Most people suck at storytelling. Here’s an easy trick for telling better stories:
Something I taught 9 yo: Even if the stuff you're learning in your classes is just mindless memorization, it's still worth getting good grades, because good grades get you sorted with smarter people, and being around smart people is genuinely worthwhile.
1/ The future of NFTs. 🧵
I've been investing in crypto for the last 6 years and angels frequently ask me how to evaluate projects. Here are the steps I generally recommend in running a diligence process for an early-stage crypto investment. *disclaimer: these are my personal views*
Build your company the way you want, because the day you burn out, it burns down.
Today, I'll cross $2M in income in 2.5 years as a creator. All 6 revenue streams are managed using systems. Here are my 9 "must-have" systems for creators. [🧵 thread}
Saturday was my 15 year anniversary @sequoia... one of the things I love about Sequoia is getting to learn new things from amazing people, so here are 15 lessons from 15 people over 15 years... hope you enjoy!
Something I taught 13 yo: Making important decisions without consulting anyone else is not a sign of strength or intelligence. In fact rather the opposite.
most people's writing is boring, or too complicated. here's 7 things that will make you a better writer. Let's start with the most non-obvious tip:
Online courses are money-makers. But contrary to what you've been told, selling them isn't complicated. THREAD: An 8-step system to more online course sales. 🧵
Valuation matters far, far less than the decision of whether to invest or not. The spread between bargain and outrageous startup valuations can't be more than 5x, in a world where the best investments can return 1000x.
Just hit 200,000 followers. Here's my 13-step Twitter growth playbook:
@netflix DON'T MESS THIS UP! You have one of the most unique opportunities to execute monetization on a global content platform ever. DON'T TAKE A GENERIC ADS APPROACH!!! My brain on how to think about ads from a customer and product first approach on Netflix. ... 🧵
It’s time for the Marketplace 100: 2022 edition, by @a16z + @future! 🎉 For the third year in a row, we ranked the largest consumer marketplace startups by GMV and traffic. Here's what we found ⬇️ https://t.co/1jMtbSoAXN https://t.co/gRWLZiWHpY
Ok I'll bite Here are the first ~20 investor updates we sent at @teachable from inception to $1M+ in ARR Reading them again fills me with nostalgia and infinite amounts of cringe but hope they help someone out there!
Request for (AI) Startups A 2022 list of AI-related startup ideas (I would use or see myself working on if I had the time)🧵
The Creator Funnel 101 The concept of the "creator funnel" is critical to understanding audience growth, networking, and monetization. But what is it and how does it work? Here’s The Creator Funnel 101 🧵
It is 100% impossible to know everything about programming. Nobody knows every programming language, every single method that's out there, every library and framework, or the perfect solution to every problem. Don't worry about learning everything.
Experimenting with #midjourney feedback loops (inspired by @jeromeherrcc). 1. Text prompt to generate a clean subject and palette: https://t.co/tuArapqWHD
signed some new team members, since we're small we basically grew 10% today 😂💪
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