Topic
Leverage
Every resource in the archive tagged with leverage.
19 resources
Letter2011 Letter to Shareholders
Jeff Bezos
Apr 2012 · 16 min read
Why self-service platforms beat gatekeepers: AWS, FBA, and KDP let improbable ideas get tried.
EssayLabor and Capital Are Old Leverage
Naval Ravikant
Apr 2019 · 4 min read
Labor and capital are old leverage: both must be granted by others and are hard to scale.
EssaySeek Wealth, Not Money or Status
Naval Ravikant
Feb 2019 · 6 min read
The difference between wealth, money, and status — and why only wealth buys freedom.
EssayGuide to Career Planning, Part 2: Skills and education
Marc Andreessen
Oct 2007 · 17 min read
Which skills actually compound in a career — and what formal education is and isn't good for.
EssayGuide to Career Planning, Part 3: Where to go and why
Marc Andreessen
Oct 2007 · 9 min read
How to pick the industry, company, and role where your opportunities will compound.
EssayHow to Hire
Sam Altman
12 min read
Hiring is the most important thing a founder does; spend a third to half your time doing it well.
VideoKeith Rabois on how to identify great talent
Keith Rabois
Mar 2026 · 1 min read
How to spot great talent: expand each person's responsibilities until they break.
EssayWhy Startups Should Train Their People
Ben Horowitz
May 2010 · 10 min read
Training your employees is one of the highest-leverage activities you can perform as a manager.
EssayAbout
Patrick Collison
1 min read
A founder's core commitments: economic growth, climate, housing, and the institutions built to advance them.
EssayHappiness Is a Skill
Naval Ravikant
Mar 2021 · 23 min read
Happiness is a skill you can develop by understanding desire and recognizing what's within your control.
EssayJudgment
Naval Ravikant
Apr 2019 · 6 min read
Why judgment becomes your most important asset once you have leverage.
EssayHow to Find Specific Knowledge
Naval Ravikant
Mar 2019 · 6 min read
Specific knowledge comes from pursuing your genuine curiosity and innate talents, not from school or following others.
EssayHow to Get Rich (Without Getting Lucky)
Naval Ravikant
Dec 2019 · 193 min read
Wealth is assets that earn while you sleep; money is how you transfer it; status is a zero-sum game you should avoid.
EssayValue Is Created By Doing
Sam Altman
3 min read
Most work that feels busy—meetings, networking, talking—doesn't create value; only execution does.
EssayHard Startups
Sam Altman
2 min read
Hard startups attract talented people because they offer missions worth committing to; easy startups are starved of the talent that matters.
EssayProductivity
Sam Altman
10 min read
Choosing what to work on matters more than how fast you work, and small gains compound into massive results over time.
EssayHow To Be Successful
Sam Altman
15 min read
Outlier success comes from compounding yourself, self-belief, independent thinking, and willingness to fail repeatedly.
EssayWhy It's Safe for Founders to Be Nice
Paul Graham
Apr 2004 · 9 min read
Hackers' disobedience and rule-breaking are essential to their brilliance, not flaws to suppress.
EssayHow to Make Wealth
Paul Graham
May 2004 · 39 min read
Starting a startup is the most reliable way to compress your earning potential by working intensely for a few years instead of a lifetime.