Kevin Tang

on leave @umich

[Kevin Tang @borrasque_]

A great friend once told me:

You made a choice, and you make it the right choice.

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@julianweisser thats fair

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over time, i've noticed startup founders disproportionately come from wealthier families

you'd think they'd come from less well off ones, as money and other factors would be greater motivators for them than for someone who already had it all growing up

but i guess the safety net, lower cost barriers, risk tolerance, and overall network of someone who is wealthy outweigh all of that

thoughts?

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@imjennywen that’s so true

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@based_check LOLLLL

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@0xCL4R 100%

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@arlanr goated metrics

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@IM_Aeneas i fell for that narrative for the longest time

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@dantrappx rich getting richer 😔

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@saanvisub makes sense, it still surprises me thi

i didnt grow up w a lot and i felt like that made me way more motivated

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@Bobliuuu fax

[arlan rakh @arlanr]

in 5 days, Folk has added 140,000 new users and gone trending in several app stores.

at peak, people sent 850,000 messages in a couple of hours.

if you're hungry and obsess over product and speed, let me convince you to join my team! great salary and founding-level equity.

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do they actually get work done like this????????

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i usually bounce ideas off of these 3 filmmakers who are also taking gap years

what surprised me is that all 3 had decided to work independently from one another, despite being in the same niche of startup launch videos and knowing each other since the beginning of high school

their reasoning was mostly that they could earn way more working alone, have more freedom over their work, and avoid potential conflict

honestly very mature on their part to anticipate these issues rather than risk breaking up the friend group

also impressive that they can each handle everything on their own at just 18-19 years old

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@_ross_sims ageed, def not a normal relationship but they do seem happy

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I feel like the narrative behind You Can See Everything is really well done and thought out that, imo, it’s easy to understand/see how Theranos and Elizabeth Holmes came to be

The interview segment with her dad was very telling, as were the portions on her ex. I feel like those add up to making Elizabeth who she is

The dynamic between her and Billy is also pretty telling. Maybe that was the approach she took to running the company, which inevitably led to the massive fraud that it was, and which startup culture amplified because it’s taboo to speak up

I genuinely don’t think there was a master plan behind it all

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@KCCerise most sources say otherwise. she was told by others that the idea wasn't viable, but nothing was physically made yet

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@dev_kunjadia it’s not even a take, prob met way more Waterloo ppl i fw without going to the school

yes im in 2-3 umich clubs/project teams

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sometimes i wish i had went to waterloo instead

even though it is known for it's hard course load and rigorous programs, its nice to be somewhere where so many people are solely focused on engineering/tech

whilst at umich, although it was more diverse, i often found it harder to find my people, combined with its high cost and being further away from home

i think when you are young you generally have more options, but the older you get the more that converges. you get less and less freedom and often take less and less risks

probably one of the best reasons why you should take a gap year

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@yesadok YES it’s absurd

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@leogao25 @Google @duosec @okta Tuffffffff