Niklas Friederichsen
44 posts
Meeting more founders who are building something in AI and leaving Berlin (and moving to SF)
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@rabois @paulg @macroquantstrat Having both works best for me: open space when collaborating; headphones with NC or quite room when I need time to go deep.
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@paulg @macroquantstrat or the company prioritizes collaboration over individual productivity.
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This is one big reason I’ve never understood the open floor plan for many knowledge workers
Paul Graham@paulg
My whole adult life has been a search for quiet. I've had 3 different buildings soundproofed. I can continue working on something in a noisy place, but to *start* working on something I need quiet.
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@robindchnt Relative to many other vacation destinations for European travelers, the Alps become more attractive every year. Great thing about this: most iconic destinations can be easily reached by train/car. But totally agree: sad to see the climate impact.
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Summer in the Alps are getting worse every year due to climate change.
Mountain guides at Matterhorn and Mt Blanc even stopped their work now 😕
MeteoSchweiz@meteoschweiz
Ein seltenes Ereignis wird auch gleich zum neuen #Rekordhalter! Die #Radiosondierung von Payerne verzeichnete heute Nacht einen neuen Rekord der #Nullgradgrenze auf 5184 müM und löste damit den alten Rekord vom 20.07.1995 auf 5117 müM ab. Bild: Roundshot Gornergrat um 07:10 Uhr
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@shreyas IMO the best product will stem from a very strong mental model of the domain and the users. UXR can help you *get* to such a model, and validate it along the way, but it's important to view the syllogism as UXR -> model -> product, not UXR -> product.
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I notice increasing reluctance on the part of [executives] to use judgment; they are coming to rely too much on research, and they use it as a drunkard uses a lamp post, for support rather than for illumination.
– David Ogilvy
(h/t Rory Sutherland)
Spot on, timeless observation
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This is fabulous news to anyone who has lost a loved one to this terrible disease! Let’s all hope the results can be replicated and applied to other forms of cancer as well! 👏🙏 nytimes.com/2022/06/05/hea…
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@KyleSamani We use both. As notion is based on databases, relations & templates can be used very effectively. We maintain roadmaps, project overviews etc. in notion (pages and tables) but then keep links to content deep dives (e.g. memos) in google docs.
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Why do you choose Notion over Google Docs for your startup? What are the 1-2 key things that Notion does much better?
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@Rainmaker1973 Thanks for sharing your story! I deeply enjoy your content and believe hat you have significantly elevated education and interest among your audience. Pls continue posting as long as your health allows it... I am sure there are other priorities at times. Bless you and your sister
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This may look like any other of my tweets, but it's different. It tells my story. I never wanted to share it before. Now it's time
paypal.me/Rainmaker1973
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@patrick_oshag Really liked this guideline on how to write Amazon 6-pagers. Helps to bring everyone on the same page for complex matters. writingcooperative.com/the-anatomy-of…
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Business writing remains underrated.
Just had chance to go through Amazon’s PRFAQ process with a leader there and it reminded me: writing forces clarity of thought in a way nothing else can.
You write to learn what you really mean with an idea. When you write you can’t hide.
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Reference checks are not taken seriously enough
A couple of years ago, I got religion on them
Here are 8 reference call questions that get past BS and really help understand a candidate
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@visevic Ein absolutes Unding, dass unsere Gesellschaft es in nicht schafft, diesen elementar wichtigen Stützen unseres Gesundheitssystems mehr (finanzielle) Wertschätzung entgegen zu bringen. Daran wird sich die #Ampelkoalition messen lassen müssen!
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1480 Euro netto für eine alleinerziehende Intensiv-Krankenschwester mit drei Kindern.
Ich könnte schreien, belasse es aber erstmal nur bei einem stillen: Vielen Dank! 🙏 stadtlandmama.de/content/allein…
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Make sure you wear your hiking boots when climbing to the next level ;)
Mathilde Collin@collinmathilde
Just 4% of SaaS companies reach $1M in revenue, only .4% make it to $10M, and 0.0X% to $50M 😳
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Niklas Friederichsen retweeted
📚 RT for a chance to win a SIGNED copy of The Cold Start Problem! 📚
We're giving away 5 autographed copies of @andrewchen's new book. To enter: just RT this tweet. We'll pick 5 winners at random on Dec. 9 at 12am PST.
(turn on DMs to get notified)
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@nathanbenaich @chrija @eatGOURMEY The guilty meat lovers among us are desperately waiting and crossing our fingers 🤞.
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Lab-grown food start-ups turn to gourmet cuisine.
Having just sampled the latest iterations of @eatGOURMEY’s fine food product line at todays board meeting, my stomach tells me this category is coming very soon and will blow you away 🦆
ft.com/content/25bc41…
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@robindchnt Sad to see how they rank Germany. Hopefully we will play catch-up soon… #ampel
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@NikFrie Basically what’s written in here indexventures.com/rewardingtalen…
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I'm sorry to say this but I really don't get why some of the ESOP plans from (successful) German startups are structured like it's 2000.
Offering modern stock compensation is probably the best way to create a more diverse ecosystem of future founders and angels.
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@uedio Sobald das Schreien verstummt ist, würde ich mich sehr über eine etwas ausführlichere Kritik freuen. An welchen Punkten stören Sie sich am meisten?
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@awilkinson I really like the ressources from 'Prepared'. Applying some of this wisdom even "works" with my 3-year-old and helps to take more joy and learning out of everyday situations. In the end education is less about acquiring knowledge these days.
preparedparents.org/resources/?fil…
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Parents:
Best educational books, apps, and TV shows for a 4-year-old?
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