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:
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 & w…
A thread on how to market yourself without actually "marketing yourself" 😉👇🏽
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 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:
My uncle ran a small business. He taught me 3 things as a teen that I've never forgotten.
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?
The state of online learning: 1) YouTube will eat the low-end of the market. 2) People will pay 5-15x more for live courses. 3) The three biggest competitive advantages are the personality of a creator, the warmth of the community, and the quality of the student experience.
On Aug. 27, 2003, @stoolpresidente and @barstoolsports released the company’s first newspaper issue. Seventeen years later, Barstool is valued at $450M after Penn National acquired 36% for $163 million in cash/stock in '20. A thread on the media, betting and comedy biz...👇
software is such a cheat code in the game of business. My first company was a restaurant. One of the worst businesses you can start (everyone told me this, but being young, I told them to kick rocks)
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 👇 …
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! https://t.co/VUZ1sXfmfL
A thread of my biggest surprises and takeaways from researching successful early B2B growth strategy Read on 👇
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. 👇
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
How to turn an important spreadsheet into a SaaS business, a thread 👇
1/ The investment management business is turning into the media business, but most investment managers don't realize it.
💡 Startup Ideas💡 How do you find great ideas? How do you evaluate them? • @paulg • @sama • @eriktorenberg • @Austen • @cdixon • @lennysan • @shl 7 thoughts from 7 deep thinkers…
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.. https://t.co/sT4euqhXmv
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.
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