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Marc Andreesen's Guide to Productivity

Here we are, fresh off of Thanksgiving and into the first week of December. Crazy how quick this year flew by. Take some time to enjoy the holidays with family and friends. No company has ever went under from a Founder taking a few days off but plenty have gone under from a Founder burning out (I saw this on twitter somewhere, I need to find the post!).
Here’s this weeks top 5 little nuggets we’ve rounded up:
#1
So many founders — especially the most upright, ethical, and technically-minded ones — get spooked when they get just one or two loud haters on one of their tweets
But they shouldn’t. This platform is for building mindshare. Haters can help you get there.
— jill gunter ☕ (@jillrgunter)
10:37 PM • Oct 17, 2024
We love this one for the fact that even haters can help you on your journey. Voicing your opinion publicly is inevitably going to attract a hater, don’t let them scare you away from the great community X/Twitter can be.
#2
Marc Andreesen is on point 🎯
@pmarca
— Shaun Maguire (@shaunmmaguire)
12:35 AM • Nov 27, 2024
Love him or hate him these are great tips for protecting your most valuable resource - time. Maintaining only 3 lists brings so much clarity to the day!
I wake up too many times feeling overwhelmed with everything and adopting this has helped me a ton. Plus, saying no to meetings is nice too haha.
#3
I've seen many people struggle with understanding the differences between AI tools like Bolt, v0, and Cursor.
Since I've been using all of them for several months now (with subscriptions), I’m going to summarize their key points here.
Full Thread: 🧵
— Kevin Kern (@kregenrek)
7:52 AM • Nov 25, 2024
For the builders/Devs in here this is an amazing thread packed full of value. Kevin breaks down each platform and what he uses each for. Tons of knowledge for free!
#4
Have you tested your pitch deck on a smartphone?
40% of decks are opened on mobile, so you need to optimize for that.
Just sayin...
— Steph from OpenVC (@StephNass)
11:01 PM • Nov 26, 2024
Short and sweet. Founders, make sure you’re looking at your pitch decks on mobile too. Chances are a VC is getting that email and opening it up on the run.
#5
“He’s not unemployed, his startup is just pre-revenue”
— prayingforexits 🏴☠️ (@mrexits)
5:43 AM • Dec 2, 2024
She’s a keeper 😂
Feel free to share your thoughts on this issue! If there’s any topics you’d like to know about as a Founder let us know and we’ll get to work to cover it.