6. Your Location
Environment shapes your future.
Upgrade where you live and work.
• Better workspace
• Better neighborhood
• Better people around you
Location affects:
-opportunities
-mindset
-network
Sometimes one new environment
can change your entire life.
In 1984, Jiddu Krishnamurti explained how to end every form of fear known to humankind.
No psychologist or philosopher ever came close to him.
His frameworks:
• Thought creates fear
• Time sustains fear
• Escape strengthens fear
13 lessons on ending fear completely:
The co-founder of YouTube is Muslim.
The co-founder of Venmo is Muslim.
The co-founder of Cursor is Muslim.
None of them built "Muslim apps." They built products used by hundreds of millions of people.
But if you asked most VCs to name a Muslim founder in their portfolio, they'd go quiet. Not because they're against it. Because it genuinely never crossed their mind.
VCs love talking about "untapped markets" and "overlooked founders." They write whole blog posts about how the best returns come from backing people everyone else ignored. Then they source from the same 10 warm intro networks they've used for a decade and wonder why their portfolio looks the way it does.
The founders I work with aren't asking for special treatment. They're running SaaS companies, fintech infrastructure, logistics platforms, AI tools. Normal startups solving normal problems. They just don't happen to be in your group chat.
And that's the thing about networks. You don't know what you're not seeing. You just assume your deal flow represents the full picture. It doesn't.
Friday is 3,000+ Muslim founders and investors. 24 companies just finished our accelerator Demo Day. 3,700+ angels actively reviewing deals. These are operators and builders who happen to be invisible to most of the ecosystem, not because they're hiding, but because nobody thought to look.
If you're a founder, come pitch us.
If you're an investor, come see the pipeline you're missing.
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BE BORING.
- Wake up early.
- Go for a walk.
- Get sunlight.
- Lift weights.
- Eat healthy.
- Limit alcohol.
- Cook at home.
- Love your family.
You see that low-key boring life? It will save you from a lot of things.
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