2025

Great managers don't manage people — they manage the conditions for people

My take

The framing clicked. What people call management is often just mood management with authority attached. The better version is environmental: remove friction, create clarity, get out of the way. The output belongs to the team. Your job is to make the team possible.

The difference between outcome and output thinking

My take

PMs who obsess over output — features shipped, docs written, meetings run — are usually the ones making everyone busy while making nothing better. Outcome thinking is harder because it requires you to be wrong sometimes. You shipped the thing and the number didn't move. Most people would rather be busy. - Shreyas Doshi

Sequoia's advice to founders: survive first, grow second

My take

Every wave of AI optimism needs this counterweight. The money will not last forever and the companies that survive will be the ones that built something people actually pay for. The ones built on vibes and valuation multiples become the cautionary tales in the next cycle's pitch decks.