The Second Law of Thermodynamics states that all closed systems tend to
maximize #entropy. Just like our universe, all markets also tend to gets more
chaotic over time. Entropy in business sense is nothing but #decentralization of
markets
https://t.co/lZoLFCVakK (1/6)
@suekhim Tried a lot of products w AI features on top of existing online educational app; the best part is that it makes it interactive and personalised, however it still doesn't solve the issue around someone who needs to be there next to her to navigate the problem/ explanation/ test.
This model isn’t theory — it’s delivered $100M+ real dollars in impact.
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Most corporate venture arms fail.
Here’s how we’ve built a model at TELUS Global Ventures where 90% of our portfolio companies have commercial deals that drive $100M+ P&L impact and what founders + investors can learn from it: 🧵
Align middle-manager incentives.
Innovation dies when priorities compete.
We tie RSUs directly to venture commercialization metrics → skin in the game = faster scaling.
5/7 In the general case, if x is the fraction of the company you're giving up, the deal is good if it makes the company worth more than 1/(1 - x). For more details, read ahead: https://t.co/2CJnXi6lI6
During an AMA session a couple of days ago, one of the founders asked me a pertinent question - "How do founders handle valuation conversations with investors?" A thread...
4/7 Therefore, the original question becomes "What % of my company would I trade that makes it worthwhile for me to partner with this VC?" The answer theoretically would be: You should give up x% of your company if what you trade it for improves your average "outcome" enough.
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🏃Is there something I have to work hard at to get right, something that I want to get right because I care enough about it, no matter how much time and practice it takes?
✍️What kind of activities do i continue to out of interest, not because it makes it to my “To Do” list?
"Rather than finding the thing that you can imagine yourself becoming, find the thing that you simply cannot imagine yourself Not becoming"
‘Follow your #passion and #success will follow’ - seems inaccurate path to me for a large section of working class people I know (1/n)
Questions like these are then quite helpful in deciding what to pursue:
🧐What kind of work do I find myself coming back to again and again, even when I don’t succeed right away?
🥳What activities was I already doing as a child that I still like to do now?