Leo's Letter #34 // Rising Up
Leo's Letter #34 // Rising Up
Going higher and higher
Hey, it’s great to have you.
It’s been a while, and things sure are in motion!
This is now my third week in LA - quite the first time experience coming here just as things are shutting down and work is still full steam ahead. But it’s been a very interesting experience so far. Seeing so much.
More on that in upcoming issues along with what I’m thinking about professionally.
(Image: When in Los Angeles…)
In This Letter:
What it feels like when you've found product-market fit – Issue 45
The 15-Minute City—No Cars Required—Is Urban Planning’s New Utopia
Brexit Musing #8: The impact on Blockchain and Digital Currencies with TAXMAP
This is an issue of Leo’s Letter, where we share actionable ideas on content, commerce, and culture.
What it feels like when you've found product-market fit – Issue 45
Product expert Lenny Rachitsky how founders of companies such as Stripe, Superhuman, and Netflix found product-market fit (pmf).
The quotes sure serve up inspiration, but he also adds some takeaways on:
What it is - pmf often comes when your customers can’t get enough of you’re company, sometimes even offering to pay for what’s free
Time - pmf may not come immediately after launch. In fact, it can take years
Market - different market sizes will experience different types of market pull; the mass market may come in all at once whereas in niche markets, certain groups will be more receptive than others
The 15-Minute City—No Cars Required—Is Urban Planning’s New Utopia
Cities are looking to keep some measures implemented during COVID-19 to make them more accessible to people over cars.
Such describes the 15-minute city, a “decentralized” space that contains everything someone may need over former city blocks that may be dedicated for one function only.
NYC does a great job at this. LA, not so much. And European cities will be easier to modify since they were built before automobiles.
Brexit Musing #8: The impact on Blockchain and Digital Currencies with TAXMAP
This podcast episode I hosted for my friend Elusio came out at the right time - just a few weeks before Bitcoin started moving towards $20k.
Kidding aside, this was a fun discussion exploring what happens when different countries release their own digital currencies. How will they work together? Quite a future to imagine.
Until Next Time
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