After leaving Facebook, Brian Acton, previously co-founder of WhatsApp, invested in Signal, the private messaging app.
Here's how Brian went from being the founder of WhatsApp to an investor in Signal👇
When Brian Acton & Jan Kaoum launched WhatsApp in 2009, both founders were determined to build an ad-free product. The idea was that if they made a valuable product, people would willingly pay for it.
Nov 7, 2020 • 12 tweets • 2 min read
Just finished reading "On Writing Well" by William Zinsser.
Sharing 10 golden book nuggets in the thread below.
William's credentials: Over a career spanning more than half a century, he wrote for respected publications, taught writing at Yale University, and wrote 18 books.
1. Writing is talking to someone else on paper. Anybody who can think clearly can write clearly, about any subject at all.
Sep 19, 2020 • 32 tweets • 3 min read
Before founding @ProductHunt, @rrhoover worked as a product manager at a gaming startup for three years.
He contributed to scaling the startup from a team of 10 to a multi-million-dollar revenue generating, 100 person team.
A thread of 30 lessons he learned along the way.
1. Don’t be so clever. Obvious is usually the better product decision.
Aug 17, 2020 • 29 tweets • 6 min read
A while ago, we decided to read every single one of the 66 @GoodMarketingHQ articles. And while we were at it, we thought why not make some notes.
MEGATHREAD TIME.
People love REAL stuff. But it's rare.
Lifeless marketing is everywhere and we copy it without thinking.
Instead of doing that, use the Real marketing manifesto:
Real people. Real words. Real customers. Anything else goes.
