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Nick Black

@nick_b

I'm a tech founder and CPO who helps startups find their focus.

London, England Katılım Şubat 2007
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Nick Black
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"In software, intellectual property (IP) is not typically an effective strategy. Software moves too quickly and the patents don’t really stick." Truth from @JamesCurrier
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@gibsonbiddle Amazing! @benedictevans latest newsletter talked about Netflix tech being a commodity. Would love to hear your thoughts on this. How can tech that becomes a commodity help create lasting power (in the 7 powers sense)?
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@HSBC_UK I just switched to have my salary paid to Monzo because of 1) headlines re HSBC / Ukraine 2) your app wasn’t working this morning. This how churn happens. Took me 2 mins.
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@gibsonbiddle Appreciate you linking this to your strategy framework. It’s often tough for startups to grasp the need to serve a small specific problem whilst ensuring that problem leads to a big market. I struggled to explain this clearly to my own product teams as we scaled. You nailed it!
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Gibson Biddle@gibsonbiddle·
I realized that this essay has been re-written with plenty of current startup examples like Stripe and Meraki. Now, it's an even better essay focused on the importance of "doing things that don't scale.": paulgraham.com/ds.html
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Utterly stunned to hear @farmdrop is shutting down. What went wrong? No lack of demand it seems. Biz model wouldn’t scale?
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@farmdrop your app has become totally unusable. Keep telling support but not sure if it gets through. Happy to supply details. I love your service, but I am a churn risk right now.
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@fdestin Seems like a neat definition of product market fit.
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Fred Destin@fdestin·
2/ how ready is my organisation to scale? Have I understood and nailed my marketing & sales motion, can I onboard my customers and make them successful?
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Fred Destin@fdestin·
1/ How fast should you grow? Don't let your runway and cash constraints give you the answer. Flip it around and see if you are ready to "play to win". Instead of asking "what can I do with the cash I have", ask yourself 👇
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@gibsonbiddle It’s the basis of much of the coaching work i do with startups. An amazing resource.
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@djjjfrost Amazing set. The kids were loving it. Had to hold mine back from joining you in the booth.
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I've played fabriclondon countless times but today was the first time I had my grandchildren me while I played Big Fish Little Fish family rave today The place was absolutely jam packed
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I spend too much time fiddling with Airtable and faffing with Figma. What do you do that stops you from finding your focus?
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It's been so much fun taking 20 startups through courses about Finding Value and Finding Fit. More deep-dive workshops coming in August!
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