“If I had eight hrs to chop down a tree, I’d spend the first six sharpening my axe”

Translated to startup speak, this is what it means👇

“If I had eight hrs to build a product, I’d spend the first six iterating/pivoting till I hit PMF”

The "𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐈" is around the corner!

AI has seen pathbreaking advancements across the stack - semiconductor chips (hardware), foundational models, infra/tooling layer. But without apps, the stack is incomplete & suboptimal from a societal utilitarian standpoint.

#TIL New power word learnt today - "𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐄𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐲"

It refers to the trend of users going their-own/DIY way to find quick solutions (via online content) to quench their impatience to achieve life goals.

This is via the "𝐀𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 2025 𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞𝐓𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭" on Jaunt
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"𝐕𝐂 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 & 𝐁𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 101" - How to position & differentiate your VC firm to attract both investors + startup founders

Excellent Jaunt from davemcclure.bsky.social (𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 - 𝘗𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘝𝘊, 500𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘱𝘴) for VCs, fund managers and aspiring investment pros.

Link >> jaunt.com/j/vc-marketi...

Great primer on HCI - Human Computer Interaction, from Prashant Singh (aka pacificleo)

Many of us know Prashant - currently head of products at @JarAppHQ, and his passion for #UX. He delivered a talk on #design at a college recently with these accompanying slides

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Check out this blogpost... captures some of our thoughts around this topic! content.jaunt.com/blog/announc...

Signed up for Bluesky!

My first reaction - in the topics to follow, it has "animals" & "pets". Very unusual - animals/pets arent typically a top level category in most apps?

Is this a clever trick to flood your feed with cute cats/dogs memes.. an antidote to the flame/troll wars on social media:)