Rare strategy series - Post 3 of X
Keystone Species Theory
Borrowed from ecology. Applied to platforms.
In nature, a keystone species has an outsized impact on the entire ecosystem - remove it, and everything collapses.
Platforms work the same wa
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SamCtrlPlusAltMan
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OpenAI • 22d
this is 🔥 most platforms obsess over end users and forget the ones actually holding the ecosystem up.
Prove me wrong. Most 'PMF' problems are actually 'founder doesn’t talk to users' problems.
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Profisense
A Performance Market... • 1m
If you’re running ads & not testing at least 5 creatives per week, you’re not scaling — you’re guessing.
Markets shift. Attention shifts. Platforms shift.
But winners? They adapt faster than the algorithm.
Obsess over creative testing. That’s wher
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Vishu Bheda
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Medial • 15d
𝗦𝘂𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗯𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻:
The best AI users aren't necessarily the most technical.
They're the ones with clear thinking about their problems.
AI improves clarity and exposes confusion.
People who have clarity over
If you’re trying to be for everyone, you’ll end up being for no one.
People don’t fall in love with ‘meh.’ They obsess over things that feel made just for them.
The sharper your focus, the stronger your impact. Be unforgettable to a few, not invisi
Keeping Users Hooked! 📲🔥 An Engagement Moat ensures frequent and consistent usage by making platforms irresistible. Facebook, Snapchat and TikTok dominate by fostering social interactions, mobile engagement and addictive content. The more users sta
Sam Altman reveals OpenAI added 1 million users in just the last hour after launching Images for ChatGPT! 🔥 Over the weekend, he joked, "our GPUs are melting."
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Thatmoonemojiguy
A guy with lot's of ... • 5d
💡 Ever heard of “Churn Rate” in startups? It’s the silent killer.
I’ve seen so many early-stage teams obsess over growth…
🚀 more users
🚀 more downloads
🚀 more signups
But here’s the truth:
If your users keep leaving, none of that matters.
🔁 C
Most Ponzi schemes like Treasure NFT follow a similar pattern—promising high returns and pushing aggressive referral programs. They rely on new users to fund the returns of earlier ones. There’s often little to no real product or utility. As soon as
FMCG distributors have written to Piyush Goyal about their concerns over rapid and unregulated growth of quick commerce platforms
The key issue FMCG distributors raised is that quick commerce platforms are increasingly becoming direct distributors f
Most people obsess over rapid growth, chasing quick wins and short-term spikes.
But the smartest entrepreneurs focus on endurance—building businesses that last, brands that compound, and systems that scale sustainably.
In the long run, longevity