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4/3/2023
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What comes next with AI?
For a long time, AI development happened very slowly. But over the past half-decade, we've experienced a century's worth of innovation. Hiten's Pick The Age of Average No matter the field,
3/27/2023
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Bill Gates on the future of AI
Bill Gates believes AI is going to alleviate some of the world's worst inequities. Here's how he thinks it'll happen. Hiten's Pick Navigating the Unpredictability of Everything This is
3/20/2023
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How Box stimulated growth again
After more than a decade of explosive growth, with cheap capital to finance it, Box finally started experiencing a revenue decline in 2017. Hiten's Pick Is It Time To Freak Out About AI? AI is
3/13/2023
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How products fail
There's a moment for products where once this point is crossed, an otherwise healthy business suddenly collapses. This is a great read about what..... Hiten's Pick Which Apps Do Americans
3/6/2023
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Calendly's rapid growth
Calendly's Chief Product Officer explains how the company structures its product teams, utilizes OKRs, and transitioned from PLG to sales. Hiten's Pick Fill Your Gut, Then Trust It Despite our
2/27/2023
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Instagram founders launched a new startup
Instagram Co-founders Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger just launched the beta version of their personalized news reader, Artifact. Hiten's Pick Legacy is Overrated Shreyas Doshi recently shared a
2/20/2023
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The rapidly changing AI environment
The AI environment feels like a quick pendulum swing between hype and skepticism. Hiten's Pick Defensibility and Competition Most early-stage startups are not very defensible in the beginning.
2/13/2023
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Invest in things that don't change
Most of the time, technology is about incremental improvement on enduring ideas. There are certainly paradigm shifts, but they are rare. Hiten's Pick Invest in Things That Don't Change
2/6/2023
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Lessons from Airtable's growth story
Airtable is currently valued at $11 billion. Here's how the company got initial traction and found its first super users. Hiten's Pick The Systems of Elite CEOs How well you transition from a
1/30/2023
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Snowflake CEO Frank Slootman on leadership
Frank Slootman recently did an interview with the Iconiq Capital team, and the conversation was illuminating. Hiten's Pick How Early-Stage Startups Can Stay Secure Security is increasingly becoming
1/23/2023
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The first Reddit posts about popular apps
The first Reddit posts about popular apps hint at the original, unpolished products and how much doubt and uncertainty every new startup faces. Hiten's Pick The 8 Best Techniques for Evaluating
1/20/2023
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Getting to $10M ARR in very early markets
Learning how to build a company in a new or non-existent market is a topic startups should obsess about. Hiten's Pick Extreme Questions To Trigger New, Better Ideas Our daily work often requires we
1/9/2023
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How HubSpot grew so fast early on
HubSpot pioneered some of the most effective marketing techniques used by companies today. Here is a list of the ones that worked best. Hiten's Pick Nothing Is Going To Magically Change Brad Feld
1/2/2023
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The business genius behind MrBeast
MrBeast is one of the most successful creators in the world, with more than 109 million subscribers on his main YouTube channel. Hiten's Pick Steve Jobs' 1985 Playboy Interview In 1985, Steve
12/19/2022
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Airtable's path to product-market fit
The company's journey from private alpha to launch is fascinating. Hiten's Pick Validation is a Mirage Jason Fried makes a great point: Many people want to know how to validate a new product,
12/12/2022
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Steve Jobs on how to identify the best managers
The best managers are great individual contributors who never wanted to be managers. Hiten's Pick Nathan Baschez's Philosophy of Product Building Last week, I shared Nathan Baschez's
12/5/2022
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The future of generative AI
Here are some predictions on what Generative AI will look like in the near future. Hiten's Pick Generative AI: A Creative New World Machines can analyze data and find patterns more efficiently than
11/28/2022
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Why beginners should teach
There's something about learning from people who are just one or two steps ahead of you that is incredibly powerful. Hiten's Pick The Age of Acquisition Capital providers have flooded funding
11/21/2022
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Thoughts on elevating product quality
This comprehensive guide explains what quality design is and why it's so hard to achieve. Hiten's Pick Thoughts on Elevating Product Quality After a decade of working at large companies with
11/14/2022
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Crypto's Enron moment
It's been a crazy year for crypto. So much has come to light in the past month, including this story. Hiten's Pick Crypto's Enron Moment It's been a crazy year for crypto. So much has