Nice Words, First Principles, and Laws
A running list of words, concepts, and mental models I keep coming back to.
Words
- Asymptote
- Deterministic
- Long tail
Concepts
- Multi-tenant SaaS
- Recency bias
- Cold start problem
- Low floor low ceiling / high floor high ceiling
- The endowment effect
- Dark patterns
- Gradient ascent — false peak
- Optimistic execution
Lessons
- Customer success and sales success are two different things.
Laws
- Parkinson's law