The 8th Edition - On Apex innovators, zigging when others zag & the cost of cloud
George Nurijanian
Hello,
Here’s what’s been on my mind:
1 quote
“Never cross a river if it is on average four feet deep.” - Nassim Nicholas Taleb
1 video
Apex Innovators Must Ignore The Law (6 mins) got me thinking about new product ideas. Innovation drives legislation vs. Legislation limits innovation.
I have been enjoying reading “The Right It: Why So Many Ideas Fail and How to Make Sure Yours Succeed”. No fluff. The author, Alberto Savoia, is an ex-Googler who captures the spirit of what got me into product in the first place, and makes innovation a mathematical exercise.
2 thoughts
What does zigging when others zag look like right now? One key question here is “Do you know who the ‘others’ are?” + “Do you know well what they are doing?”. You can think you’re zigging while actually following the zagging herd.
Most people fail to recognize the most meaningful conversation topics, something called a “shoved fact.” The Shoved Fact is very similar to the psychoanalysis term, “Freudian slip,” which says a slip of the tongue may represent an unconscious wish or internal train of thought. (I picked this up from “Stop Asking Questions”.)
3 links
Thinking about products that have a service/human element to them - A startup founder reflects on telling the difference between a service and a product (1 min)
Surgical Reading - How to read 12 books at once - HINT: the TOC & the Index of a book are your best tools. I realised that I stopped functioning as a creative person if I didn’t read (5 mins)
The Cost of Cloud, a Trillion Dollar Paradox - A long read by a16z on the cost of cloud services like AWS. Perhaps the largest opportunity in infrastructure right now is sitting somewhere between cloud hardware and the unoptimized code running on it. (16 mins)
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