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The Shifting Landscape of Work, Wealth (and Public Finances) in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
Apr 4
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Francisco Souza Homem de Mello
My notes on Seth Klarman's Margin of Safety - Part 1
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Aug 13, 2020
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Francisco Souza Homem de Mello
The never-ending cycle of disruptive innovation in enterprise software
Unlocking Potential is a newsletter by me, Francisco H. de Mello, CEO of Qulture.Rocks (YC W18)
Dec 16, 2020
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Francisco Souza Homem de Mello
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My notes on Seth Klarman's Margin of Safety - Part 2
Aug 16, 2020
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Francisco Souza Homem de Mello
Stop Calling Everything a Flywheel
Apr 27, 2020
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Francisco Souza Homem de Mello
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Why startups fail? For more top-down thinking
Feb 24
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Francisco Souza Homem de Mello
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AI, enterprise software, and disruptive innovation
Jun 16, 2023
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Francisco Souza Homem de Mello
Founder Mode or Manager Mode? Yes
Jun 17
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Francisco Souza Homem de Mello
OKRs and strategy: please give me feedback
Jan 22, 2020
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Francisco Souza Homem de Mello
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Founder Mode or Manager Mode? Yes
It's neither founder mode all the way nor manager mode all the way. The right way to manage a company is being both at different times, in different…
Jun 17
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Francisco Souza Homem de Mello
The venture capital equation
The math that undergirds the startup game
Mar 8
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Francisco Souza Homem de Mello
On the game of startups (AI edition)
What game are you playing really?
Mar 8
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Francisco Souza Homem de Mello
Why startups fail? For more top-down thinking
Why do startups fail outright, or fail to reach the skies? I argue that a lot has to do with too *little* top down thinking in picking a good…
Feb 24
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Thoughts on Vertical x Functional Agents
Startups will eventually have to choose between being vertical-first or being functional-first
Dec 6, 2024
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Francisco Souza Homem de Mello
On enterprise sales and performance: applying Total Quality Management concepts to the world of B2B SaaS
A reflection about the sales ladder and what each of the main levels entails.
Dec 8, 2023
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Francisco Souza Homem de Mello
Meta's Threads x Twitter: Lessons on Competitive Strategy and the Commoditization of "Competitors"
Kevin Systrom + Matt Cohler's texts show how worried about Twitter Mark Zuckerberg has historically been. Cohler, a former Facebook executive, says "he…
Jul 6, 2023
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