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All that torque

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A screwdriver works because the handle is bigger than the screw. You can twist the handle with leverage, causing the screw to turn. The bigger the handle, the more leverage you have.

We’ve spent a trillion dollars building a worldwide communications and AI network, and you can have access to the whole thing for $20, or free if you go to the library.

All that tech, those connections, the programs, the learnings, the communities–torque that’s available to anyone who earns our attention.

Corporations and governments used to need to hire 1,000 people to even come close to having the leverage that any individual reading this has right now.

PS Celebrating the launch of my Kickstarter with an interview with Oriana Leckert, head of publishing at Kickstarter. Bring your questions, I hope to see you there.

It’s at 4 pm NY time today. Here’s a possible translation to your time zone:

There will be a recording posted on Linkedin.

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The next unicorn might not hire anyone

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A decade ago, startups often equated success with rapid headcount growth. The formula was simple: build a product, raise a round, hire fast. Bigger teams meant bigger bets. But the rulebook is getting rewritten as a new generation of startups scales with leaner teams and fewer people. They’re not building out sprawling customer support or sales teams, and seem to be automating what once warranted entire departments. Their growth is quite remarkable. Cursor, which became the fastest-growing SaaS company in history, generated $200mn in revenue with 30 employees. Midjourney made $200mnn with 40. Ben Lang’s site Tiny Teams tracks these…

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