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I create a newsletter called GrowthCandy. Each issue shares one idea to help build and spread your work, delivered as a short comic. Fast to read. Easy to apply. Hard to forget!
People love to support you when you’re winning. But those who love supporting the winning team may not be cheering for you when you need them most.
Sexy businesses tend to be great at spending money. Raising it and spending it. Perhaps on full-page spreads, nice offices, and tweaking the logo… just one more time. Then raising some more.
There may be a huge obstacle in your way at the moment.
Creators, builders, entrepreneurs and makers:
When we see grinders and spammers, we all think the same thing.
Most traders underperform vs their benchmarks. But it’d be odd if it were any different — it’s not a scam, rather it would appear to be one were it to be different.
What’s the difference between a party and a community get-together?
If we do things we hate because we need money for things we like, we’ll filling our lives with things we hate so we can have a few likeable souvenirs to come home to.
Launching projects during a recession feels scary.
The tools you love weren’t made with perfect plans or by perfect people. Their quirks and incompatibilities serve as a reminder of all the opportunity around us to build and teach.
A good brand is like a good marriage.
When we make work that matters, we tend to want it to live forever.
You can surprise yourself in so many ways:
There are many problems. We have to find the right ones:
What do Skills and Ideas have in common?
When I first started making web-based experiences in 2000, good experiences looked like little virtual worlds like Habbo Hotel; you had a place to go, treasure hunts and rewards, and a home for community members to congregate.
Efficient feels like we’re getting stuff done, in the moment. But it’s empty calories: we were busy all week, but by end of the week we don’t feel like we have much of real value to show for it.
We all have the opportunity to be great.
There are enough ideas. Everyone has them, some are better than others, most never see the light of day.
What do you work on when it’s off-season for you?
Disagreeing is a superpower, when wielded properly:
Sometimes, you get options you love. Other times, you have to make the best choices you can with the options available. The resourcefulness found in the latter is what makes great work happen.
I create a newsletter called GrowthCandy. Each issue shares one idea to help build and spread your work, delivered as a short comic. Fast to read. Easy to apply. Hard to forget!