Think Week #33

Make Something Heavy

Mar 10, 2025

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Here’s your reading list for the week of March 9th, 2025.

S: Niche Saturation Syndrome
M: When everyone can build anything
T: Generalist Disease
W: Starting a Search Fund...
T: The “Every” thing Blueprint
F: Make Something Heavy
S: To build an unconventional life, abandon conventional thinking

SUNDAY

Doublethink

Niche Saturation Syndrome

Niche Saturation Syndrome…

8 months ago · 16 likes · 4 comments · Lewis O’Brien

MONDAY

Proof of Concept

When everyone can build anything

During a recent commute in San Francisco, a new personal routine emerged. I took my usual Waymo route to the restaurant. I pulled out my phone as normal during the ride, but instead of scrolling social media or checking work email, I launched the Replit mobile app…

9 months ago · 88 likes · 5 comments · David Hoang

TUESDAY

Dan Hock's Essays

Generalist Disease

I’m taking a brief break from writing about scaling tech companies to share some advice I wish I could send to myself at the start of my career. I’ll be back to the usual stuff soon. Subscribe to join the 1,107 people who joined since my last essay…

2 years ago · 428 likes · 38 comments · Dan Hockenmaier

WEDNESDAY

Searchepreneur

Starting a Search Fund...

After 8 years I am departing from the tech startup world….kinda. While I have jumped ship working at startups I am now launching a search fund to buy startups. Our mission is to buy software tools to make launching a software product easy for people like you and me…

10 months ago · 1 like · dimitri trembois

THURSDAY

Hunter Labs

The “Every” thing Blueprint

TL;DR: In 2025, two trends are colliding: AI enables small teams to build at unprecedented speed, while venture capital is becoming less necessary for many startups. At the intersection of these trends, a new type of company is emerging—exemplified by…

8 months ago · 11 likes · 2 comments · Daniel Hunter

FRIDAY

Working Theorys

Make Something Heavy

We instinctively tie weight to value…

8 months ago · 155 likes · 40 comments · Anu

SATURDAY

Anna Mack's Stack

To build an unconventional life, abandon conventional thinking

A few weeks ago I was sitting at my local café, casually observing people from the surrounding offices bustle in and order their takeaway coffee before scurrying back to what I can only assume was a day full of unnecessary meetings that they were desperate to cancel…

8 months ago · 58 likes · 17 comments · Anna Mackenzie

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