This tweet hasn't sat well with me. It could be discouraging and, frankly, comes off as condescending. Sorry. I'm a pro at struggling with pride and need to do better. What does a good cold email looks like? I decided to break down my now friend @david_perell's pitch from 2017..↗

When buying a business, you want actual cash flows to tie to the reported financials of the company. If the actual flows of cash differ materially from the reported numbers, you'll want to dig in. One exercise to evaluate this uses a tool called a 'cash proof template'↗

What's your favorite Charlie Munger quote?↗

Checklist for online writing: • Remove every unnecessary word • Focus on clarity, not cleverness • If a sentence bores your reader, delete it • Make your reader smarter • Treat every word like it’s on trial for its life • Write like you’re talking to a friend at a bar↗

There aren’t many things that don’t scale when you charge money for them.↗

My favourite criticism of @Superhuman. "Ah but high touch onboarding is not scalable". Really? Each rep can do 40 onboardings per week, dropping $14,400 in ARR. With 4 weeks holiday p.a that is $691,200. $691,200 x 150 reps = $103.6M ARR. I rest my case. Scalable.↗

What is the best online course you have ever taken?↗

Steve Jobs on consulting profession :↗

2000 customers @ $39/month is almost $1M/year. If your software can handle 2000 customers, you can worry about scalability once the $1M/year is flowing in. Scalability doesn’t get you cutomers. First have customers, then worry about scalability. The order matters.↗

A new online education revolution is happening. I've been taking dozens of online courses recently that are 10x better than what was possible in 2008 when we started @udemy. Educators, Influencers, Bootstrappers and Startups: A thread about the future: *Read On*↗

Work styles are going to completely change for the vast majority of companies in the coming months. This will be a period of rapid innovation in enterprise software, and spell the end of many legacy approaches to IT.↗

If you missed the “How Basecamp uses Basecamp” livestream, here’s the recording: pscp.tv/w/1OyKAYOreqgKb. We start a new account and then take you on a tour of our *actual* account to show you how we work day-to-day. A bit under 2 hours. Watch —> pscp.tv/w/1OyKAYOreqgKb↗

My #1 Zoom pro-tip if you use Google Calendar: Run this command in your terminal to restore the “Always open links of this type” checkbox in Chrome (see screenshot) defaults write com.google.Chrome ExternalProtocolDialogShowAlwaysOpenCheckbox -bool true Restart Chrome 🚀↗

Actionable advice to startups from Sequoia in 2008: embrace ruthless pragmatism, pivot your biz model fast, experiment and iterate your product at hyper speed b/c your livelihood depends on it.↗

Schools are moving online. Here are 10 ways online education is better than the traditional model, especially for kids. 1. Ship Fast, Ship Often: Traditional school is too passive. Students learn best when they make things. The more students create, the faster they’ll learn.↗

Deep Dive into education: - Current problems in k-12 & higher ed - Future of k-12 & higher ed - 3 waves of ed-tech - Opportunities for startups in the space, including homeschool, credentialing, unbundling & rebundling the university, and more Thread👇↗

Schools are closing. Thousands of teachers will be teaching online for the first time in their lives, and students deserve to keep learning. Here’s my advice to teachers. 1. Bring extra energy: You need extra energy when you’re teaching online. Turn up your energy by 50%.↗

since everybody (who's responsible) is canceling in-person events & subsequently The Vibe is all about making shit *virtual* i thought i'd talk a little bit about how @thomasfuchs, @alexhillman and i ran full- and even MULTI-day live workshops 100% online since 2010 THREAD↗

Let’s face it, our education system is obsolete. It’s outdated. It’s outrageous. It’s broken. New and bold alternatives are already being tested out there. My bet? Online education will have a groundbreaking impact in the way future generations learn. Here's why👇↗

Before landing on the Tailwind UI preview experience you currently see when you go to the site, we almost took a more traditional marketing site approach. We still think the current direction is better but it felt like a shame to not show off this site I spent 2 days designing 😅↗

Founders: what's in your pitch deck? Here are my must-haves: ✨Vision 💵Market size ☹️Problem 😊Solution 🏰Competition/differentiation moat 📝Go-to-market/business model 📈Traction/financials 🗺Roadmap/milestones to achieve 👛Fundraise/use of funds 👩🏽‍🎤Team/advisors/investo…↗

Favorite takeaways & quotes from Chris Dixon interviews👇 "What the smartest people do on the weekend is what everyone else will do during the week in 10 yrs" "If you want to bet against that...you're betting against a lot of smart people...I'll take the other side of that bet"↗

1/ The amount of great content coming out these days for founders, managers, and employees is incredible. Tons of 10+ and even 100+ page detailed tactical manuals, interactive guides, curated content databases, you name it. A few notable examples:↗

How I automate my life, including these money rules On my Instagram story right now↗

Unbundling the university: - liberal arts - technical education - summer camp - dating market - sports - co-living - salons - hedge fund - 4 year vacation - flirting w/ marxism - coming of age - alumni network - credential - prestige - insurance policy - identity - coming of age↗

I’m biased but @udemy is a true underdog story + thought I’d share details we’ve never shared before. ICYMI, we announced a $50M raise at $2B valuation. Udemy almost died at least 5x. We got rejected by everyone in the Valley. Startups are never a straight line. *Read on*↗

We launched subscriptions for @Ghost at the end of last year and a fun side effect is that it's actually really amazing for just starting *any* recurring revenue business. Created and shipped a brand new SaaS product in 4 hours using it: valet.ghost.org↗

8. The future of education does not look like you think it does. It looks like Y-Combinator. Here’s why: • Respected credential • Teams of peers and mentors • Participants learn by doing • Attracts a global pool of talent • The organization competes for top talent.↗

Education is broken. Here is what the future of education will look like: 1. Teaching will become an extremely lucrative profession. Salaries will follow a power law. The best teachers will make millions of dollars per year and teach thousands of students per year.↗

There are countless startup book lists on the internet 🌐 I wanted to know what were the most recommended startup books ever 🏆 So I've compiled more than 4000 recommendations from 208 lists and came up with with this top 25 most recommended startup books of all-time📕 THREAD↗