Building hype for your ideas, leading the vision, and setting clarity on how to execute on plans are definitely things that we as product builders and creative minds want to get better at. Thinking becomes a great part of this and learning to observe intensely and being able to articulate thoughts are the result of great thinking. So how to communicate and work in a way that’s positive-sum and leveraging?
Wes Kao is an entrepreneur, marketer, coach, and advisor who writes at newsletter.weskao.com. She is co-founder of Maven, an edtech company that raised $25M from First Round and Andreessen Horowitz. Previously, she co-founded altMBA with bestselling author Seth Godin. Wes’ essays are deep reads that help you vividly experience the ‘how’ rather than merely stating points.
In this video, Wes & Aishwarya chat about building one's taste and what the "Je ne sais quoi" (a quality that cannot be described or named easily) of taste and quality are. Wes walks us through improving our observations, keenly focusing on building greatness, and having to verbally communicate what we like and why do we like it so to form clear patterns.
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