Luke Shim

Head @Storica_lab
Storytelling games.

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@kamal_razzak emotion

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@demirdjiantwins nano

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@Suhail Disagreement w/ Lightcone Live @ycombinator:
🚨 Soham Parekh scandal (1 dev, 14+YC startups) proves SV's talent crisis
🚀B2C→B2B path works (Cursor,Notion,Slack)
🤖Solo founders winning w/ AI (36% go solo)
🌏Emerging cities > SV: 🇵🇹,🇩🇪,🇻🇳
Future = distributed, not centralized 🌍

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@TeamYouTube @chriszak Still no response from @TeamYouTube after my appeal 2 weeks ago—my channels remain banned with no feedback. Any update?

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6/ The Future Is Distributed, Not Centralized
Startups’ future is global. Vietnam 🇻🇳 & emerging cities beat costly SV. Where are you building?

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3/ 🤖 Traditional Scaling Is Outdated
AI lets small teams do what big ones did before. 36% of founders now go solo (2x since 2017). AI startups hit $1M ARR 4 months faster than SaaS. Why stick to old scaling models when AI multiplies productivity?

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5/ 🌏 Emerging Cities > Silicon Valley for AI Startups
Rising hubs: Austin, NY, Singapore, Bangalore, London, Beijing, Tokyo 🇯🇵, Seoul 🇰🇷.
Vietnam 🇻🇳: 1M+ tech pros, $1K-1.5K/mo living, Sky Mavis built $3B here.
Remote work means you can build anywhere—why pay SV prices?

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2/ 🚀 B2C → B2B Is the Real Unicorn Playbook
Most unicorns started B2C, then scaled B2B: Airbnb 🛏️, Dropbox 📦, OpenAI 🤖, Slack 🎮, Notion 📝, Discord 🕹️, Figma 🎨. B2C virality drives faster PMF than B2B-first.

[Luke Shim @cinnemonbuzz]

1/ 🚨 Disagreement with Lightcone Live @ycombinator: SV’s Talent Crisis
One dev from India worked at 14+ YC startups—3 concurrently, remotely, for years—without getting caught. If SV had enough talent, how is this possible? The Soham Parekh saga proves the shortage is severe.

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@grundstromleo Family guy+ intermittent commentary. Isn't this a matter of time for this channel to get banned due to copyright?

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@grundstromleo breakdown

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@itsedaxe masterclass

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@facelessniches send

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@aaron_bzrgain shorts

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@itsedaxe 100k

[Historic Vids @historyinmemes]

Check out this Chinese helmet company promoting their new durable helmets

[Poonam Soni @CodeByPoonam]

10 Insane websites to finish hours of work in minutes

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One Saudi prince took things to the next level for his avian flying companions where he reportedly purchased individual seats for each of his 80 falcons.

Transporting falcons in the Middle East is a pretty common practice. Falconry - training birds to hunt - has been practiced in the Middle East for thousands of years and is still a popular pastime in the United Arab Emirates.

Falcons can get their own passports from the UAE to travel that allows them to travel to Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Morocco, and Syria. The passport is valid for three years.

[Alec Stapp @AlecStapp]

Immigration is America's superpower.

Leaders from India:

CEO of Google 🇮🇳
CEO of Microsoft 🇮🇳
CEO of Starbucks 🇮🇳
CEO of YouTube 🇮🇳
CEO of Adobe 🇮🇳
CEO of World Bank 🇮🇳
CEO of IBM 🇮🇳
CEO of Albertsons 🇮🇳
CEO of NetApp 🇮🇳
CEO of Novartis 🇮🇳

Staple green cards to diplomas.