Borya Shakhnovich

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[Borya Shakhnovich @boryaShax]

Do #values bring success or does success formalize #values? #democracy, #capitalism, #science

[Borya Shakhnovich @boryaShax]

Celebrity in the age of social-media mobs is modern-day purgatory. I never understood why anyone would sign up willingly for it.

[Naval Ravikant Quotes @QuotesOfNaval]

"Twitter is a microphone. It makes instant celebrities of each of us, with retweet fame and follower fans. Celebrities may be the unhappiest people in the world." - @naval

[Naval Ravikant Quotes @QuotesOfNaval]

"Twitter is a microphone. It makes instant celebrities of each of us, with retweet fame and follower fans. Celebrities may be the unhappiest people in the world." - @naval

[Borya Shakhnovich @boryaShax]

Depends on the CAC, but interesting benchmarks nonetheless. Would be great to see the full comp data e.g which companies were included and where the data came from .

[Lenny Rachitsky @lennysan]

What is good user retention? Advice from the experts:

• Consumer Social: 25%👌 45%🔥
• Consumer Transactional: 30%👌 50%🔥
• Consumer Subscription: 40%👌 70%🔥
• SMB / Mid-Market SaaS: 60%👌 80%🔥
• Enterprise SaaS: 70%👌 90%🔥

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[Borya Shakhnovich @boryaShax]

There are 2 kinds of people. Those that constantly point out how much better they are than others and those that are humbled by the truly exceptional..

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where customers can optionally configure the Hey Email service as their preferred email service provider." @dhh @jasonfried why not?

[Borya Shakhnovich @boryaShax]

@Apple to #Hey : "If you would prefer not to offer users the option of in-app purchases, you could consider having the app function as marketed — an email client that works with standard IMAP and POP email accounts,

[Borya Shakhnovich @boryaShax]

@benedictevans I was just thinking the same thing yesterday. What's Zoom's moat other than superior transmission tech and scalability? But neither of those things are difficult to reproduce.

[Borya Shakhnovich @boryaShax]

@benedictevans My Kid (5 yrs old) likes Zoom more than FaceTime anyways.. IMHO, the more interesting question is whether MSFT Meet will add LinkedIN addressability.

[Borya Shakhnovich @boryaShax]

@SpeakingBee @AmagiAlpha @mickythompson @dhh @Austen @benthompson https://t.co/OebJ2CEqkQ.. At least some people say yes .

[Borya Shakhnovich @boryaShax]

@AmagiAlpha @mickythompson @dhh @Austen @benthompson I agree with @Austen . It’s an amazing pr stunt. If it was a real prob., the solution would be simple : charge +30percent for the iAp. Even if people choose iap it’s cash flow neutral. Problem solved . Or just do cust acq outside of app store. Then no need to share revenue.

[Borya Shakhnovich @boryaShax]

@mpauldaniels @jasonfried @tobi absolutely!

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@paulg Conglomerates are a basic conclusion to diversifying risk and market timing . Public markets reward that : look at Amazon . But vcs eschew it chalking it up to lack of focus . Conglomerates are also very capital efficient . This you hear about them less.

[Borya Shakhnovich @boryaShax]

@Jason Daily deaths are a lagging indicator. +21-30 days from infection to morbidity. You would not expect this graph to go up for another 2 weeks.

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@villi Maybe not squandered, they are still working on it with Dynamics. (albeit very slowly)But the real difference between LinkedIN and ZoomInfo is ... drumroll : API. One is an open platform, the other is not. If LinkedIN had an open API it would be worth 10x.

[Borya Shakhnovich @boryaShax]

that works best when the obvious solution was obviously (in hindsight) non-optimal.

[Borya Shakhnovich @boryaShax]

Animals, children and entrepreneurs share an interesting quality : they hilariously work very hard to find the non-obvious solution to an obvious problem. #Entrepreneur

[Borya Shakhnovich @boryaShax]

@skupor @Katie_Roof Wow that’s super smart! Encourages investors to take out of money larger bets . Has to be balanced with outcome. I wonder why all 2/20 models don’t calc carry on the deployed cap only

[Scott Kupor @skupor]

Interesting compensation model - pay for deployment of capital: "Kirk Boodry, a tech analyst at Redex Holdings...said the high pay was likely linked to the amount the Vision Fund has deployed, totalling more than $85bn in 88 companies."
https://t.co/CnCr6wqtw9

[Borya Shakhnovich @boryaShax]

@Jason @instagram You don’t need to create an alternative to FB or IG. Their moat is amount of content. Turn that from an asset to a liability by legislating revenue rights to creator content . Job done . Has the effect of favoring quality/targeting over scale.