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Adam's most important lesson of entrepreneurship | Ep.18

Episode Summary

Codex alpha is available to the public at www.usecodex.com Adam goes into detail on his most important lesson of entrepreneurship: Ship often by starting small so you can help people sooner.

Episode Notes

• Brandon's caffeine intake cycle and the dangers of caffeine intake.
• Opportunity for a business focused on decaf?
• "The brightest flame burns quickest"
• Adam's death-consciousness
• What is a life well lived?
• Putting in too many hours is a bad strategy when you do knowledge work
• Consider the review process when you need to launch on a platform like the Google App store
• 🎊 Codex is now available in the chrome store!
• Brandon's favourite Codex feature: "Request context"
• Capturing an engineer's reply to questions is a differentiator for Codex
• Using documentation to systemize and scale your time
• Adam still has concerned about the level of abstraction Codex is focused on
• Context in code should focus on the 'unexpected moments'
• Most important next step for Codex: have teams use it so they can hone in on ideal customer
• The Quickstart Guide to Game Mastering is going out to alpha readers
• Adam will use Google Docs for the alpha review so that he doesn't have to ask people to sign up for Notion
• After alpha review the guide will be an 'open beta'. It will be soft launched so that Adam can see more new GMs try it before pouring on marketing efforts.
• Adam discusses his biggest realization of entrepreneurship: Ship often
• Adam seriously doubts people's ability to understand and change complex systems
• Reflection on how waiting to ship the guide was a failure
• Example of shipping fast: Free Fantasy Stock Art built with airtable.
• Chess is a useful example for clarifying just how impossible it is for you to understand every variable in business.
• Adam is learning to trust himself more as a founder in the gaming space
• Adam keeps almost falling into the trap of going after something big and ambitious.
• Project HearthQuest
• "I can help people sooner by starting smaller" - Adam
• The pain of having a big vision but sharing a small, scrappy piece with the world and hearing the feedback.