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Running a startup:
3:00pm: *googles the requirements for food stamps, just in case*
*new customer demo goes well*
3:35pm: *googles the price of buying a Gulfstream jet, just in case*
Your startup needs just 5 things to be successful:
- Solution to a painful problem
- Viable business model
- Great story to tell
- Team that executes
- Dark mode
We are working on a system that allows direct communication to a drilling rig from anywhere ... It's functional, yet the customer "When is dark mode coming?" ... WTF
Your startup needs just 5 things to be successful:
- Solution to a painful problem
- Viable business model
- Great story to tell
- Team that executes
- Dark mode
Teachers can only deduct up to $250 for school supplies on their taxes, but billionaires can write off the entire cost of a private jet.
This is what it looks like when laws are written by millionaires, funded by billionaires.
Unrig the system.
Elect a working class Congress.
X : You don't like Dune?
Me : A plot of oppressed people need a rich dude to save them, rich dude becomes the new oppressor, rich dude's children are gods, rich dude's god children come up with new plan to save oppressed poor ... yeah, for some reason that never clicks with me.
The Point:
YETI isn't a water cooler company.
They are a business that bottles up the feeling of adventure and sells it.
And now that includes bags, bottles, mugs and clothes.
YETI turned water coolers into a $5 billion brand.
How did they do it?
By turning a commodity into a status symbol.
Here are 4 lessons worth your time👇
A makeshift submarine using IKEA food container & legos. I love the idea of magnets to transfer kinetic energy without breaking the seal. By BEC https://t.co/pCFHIHjzOf
Impact of WFH on youth is the same as impact of children who study at home.
No real bonds. No real social or network skills. Illusion of understanding and learning. No osmosis.
Comfortable but damaging in the long run.
Constantly claiming to be a victim is not a sign of virtue. It's a strategy for narcissists and psychopaths to get ahead.
Data: people who regularly signal victimhood are more willing to lie, cheat, and steal.
Beware those who air personal grievances like every day is Festivus.
Some conclusions after 1 full month of learning web3 and blockchain.
Proclaimed web3 companies that are trying to support developers, are essentially building web2 based platforms for accessing blockchain nodes.
1/n
Most of us need less friends and more intellectual sparring partners.
Friends are easy to come by. They are nice and pleasant.
Intellectual sparring partners are harder to find. They are willing to call you on your BS, question your assumptions, and push you to think deeply.
The antidote to selfishness isn't altruism. It's generosity.
Selfishness is expecting others to sacrifice for you.
Altruism is sacrificing yourself for others.
Generosity is helping others without hurting yourself.
You can't care for others if you don't take care of yourself.
It took me a while to figure it out, but the reason I adore @b0rk’s content is that she excels at approaching explaining things in a way I can only aspire to. A thread…
@kelseyhightower My mother's sage reply still holds to this day:
"Mom, are we rich?
Yes we are David, we're very rich. And someday we'll have money."
I've always said I'll take Time over money any day.
It's not so much having a lot of money vs. managing debt.
Debt-free is so very liberating!