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Why Design Matters: Lessons from Stripe, Lyft and Airbnb

Stripe, Airbnb and Lyft are a few of the most successful companies of the past decade. And there are at least two things they all have in common - great design, and Katie Dill. Katie was Head of Experience Design at Airbnb, led the design team at Lyft and is now Head of Design at Stripe. We spoke with Katie about her design philosophy, what sets companies like Stripe apart, and how important it is to instill a culture of design in your startup from day one.

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Chapters (Powered by https://bit.ly/chapterme-yc) -
00:00 - Intro
01:55 - The importance of design
04:00 - The role of trust
05:30 - Founder involvement in design
07:10 - Balancing quality with shipping early
09:00 - Focus on solving user problems
10:30 - Checklist
12:40 - Developing design skills
15:45 - Constant user feedback is key
18:50 - Design process at Stripe
24:40 - User experience scoring at Stripe
25:20 - Examples of design improvements at Stripe
31:40 - User feedback and community
32:20 - Takeaways





The "overnight success" of Kalshi

In which Michael and I congratulate Kalshi for their "overnight success" on the app store charts 5+ years in the making.


Habits of Churchill, Lessons from Napoleon, & The Holy Fire Inside Great Leaders — Andrew Roberts

Andrew Roberts has written twenty books, which have been translated into twenty-eight languages and have won thirteen literary prizes. These include Napoleon: A Life, Churchill: Walking with Destiny, and most recently, Conflict: The Evolution of Warfare from 1945 to Gaza, which he co-authored with General David Petraeus.

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Links to everything discussed: https://tim.blog/2024/10/17/andrew-roberts-churchill-napoleon/

Tim Ferriss is one of Fast Company’s “Most Innovative Business People” and an early-stage tech investor/advisor in Uber, Facebook, Twitter, Shopify, Duolingo, Alibaba, and 50+ other companies. He is also the author of five #1 New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestsellers: The 4-Hour Workweek, The 4-Hour Body, The 4-Hour Chef, Tools of Titans and Tribe of Mentors. The Observer and other media have named him “the Oprah of audio” due to the influence of his podcast, The Tim Ferriss Show, which has exceeded 900 million downloads and been selected for “Best of Apple Podcasts” three years running.

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[00:00] Start
[02:57] Expelled from Cranleigh school.
[04:00] Why MI6 considered Andrew for recruitment.
[07:02] The teacher who made history exciting to 10-year-old Andrew.
[10:18] Words Andrew avoids when writing about history.
[11:43] Are steady-nerved leaders naturally born or nurtured?
[13:37] The thinkers who influenced Winston Churchill and his sense of noblesse oblige.
[16:13] What made Napoleon Bonaparte the prime exemplar of war leadership?
[22:50] Lessons from Winston Churchill’s autobiography, My Early Life.
[24:41] Napoleon’s relationship with risk.
[27:52] Andrew’s signed letter from Aldous Huxley.
[29:22] When historical figures carry a sense of personal destiny.
[31:54] The meeting Andrew wishes he could have witnessed as a fly on the wall.
[34:47] When historical villains carry a sense of personal destiny.
[37:18] What Churchill and Napoleon learned from their mistakes.
[40:10] “Dear Diary…”
[41:52] Maintaining creative flow during the writing process.
[45:13] On working with brilliant publisher Stuart Proffitt (aka Professor Perfect).
[50:59] Why are some significant figures immortalized while others go the way of Ozymandias?
[56:04] Thoughts on personal legacy.
[57:27] Fiction favorites.
[01:00:16] Being objective about the history of imperialism.
[01:01:49] The challenges of teaching and learning history today.
[01:05:09] Why “Study history” is Andrew’s coat of arms motto.
[01:09:07] What Andrew, as a history expert, sees for the future.
[01:13:00] Counteracting natural pessimism.
[01:14:40] What to expect from Andrew’s latest book Conflict (co-authored with David Petraeus).
[01:18:43] Upcoming book projects.
[01:19:48] Parting thoughts.



Winston Churchill: Walking with Destiny

Andrew Roberts has written twenty books, which have been translated into twenty-eight languages and have won thirteen literary prizes. These include Napoleon: A Life, Churchill: Walking with Destiny, and most recently, Conflict: The Evolution of Warfare from 1945 to Gaza, which he co-authored with General David Petraeus.

Sponsors:

Our Place's Titanium Always Pan® Pro using nonstick technology that’s coating-free and made without PFAS, otherwise known as “Forever Chemicals”: https://fromourplace.com/tim (10% off all products from Our Place)

Shopify global commerce platform, providing tools to start, grow, market, and manage a retail business: https://shopify.com/tim (one-dollar-per-month trial period)

LinkedIn Jobs recruitment platform with 1B+ users: https://linkedin.com/tim (post your job for free)

Links to everything discussed: https://tim.blog/2024/10/17/andrew-roberts-churchill-napoleon/

Tim Ferriss is one of Fast Company’s “Most Innovative Business People” and an early-stage tech investor/advisor in Uber, Facebook, Twitter, Shopify, Duolingo, Alibaba, and 50+ other companies. He is also the author of five #1 New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestsellers: The 4-Hour Workweek, The 4-Hour Body, The 4-Hour Chef, Tools of Titans and Tribe of Mentors. The Observer and other media have named him “the Oprah of audio” due to the influence of his podcast, The Tim Ferriss Show, which has exceeded 900 million downloads and been selected for “Best of Apple Podcasts” three years running.

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Visit the Tim Ferriss Blog: https://tim.blog/
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[01:18:43] Upcoming book projects.
[01:19:48] Parting thoughts.


The 10 Trillion Parameter AI Model With 300 IQ

Earlier this month, OpenAI raised the largest venture round ever at $6.6 billion. The company’s CFO says AI is now at the point where orders of magnitude matter and the next generation of models will be capital intensive. In this episode of the Lightcone, the hosts consider what a world with ultra intelligent models would look like and what potential unlocks could be made possible.
Chapters (Powered by https://bit.ly/chapterme-yc) -
0:00 Coming Up
0:54 What models get unlocked with the biggest venture round ever?
5:35 Some discoveries take a long time to actually be felt by regular people
9:53 Distillation may be how most of us benefit
14:26 o1 making previously impossible things possible
21:17 The new Googles
23:47 o1 makes the GPU needs even bigger
25:44 Voice apps are fast growing
27:05 Incumbents aren’t taking these innovations seriously
31:52 Ten trillion parameters
33:15 Outro