6 years ago I joined a 5 person startup.
We raised over $54.2M in funding over 5 rounds.
Now that company has been sold for parts and all employees are underwater. Not a thread.
6 years ago I joined a 20-person startup.
I wanted to quit after my first week, but didn't.
Now our company is worth over $1B and has 200+ employees.
Here's what I've learned about succeeding at a startup:
This is one of those things that really seems like a neat idea, but in practice is confusing to end users. At @linear we've played with it but always ended up prioritizing stability and predictability with the option to customize.
there's a little-used pattern from game design where UI progressively hides itself over time as the user internalizes its meaning
in my ideal future, 'generative ui' is more like this than like a fully hallucinated web app
