UC San Diego is trying to solve a remedial math problem. *The need for remedial math education at UC San Diego has soared over the last five years according to a report published this month by the university’s Senate Administration Workgroup on Admissions. (more)

Erik Hoel: Now published: My new theory of emergence! I’ve just published a paper sharing it (available on arXiv as a pre-print). It outlines a new theory of emergence, one that allows scientists to unfold the causation of complex systems across their scales. (more)

*Where work gets done. (more)

This is a Long list of NoteTakingApps/PKMs. ~40

Wikis often include RoadMap pages for specific topics/themes to bring together some context across key related pages. (See WikiWikiWeb:RoadMap, WikiWikiWeb:CategoryRoadMap, WikiWikiWeb:CategoriesRoadmapsAndSearches.) (more)

Evan Armstrong: on Product-Led Growth’s Failure. Qualtrics should’ve lost but somehow emerged victorious. By wielding a 3 pronged strategy of utilizing cheap Utah labor, gutsy product marketing, and aggressive GTM tactics, the company resoundingly beat Surveymonkey. (more)

author, The Single Founder Handbook $39 https://www.singlefounderhandbook.com/ (solopreneur) (more)

Micro ISV http://www.softwarebyrob.com/ (more)

Scale your B2B SaaS without selling out or standing still. At TinySeed, independent SaaS businesses get the funding, community, and support they need to grow. smallish funding for bootstrappers, founded by Rob Walling. https://tinyseed.com/ (more)

TinySeed raises $25 million to back more bootstrapped startups. (more)

Paid Site community for Micropreneurs. (Renamed to FounderCafe? http://www.micropreneur.com/ (more)

way to identify potential customers and get them into your Sales Funnel (more)

aka Customer Forces - motivations pushing/pulling customer (or other decision-maker) between current-state (status quo) and possible-post-purchase/decision-state. (more)

Ash Maurya's 3-Act Customer Forces Story MadLib (more)

see MadLibs (more)

a market test where you have an offer/purchase page online (via splash page) that measures interest with "coming soon" response; see also Demo, Sell, Build.

Ash Maurya: The Backstory Behind Customer Forces Stories. Good customer / problem discovery is key to achieving problem/solution fit. (more)

Find Better Problems Worth Solving with the Customer Forces Canvas. The search for Problem/Solution fit starts with creating a model - specifically a business model using a Lean Canvas. This is really an update to (2017-08-17) Maurya The Updated Problem Interview Script, and A New Canvas. (more)

Ash Maurya: The 30-Minute Customer Discovery That Beats 50 Interviews. Meet Steve. He spent 3 months running customer interviews for his VR platform idea. 50 interviews later, he was more confused than when he started. (more)

Urban Design writer, MacArthur Grant winner https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Davis_(scholar) (more)