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10 lessons from a serial entrepreneur - Justin Kan, Atrium, YC, and Twitch

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By Andrew Chen
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Dear readers, The Serial Entrepreneur — investors want to back them, newbies want to learn from them, and people want to work on their teams. It turns out that, yes, being a repeat entrepreneur comes with big advantages, but there are difficulties too! And when you go through a tough experience like launching a new product, it’s often the case that you want a “do over” on many aspects. Of course, you try to fix them in your next attempt.
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The Dumb Idea Paradox: Why great ideas often start out by sounding dumb.

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By Andrew Chen
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Am I just getting old? When I encounter a new product idea for the first time, I find myself asking: Is this idea dumb? Or am I just getting old? Early on, there’s often not much to judge it on besides the idea. Sometimes the idea sounds either dumb or trivial. But over the years, I’ve started to not try to judge too much, especially when it’s early Ideas seem pretty random because in the past few years, some of the biggest wins were: An app that lets you get into strangers’ cars.
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Silicon Valley network effects, OKRs for your personal life, and more: Podcast Q&A with Product Hunt

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By Andrew Chen
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I recently did a podcast with Ryan Hoover, co-founder of Product Hunt and my sister Ada Chen Rekhi, previously SVP Marketing at Survey Monkey – here’s what we talk about: The network effects that makes Silicon Valley what it is.
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