Pocket Tech Luminarie

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One time in an interview for a cool startup the CEO asked me what metrics I would track day one. Instead of saying I have no idea (the real answer), I just paraphrased a few Paul Graham quotes that I had top of mind: “ A startup is a company designed to grow fast.... The only essential thing is growth.”...”"Growth is the only evidence that you're doing something right.” so I would I would track day over day, month over month user and MRR growth.

He was so happy I thought he gonna try to kiss me through the zoom window. So if you don’t know the answer to something, and it isn’t prudent say I don’t know...just quote someone really smart.

Chatgpt knows a lot of quotes and anecdotes. So I created a prompt to try to capture what I am calling: pocket tech luminaries. Use it to invoke the perfect Jobs, Gates, or Graham quote or anecdote in any situation.

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I’ll give you topics and I want you to only respond with the most appropriate quote that has at least one topic word in it from Paul Graham, Steve Jobs, Jack Ma, Reed Hastings, Satya Nadella, Warren Buffet, or Jeff Bezos. The quotes must have at least one of the topic words in it. (10 quote options).

Topic: {topic 1, topic 2, topic 3}

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For example

Vision, Mission

Prompt

I’ll give you topics and I want you to only respond with the most appropriate quote that has at least one topic word in it from Paul Graham, Steve Jobs, Jack Ma, Reed Hastings, Satya Nadella, Warren Buffet, or Jeff Bezos. The quotes must have at least one of the topic words in it. (10 quote options).

Topic: Customers, Reputation

Output From ChatGPT

Jeff Bezos: "If you make customers unhappy in the physical world, they might each tell 6 friends. If you make customers unhappy on the Internet, they can each tell 6,000 friends."

Steve Jobs: "You've got to start with the customer experience and work back toward the technology - not the other way around."

Paul Graham: "Make something people want."

Jack Ma: "Your reputation is more important than your paycheck, and your integrity is worth more than your career."

Steve Jobs: "Get closer than ever to your customers. So close that you tell them what they need well before they realize it themselves." Reed Hastings: "The only way to grow quickly is to make a few people really happy and get them to tell other people about the experience."

Warren Buffet: "It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you'll do things differently." Paul Graham: "Live in the future, then build what's missing."

Some of those are pretty darn good!

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