platform team, content @trueventures | poetry + essays on triumphant family love when not making things to help startup founders or wiping avocado off my shirt
"A brief defense of cliché" - I buy this writer's take on use of the familiar for sake of negotiating "commonplace truths" among writer and reader. We're too precious about limiting their use. If the shoe (cliché) fits... play with it. https://t.co/THrywDqG2w
.@ashleymayer of @coalitionvc discusses the power and purpose of founder-led storytelling as early-stage startups go to market and seek to differentiate themselves among other hungry competitors.
Her two cents? Founders must own and communicate their company’s vision and story, and ensure their team and marketing partners are equipped to echo their articulations. Thanks again, Ashley, for spending time with us at True Founder Camp!
Hoagies... and the unexpected revelatory quality of mid-week mornings ~ #CNF#essay on #parenting: https://t.co/JCWnj5lWwK
| But really though, the more important question: hoagie, sub, hero, or torpedo?
Flashback to Founder Camp 2025: @AnthropicAI Head of Design @joellewenstein and True Design Partner Jeff @Veen chat about the future of design, humble building, UX as language, and ways today's designers are primed to unlock mystery.
@greatchatpod I want to hear you discuss content saturation in the age of AI: where volume of output is practice right now with everyone empowered to create endlessly, how can/should tech leaders (of all types) focus on creating content that truly says something rather than blending into the quagmire of content overload and novel-length LI posts? Will short and sweet make a re-emergence?
"This idea of polishing a piece treats writing like housekeeping—like writing is a problem that can be solved by checking off a list of chores. In reality, writing is not housekeeping.... Writing is claywork and emergence." ~ @taralabovich https://t.co/u1fowiLyIo
These are the most submitted to poetry magazines on Chill Subs over the last 30 days 👀
Find a new favorite, perhaps?
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"I really don't think life is about the I-could-have-beens. Life is only about the I-tried-to-do. I don't mind the failure but I can't imagine that I'd forgive myself if I didn't try." ~ Nikki Giovanni