Natt Saro

design eng

[Natt Saro @nattsaro]

@zachpogrob @FoundersPodcast

[Natt Saro @nattsaro]

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[Eric Glyman @eglyman]

ok I’m going to be insufferable about this one.

I’ve been texting David “make a founders about Eiichiro Oda” for ~700 days. He finally did it and it’s the best thing you’ll listen to all week, even if you’re not a fan yet.

If you’ve never read it: Oda started One Piece at 22. He’s 51 now. Almost every week for 29 years he’s put out a new chapter of the same story. He’s sold 600M+ copies, more than any comic ever made by a single author (it’s a Guinness record). For 15 years he slept 3 hours a night (maybe don’t do this). He said he would’ve missed his parents’ funeral for a deadline! He tells new editors they have to be willing to die for One Piece. To learn how to draw emotion, he hand-copied entire Disney movies, frame by frame. And he’s so private he wears a giant fish over his face on camera.

The man is a maniac. I love him.

What gets me: he’s spent his whole life writing about freedom. Luffy says the Pirate King is just the person with the most freedom on the sea. Meanwhile Oda has lived about the least free life you can imagine. He basically locked himself in a room for three decades so a rubber kid (and all of us reading) could sail anywhere.

For years one of the biggest fears among fans was whether one human life was even enough to finish the story. He’s in the final saga now. I'm still a bit nervous.

Coming out of the episode, there are a few things I can’t quite stop thinking about:

1. David nails how much Oda sounds like history’s great founders: Jobs, Land, Bezos. He wants criticism, not ideas. He’ll redo something until it’s right. He makes it for an audience of one (he imagines himself as a 15 year old). And after 29 years and 600M copies he still doesn’t feel successful.

2. That “fewest people possible should touch the work” rule has cost him almost everything: sleep, family, his 20s, 30s and 40s. I'm intrigued with the idea that AI doesn’t break the rule, but might lower the price of following it (or perhaps just raise the ceiling). I think we get a few more Odas out of that: one obsessed person building a whole world with little to truly no studio behind them. Then again, why read anyone else when the story is this good.

Thank you @davidsenra -- this episode is a masterpiece.

[Zach Pogrob @zachpogrob]

New Share Aura 'Kits' sharing flow

Feel good about this new flow and design- much simpler/more aesthetic

[Natt Saro @nattsaro]

@jono31 @zachpogrob 🔥

[Natt Saro @nattsaro]

beautiful

[Martin @martinrue]

The Thai cyberpunk golden hour.

[Sahil Bloom @SahilBloom]

To anyone who said my solo marathon didn’t count. This one was for you. Thank you for that.

Indianapolis Marathon:

- Final Time: 2:48:23
- Average Pace: 6:23
- Negative Split: 1:25/1:23

This one feels particularly good because I had zero expectations coming in.

I landed in Indy at 10pm last night after being on the road Monday to Friday. Ran at 8am. Catching a flight home at 1pm.

Just like we drew it up.

But sometimes, when you remove the weight of those expectations, you show up with a lightness that just can’t be contained.

That’s what I got to do today. And man, I’m grateful I got to experience it.

And to anyone who bet against me, I recommend you reconsider your strategy next time.

🫡

[Natt Saro @nattsaro]

@AlecHndez good stuff big man

[Natt Saro @nattsaro]

@jonnokim Beast

[jonno @jonnokim]

first 20-miler. got greedy at the end and went for sub-3 if that’s a thing 😂

[Natt Saro @nattsaro]

same

[ohnePixel Updates @ohnePixelUpdate]

ohnePixel crashed out on American tipping culture 💀

"When I was in America, buying sunscreen at a pharmacy, I tap my phone, how much you want to gift as a tip, 5%, 10%, 30%, what the fuck, I just bought sunscreen"

[Natt Saro @nattsaro]

@dante_rebelo manga

[Natt Saro @nattsaro]

I have been a One Piece fan since I was 9 years old.

The impact it had on my life is something I could not put into words.

This story about a group of people chasing their own dreams made me realize that I too could chase my own as well.

They were my heroes.

I have so much appreciation for Oda. He sacrificed so much of his own health to bring this masterpiece to life.

He is the definition of obsession.

The depth of One Piece's lore is second to none.

Truly peak fiction.

Thank you Oda sensei.

[David Senra @FoundersPodcast]

A few surprising things I learned from reading about Eiichrio Oda, the creator of One Piece:

1. He slept 3 hours a night for 15 years.

2. He created the most successful manga of all time with more than 600 million copies in circulation.

3. He said he would have missed his parent’s funeral because it conflicted with his work.

4. He is extremely private. He does not allow his face to be photographed and when he appears on video he has a giant fish avatar placed on his head.

5. When he hires a new editor the first thing he says to them is you need to be willing to die for One Piece.

6. His editor said he might someday encounter a writer more talented than Oda but he would never meet anyone who worked harder.

7. He doesn’t want ideas, he wants criticism.

8. He would hand draw entire Disney animated movies to learn how to give his characters emotion.

9. He said he only saw his family once a week because family time was too relaxing.

10. He holds the Guinness World Record for the most copies published for the same comic book series by a single author.

11. He is often described as a maniac due to his unbelievable work ethic and inhuman daily habits.

12. He believes in having the least number of people possible touching the work.

13. He says he gets his best ideas by not sleeping or eating. He says humans can only come up with truly new ideas when they reach their limit.

14. He started working on One Piece when he was 22. He is still working on it at 51.

15. He once spent 12 consecutive hours on the telephone discussing a single story with his editor.

16. He has an extreme tolerance for repetition.

17. Imagination is the organizing force of his entire life.

18. He's a perfectionist who has repeatedly admitted that he cannot make himself work in a more efficient way, even when he desperately wants to.

19. He never finishes before a deadline. He equates using every available minute with giving his maximum effort.

20. He believes it’s impossible to create something great unless you do everything yourself, attend to every detail, and test it exhaustively.

21. He believes the more experience he has the harder it is to create.

22. He was 4 when he decided to be a manga artist. He said he wanted to avoid ever having to get a real job.

23. He creates his work for an audience of exactly one person: himself at 15 years old.

25. He has dedicated his entire adult life to writing a story about freedom and adventure, while accepting an extraordinarily restrictive life in order to create it.

26. To this day he does not feel successful.

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Eiichiro Oda is a relentlessly obsessive creative genius who has devoted nearly every waking hour of his adult life to building one of the most extraordinary fictional universes ever imagined. You don't want to miss this episode:

[Natt Saro @nattsaro]

@vygiapham yes u should catch up!

[David Senra @FoundersPodcast]

A few surprising things I learned from reading about Eiichrio Oda, the creator of One Piece:

1. He slept 3 hours a night for 15 years.

2. He created the most successful manga of all time with more than 600 million copies in circulation.

3. He said he would have missed his parent’s funeral because it conflicted with his work.

4. He is extremely private. He does not allow his face to be photographed and when he appears on video he has a giant fish avatar placed on his head.

5. When he hires a new editor the first thing he says to them is you need to be willing to die for One Piece.

6. His editor said he might someday encounter a writer more talented than Oda but he would never meet anyone who worked harder.

7. He doesn’t want ideas, he wants criticism.

8. He would hand draw entire Disney animated movies to learn how to give his characters emotion.

9. He said he only saw his family once a week because family time was too relaxing.

10. He holds the Guinness World Record for the most copies published for the same comic book series by a single author.

11. He is often described as a maniac due to his unbelievable work ethic and inhuman daily habits.

12. He believes in having the least number of people possible touching the work.

13. He says he gets his best ideas by not sleeping or eating. He says humans can only come up with truly new ideas when they reach their limit.

14. He started working on One Piece when he was 22. He is still working on it at 51.

15. He once spent 12 consecutive hours on the telephone discussing a single story with his editor.

16. He has an extreme tolerance for repetition.

17. Imagination is the organizing force of his entire life.

18. He's a perfectionist who has repeatedly admitted that he cannot make himself work in a more efficient way, even when he desperately wants to.

19. He never finishes before a deadline. He equates using every available minute with giving his maximum effort.

20. He believes it’s impossible to create something great unless you do everything yourself, attend to every detail, and test it exhaustively.

21. He believes the more experience he has the harder it is to create.

22. He was 4 when he decided to be a manga artist. He said he wanted to avoid ever having to get a real job.

23. He creates his work for an audience of exactly one person: himself at 15 years old.

25. He has dedicated his entire adult life to writing a story about freedom and adventure, while accepting an extraordinarily restrictive life in order to create it.

26. To this day he does not feel successful.

--
Eiichiro Oda is a relentlessly obsessive creative genius who has devoted nearly every waking hour of his adult life to building one of the most extraordinary fictional universes ever imagined. You don't want to miss this episode: