The Dumb Idea Paradox. Why great ideas often start out by sounding dumb. Thread 👇
Here’s how to build a company (or really do anything challenging) while being happy: 1/ Realize that if you achieve your goal, you actually won’t be any happier than you are right now. This is easy to say but hard to do. Set a reminder to meditate on this every day.
Here are the main distilled points fom @naval's talk on @joerogan Since this legendary talk deserves a tweet storm on its own, and Naval is a busy man. 1/ Life is short, you have to generalize, see what life has to offer. Specialization is for ants. https://t.co/rabcoh9vKq
1/ If you don’t have product-market fit, your startup is fucked. You probably don’t have it if: You aren’t growing You have high churn Your product is hard to sell Customers don’t seem to care that much Here are some simple steps to find product-market fit
There are people who fix problems and people who complain about problems, and the two sets are remarkably disjoint.
Here’s everything I’ve learned about angel investing in the past 8 years since I made my first one. I’ve invested in Cruise, Ginkgo Bioworks, Razorpay, Bird, and 100 more companies.
New post! Over 30% of Americans now regularly listen to podcasts, and here’s my (with inputs from consumer team and research) 68-page overview + investment analysis on the industry. Thread 👇 https://t.co/ah77Vt5vqD
Doctors won’t make you healthy. Nutritionists won’t make you slim. Teachers won’t make you smart. Gurus won’t make you calm. Mentors won’t make you rich. Trainers won’t make you fit. Ultimately, you have to take responsibility. Save yourself. —@naval https://t.co/3lgp9t2…
Fun game for investment nerds: If you had $1000 to invest in any private or public companies, how would you allocate your capital? Time horizon to return capital is 10 years. Let's hear your strategies.
@tinvaan I would raise maybe $500k, keep the company small for the first year, work closely with users to make something amazing, and otherwise stay off SV's radar. In other words, be the opposite of a scenester.
Consider two frameworks: The Peter Thiel approach + Keith Rabois approach Thiel - pick a niche they can monopolize and expand outwards from there Rabois - go “horizontal” - find trillion dollar markets + build full-stack, vertically integrated solutions. Go big or go home.
One of the trends I'm most excited about is the democratization of b2b technology. Let's discuss. 1/
What are the best blog posts and podcasts to learn about marketplaces?
One trend I’m watching closely is technology that connects people w/ experts Platforms like @BookCameo can start with shoutouts and evolve to answer substantive questions for your business & personal goals Replace executive coaches w/ experts that align to each goal
What’s your biggest questions about getting started with no-code?
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