Sublime
An inspiration engine for ideas
Here’s how to live: Master something.
Derek Sivers • How to Live: 27 conflicting answers and one weird conclusion
1. Upskill your supply
Lenny Rachitsky • Kickstarting supply in a labor marketplace
Modern "Silicon Valley Creator" Playbook:
• 100% software-driven
• Targets a hyper-specific niche
• Creates content to acquire users
• Self-funded with zero outside capital
• Calm Company
• $1-$10M+ in revenue
A new path for those seeking freedom, flexibility, and financial independence.
The Community Builders
Brianne Kimmel • The 6 builders who will thrive in the new world
Advice: Build something so great that your “supply” can’t help but tell their friends about it.
Lenny Rachitsky • Kickstarting supply in a labor marketplace
A few years later, the email app Mailbox launched with a similar strategy. An incredibly compelling—albeit a tad more professional—demo video racked up one hundred thousand views in less than four hours. This one-minute video, combined with a very cool interface that showed users how many other users were in front of them on the app’s waiting list,
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