Vic's Notes

My notes are a summary of:

• Learning from experiences and observations, and
• Methods on achieving the vision through the passage of compounding company building.

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Vision | Solving Meaningful Problems

A thought, concept, or object formed by the imagination
​​Dream = 1% Inspiration

Forming Your Vision

• Finding Your Startup Idea​
• ​Monetizing the How-To
• Open Questions for the New Decade of 2021-2030: Part 1
• Open Questions for the New Decade of 2021-2030: Part 2
• Overcoming the Adoption Barrier of Sunk Cost: Part 1
• Overcoming the Adoption Barrier of Sunk Cost: Part 2​
• Removing our Tethers: Part 1
• Removing our Tethers: Part 2
• Solving Difficult Technical Problems
• Solving a Problem from Your Civic Life
• Solving a Problem from Our Civic Life: Voting - Part 1
• Solving a Problem from Your Personal Life
• Solving a Problem from Your Work Life
• Solving a Problem from Your Social Life​
• Solving a Problem from Industry: IT Services - Part 1
• Solving a Problem from Industry: IT Services - Part 2​
• Solving a Problem outside Common Perspective: Part 1
• Solving a Problem with Design Thinking: Part 1
• Tweaking Existing Products
• Reinventing the Forgotten
• VisionPassage Maker Lab

Vision: Algorithms

• Building a Startup around Algorithms​

Vision: Communication

• 3D Experiences
• Ideal Communication Method: Part 1
• Ideal Communication Method: Part 2
• Ideal Communication Method: Part 3
• ​Neutralizing Language Accent

Vision: Food & Beverage

• Mixing Edible Ingredients

Vision: Home

• Simplifying Relocation
• ​Multi-Generational Living

Vision: Lifestyle

• Amalgamating Diverse Cultural Practices
• Devolving Human Lifestyle 

Vision: Money

• Individuals as Mortgage Holders
• Real-Time Consumer and SMB Taxes
• Wealth Management of Wealthy for Everyone​

Vision: Outdoors

• Outdoors and Monetization: Part 1

Vision: Relationships

• Personal CRM
• Remote Dating
• Building Platforms around Human Beliefs

Vision: Society

• Civic Services Enablement & Change

Vision: Travel

• Re-imagining Future Travel

Vision: Work

• Reducing Custom Software

Vision: Real-Life Startups

• Increasing Efficiency in Retail & Distribution
• Engaging the Society by Enabling Access
• Scaling Small to Mid-Size Non-Profits
• Democratizing Content Generation for Brands
• Enabling Data Scientists & Machine Learning Engineers
• Reducing Power Usage in Devices & Sensors
• Reducing Time for Air Travel​​ ​

Passage | Building Impactful Companies

The action or process of passing from one place, condition, or stage to another
Execution = 99% Perspiration

Getting Started

• Becoming a Founder

Mindset

• Founder Mindset
• Turning Habits into Lasting Lifestyle Changes
• Little Summaries of Life: Part 1
• Little Summaries of Life: Part 2
• ​Converting Ego to Vapor
• Understanding Occupational Hazards

Decoding Sales

• ​Building Comfort with Sales
• Creating a High-Performance Sales Team
• ​Selling to the Enterprise
• Growing the Enterprise Accounts
• Designing a Repeatable Sales Process
• Methods for Customer Psychology

Company Building

• Little Summaries of Company Building: Part 1
• Little Summaries of Company Building: Part 2
• Little Summaries of Company Building: Part 3
  
• Building Startup Culture: Part 1
• Startups and Armed Forces
• Improving Cycle Time
• Leveraging the Mega Trends
• Surrounding with Friendlies

Customers & Growth

• Removing Consumer vs. Enterprise Boundary
• Zero CAC Mindset

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Teams & Talent

• Emulating Special Forces
• Designing for Marathon
• Hiring Strategy
• Delegation by Founders
• Cross-Functional Movement
• ​Cross-Functional Teams

Location

• Best City to Start a Startup​
• Employee Challenges for Going Remote
• Solving Location Constraints
• ​Investors also Relocate

Health & Longevity

• ​​Transforming the Body: Achieving a Flat Stomach
• Transforming the Body: Maintaining Healthy Weight
• Transforming the Body: Weight Management Hacks
• Transforming the Body: Weekly Diet
• Transforming the Body: Regular Movement​
• Life Changes After Getting a Dog
• Incorporating Natural Movements: Part 1
• Benevolence in the Workplace
• Physical Health of the Team

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Investor Help

• Redesigning your Cap Table​