He has advised more than 50 startups on growing from zero to $1 million in ARR, drawing on his own experience as a founder who spent two years pushing a product the market didn't want before accidentally stumbling onto what actually works.
Netflix has a solid business, which is exactly the problem: the company increasingly seems like a business and not a franchise, at least in terms of growth.
2w ago
The snake which cannot cast its skin has to die. As well the minds which are prevented from changing their opinions; they cease to be mind.
Attention always goes to what people don't see coming. The unexpected gets shared for free, remembered for months, and usually costs less than one week of ad spend.
"Anyone who has PMF [product market fit] has it for max six to 12 months, and is required to continuously keep releasing bangers," Ding argues. "Versus before, you could have dominance for three to five years, and rely on that."
Anthropic's revenue for the second quarter surged to $11.5 billion, up from $787 million a year ago. Nobody grows 14x at this scale, nobody. By the time OpenAI goes IPO, Anthropic won't be a comparable company — it won't have a peer competitor, do you understand what that means?
Art, on the otherhand, is ever-expanding, like the universe itself, with limitless new frontiers to explore and question, and with possibilities for unending growth, understanding, and emotion.
In a staggering window between February and April 2026, Anthropic's run-rate jumped from $14 billion to $30 billion.
6mo ago
We accept the verdict of the past until the need for change cries out loudly enough to force upon us a choice between the comforts of inertia and the terrors of growth.
7mo ago
The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places.
8mo ago
The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything.
8mo ago
We accept the verdict of the past until the need for change cries out loudly enough to force upon us a choice between the comforts of inertia and the necessity, or duty, of further evolution.
8mo ago
Underscored — save the words that stop you in your tracks.
