# Rocco From Brooklyn ## Recent Posts - [The Digital Watering Hole is Dead ](https://paragraph.com/@rocco/the-digital-watering-hole-is-dead): A follow-up on the dying internet, and why what comes next might actually be great - [Entrepreneurial Nihilism ](https://paragraph.com/@rocco/entrepreneurial-nihilism): It's okay to not be okay - [The Internet is Dying, and It’s Going to be Okay](https://paragraph.com/@rocco/the-internet-is-dead): But it's not dead yet - [Everything I Wish I Knew About Hiring ](https://paragraph.com/@rocco/everything-i-wish-i-knew-about-hiring): Hiring for a startup is an important lift - treat it like one. - [Joining Ethereal Ventures](https://paragraph.com/@rocco/joining-ethereal-ventures): A founder supporting founders - [Protostructure, Superstructure, Hyperstructure ](https://paragraph.com/@rocco/protostructure-superstructure-hyperstructure): The three stages of governance - [Quickstarts Are Recipes - Developers Are Bakers ](https://paragraph.com/@rocco/quickstarts-are-recipes-developers-are-bakers): Dear developers, stop overcomplicating your quickstarts. - [Economies of Control](https://paragraph.com/@rocco/economies-of-control): Build a Great Economy Before an Open Economy - [Product-Led Blockchain Development](https://paragraph.com/@rocco/product-led-blockchain-development): Avoiding ghost city after ghost city - [Product Builders Are Screenwriters](https://paragraph.com/@rocco/product-builders-are-screenwriters): SCENE: A PRODUCT REQUIREMENTS DOCUMENT - [Lessons From a Recovering Founder](https://paragraph.com/@rocco/lessons-from-a-recovering-founder): It's never too soon to recall what's important ## Blog Information - [Homepage](https://paragraph.com/@rocco/): Main blog page - [RSS Feed](https://api.paragraph.com/blogs/rss/@rocco): Subscribe to updates - [Twitter](https://twitter.com/obstropolos): Follow on Twitter ## Optional - [All Posts](https://paragraph.com/@rocco/): Complete post archive - [Sitemap](https://paragraph.com/@rocco/sitemap-index.xml): XML sitemap for crawlers