jtgi
@jtgi
I'm two weeks into readings from @phil's Silicon Valley Canon book course. It's great. Here are some select takeaways. --- The story of great v0s being built in a couple days is laughably common. - Gmail - "1 day" - Viaweb – "a couple days" - Ebay - "one long weekend" And they were simple too: Paul Graham's viaweb, an e-commerce platform, launched without the ability to process payments. You couldn't process a credit card transaction until 2 years after launch. eBay launched without the ability facilitate payments, it couldn’t even guarantee the buyers paid the sellers, just list and bid. Reviews were in a forum, separate from the bidding experience. https://jtgi.xyz/posts/sv-canon-i/
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Alex Loukissas 🍉
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On this topic, my favorite list https://patrickcollison.com/fast
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jtgi
@jtgi
Great list. Had forgotten about it, thanks.
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