Here’s a thread of Successful people who started flying in their 30’s. The thought of turning 30 can be scary but it doesn’t have to be.. I hope this inspires you to say no to 30anxiety & take each day as it comes whilst embracing your journey 💕
Thread: “Fake it til you make it” is a key strategy for overcoming the chicken-and-egg problem of starting a new marketplace, popularized by companies like Uber and Yelp. The idea is to bootstrap one side of the marketplace inorganically in order to attract the other side.
Projects that yield great results often wouldn't seem promising to a rational person. Fortunately some people have a compensating irrationality: they're so interested in the project that they'll work on it for its own sake.
🤝 My biggest lessons in how to build your professional network... 1. Build community. There's no better way to improve your reputation in a field than to be the one bringing people together. Offline is key: Host events. Big or small. Conferences, meetups or dinners all work.
1/ We recently celebrated a decade (!) of building Thumbtack so I’m sharing a few of the lessons we’ve learned along the way. Zero to $1B - 8 Lessons Scaling a Startup: https://t.co/BnUIxnVlVZ And for the lazy web, here's some highlights:
I think I’m going to move to actively picking just 7 public stocks that I know will have even better products and more customers in 15 years: @Disney, @amazon, @google, @Apple, @Netflix, @Uber, @Airbnb @tesla & @microsoft come to mind. Who are your top 7-10?
Time for a story, since @gustaf is asking for some stories about talking to users for a YC presentation. This is how Lambda School was born, and it's way less sexy than everyone assumes.
Uber's MVP https://t.co/ubnK9SLdOh
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