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Be Human, Act Human.

[Hasitha ✦ Jayasanka @XHasitha]

Beauty doesn't decide the winner.
Reach does.

Design gets you admired.
Distribution gets you used.

Build both.

But if you can only start with one.
Start with reach.
Then make it beautiful.

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If life doesn't kill me nostalgia will.

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Beginning is ending ending is beginning

[Hasitha ✦ Jayasanka @XHasitha]

Sometimes the best deal in the room is the one you don't take.

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If you’re aiming towards greatness, you don’t get there by what other people think

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What if it actually works out?

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Today we launched Openspace. Try it here. https://t.co/RKYRyG190F

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Don't be afraid to lose when you're searching for a win.

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Sometimes you have to Risk Everything for a Dream, Only you can see..

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The hardest part isn't starting.
It's continuing.

[Hasitha ✦ Jayasanka @XHasitha]

My problem is...
The more impossible something seems,
The more it attracts me.

[Hasitha ✦ Jayasanka @XHasitha]

Someone asked why I started. I said, “I have nothing to lose.”

[Hasitha ✦ Jayasanka @XHasitha]

Keep losing - until you learn to win.

[Startup Archive @StartupArchive_]

Mark Zuckerberg on Elon Musk’s acquisition of Twitter

Elon Musk famously reduced head count by 80% after acquiring Twitter. It was controversial at the time, but Mark is asked what he thinks Elon did well during it.

Mark responds:

“You can agree or disagree with the exact tactics and how he did that. Every leader has their own style… But a lot of the specific principles that he pushed on: making the organization more technical, decreasing distance between engineers at the company and him, fewer layers of management. I think that those were generally good changes.”

Mark also believes this was good for the technology industry as a whole:

“My sense is that there were a lot of other people who thought that those were good changes, but who may have been a little shy about doing them. Just in my conversations with other founders and how people have reacted to the things we’ve done… When people see what Elon is doing, I think that gives people the ability to think through how to shape their organizations in a way that can be good for the industry and make all these companies more productive over time.”

He continues:

“So I think that was one thing where he was quite ahead of a bunch of the other companies on… And from the outside, it’s very hard to know. Did he cut too much? Did he not cut enough? I don’t think it’s my place to opine on that… But certainly his actions led me and, I think, a lot of other folks in the industry to think about, ‘Hey, are we doing this as much as we should? Could we make our companies better by pushing on some of these same principles?’”

Video source: @lexfridman (2023)

[Hasitha ✦ Jayasanka @XHasitha]

We’re watching the closest thing we’ve ever seen to a real-life trillionaire.

[Forbes @Forbes]

Elon Musk achieved yet another major milestone Wednesday, becoming the first ever person worth $500 billion. Musk, who became the first person ever worth $400 billion or more in December, is $150 billion ahead of runner-up Larry Ellison—and half-way to becoming the world’s first trillionaire. (Photo: Getty Images) https://t.co/7CTBh3MPhs

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When the input is poisoned, the output is chaos.

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the right design decision isn’t just about the right idea, but the right timing.

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

https://t.co/Mg0oHBVoxf

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You never know if the person next to you could be a customer, cofounder, or future hire.

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I'll buy one in 2030.

[Interesting AF @interesting_aIl]

Huawei's MateBook Fold Looks Like It Was Imported Straight From The Future