Jacob Kelly

Head of Founder Experience @boardyai 📦
Resident @hf0 🌐
Hosting 🎙️
Story Director 🎵

[Jacob Kelly @TheJacobKelly]

My interview with @GaryVee is now live!

This interview has been years in the making, and I'm so excited to finally be able to share it with you 👉 https://t.co/TEy4x6JLB8

[Jacob Kelly @TheJacobKelly]

Hill I am willing to die on (and there are many in SF):

Running is the best way to see a new city. These are all from my run this morning.

[Jacob Kelly @TheJacobKelly]

Trying to copy what’s working for someone else is a race to the bottom. Doing what only you can do, and seeking mastery in it, is a race to the top.

[Jacob Kelly @TheJacobKelly]

Do the risky thing, be yourself, and do it well.

(It’s more fun that way)

[Jacob Kelly @TheJacobKelly]

A simple but important moment from @alexandr_wang’s interview with @davidsenra:

“The internet rewards risk.”

I think an important caveat to this is the internet rewards risk over the short term.

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[Jacob Kelly @TheJacobKelly]

Trying to copy what’s working for someone else is a race to the bottom. Doing what only you can do, and seeking mastery in it, is a race to the top.

[Jacob Kelly @TheJacobKelly]

One of my favourite @RickRubin quotes is:

"The Muse responds to commitment."

You're more likely to find inspiration when working on existing idea than when trying to come up with a new one.

Inspiration finds you on the road, not at the start line.

[Jacob Kelly @TheJacobKelly]

“If it’s going well, end your writing session in the middle.”

It’s hard to start every session with a blank canvas, so leave yourself one partially filled in. Momentum matters.

Aaron Sorkin via Scriptnotes.

[Andrew D'Souza @andrewdsouza]

Follow Jacob if you want to know the truth of how we’re building @boardyai while we’re at @hf0

[Jacob Kelly @TheJacobKelly]

Obsession alone is not righteous, but obsessing over the right things, for the right reasons is.

[Jacob Kelly @TheJacobKelly]

The most selective startup program in the world is @hf0 ... this is written on the whiteboard in their gym:

"Obsession is the righteous path."

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[Jacob Kelly @TheJacobKelly]

It is only through this obsession that we are going to achieve the unreasonable goals we have set, and it is only through achieving these unreasonable goals that I get the chance to create a better life for my wife and I.