Synth: Week of 11.2.20

Nat Eliason on Email Inflow: On Angel Investing (via Not Boring):

on One-Touch Inbox Zero (Thiago Forte): On Progressive Summarization (Thiago Forte): “Progressive Summarization is a technique that relies on summarizing a note in multiple stages over time. You save only the best excerpts from whatever you’re reading, and then create a summary of those excerpts, and then a summary of…

From Nat Eliason on Systems Mindset: on Community-Building:

From Jerry Neumann (below in Articles): From 1,000 True Fans (illustrating the long tail of obscure preferences):

From Alpaca VC: From Lenny Rachitsky:

A little late this week because of some work moving in to a new house. From Charlie Songhurst: From NfX:

I need a place to collect and share notes. This will be it. I go through a tremendous amount of information in a given week and not all of it sticks. A friend of mine said “Wealth isn’t about the money you make. It’s about the money you keep.” I…

Everything of value costs something. Every so often, I get asked by potential members of my angel group why I charge member dues. I’m often surprised by the question until I realize that most of them have little or no experience with angel groups and so I thought I would…

PropTech is growing into adolescence. It’s been a great run. We’ve had some laughs and we’ve had some drama. I like to think we’ve learned a few things. And now, sitting at home in the time of COVID-19 with the economy all wacky, it‘s time to reflect. If you…