Things you can't say in Silicon Valley (non-political version)
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Re: Things you can't say in Silicon Valley (non-political version)
#2Interestingly I agree with these sentences (sans not being 30 yet and not having kids and leaving at precisely 5:30)
I want to start a product because I think it'll be useful and I have bills to pay, I concern myself with user privacy first and foremost when designing and I don't want to fall into the trap of doing an "apple design". I don't want to scale either, I want to have a healthy and slow growth, maybe not even grow beyond a point. From a pure business standpoint these things are irrational (except paying bills) but personally I find them important.
Re: Things you can't say in Silicon Valley (non-political version)
#3Interestingly I agree with these sentences (sans not being 30 yet and not having kids and leaving at precisely 5:30) I want to start a product because I think it'll be useful and I have bills to pay, I concern myself with user privacy first and foremost when designing and I don't want to fall into the trap of doing an "apple design". I don't want to scale either, I want to have a healthy and slow growth, maybe not ev…
> maybe not even grow beyond a point
Meaning you'd refuse access to your product to customers?
Re: Things you can't say in Silicon Valley (non-political version)
#4"Let's think things through before we dive into coding."
"'Enterprise' and 'legacy' shouldn't be insults. Those are the systems that actually run our economy."
"Microsoft is more innovative than Apple."
Re: Things you can't say in Silicon Valley (non-political version)
#5Interestingly I agree with these sentences (sans not being 30 yet and not having kids and leaving at precisely 5:30) I want to start a product because I think it'll be useful and I have bills to pay, I concern myself with user privacy first and foremost when designing and I don't want to fall into the trap of doing an "apple design". I don't want to scale either, I want to have a healthy and slow growth, maybe not ev…
> maybe not even grow beyond a point Meaning you'd refuse access to your product to customers?
I don't really see the problem with that. It is not a requirement for a business to constantly grow or seek the maximum amount of customers. If I make some profit without growing, I'm satisfied, especially if my existing customers are satisfied.
(And there are many ways to control growth beyond just "refusing access")
Re: Things you can't say in Silicon Valley (non-political version)
#6Interestingly I agree with these sentences (sans not being 30 yet and not having kids and leaving at precisely 5:30) I want to start a product because I think it'll be useful and I have bills to pay, I concern myself with user privacy first and foremost when designing and I don't want to fall into the trap of doing an "apple design". I don't want to scale either, I want to have a healthy and slow growth, maybe not ev…
Even this non-political version got hidden very fast. No free speech here, nothing to see. Why has it turned to such a toxic place here on his website?
Re: Things you can't say in Silicon Valley (non-political version)
#7Earlier quoted context omitted.
> maybe not even grow beyond a point Meaning you'd refuse access to your product to customers?
I don't really see the problem with that. It is not a requirement for a business to constantly grow or seek the maximum amount of customers. If I make some profit without growing, I'm satisfied, especially if my existing customers are satisfied. (And there are many ways to control growth beyond just "refusing access")
What would you get from controlling growth? Existing customers more happy? Anything else? Just curious.
Re: Things you can't say in Silicon Valley (non-political version)
#8Interestingly I agree with these sentences (sans not being 30 yet and not having kids and leaving at precisely 5:30) I want to start a product because I think it'll be useful and I have bills to pay, I concern myself with user privacy first and foremost when designing and I don't want to fall into the trap of doing an "apple design". I don't want to scale either, I want to have a healthy and slow growth, maybe not ev…
> maybe not even grow beyond a point Meaning you'd refuse access to your product to customers?
I read it as not taking on more customers.
Re: Things you can't say in Silicon Valley (non-political version)
#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
I don't really see the problem with that. It is not a requirement for a business to constantly grow or seek the maximum amount of customers. If I make some profit without growing, I'm satisfied, especially if my existing customers are satisfied. (And there are many ways to control growth beyond just "refusing access")
What would you get from controlling growth? Existing customers more happy? Anything else? Just curious.
Less work, possibly?
Re: Things you can't say in Silicon Valley (non-political version)
#10Interestingly I agree with these sentences (sans not being 30 yet and not having kids and leaving at precisely 5:30) I want to start a product because I think it'll be useful and I have bills to pay, I concern myself with user privacy first and foremost when designing and I don't want to fall into the trap of doing an "apple design". I don't want to scale either, I want to have a healthy and slow growth, maybe not ev…
Same here. If I ran a profitable company of at most sixty people I would be the happiest person on earth.