I’ve gotten a lot of bad advice in my career and I see even more of it here on Twitter. Time for a stiff drink and some truth you probably dont want to hear. 👇👇
THREAD: 10 significant lies you're told about the world. On startups, writing, and your career:
How I run my business 2020 was my 10th year as an entrepreneur. Here are some "rules" I try to follow after a decade of stumbling around building my company. (Not rules for all businesses. Just how I choose to run mine.) A thread 👇👇👇
Introducing “Superpowers” - the underlying skills that help you succeed at anything I spent nearly 6 months building this list and almost wrote a book on the subject Instead, I’ve condensed that work into a pithy (and punchy) Twitter thread **Read On**
Before Udemy could succeed, we had to solve a chicken and egg problem. These problems are a constant dilemma for founders. (ie. Funding is needed to scale but scale is needed for funding.) Here's how we bumbled to a solution that kicked off our $3B business. **Read On**
If you make more than $100k per year you should have a Virtual Assistant. If you don't, you're wasting your time on stuff that doesn't matter. Here's the process I've created to find, interview, and manage great VA's after doing this for 5 years:
1) How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Punks: If this comes across your timeline you likely believe that in the future the world will grow more digitized and decentralized. If not I doubt a guy who values MS Paints at over $13,000 per pixel will convince you otherwise.
THREAD: I've been very serious about personal development for 10+ years. But not just reading... I've been putting the principles to work as I've grown and sold my business (7 figure exit) and built a real estate portfolio worth $20MM+. Here are a few of my top takeaways:
What was the single best podcast episode you listened to this year?
I built communities that created 83m new customers in 2020 with this marketing framework I'm curious your thoughts A startup marketing manifesto:
THREAD: My step-by-step guide to writing landing pages
I was just trapped in a snowstorm in a 2-bedroom apartment 72 hours with one of the most powerful venture capitalists in the world. This person (@andrewchen) is a partner at Andreessen Horowitz I asked them how to get rich through angel investing. Here's what they told me...
Here’s how to double conversion on your startup’s homepage. (From rewriting over 1,000 websites.) A thread 👇
Apple & Amazon stock are each up ~300X over the last 20 yrs. Lots of people used and loved those companies' products even in 2001, but how many invested and held for 2 decades? Very few. What companies are like that today? Which public companies have 100x+ potential over 20…
Everyone wants to decouple time from money. The problem? It's an extremely unpredictable way to make a living. For every successful creator, there are thousands who make nothing or almost nothing. So, how do you make the unpredictable, predictable? Here's what I learned:
Things to Tweet When You’re Stuck For Ideas A thread 👇
It’s crazy how few people understand basic startup equity but are faced with major career decisions based on these concepts.
I've built online communities since I was 14, and have interviewed 100's of successful community builders and founders. Here's what I've learned about building great communities: 🧵
😃 I'm excited to announce @reforge has raised $21M from @andrewchen and @illscience at @a16z along with a group of product, eng, marketing, data, and design leaders... Full Story -> https://t.co/yR6ujiG9UP 🧵 On where we've been and what is next 👇
How to build an audience using a content flywheel (how people like @SahilBloom, @JamesClear and @jackbutcher build massive attention & audiences) 👇 👇 👇
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