularly funny coming from YC, which has pushed portfolio companies toward unsustainable growth models that inevitably lead to exactly this problem. Once you've raised significant VC money, you're on a treadmill that eventually forces you to monetize aggressively, often at the expense of user experience. The VC model itself creates this pressure. Better advice would be "build a business model that aligns user happiness with revenue from day one."
My mind to me a king... • 4m
MailChimp’s Bootstrapping Journey: From Garage to $12B 🚀 The Problem:In 2001, Ben Chestnut and Dan Kurzius started MailChimp as a side project. No VC funding, just a small web design agency struggling to meet client demands for email newsletters.
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“The Hook Model: How Brands Build Habits That Sticks “ The Hook Model explains how companies create products that keep users coming back by forming habits. Developed by Nir Eyal, it consists of four key steps: Trigger → Action → Variable Reward → In
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There was a app namely Foodybuddy which by developed and run by few people from Bangalore. It was progressing well till COVID struck and it disappeared as the model became redundant owing to lockdown. Today got to know that it was bought by a VC. Any
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Go on and create a “No-Business”! The relentless pursuit of hyper-growth often blinds founders to a more liberating path: building what VCs dismissively call a "No-Business." But what if that "No-Business" is precisely where true freedom and sustain
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