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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.