Isaac Krasny
@krasny.co
Startup product person. Music listener. Father of children. Fixer of old houses. Vermonter.
Weekly newsletter for founders: https://sixforstartups.beehiiv.com/
Weekly newsletter for founders: https://sixforstartups.beehiiv.com/
How does the GOP reconcile running on fiscal discipline and then skyrocketing the deficit? This is a great read: www.milwaukeeindependent.com/thom-hartman...
The Two Santas Strategy: How the GOP has used an economic scam to manipulate Americans for 40 years | Milwaukee Independent
www.milwaukeeindependent.com
July 1, 2025 at 4:30 PM
How does the GOP reconcile running on fiscal discipline and then skyrocketing the deficit? This is a great read: www.milwaukeeindependent.com/thom-hartman...
I don't know if it's inflation or the cost of injecting AI to every tool, but I feel like SaaS subscription prices are so much higher than they used to be
June 30, 2025 at 6:10 PM
I don't know if it's inflation or the cost of injecting AI to every tool, but I feel like SaaS subscription prices are so much higher than they used to be
This notification is making Steve Jobs spin in his immaculately minimalist grave
June 24, 2025 at 1:04 PM
This notification is making Steve Jobs spin in his immaculately minimalist grave
My goal in life is to be more useful than a HEIC file. It's a low bar.
June 19, 2025 at 12:24 PM
My goal in life is to be more useful than a HEIC file. It's a low bar.
Career goal #1: be in a career where I never feel like I have to open up LinkedIn
April 24, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Career goal #1: be in a career where I never feel like I have to open up LinkedIn
Noise-cancelling headphones that block the sound of you chewing hard pretzels
April 10, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Noise-cancelling headphones that block the sound of you chewing hard pretzels
I hope my homeschool children will one day appreciate how nice it is that they can wake up, put on some footie pajamas, and be entirely ready for their day
April 9, 2025 at 11:12 AM
I hope my homeschool children will one day appreciate how nice it is that they can wake up, put on some footie pajamas, and be entirely ready for their day
Lurking in the dark corners of my mind for more than 20 years, it turns out, has been the knowledge of how to beat all the levels in Goldeneye for N64
April 6, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Lurking in the dark corners of my mind for more than 20 years, it turns out, has been the knowledge of how to beat all the levels in Goldeneye for N64
Face ID, but it works when you're yawning
April 1, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Face ID, but it works when you're yawning
Apple awkwardly jamming into my mac settings menu an announcement about something called "Image Playground" is so indicative of their desperate AI catchup strategy.
Seeing what's effectively an ad in a system settings window: what is this, windows?
Seeing what's effectively an ad in a system settings window: what is this, windows?
March 29, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Apple awkwardly jamming into my mac settings menu an announcement about something called "Image Playground" is so indicative of their desperate AI catchup strategy.
Seeing what's effectively an ad in a system settings window: what is this, windows?
Seeing what's effectively an ad in a system settings window: what is this, windows?
They should make an "unsubscribe" button that works for just all emails
March 24, 2025 at 2:39 PM
They should make an "unsubscribe" button that works for just all emails
ChatGPT just helped me center an item in CSS on the first try. I'm now willing to admit AI is the future.
March 15, 2025 at 1:30 PM
ChatGPT just helped me center an item in CSS on the first try. I'm now willing to admit AI is the future.
While I'm spitting out product recommendations, bentoboxapp.com has changed how I use my dual screen mac setup. Highly recommend.
macOS Window Manager | BentoBox 🍱
A window manager that boosts productivity by snapping windows into predefined zones, like a Japanese bento box organizing meals and similar to FancyZones on Windows.
bentoboxapp.com
March 11, 2025 at 6:20 PM
While I'm spitting out product recommendations, bentoboxapp.com has changed how I use my dual screen mac setup. Highly recommend.
Granola is the best meeting note taker I've used and it's not even close
March 11, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Granola is the best meeting note taker I've used and it's not even close
Another six actionable reads for startup leaders. Featuring:
- Product discovery basics from @producttalk.bsky.social
- Prioritize better, from @johannarothman.bsky.social
- Understanding AI agents
- Buy, don't build, from @cjgustafson.bsky.social
- Hire people who do the work
- Product discovery basics from @producttalk.bsky.social
- Prioritize better, from @johannarothman.bsky.social
- Understanding AI agents
- Buy, don't build, from @cjgustafson.bsky.social
- Hire people who do the work
Six for March 10
How to prioritize work better, why you should almost always buy instead of build, how to hire people who drive outcomes, and more.
sixforstartups.beehiiv.com
March 10, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Another six actionable reads for startup leaders. Featuring:
- Product discovery basics from @producttalk.bsky.social
- Prioritize better, from @johannarothman.bsky.social
- Understanding AI agents
- Buy, don't build, from @cjgustafson.bsky.social
- Hire people who do the work
- Product discovery basics from @producttalk.bsky.social
- Prioritize better, from @johannarothman.bsky.social
- Understanding AI agents
- Buy, don't build, from @cjgustafson.bsky.social
- Hire people who do the work
As someone with first and last names that are easy to misspell:
it's easier than ever before to double-check you spelled someone's name right, meaning that *not* checking is increasingly a signal of carelessness and/or disrespect.
it's easier than ever before to double-check you spelled someone's name right, meaning that *not* checking is increasingly a signal of carelessness and/or disrespect.
March 10, 2025 at 11:26 AM
As someone with first and last names that are easy to misspell:
it's easier than ever before to double-check you spelled someone's name right, meaning that *not* checking is increasingly a signal of carelessness and/or disrespect.
it's easier than ever before to double-check you spelled someone's name right, meaning that *not* checking is increasingly a signal of carelessness and/or disrespect.
I just spent one hour and fifty-five minutes writing this post about why I track every minute of my working day
dawnchorus.substack.com/p/why-i-trac...
dawnchorus.substack.com/p/why-i-trac...
Why I track every working minute
I've improved my focus, make better decisions, and feel less guilty about productivity.
dawnchorus.substack.com
March 5, 2025 at 2:20 PM
I just spent one hour and fifty-five minutes writing this post about why I track every minute of my working day
dawnchorus.substack.com/p/why-i-trac...
dawnchorus.substack.com/p/why-i-trac...
I decided to give Replit a try. It incredibly created an entire application from a single prompt, and I have now burned all my free usage telling it repeatedly that login still isn't working
March 4, 2025 at 3:54 PM
I decided to give Replit a try. It incredibly created an entire application from a single prompt, and I have now burned all my free usage telling it repeatedly that login still isn't working
Just obliterated the publish button on this week's Six for Startups.
- SEO advice for startups
- Building your own tools with AI via @kevinroose.com
- DEI regs & your recruiting messaging
- Being biased for action via @mooreds.com
- Why you should focus on an ICP via @asmartbear.com
& more
- SEO advice for startups
- Building your own tools with AI via @kevinroose.com
- DEI regs & your recruiting messaging
- Being biased for action via @mooreds.com
- Why you should focus on an ICP via @asmartbear.com
& more
Six for March 3
Practical SEO for startups, why to focus your marketing on a narrow ICP, could it be better to build your own CRM? And so much more.
sixforstartups.beehiiv.com
March 3, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Just obliterated the publish button on this week's Six for Startups.
- SEO advice for startups
- Building your own tools with AI via @kevinroose.com
- DEI regs & your recruiting messaging
- Being biased for action via @mooreds.com
- Why you should focus on an ICP via @asmartbear.com
& more
- SEO advice for startups
- Building your own tools with AI via @kevinroose.com
- DEI regs & your recruiting messaging
- Being biased for action via @mooreds.com
- Why you should focus on an ICP via @asmartbear.com
& more
Already defeated my children at Bluey Monopoly.
So yeah, I'm having a pretty great day.
So yeah, I'm having a pretty great day.
February 27, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Already defeated my children at Bluey Monopoly.
So yeah, I'm having a pretty great day.
So yeah, I'm having a pretty great day.
Just published this week's Six For Startups:
- avoiding the sunk-cost fallacy
- why Triplebyte abandoned PMF
- how to keep your product options open (via @paulisthrivving.xyz)
- deciding to be profitable
- how your tech-stack fits into delivering value to customers (via @merkmoi.bsky.social)
- avoiding the sunk-cost fallacy
- why Triplebyte abandoned PMF
- how to keep your product options open (via @paulisthrivving.xyz)
- deciding to be profitable
- how your tech-stack fits into delivering value to customers (via @merkmoi.bsky.social)
Six for February 24
How non-technical founders should feel about their tech stack, profitability as a strategy, avoiding the sunk cost fallacy, and so much more.
sixforstartups.beehiiv.com
February 24, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Just published this week's Six For Startups:
- avoiding the sunk-cost fallacy
- why Triplebyte abandoned PMF
- how to keep your product options open (via @paulisthrivving.xyz)
- deciding to be profitable
- how your tech-stack fits into delivering value to customers (via @merkmoi.bsky.social)
- avoiding the sunk-cost fallacy
- why Triplebyte abandoned PMF
- how to keep your product options open (via @paulisthrivving.xyz)
- deciding to be profitable
- how your tech-stack fits into delivering value to customers (via @merkmoi.bsky.social)
product management job description red flag 🟥:
they view product management and project management as interchangeable experience!
they view product management and project management as interchangeable experience!
February 21, 2025 at 1:15 PM
product management job description red flag 🟥:
they view product management and project management as interchangeable experience!
they view product management and project management as interchangeable experience!
Just hit publish on this week's edition of Six for Startups. This week includes guidance on:
- finding potential customers to talk to from @asmartbear.com
- An intro to outcome thinking from @cwodtke.bsky.social
- Business model visualizations
- How to use slack better from @mheap.dev
- & more
- finding potential customers to talk to from @asmartbear.com
- An intro to outcome thinking from @cwodtke.bsky.social
- Business model visualizations
- How to use slack better from @mheap.dev
- & more
Six for February 17
How to get in front of potential customers, being more outcomes driven, and more.
sixforstartups.beehiiv.com
February 17, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Just hit publish on this week's edition of Six for Startups. This week includes guidance on:
- finding potential customers to talk to from @asmartbear.com
- An intro to outcome thinking from @cwodtke.bsky.social
- Business model visualizations
- How to use slack better from @mheap.dev
- & more
- finding potential customers to talk to from @asmartbear.com
- An intro to outcome thinking from @cwodtke.bsky.social
- Business model visualizations
- How to use slack better from @mheap.dev
- & more
Just redesigned my website. Give me feedback. Krasny.co
Isaac Krasny
I can help get your startup unstuck.
Krasny.co
February 16, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Just redesigned my website. Give me feedback. Krasny.co