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5/16/2022
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[Inverted Passion] Your north star metric should be a leading indicator of profits
Here's a new post on InvertedPassion.com Your north star metric should be a leading indicator of profits By Paras Chopra on May 15, 2022 09:23 am Kodak, Toys R Us, and Blockbuster were market-
5/9/2022
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[Inverted Passion] Study your most successful customers to set your direction
Here's a new post on InvertedPassion.com Study your most successful customers to set your direction By Paras Chopra on May 09, 2022 03:06 am Setting product and business direction is actually
5/2/2022
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[Inverted Passion] What kills startups is the lack of feedback
Here's a new post on InvertedPassion.com What kills startups is the lack of feedback By Paras Chopra on May 01, 2022 02:21 am A startup is like a hypothesis inside an entrepreneur's head and
4/25/2022
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[Inverted Passion] Profit overpowers ethics, if left unchecked
Here's a new post on InvertedPassion.com Profit overpowers ethics, if left unchecked By Paras Chopra on Apr 24, 2022 05:39 am We have seen our beloved companies transform into greedy and heartless
4/18/2022
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[Inverted Passion] Great entrepreneurs think like investors
Here's a new post on InvertedPassion.com Great entrepreneurs think like investors By Paras Chopra on Apr 16, 2022 05:11 am There are many stakeholders of a business. There are employees, customers,
4/11/2022
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[Inverted Passion] Investors will prioritize financial returns over your ambitions
Here's a new post on InvertedPassion.com Investors will prioritize financial returns over your ambitions By Paras Chopra on Apr 10, 2022 07:28 am Investors like talking about what makes a good
4/4/2022
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[Inverted Passion] Business quality is determined by one metric: return on invested capital
Here's a new post on InvertedPassion.com Business quality is determined by one metric: return on invested capital By Paras Chopra on Apr 02, 2022 04:01 am The financial purpose of a business is to
3/21/2022
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[Inverted Passion] Your business is worth all future profits it is expected to generate
Here's a new post on InvertedPassion.com Your business is worth all future profits it is expected to generate By Paras Chopra on Mar 20, 2022 02:40 am It's easy to get bewildered by the billion
3/14/2022
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[Inverted Passion] Recruit exceptional people by showing them a promised land
Here's a new post on InvertedPassion.com Recruit exceptional people by showing them a promised land By Paras Chopra on Mar 13, 2022 07:12 am A recruitment strategy should be indistinguishable from
3/11/2022
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[Inverted Passion] Moats for deeptech startups
Here's a new post on InvertedPassion.com Moats for deeptech startups By Paras Chopra on Mar 10, 2022 04:40 am I've written earlier that startups shouldn't solve technically challenging
3/7/2022
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[Inverted Passion] Raise funding by showing how you can raise even more funding
Here's a new post on InvertedPassion.com Raise funding by showing how you can raise even more funding By Paras Chopra on Mar 06, 2022 01:43 am Fundraising is an exercise in demonstrating how your
3/3/2022
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[Inverted Passion] Startups shouldn’t solve technically hard problems
Here's a new post on InvertedPassion.com Startups shouldn't solve technically hard problems By Paras Chopra on Mar 02, 2022 06:25 am 1/ Startups get funded when they're expected to be
2/28/2022
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[Inverted Passion] Startups thrive under uncertainty (of the right kind)
Here's a new post on InvertedPassion.com Startups thrive under uncertainty (of the right kind) By Paras Chopra on Feb 25, 2022 04:24 am 1/ Do you know how big companies make decisions? They build
2/24/2022
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[Inverted Passion] Harnessing the potential of synthetic biology
Here's a new post on InvertedPassion.com Harnessing the potential of synthetic biology By Harnessing the potential of synthetic biology on Feb 23, 2022 04:32 am Synthetic biology is not a new thing
2/21/2022
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[Inverted Passion] Get press by giving journalists something surprising
Here's a new post on InvertedPassion.com Get press by giving journalists something surprising By Paras Chopra on Feb 20, 2022 01:10 am Journalists don't get excited about new products and
2/16/2022
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[Inverted Passion] Challenges of producing cultivated meat at scale
Here's a new post on InvertedPassion.com Challenges of producing cultivated meat at scale By Challenges of producing cultivated meat at scale on Feb 15, 2022 07:47 am Raising and slaughtering 80
2/7/2022
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[Inverted Passion] Your 30 second pitch shouldn’t be about you
Here's a new post on InvertedPassion.com Your 30 second pitch shouldn't be about you By Paras Chopra on Feb 05, 2022 07:13 am Entrepreneurs generally confuse their 30 second pitch as something
1/31/2022
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[Inverted Passion] Notes from the book: “The Spike”
Here's a new post on InvertedPassion.com Notes from the book: “The Spike” By Paras Chopra on Jan 31, 2022 03:26 am Recently finished “The Spike: An Epic Journey Through The Brain in 2.1 Seconds” by
1/24/2022
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[Inverted Passion] Consumers want stuff for free, companies want to pay
Here's a new post on InvertedPassion.com Consumers want stuff for free, companies want to pay By Paras Chopra on Jan 22, 2022 01:56 am Mark Zuckerberg famously said that there's no point in
1/17/2022
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[Inverted Passion] It’s winners-take-all in B2C, while B2B is a long tail
Here's a new post on InvertedPassion.com It's winners-take-all in B2C, while B2B is a long tail By Paras Chopra on Jan 15, 2022 11:45 pm There are only a few dominant social networks because