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Agreed..I actually have a separate laptop (Windows) that I use for nothing but excel. Even Excel on Mac isn't the same as on Windows

Google sheets is useful for basic tasks. But as a power tool for complex models etc. it pales in comparison to excel. Not to mention that keyboard shortcuts are not the same which …

Composer | Software Engineers | Remote | Full-time | Composer is a no-code platform for automated investment management. We focus on retail investors who are unhappy with the curre…

If we consider Doordash's approach to be similar to Amazon's then companies such as Chownnow and Ritual are more equivalent to Shopify. They want to arm mom and pop restaurants wit…

Very early in someone's career most people's job interest is more a factor of environment, salary, perceived social status etc. than it is of true interest. This is also because at…

Google's Meet has improved considerably and most importantly it comes free with G-Suite. They are also pushing it quite hard as every calendar invite has a Google Meet link automat…

It has to do with supporting the winners that are actually going to return money to your investors. They are refusing to fall prey to sunk cost fallacy, which is a good thing.

Had the same issue. Found customer response times extremely slow, especially for a live chat app! Additionally, the way they broke down their pricing made no sense to me. At the en…

Shipping features without talking to users is a death knell. You end up with an bloated product that serves no one particularly well. It sounds like all the other problems are just…

This is factually incorrect given that ~25% of the world literally does not eat pork

It would interesting to see some data on CEOs that were fired, at what stage and the eventual outcome for the company. My guess is that firing a founder-CEO before the Series B sta…

On the website you mention using it in conjunction with other note taking tools. How do you envision using Dendron in conjunction with another note taking tool like Roam?

Agree completely. The method I describe is not prescriptive for a general population. However, it can be taken as a case study and an opportunity for experimentation. It is also re…

Yes and by no means am I stating that we take all traditions or techniques for granted; otherwise we'd still be sticking leeches on people. The point is that in n=1 studies (ie. se…

I find Readwise does a good job of using spaced repetition, when it comes to my reading across various platforms. Additionally, it integrates with all the popular note taking apps …

This is something that yogis have been saying for 1000s of years, using breathing techniques like 'pranayam'. It's ironic that how until something is promulgated by or studied by a…

Crowdsourcing feedback on what founders are seeing in the market with regards to early stage fundraising. Raising money at a pre-seed stage. Curious as to what terms people are see…

This is great. One of the biggest challenges I find with WFH is the lack of serendipitous communication/idea flow and the sense of loneliness that comes with being by yourself all …

Agree that the lower funding amount doesn't make sense and will probably further disadvantage minority and other founders. However, the problem identified seems real where the cult…

I would add a distinction that an additional screening step should be based not only on whether a round was raised but also who it was raised from. Given that venture returns are d…

How do you overcome the adverse selection problem? ie. only founders who know their startups are duds want to diversify their holdings?