Essays on building from zero — products, startups, and the step past nothing.

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Essays on building from zero

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Short essays on building from nothing: products, startups, AI, and the craft of going from zero to one. One idea per piece.

The archive

  1. May 2026What Zero to One Really MeansIdeas
  2. May 2026Why Small Teams Ship Faster Than They ShouldBuilding
  3. Apr 2026The LLM Product LoopAI
  4. Apr 2026A Short History of Contrarian Bets That Paid OffIdeas
  5. Mar 2026Building Before You Are ReadyBuilding
  6. Mar 2026Distribution Is Part of the ProductDistribution
  7. Feb 2026Most Ideas Are One to N, and That Is FineIdeas
  8. Jan 2026In Praise of the Overnight PrototypeBuilding
  9. Jan 2026Taste as a MoatBuilding
  10. Dec 2025Knowing When to Quit an IdeaFounder Life
  11. Dec 2025The Compounding Nobody Talks AboutFounder Life
  12. Nov 2025The Hidden Cost of the Meeting HabitBuilding
  13. Nov 2025The Myth of the Overnight SuccessFounder Life
  14. Oct 2025Why Demos Beat DecksBuilding
  15. Oct 2025The First Ten Users Are EverythingDistribution
  16. Sep 2025Writing Is a Thinking Tool, Not Just a RecordCraft
  17. Sep 2025The Feature You Should Not BuildBuilding
  18. Aug 2025Speed Is a Strategy, Not Just a TraitStrategy
  19. Aug 2025Ramen ProfitableFounder Life
  20. Jul 2025Ship Before You RaiseBuilding
  21. Jul 2025Open Source as a Business ModelStrategy