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Joe Lonsdale explains the “one thing” rule he learned from Peter Thiel
In 2010, Palantir co-founder Joe Lonsdale wrote a blog post titled “Lessons from Peter Thiel.” The second lesson in the post is:
“Don’t divide your attention: focusing on one thing yields increasing returns for each unit of effort.”
He elaborates on this idea that focus has a convex output curve:
“It’s kind of like the power law rule in venture capital where one investment tends to dominate the returns of everything else. That’s true inside companies as well. It’s extraordinarily unusual for there to be two equally promising opportunities… If you think you have 2-5 reasons for doing something, what that means is you actually haven’t figured it out. You want to find one really strong reason.”
He cites a founder listing 5 possible business models as an example of a failing strategy. What you want to do instead is find the single-best monetization model and put all your chips on that until you get new information.
“Eight revenue streams probably means you don’t have one awesome revenue stream. If you have seven growth strategies, it means you haven’t figured out the one strategy that’s going to compound like crazy.”
This same “one thing” rule applies to making decisions too. A lot of people will make decisions based on “blended reasons” (e.g. “here’s 5 reasons we should do this”). But what you should look for instead is the one reason that dominates everything else.
Video source: @myfirstmilpod (2024)
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Joe Lonsdale explains the “one thing” rule he learned from Peter Thiel
In 2010, Palantir co-founder Joe Lonsdale wrote a blog post titled “Lessons from Peter Thiel.” The second lesson in the post is:
“Don’t divide your attention: focusing on one thing yields increasing returns for each unit of effort.”
He elaborates on this idea that focus has a convex output curve:
“It’s kind of like the power law rule in venture capital where one investment tends to dominate the returns of everything else. That’s true inside companies as well. It’s extraordinarily unusual for there to be two equally promising opportunities… If you think you have 2-5 reasons for doing something, what that means is you actually haven’t figured it out. You want to find one really strong reason.”
He cites a founder listing 5 possible business models as an example of a failing strategy. What you want to do instead is find the single-best monetization model and put all your chips on that until you get new information.
“Eight revenue streams probably means you don’t have one awesome revenue stream. If you have seven growth strategies, it means you haven’t figured out the one strategy that’s going to compound like crazy.”
This same “one thing” rule applies to making decisions too. A lot of people will make decisions based on “blended reasons” (e.g. “here’s 5 reasons we should do this”). But what you should look for instead is the one reason that dominates everything else.
Video source: @myfirstmilpod (2024)
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Sam Altman on the jobs of the CEO:
1/ Set the vision and strategy for the company
2/ Evangelize the company to everyone
3/ Hire and manage the team, especially in areas where you yourself have gaps
4/ Raise money
5/ Set the execution quality bar
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Sam Altman on the jobs of the CEO:
1/ Set the vision and strategy for the company
2/ Evangelize the company to everyone
3/ Hire and manage the team, especially in areas where you yourself have gaps
4/ Raise money
5/ Set the execution quality bar
"Jobs of the CEO" by Sam Altman https://t.co/ZoBJfXcNlF tweet
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From @mjmauboussin piece on Probabilities and Payoffs:
"...the reason is that the leverage factor is reset every
day. After days when the stock has gone up, the fund increases its exposure to maintain the three times leverage ratio. And when the stock goes down it reduces its exposure. This “buy-high” and “sell-low” feature creates the huge gap between the underlying asset and the fund."
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Amazing 👉 GraniteShares 3x Long MicroStrategy $LMI3.L is down 64% since the start of 2024 vs $MSTR up 349%.
From @mjmauboussin piece on Probabilities and Payoffs:
"...the reason is that the leverage factor is reset every
day. After days when the stock has gone up, the fund increases its exposure to maintain the three times leverage ratio. And when the stock goes down it reduces its exposure. This “buy-high” and “sell-low” feature creates the huge gap between the underlying asset and the fund."
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RT @InsiderRadar: 🚨BREAKING: New CEO Insider Purchase
The CEO of $MITK has just reported purchasing $500k of the company's stock.
This is the first insider purchase we have seen him make since he was appointed as CEO in October.
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RT @InsiderRadar: 🚨BREAKING: New CEO Insider Purchase
The CEO of $MITK has just reported purchasing $500k of the company's stock.
This is the first insider purchase we have seen him make since he was appointed as CEO in October.
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BREAKING: A federal judge just blocked the Department of Education and OPM from sharing sensitive data with DOGE, per @kyledcheney. https://t.co/g6orA1LdPX
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