I am sick of chatGPT’s standard responses which are way too verbose, full of repetition and apologies for being an AI 😂
Turns out you can alleviate some of this setting up chatGPT’s custom instructions feature and googled to see the top setup on Reddit
Lo and behold, there
TIL that craigslist is generating $1B in annual revenue, employs 50 people, and is wholly owned by two people. Insane. (And yes, it's a for-profit even with the .org domain name)
Who would have thought this single website would destroy the economics of the newspaper industry?
this is one of the most important graphs that I saw in 2023 that has led to behavior change. This is in Peter Attia's book Outlive
tldr:
if you want to be able to climb stairs when you are 75, you need to be in the top 95th percentile of cardiovascular fitness. With this, you
1/ Many of the biggest implosions in recent history - especially ecommerce - have been due to startups getting addicted to paid marketing while fooling themselves on Customer Acqusition Costs. As spend scales, it always gets more expensive and harder to track - never less.
Here's my thread about why you should:
- quit whatever it is you're doing
- build the startup you've wanted to build
- work with me and the a16z team 1:1
- And yes, I'll invest $1M via a16z speedrun
(and the earlier your startup, the better. apply here: sr.a16z.com)
The current generation of marketplace startups has been incredibly successful. Airbnb, Lime, Uber, Lyft, Instacart, etc. I've been doing a broad survey of the best writing on this topic and wanted to share my list of 20 best links I've seen.