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Sep 22, 2020 • 9 tweets • 3 min read
1/ What’s one of the most misunderstood words in Silicon Valley?
“Mission”
Some founders think “having a mission” means it’s okay to not have a strong business model.. And then investors react accordingly (poorly)
Frustrating!
Here’s the truth:
2/ A mission-driven company, by performing its CORE FUNCTION, realizes your mission.
Ex 1: eBay
Every eBay transaction realizes the mission of giving buyers & sellers agency in life.
Ex 2: Tesla
Every Tesla sold makes the world better, by being 1 more car that uses clean power
Dec 13, 2018 • 12 tweets • 4 min read
1/ People use the products we create in ways we never predicted. We can’t be held responsible for what they do…right? Wrong. It’s time we take more ownership of the impact our products have on the world. True product leadership is #ProductStewardship shri.me/ProducttStewar…2/ The stakes are too high to claim ignorance — particularly in tech, where our products can reach billions of people. We have recently become painfully aware of what can happen when the tools we use encourage our worst instincts.
