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Eric Stromberg

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Eric Stromberg

@ericstromberg

I am interested in the forces that shape exceptional people and companies.

Joined March 2009

Eric Stromberg
@ericstromberg
Apr 5, 2020
Two categories of people: 1] Those who think COVID-19 will spark a Zoom-fueled remote work from home utopia. 2] Those with young kids.
Eric Stromberg
@ericstromberg
May 18, 2022
My personal email address has an extra character that people often miss. When they do, the email goes to another guy. Over the years he’s received: - my wedding photos - my home purchase contract - docs for my first angel investment All fwd’d to me with a note of congrats.
Eric Stromberg
@ericstromberg
Oct 7, 2020
Reminder: Even the best founders needed some help finding a good startup idea.
Eric Stromberg
@ericstromberg
May 3, 2020
Read non-fiction to raise your floor. Read fiction to raise your ceiling.
Eric Stromberg
@ericstromberg
Jul 16, 2020
Introducing Screenshot Essays: All that's fit to print on a single iPhone screenshot. A rare win/win: Less work for me. Faster for you. First in the series: Hidden Moats in  Consumer Subscription. estromberg.com/hidden-moats
Eric Stromberg
@ericstromberg
Jan 5, 2020
New York is the future. Silicon Valley is the future. Boston is the future. LA is the future. Remote is the future. Ignore all of this - it's mostly people validating their own choices and may not be relevant to your context. Build the company that you want to build.
Eric Stromberg
@ericstromberg
Oct 14, 2020
I’m hiring one person to work with me
Eric Stromberg
@ericstromberg
Sep 15, 2020
The Barnes and Noble leadership team that brought you Nook went on to build Peloton into a $20B company. Same model of bundling hardware + content. Very different outcome. But without Nook we probably don't have Peloton.
Eric Stromberg
@ericstromberg
Nov 27, 2019
Anyone who has worked at a big company with multiple offices knows exactly what the future of remote work looks like — 20 people separately dialed into the same video call, 18 of whom are on mute with their camera turned off the entire time.
Eric Stromberg
@ericstromberg
Apr 24, 2019
The relationship between how much data a VC asks for and the probability they'll actually invest:
Eric Stromberg
@ericstromberg
Mar 30, 2020
In part due to @balajis journalism, on March 2nd I told my parents and in-laws to cancel all social plans. They canceled a dinner that weekend, where attendees were shortly after diagnosed with Covid-19. The responsibility - and impact - is real.
Balaji
@balajis
Mar 30, 2020
Replying to @balajis
4) You are an expert in something. You have a responsibility as a citizen to do citizen journalism, to share that with the world 5) The media should not be “guardians of democracy” nor “enemies of the people”. Neither guardian nor enemy, just the people. All citizen journalists.
Eric Stromberg
@ericstromberg
Nov 11, 2021
"Startup ideas are worthless, execution is everything." *Except for the $1T+ in market cap generated from the ideas in a 9-page white paper.
Eric Stromberg
@ericstromberg
Nov 12, 2020
New @ScreenshotEssay today: TikTok, Instagram, and the Quadrant of Deep Understanding
Eric Stromberg
@ericstromberg
Sep 8, 2020
Not a company, but Duke University in 2008 may beat all of the answers in this thread. The founders of Coinbase, Airtable, Box, Plaid, Cameo and Neuralink all in the same place at the same time.
Sundeep Peechu
@speechu
Sep 4, 2020
Which company had the highest concentration of the best talent in the Bay Area? Facebook around 2008-10 comes to mind, maybe google in 2002-04? There’s not one inevitable company now so far more diffused.