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A Design Study on YourStack

February 24, 2020Jacob Robinson Leave a comment

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Alright, this is something I rarely do. Hell, it’s something I never do. And yet ProductHunt’s YourStack is easily one of the most satisfying products — and product launches — I’ve ever seen. So, credit where credit is due here; let’s dive into what I’ve seen so far.

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Exponential Growth

October 28, 2019Jacob Robinson Leave a comment

 

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A couple of blog posts ago, I discussed one of my primary tenets: making things 1% better every day. In this post, I’m going to drive home the key ingredient to this tenet: compound interest.

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Making Things 1% Better

September 9, 2019September 9, 2019Jacob Robinson 1 Comment

 

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I’ve talked a lot about the concepts of exponential growth and compound interest as it relates to a person’s learning and success. In this post, I wanted to elaborate a bit more on what I call the 1% rule.

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Lessons at 20

August 12, 2019August 12, 2019Jacob Robinson Leave a comment

 

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If my life was a line graph, I’d like to see it as having linear growth from ages 0 to 12, stagnant growth from 13 to 17, and exponential growth from 18 to 20.

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The Function of Success

July 29, 2019Jacob Robinson 1 Comment

 

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Quite a while back I promised that I would elaborate on two functions that I posited: The Function of Success and the Function of Opportunity. Today I wanted to focus on success; more specifically, career success.

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