Chris Cichon

Growth | Big fan of people and great products. | Bay Area Native. Anteater Graduate. Becoming Farmer.

[Daniel Beauchamp @pushmatrix]

Everyone's talking about AI-generated HTML.

But have you tried giving your sites a zero-config API for saving data, file storage, AI, websockets, etc?

We did this at Shopify. Runs on a single VM that costs $200/month, and it's changed the way we work.

We call it Quick 👇🧵

[Chris Cichon @Cichonship]

@gaganbiyani Very excited about this as an Oakland resident. Thanks for spearheading @gaganbiyani

[Brian Balfour @bbalfour]

I’ve secretly 🤫 been using a new product every week that is now live for everyone.

Today we are launching Reforge Artifacts and it’s completely free 🆓. Take a look 👇

Artifacts let you access the real work from those who have done it before, so you’ll never have to start from scratch. Some examples:

👆 Product Review Systems from Casey Winters, Tom Willerer, and others

🧠 Product Strategy and Roadmaps from Adam Fishman and Sachin Rekhi

🪜 Career Leveling Guides from Julie Zhou, Barron Ernst, and Kevan Lee

🧪 Growth + Product Experiments from Lauryn Isford, Matt Woods, and Ben Williams

📈 Quantitative analyses from John Egan, Dan Wolchonok, and Yousuf Bhaijee

🧐 User research projects from Amber Rucker, Mike Fiorillo, Shelly Eisen-Livneh

And sooooo many more.

You can sign up here → https://t.co/zcearP8HBR

Preview some artifacts here → https://t.co/VJpV8Q3HoT

These are NOT blank templates. Artifacts are the real work that contain the substance, nuance, insights, and realness.

Here are a few things you can do with Artifacts:

🔎 Find artifacts relevant to what you are working on
💡 Access notes from the creator about the story, lessons, and insights
⭐️ Save artifacts and share them with colleagues
🔁 Remix artifacts to create your own version

Artifacts is such a simple but powerful idea I can’t believe we didn’t think of it before. I’ve wasted so much time recreating something thousands of others have already done.

Artifacts can help accelerate a lot of work (like open-source code) by enabling building on each other.

Would love to know what you think.

[Chris Cichon @Cichonship]

I Cleaned My Whole House with Grove Co. Plastic-Free Cleaning Products https://t.co/cGSaBfHWK9

[Lenny Rachitsky @lennysan]

Here are hot-off-the-press benchmarks for GOOD and GREAT activation rates, by product type, based on a survey of 500+ products.

Thank you to everyone who contributed to this survey, and a huge thank you to @TheTimenator for partnering with me on this work.

More takeaways below.

[Chris Cichon @Cichonship]

Trial or Freemium? Get the Best of Both with a Reverse Trial https://t.co/aY3P4WA9aC

[Chris Cichon @Cichonship]

@McConaughey loving the book brother! My copy’s missing some pages though, where should I find them? Give me the word and I’ll start hunting for them in the treehouse you built. CC @CrownPublishing

[Chris Cichon @Cichonship]

Drew Barrymore’s First Grove Collaborative Campaign Takes An Optimistic Tone To Address Plastic’s Dir... via @forbes https://t.co/Lk6NYCcEeK

[Chris Cichon @Cichonship]

Thoroughly enjoying @ibringtraffic's content lately. Grateful to see top growth people embracing this kind of self work and speaking openly about it

How to know when to stop, by @ibringtraffic https://t.co/4dnTdDOL4F

[Chris Cichon @Cichonship]

“Only 9% of plastic waste is recycled, no matter how much we put in our bins.” https://t.co/SWLnS3IU6A

[Chris Cichon @Cichonship]

Business can be a positive force for good, in fact, it’s imperative that it is. I’m encouraged to see more leaders see this as an obligation now for our people and planet.
https://t.co/K3l9FvPFdM

[Jon McBirney @jonmcbirney]

@simonsinek infinite game summary in one tweet
“A business model is a means to an end. When the business becomes the end itself, the end of (or at least erosion of) that business will soon follow” great book!

[Grove Collaborative @grovecollab]

Did you know that Grove Co.'s reusable bottle + concentrate duo has kept 963,000 lbs of plastic out of the ecosystem? Keep that number growing by shopping these sustainable bottles today → https://t.co/29NU810y78

[Chris Cichon @Cichonship]

Excited that @grovecollab is launching at @Target ! https://t.co/TolFoF9Wp4

#sustainability #zerowaste

[Chris Cichon @Cichonship]

Excited about the @JeremiahBrent x @grovecollab collaboration—thanks @ArchDigest for the great article
https://t.co/0I2OgtHDwa

[Chris Cichon @Cichonship]

I Tested Out Grove's Plastic-Free Cleaning Supplies—and I'm Never Looking Back https://t.co/FOPyo469gl

[Chris Cichon @Cichonship]

It's amazing how much wisdom people closest to the land have - this is pattern we've seen over and over again https://t.co/qsSFIeySX9

[Chris Cichon @Cichonship]

Very excited to share @grovecollab's first annual #sustainability report and the industry’s first-of-its-kind plastic scorecard. Our goal is to reach zero plastic by 2025, as well as to push our industry to do the same.

https://t.co/5Qla1viWq7

#grovehome #zeroplastic

[Chris Cichon @Cichonship]

6 Hand Sanitizers That Are Good For Your Skin https://t.co/YqjO2sal6N #handsanitizer #grovehome

[Chris Cichon @Cichonship]

Easy product swaps to help you live a more eco-friendly life https://t.co/AO3DqxqpId