Kazuki
@kazuki
Cofounder of Glasp. I collect ideas and stories worth sharing 📚
San Francisco, CA
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The hermeneutic circle: a key to critical reading
nesslabs.com/hermeneutic-circle
Jun 15, 2022
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The Ultimate Productivity Hack is Saying No
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Jun 14, 2022
142
The Best Way to Find More Time to Read
fs.blog/finding-time-to-read/
Jun 14, 2022
133
The 1 Percent Rule: Why a Few People Get Most of the Rewards
jamesclear.com/the-1-percent-rule
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112
Get smarter everyday with Vladimir Oane, founder of Deepstash
nesslabs.com/deepstash-featured-tool
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Scale vs. Speed: Why organizations slow down
seths.blog/2022/06/scale-vs-speed-why-organizations-slow-down/
Jun 8, 2022
32
The Wisdom List: Kevin Aluwi | The Generalist
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Anything You Want | Derek Sivers
sive.rs/a
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Parsing Out the Truth As the Truth Will Set You Free: Facing Painful Reality
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How to Scale a Magical Experience: 4 Lessons from Airbnb’s Brian Chesky
reid.medium.com/how-to-scale-a-magical-experience-4-lessons-from-airbnbs-brian-chesky-eca0a182f3e3
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Glasp, the social highliner
feedline.wordpress.com/2022/06/01/glasp-the-social-highliner/
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When the 80/20 Rule Fails: The Downside of Being Effective
jamesclear.com/the-downside-of-being-effective
May 31, 2022
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The Learning Pyramid
www.educationcorner.com/the-learning-pyramid.html
May 30, 2022
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Study Skills: Strategies for Reading Textbooks
www.educationcorner.com/textbook-strategies.html
May 30, 2022
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Perfectionism: Why and How to Beat It
every.to/superorganizers/perfectionism-why-and-how-to-beat-it
May 29, 2022
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Dawn of the Age of Digital Learning
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Building an extension of your mind with mymind
nesslabs.com/mymind-featured-tool
May 27, 2022
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How change happens
seths.blog/2022/05/how-change-happens/
May 27, 2022
51
Dogfooding: How Putting Yourself in the User’s Shoes Changes the Way You See Your Product
debliu.substack.com/p/dogfooding-how-putting-yourself-in?s=r
May 26, 2022
103
Growth as a Mindset
debliu.substack.com/p/growth-as-a-mindset?s=r
May 26, 2022
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Best Practices for Developing a Product Strategy
debliu.substack.com/p/best-practices-for-developing-a-product?s=r
May 26, 2022
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Focus On Learning and Creating Rather Than Entertainment and Distraction
medium.com/the-mission/focus-on-learning-and-creating-rather-than-being-entertained-and-distracted-e6573de1bc84
May 25, 2022
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How to Create Luck
www.swyx.io/create-luck/
May 25, 2022
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Highlight Your Web Exploration with Glasp.co
polyinnovator.space/highlight-your-web-exploration-with-glasp/
May 25, 2022
51
Absolute Success is Luck. Relative Success is Hard Work.
jamesclear.com/luck-vs-hard-work
May 24, 2022
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The smallest viable audience
seths.blog/2022/05/the-smallest-viable-audience/
May 23, 2022
41
How Startups Can Survive the Creator Economy Winter
every.to/napkin-math/a-guide-to-survive-the-oncoming-creator-economy-winter
May 20, 2022
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The false promise of the 10,000 hour rule
nesslabs.com/10000-hour-rule
May 20, 2022
72
Invest with Morin Capital's Syndicate
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May 18, 2022
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Introducing Offline Ventures
medium.com/offlineventures/introducing-offline-ventures-980538a96cb5
May 18, 2022
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Choose Enjoyment Over Pleasure
www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2022/03/enjoyment-not-pleasure-creates-happiness/627583/
May 18, 2022
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Burnout vs boreout: how to find meaning in our work
nesslabs.com/burnout-vs-boreout
May 17, 2022
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7 Ways to Retain More of Every Book You Read
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May 17, 2022
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How to win in consumer subscription
www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/winning-at-consumer-subscription?s=r
May 17, 2022
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Why Social Learning Matters
medium.com/@kazuki_sf_/why-social-learning-matters-1271a855fafc
May 17, 2022
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Human behavior is 93 percent predictable, research shows
phys.org/news/2010-02-human-behavior-percent.html
May 16, 2022
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My summary of Tyler Cowen's approach to leading an intellectually fulfilling life
mysticalsilicon.substack.com/p/my-summary-of-tyler-cowens-approach?s=r
May 16, 2022
71
Motivation is Overvalued. Environment Often Matters More.
jamesclear.com/power-of-environment
May 16, 2022
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15 Ideas That Will Shape Your View Of Building Products
productcoalition.com/15-ideas-that-will-shape-your-view-of-building-products-cfea0969e563
May 15, 2022
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Best Practices for Developing a Product Strategy
Highlights & Notes
Product strategies are guides to the future based on the information that you have at the time. They are living documents; as things change and more information comes to light, they should be revisited, revised, and added upon.
Section 1 - Understand the Problem
Every product strategy starts with a clear and cogent problem statement.
Know what problem you want to solve and for whom.
Identify the opportunity and size it.
Define the problem: What problem are you trying to solve?
Think of your favorite product. Then think of the unique problem it is trying to solve in 10 words or less.
Airbnb: Connecting travelers with unique places to stay
Amazon: Find anything to buy online at a good price
Coursera: Accessible quality online education for everyone
Facebook: Connecting with friends and family about things you care about
Google: Organizing the world's information
WhatsApp: Private messaging for low connectivity environments
YouTube: Sharing videos and finding an audience
Define your audience: Who are you solving the problem for?
Knowing whose problem you are solving, and who is deciding if you get to solve the problem is an important distinction. In consumer products, they are often the same person, but in enterprise products, they are often entirely different.
Amazon: Booklovers
Facebook: College students
PayPal: eBay sellers and small online sites
QuickBooks: Small businesses
Snapchat: Teens in western countries on iOS
Before you build for the world, win in one market. You can later take the capabilities you built and move to adjacent verticals or experiences.
Understand the market: What is the competitive landscape?
Segments - define based on behavioral or needs based on segments
Market size - opportunity size, number of potential customers
Competitors - leaders in the space, the concentration of competitive strength
Section 2 - Identify your unique value
Amazon AWS: Computation capabilities at scale
Apple iPhone: Human-centric design
Facebook Marketplace: Buy & Sell Groups and profile selling
Section 3 - Outline how you will execute
Strategy is easy, execution is hard. Many companies have similar strategies, but what separates those who win from those who don't is execution.
Be clear where you want to be in two years, and then break it down into workable units. Know what you are learning in each six-month phase which will inform the next six months.
Define success: What does winning look like?
Define success as something measurable so that you continuously monitor if you are on your way there.
Identify risks: What are the pitfalls?
Confidence is built through assessment and clear thinking in the face of adversity, not by hiding from potential headwinds.
The perfect strategy that is not executable is no better than having no strategy at all.
The right strategy at the right time will often feel obvious, and if it doesn't you should ask why the organization or the world was not yet ready for it and what it would take to prepare them.