This is how @bijan described his investment thesis in 2014. Solid six years later.↗

What's the best fellowship program or community you've ever been a part of? (Digital or IRL)↗

Giving away your work for free is like compressing a spring that releases when you finally put something up for sale. The longer you do it, the more energy is released. Steve and I compressed the Refactoring UI spring for over two years. It made $1,000,000 in the first month.↗

How did @NotionHQ build a $2B SaaS company that’s at... • 1m+ active users • 20m+ monthly visitors • 40k+ referring domains *just* to their homepage • 5k new subreddit members/mo … in only 4 years? (a thread) 🧵↗

A thread on how real estate investors, developers and operators can make millions a year and pay almost nothing in TAXES by using depreciation, bonus depreciation, and 1031 exchanges. How it works:↗

Really good tips on dev content that could go viral on Hacker News and other sites by @monicalent: x.com/monicalent/sta… As someone who has had more than 10 posts on the HN front page the past year (hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all…) here are some of my observations. A thread.↗

How to turn an important spreadsheet into a SaaS business, a thread 👇↗

Instead of asking "how can I be helpful?" I wrote this doc to send to founders. A founder just told me "every investor should have one of these" – so here it is to copy! notion.so/How-to-use-Sah…↗

🙇🏽‍♀️The Startup-Investor Matching Tool has me working. 😅From Sat to today, I've made 26 intros between investors and founders. 💸Can't wait to hear of more checks written! notion.so/lolitataub/Sta…↗

Last fall I bought a 4-plex in Nampa (a suburb of Boise) to turn into an airbnb with the help of 2 friends. Each unit is ~900 sq ft (2 bed, 1.5 bath). Purchase price: $339,000. We had to pay cash because it was in such poor condition. Here's a thread about how it all went:↗

A thread of my biggest surprises and takeaways from researching successful early B2B growth strategy Read on 👇↗

Diving into some research on all things #community this weekend: - Can brands create their own communities? - How can you curate an online community? - Can you scale intimacy? Let's create a thread! Let me know your thoughts and tag your favorite brand communities below: ⬇️↗

At the turn of the 20th century, in the wake of the Industrial Revolution, agrarian society and cottage industries gave way to urbanization, mass production, and corporate employment. Now, new internet platforms are empowering a shift in work once again.. …↗

If you spend $1000 per month to cover your expenses, you'll need $300,000 ($1,000 * 12 * 25) invested in index funds to live off passive income. To reach this situation within 10 years without debt, you'd need to make at least $42,000 per year. 1/5↗

In 2004 I got the opportunity to work with Jeff Bezos to develop the original Kindle. It was Amazon’s first foray into hardware and I learned a ton from my interactions with Jeff. Here’s some of the stories and lessons that I took away from that experience:↗

My uncle ran a small business. He taught me 3 things as a teen that I've never forgotten.↗

Here is the awesome micro buyout model built by @bschaf12. Make a copy, edit the blue input fields, and let your mind run wild with the possibilities. 💸🤑 docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d…↗

Last week @theSamParr shared Gymshark's financials. They're very impressive, but what stood out the most to me was the £53m cash pile. How could a bootstrapped eComm company w/ rapid growth have this much cash? Answer: a negative cash conversion cycle. Here's how it works 👇↗

Unbundling the university: Education - YouTube, Masterclass Accountability - Lambda Network/Alumni - Village Global, On Deck Credential - Github for X, P2P Flirting w/ Marxism - Read the NYT Dating - Tinder Moving away from parents - Airbnb, Common Friends - Clubhouse, Twitter↗

Firmly believe the most certain path to building a high net worth ($10M plus) is buying a small business at a relatively young age. Here’s a model:↗

A thread on how to market yourself without actually "marketing yourself" 😉👇🏽↗

1/ Analysis of course communities (THREAD) Community is important for premium yet scalable digital experiences. It’s one of the main selling points for premium experiences charging $1,000-$5,000/student vs on-demand courses sold for $50. But it can mean different things...↗

1/ I see a lot of ppl starting education businesses these days, whether they want to or not, and whether they call it that or not Here's the best 4x4 for thinking about the online education landscape I've found so far↗

If 2010 decade was about rise of new/seed VC funds - Felicis, Initialized, Costanoa, Uncork, Freestyle, etc. (too many to list, don't @ me!) - then this forthcoming decade may be about LPs backing individuals w/ huge funds who compete directly w/ traditional VC firms @ A/B stage.↗

What I want to bring to the world in the next decade: - Competitor to the modern university - Kickstarter for ppl - P2P Credentials @Cosign - Idea Markets - Popularize NVC Common thread: I want to democratize how people learn, raise money, and build relationships & reputations.↗

If I ever do moonshot investing it will be 10 years from now backing current @earnestcapital founders after a number of them had their first life-changing exit.↗

The complete enterprise software sales playbook, a comprehensive guide to the expected process when a big co wants to buy your app: [A thread 👇] Email 1: Hello, I have not a single clue what your product does, and I have not read your website - do you have some sort of PDF?↗

Schools should look more like YCombinator. They *get* Project-Based Learning. In this thread, I'll talk about 10 things @ycombinator gets right about the future of childhood education. 👇↗

Let’s talk about High Agency: an attitude I’ve seen in every successful product manager & leader I’ve known. Some ppl are born/raised with High Agency. It can also be developed later in life. High agency is a prerequisite for making a profound impact in one's life & work 1/20↗

If you could bet on 3 stocks for the next 10 years, what would they be?↗