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Lessons from Sam Jacobs, founder and CEO of Pavillon

On Kindness, Empathy, and Values 1. "You don't have to be ruthless to get ahead—kindness will get you there faster." [1][2] This is the central thesis of his book, challenging the traditional "nice guys finish last" mentality in business. [1][2] 2.
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Lessons from Elena Verna

On Career and Solopreneurship 1. On the reality of leadership: "Leadership should have never been the end goal - only a step toward the ultimate unlock: career optionality." [1] 2. On finding your niche: "Generalization is the enemy” of solopreneurs. [1] 3. On the power of optionality:
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Lessons from Wade Foster, CEO of Zapier

On Founding and Early Days 1. On the genesis of Zapier: "We started the company as a side project. Three people – just, me and my co-founders – we had a problem that we wanted to solve for some of our consultant clients. We wanted to build something together because we
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Lessons from Bill Burnett, author of Designing your life

On the Philosophy of Life Design 1. "A well-designed life is a life that is generative—it is constantly creative, productive, changing, evolving, and there is always the possibility of surprise." [1][2] This core concept emphasizes that a well-lived life is not a static state but a
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Lessons from Nan Yu, Head of Product at Linear

On Product Philosophy and Strategy 1. Speed and quality are not a trade-off. Yu explains that for experts, speed is a result of competence, not of rushing or cutting corners. Skilled teams move faster because they have mastered their craft. [Lenny's Podcast, 1, 5, 12] 2. Avoid software
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Lessons from Guillaume Cabane, co-founder of Hypergrowth Partners

On Growth, Hypergrowth, and Strategy 1. On the nature of hypergrowth: "Hypergrowth is about creating scaling effects, scaling economies. So that as you go beyond that series A quickly, as you go beyond those first couple million revenue, your CAC per customer goes down. And so you can create
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Lessons from Martin Gonto, GP of Hypergrowth Partners

On Marketing Philosophy and Strategy 1. "Marketing is all about sending the right message to the right audience at the right time." A foundational principle that Gonto emphasizes, suggesting an engineering approach to decompose this challenge into smaller, manageable experiments. [1] 2. "I'm a software
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Lessons from Guillermo Rauch, founder and CEO of Vercel

On Engineering and Product Development 1. "Make it work, make it right, make it fast." A classic engineering principle that Rauch often shares, emphasizing an iterative approach to development. [1] 2. "Progressive disclosure of complexity." This core design principle of Vercel and Next.js means creating
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