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Kaya's avatar

Hello Mike, this particular post has resonated with me deeply. Thank you for posting 😊 We've been building a platform to transform lifelong learning and break all the current patterns! As you outlined, we have challenges but we are pushing forward! We know that building a different future demands deep commitment! So what are we working on? The world is naturally overly excited about AI, however we are thinking about the human capital development in the presence of AI. We believe AI driven economy will pose serious threats to the human capital development. A continuous lifelong learning will become mandatory. Hence, we are building a platform akin to Roblox for Corporations and Duolingo. Pure game based learning platform with its own learning framework. With Apple Vision Pro and other platform, we are very excited about the future! We already have a few financial instutions interested in B2B PoCs. We'd be interested in connecting with you. Thank you! Kaya

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Eng Sales's avatar

I’d be curious to hear your thoughts. Why is it that established companies cannot be pattern breakers?

It seems like the market likes pattern breakers, unless you are an established company. Then they just want more of the pattern.

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Dave Brock's avatar

Mike, I'm a little late to the party, having just discovered this post. But I'm fascinated by this concept (just starting on your book). I may be reacting out of ignorance, but it seems you are developing fascinating themes parallel to Clayton Christensen's work on Disruptive Innovation.

I'm curious about "pattern breaking" for everyday people/businesses. I suspect a lot of your principles can be adapted to apply pattern breaking more widely. For example, virtually every SaaS company seems to have fallen into the same pattern trap, with everyone doing the same things. And we see this in virtually every sector. How might we look at "incremental pattern breaking?"

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Alan O'Beirne's avatar

amazing post. not even just for founders...

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Mike Abell's avatar

Awesome, thanks Mike! : )

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Matthew's avatar

I would love to hear you explore the next step of gaining adoption and getting traction after breaking the pattern. This was an excellent, thoughtful read.

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Mike Maples's avatar

Hey Matthew - Is there a good way for me to get in touch with you by email? I would like to run something by you on this front.

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Matthew's avatar

Hi Mike, I replied to the email that I received from you but did not hear back - matthew@monument.ventures if you would still like to run something by me.

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