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[Matt @mattparavel]

what if novels were magic?

@daylightco

[Matt @mattparavel]

studio ghibli but the epaper version

[Matt @mattparavel]

@steveruizok makes so much sense

[Matt @mattparavel]

@H0llow_Dawn i liked the gbc remakes more than the hd remakes

[Matt @mattparavel]

@yacineMTB dude you should get a @daylightco for your kid

[Matt @mattparavel]

Full episode here: https://t.co/Yz2UPDoNh6

[David Senra @davidsenra]

My conversation with Gustav Söderström (@GustavS), Co-CEO of Spotify.

0:00 How Gustav Prepared To Become CEO
2:30 There Is No Right Org
5:06 Synchronized Swimming At Spotify
9:25 You Ship Your Org Chart
10:31 Why Apple's Functional Org Works
11:48 Tenure Is The Key
13:31 Oracle vs. Elon On Churn
16:41 Finding Your North Star
18:24 Choosing Pain For Distribution
19:21 Prioritize The User Over Yourself
23:05 The No Regrets Strategy
25:21 Building A Running Playlist With AI
27:35 Figuring Out What To Spend Your Life On
30:01 Being Honest About Doing Good
32:25 The Anti-Engagement Decision
34:50 Giving Users Control Of The Algorithm
37:57 The 1-9-90 Power Law
40:23 Getting Into AI Early
43:55 You Are Your Thoughts
48:22 Building Tools That Enhance Humanity
49:45 The Genius Of The Kindle
51:57 When Steve Jobs Came To Kill Spotify
54:24 Three Bets Against Apple
57:07 Building A Personal AI Agent
1:00:55 Premeditated Media
1:02:27 Who Tells You The Truth
1:05:16 The Vulcan Mind Meld Of Tenure
1:07:28 Hiring For Spikes And Fresh Blood
1:10:14 What Keeps Him Up At Night

Includes paid partnerships.

[Matt @mattparavel]

Love this idea of valuing software / tech based on one's lack of regret after use.

Such a clean framing.

Imagine if game designers started using this metric.

Great episode @davidsenra @gustavs

[Matt @mattparavel]

Uploaded chapter 1 of The Odyssey for @daylightco in a new "magic ebook" format

free here:
https://t.co/a3a9147NlC

Wanted to see what a classic story could feel like as a Daylight-native reading experience

Had a lot of fun making the handdrawn illustration effects for this

More soon

[Matt @mattparavel]

"there is something incredibly special about making things and putting things out there into the world that are truly representative of who you are and what you care about"

[weisser @julianweisser]

I spent 7 years helping people finding co-founders (1,000 startups, $10B)

Then I went all-in on Solo Founders.

Solo Founders Podcast ep 8 live. I swapped seats and was interviewed by @davj (solo founder of @Fondocom)

We talk about:
01:46 The Co-Founder Myth & Origins of ODF
06:23 The Moment That Sparked Solo Founders
08:30 The New $100K Investment
12:31 Why There's No Demo Day
17:34 Solo Founders Program
20:59 Why Startups Really Implode
27:15 The Solo Founding Trend & Denominator Delusion
30:55 When to Raise a Seed Round
32:10 True Solo, Free Solo, Juiced Solo
36:40 The Tailwinds Behind Solo Founding
40:03 The Bear Case for Solo Founding
43:12 The Bull Case: The Company Only Dies If You Do
47:14 Solo Together, Not Solo Alone
49:08 Outro & How to Apply

[Matt @mattparavel]

@blakeir @gamecraftpod @mitchlasky Awesome, loved the first two seasons

[daylight @daylightco]

check this out:

the daylight just become the premier paperlike monitor for your macbook 🔥

congrats on the launch @_welf!

[daylight @daylightco]

much better

[Matt @mattparavel]

@blakeir I think a lot more of the industry is adopting AI than it seems. Was at a GDC roundtable last week where the moderator asked who had integrated AI into their workflows, and (after a few hesitant looks around the room) about 80% raised their hands.

[Matt @mattparavel]

@moonlake Moonlake Creator Cup

[Matt @mattparavel]

@Dimillian why read books when you can write them

[Matt @mattparavel]

@filiphracek dude i love @majuular 's videos

[Matt @mattparavel]

@FoundersPodcast @zachpogrob Curious if you've noticed any differences between founders of creative products (filmmakers, musicians, game designers) vs founder of utility products when it comes to this style of customer feedback loop.

[Matt @mattparavel]

New favorite way to write story scripts for Warden @_welf

[Matt @mattparavel]

Interesting. Counterpoint:

The issue is that we call both Monopoly Go and Zelda games, but they are not the same.

It's like calling both X and The Lord of the Rings literature because both involve reading.

To me, this is similar to saying 100 years ago: The books of the future will be generated 140 characters at a time by people all around the world.

[Matt @mattparavel]

@thomasmahler Really cool. Do you think expansions will be paid? Or free (e.g. No Man's Sky)? Curious of what this means from a studio business perspective.

[Matt @mattparavel]

@naval But does un-investable mean not worth doing as a bootstrapped solo founder?