Specific Knowledge & Leverage — The Almanack
BlogPaul GrahamJun 14, 2020
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The deep dive on the term Naval coined. Specific knowledge is found by pursuing genuine curiosity, not by following a curriculum. Combined with permissionless leverage (code, content), it makes individuals economically dangerous in ways that didn't exist 20 years ago.
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Sales skills are a form of specific knowledge. There’s such a thing as “a natural” in sales. You run into them all the time in startups and venture capital. When you meet someone who is a natural at sales, you just know they’re amazing. They’re really good at what they do. That is a form of…
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