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Teaching you cool things at . And running .

San Francisco, CA
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  1. Pinned Tweet
    6 Aug 2016

    I was interviewed by The Changelog podcast on my life story: Velocity.js, domain names, and making money as a teen:

    5 replies 14 retweets 63 likes
  2. 1 hour ago

    Thank you for all the love on the growth guide. Many more guides to come. The next one is about becoming smarter.

    1 retweet 10 likes
  3. May 29

    My in-depth guide on startup growth is now out:

    22 replies 57 retweets 199 likes
  4. May 29

    🚨🚨🚨. IT TOOK 4 MONTHS. AND 300+ HOURS OF WRITING. HERE. WE. GO..... 🚨🚨🚨

    1 reply 1 retweet 32 likes
  5. Retweeted
    3 Jun 2015

    The ephemerality of good tweets is a feature, not a bug. It reminds us that life is fleeting and wit is worthless.

    26 replies 327 retweets 623 likes
  6. May 20

    It's so much easier to provide constructive criticism on someone's creative output than it is to produce that imperfect creative output.

    4 replies 5 retweets 37 likes
  7. May 19

    They don't call startups roller coasters because of the ups and downs. It's because, when the thrill is gone, you're back where you started.

    1 reply 4 retweets 27 likes
  8. May 13

    On developing products: "If dogs don't like your dog food, the packaging doesn’t matter." – Stephen Denny

    17 retweets 41 likes
  9. Apr 28

    Elon Musk at TED 2017: "I'm not trying to be anyone's savior. I'm just trying to think about the future and not be sad.”

    7 retweets 32 likes
  10. Apr 23
    Replying to

    When you focus on traits over experience, you build a team you'd love to work with forever. But you must produce great training materials.

    2 replies 1 retweet 16 likes
  11. Apr 22

    If you're hiring for a role anyone can master with 3mo of training, don't hire based on experience. Hire the best all-around fit then train.

    3 replies 23 retweets 76 likes
  12. Mar 26

    How I ask for feedback on my writing:

    5 replies 4 retweets 45 likes
  13. Mar 21

    The world ends. You're in the surviving 1%. It's a vicious battle for resources and shelter. Are you the type of person who becomes a...

    2 replies 1 retweet 2 likes
  14. Mar 17

    If you blog and no one reads it, you didn't blog. You wrote in your diary. Blog = diary + marketing. Don't forget the marketing.

    1 reply 47 retweets 73 likes
  15. Mar 10

    1 reply 57 retweets 170 likes
  16. Mar 5

    The most efficient way to meet interesting people is to be someone interesting people want to meet. Do cool shit and blog about it.

    9 retweets 50 likes
  17. Feb 27

    I can't use julian@julian.com as my email address because every jackass Julian on the web uses it as their signup dummy email. 3k spam/mo 😂😢

    4 replies 1 retweet 35 likes
  18. Feb 22

    Do you ever read the testimonials on landing pages when deciding whether to signup for a service?

    8 replies 1 retweet 4 likes
  19. Jan 24

    Nothing is more dangerous than a persuasive, articulate person with awful ideas. Well-articulated BS will end humanity before nature does.

    3 replies 9 retweets 33 likes
  20. Jan 17

    Programmers.

    3 replies 26 retweets 72 likes
  21. 27 Dec 2016
    Replying to

    I've found the only reliable to improve your writing is not to aimlessly write *more,* but to write to increasingly *persuade* an audience.

    1 reply 1 retweet 28 likes

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