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Internet Basics
Online CommoditiesConsumer and Creator
1. Creator = Consumer2. The Active Consumer3. βCreator-GTMβ3.A. Where the Viral Things Are4. The Anonymous Economy5. Pre-founder: People-focused investingContent is King -- Bill Gates, 1997
Things To Do.
Work to Be DoneStatements; No Missionβ¬Β Creator Financing
Untraditional TalentVillains/Heroes, Love/TechnologyCreator Extras
Content is Eating the WorldA Spectrum of InfluenceInfluencing InfluencersInvestment
Total Content Market (TCM)/Content TAM (C-TAM)Revisiting Community InvestingRethinking Consumer LTVβOrganicβ = unpaid?Introducing: On-Page Collaboration, LiveWriting, anti-Press PublishVC Managers: Finding your styleWomenβs Consumer (2022)The βonlineβ buttonTranslation
βGenZβPersonal Journal
An intro to Personal JournalUnfortunately How to Build a FundI Donβt Want to Be YouAdvice for a Y1/Y2 woman in VCAdvice for a Y3 woman in VC My love letter to JournalistsWomen and Wikipedia ManifestoDating in Your IndustryAlcohol and VCInvest in the Opposition Not On Your SideCreator vs. Kinda βcreatorβForced Content.βPedigreeββLeversββCleanupββExamplesβMe & PaulVery Specific AdviceWhy I dropped outYoung PeopleHow to be JealousContent vs. JournalismTo Be FreeΒ© EM 2024
Actually, I can write this in a few sentences.
If you are doing something strongly. Something with a strong thesis: you MUST FIGURE OUT and invest in the opposition
This is completely anecdotal.
Dating in Your Industry
Oh - Iβm sure all of my IRL friends will laugh at this. I have been dating people in similar industries (while Iβve toggled through a few.) And while if I were to start a dating section of this blog - know that that would be total bologna considering how many happily married people there are on technologyTwitter, I can confidently say that I can hold to my stance on dating from ages seventeen to twenty-five.
Why itβs a Bad Idea
Dating in your industry is a bad idea (it only felt suited to write this part here, first) because:
- βIf you break up, you still have to deal with them.β
- βThey can kinda slander you to co-workers.β
- βIt just looks messy to other people.β
Ironically.
Ironically, the social institution of tech requires one to give up their whole being, existence, an non-exaggerated soul to βthe missionβ of not just your company, but the company owned by probably someone else (with typically unsatisfactiual upside for yourself.)
I could make this a gendered argument, but I wont. Simply put, two souls willing to make such an all-encompassing promise to not-eachother, but the industry, company, and what it stands for, are the kinds of people that we should invite.
Itβs hardcore. Itβs one of those so-totally-awful-ideas-to-everyone-else that when it works, itβs a totally genius idea.
My Recommendation
Only do what you feel comfortable doing. If it is right for both people: go ahead. Iβve had wonderful experiences and so many shared awesome memories doing this. If you hate relationships driven by driven people and enjoy non-driven drivers driving the bus, then by all means: judge it.