Lillian Sheng
@lillian
Lillian Sheng
Basal Ganglia - One job is to generate “GO” actions: Get out of bed. Go for a run. Say hello to the cute stranger. Start writing. Go, do, act. Job #2 is about “NO GO.” Most goals also require you to NOT do certain things—to resist or suppress action. Stop eating the cookies. Do not open TikTok. Resist calling your colleague a moron.
every.to • The Neuroscience of Achieving Your Goals
Mapping a future for—and with—the Magic Eden community Another issue that looms large is Magic Eden’s current platform dependency on the Solana network. During Solana’s recent outage in June—the fifth time the network has gone down in 2022—the network stopped producing blocks for roughly four and half hours. With just 1,000-some validators compared... See more
Li Jin • The Garden of Magic Eden
What is the ownership economy? The products and services that will define web3—and the next generation of the internet—are those that transform users into owners. We call this the ownership economy.
Li Jin • The Ownership Economy 2022
Controlling Action - When your brain is controlling action it is determining which actions you’ll need to take in order to accomplish your goals and which actions you need to avoid or resist.
every.to • The Neuroscience of Achieving Your Goals
For founders in search of a dominant model, the trickiest situations are when the value chain of an industry doesn’t allow for customer preferences to be the top priority.
Nathan Baschez • Dominance Friction
Trade-offs Since adopting RSS saves podcast listening apps an enormous amount of time and money by not forcing them to reinvent the way content flows through the podcasting ecosystem, it means the barriers to finding an audience for these apps is lower. As a result, many of these apps exist, and thus a tremendous amount of market fragmentation has ... See more
Michael Mignano • The Standards Innovation Paradox
- SaaS TAM = 5% of vertical sales. On average, companies spend 5% of their sales on technologies. It means that a vertical SaaS with an-in-one platform can charge up to 5% of the revenues generated by its customers.
Alexandre Dewez • 🍻 Toast - The Ultimate Vertical SaaS For Restaurants
Inaction → Committed Action Committed action is about finding places in our lives where we might shift our behavior to be more aligned with our values. It's about using the skills above to work with whatever thoughts and feelings are sustaining unhelpful behaviors, and then taking small steps in new directions.
every.to • How to Do Hard Things
3. Control experienceGetting feedback and developing the right product experience is a commonly cited reason why a certain product has gated access. This is especially true for consumer products where losing 75% of the initial sign-ups is considered a good retaining product.