Chris Dixon – The Idea Maze (2013)

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gnabgib · 5h ago

Past Discussion (141 points, 2013, 29 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6156215

The idea maze of personal logging (2016) - pcmonk (136 points, 2017, 46 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13676049

The idea maze for AI startups (2015) - cdixon (108 points, 2023, 41 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36507010

rmason · 6h ago

Last night I watched a recent interview with Mark Andreesen where he said how important this essay was to whom they fund at A16Z. He didn't credit Dixon who is a partner at A16Z but in all fairness the interviewer was firing questions at him machine-gun style.

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Chris Dixon – The Idea Maze (2013)

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