Silicon Valley expects you to start a company by finding a problem you have yourself, solving it, and it being a problem for others. But Amazon’s story was basically, “I did the math on this new thing’s growth, then systematically found the ideal product to play into it.”
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I think a lot of investors say these things because they have no idea what's worth investing in and why. Lots of group think.
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TBH... This is a lot more compelling:
"There's this huge problem and I have a structurally unique solution for it..."
Than this:
"There's this huge burgeoning TAM and I'm going to win the majority of it by outexecuting everyone else..."https://twitter.com/austenallred/status/1028646590418890752?s=21 …Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Exactly. Was gonna say, imo the Lambda case is still the standard SV advice. Not all humans are like this (probably a Maslow's Hierarchy thing) but at some point "why is the world like this?" even when *strictly* personally unaffected, is still solving a problem that affects you
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I'm still not sure if it explains Bezos, but it's the Musk way for sure (whereas say Kalanick was 100% the classic SV advice story, at Uber founding)
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