Ben Horowitz (@bhorowitz) on investing in Adam Neumann and why strength matters more than weakness:
"You want to judge people on what they do well, not what they screwed up."
"The world was so mad at us for not throwing him away, for believing in him."
"Coach people on what they can do. Help them take their strengths and use them."
Shower of thoughts: Instead of keeping your Twitter/𝕏 payout, direct it towards a "PayoutChallenge" of your choosing - anything you want more of in the world!
Here is mine for this round, combining my last 3 payouts of $5478.51:
It is imperative that humanity not fall while AI ascends. Humanity has to continue to rise, become better alongside. Create something that is specifically designed to uplift team human. Definition intentionally left a bit vague to keep some entropy around people's interpretation, but imo examples include:
- Any piece of software that aids explanation, visualization, memorization, inspiration, understanding, coordination, etc...
- It doesn't have to be too lofty, e.g. it can be a specific educational article/video explaining something some other people could benefit from or that you have unique knowledge of.
- Prompts/agents for explanation, e.g. along the lines of recently released ChatGPT study mode.
- Related works of art
This challenge will run for 2 weeks until Aug 17th EOD PST. Submit your contribution as a reply. It has to be something that was uniquely created for this challenge and would not exist otherwise. Criteria includes execution, leverage, novelty, inspiration, aesthetics, amusement. People can upvote submissions by liking, this "people's choice" will also be a factor. I will decide the winner on Aug 17th and send $5478.51 :)
@MostlyMonkey Yeah, but do you have a source to claim “top 1% athletes = $0”? Not sure how many athletes are in the world but I thought that the top 1% would be making more than $0.
Unless you have 10,000 customers:
Approximately no one knows who you are.
Approximately no one knows your brand.
Approximately no one knows your product.
You can change everything, any time.
Take advantage of that.