Metamask is not the only wallet provider that is storing your IP address and linking it to all you addresses, they are just the first to be transparent about it! It’s common practice and many others have been doing it for years. Please use a VPN. Please.
Twitter experienced slight degradation of service today from an old 3rd party tool used to block accounts that had no rate limit (sigh). Should be fixed now.
Time for DeFi to grow some backbone and fight back instead of just blocking ETH addresses. Unelected bureaucrats blacklisting citizens without cause or due process is unconstitutional, illegal, and incompatible with any free society. If we don’t stop it here it just gets worse.
Six reasons to become a software developer: 1. You will always be learning 2. It helps a lot with problem-solving overall 3. There is a huge demand 4. It boosts your creativity 5. The salary is great 6. Remote work is on the rise
I'm thinking of coding up a bot that catches Twitter spam bots. Seems like a fun & challenging problem to solve.
Elevators seem convenient, but when there's a fire in a skyscraper we bolt for the emergency stairs Your payments app seems convenient, but when the banking sector is on fire we bolt for the cash system A stairless society is a bad idea. So is a cashless one
The premature passing of Nikolai Mushegian is a very sad day for Crypto. * Founded MakerDAO * Discovered the reentrancy attack before The DAO and whitehatted Maker to prevent a hack * Developed WETH * Founded Balancer * Donated 1.4M to Carnegie Mellon for DeFi research
Wen new article: 23:00 GMT Thur 16 June Title: Floaters Topic: As I row down the #Crypto River Styx, what bodies of businesses and hedge funds do I encounter? How can we find value in the valley of death? Wen bottom: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
LIBERALS made Elon Musk a rich man buying Teslas. Elon now cleaning house at Twitter with Liberals money. There must be a GOD. Thank you liberals and Elon. Best of luck to Twitter employees losing their jobs. That’s capitalism vs communism. Freedom of speech is being restored.
Top 5 projects I recommend to make when you are trying to get your first job in tech as a developer, with explanations:
InVision announced last week they are laying off 50% of their team (400+ people). They definitely made missteps as a company. But from the outside it seems like Figma completely ate their lunch. What made Figma so successful?
A reminder: CBDCs are NOT about innovation. They're about governments having absolute control over every transaction in the economy.
No matter how much time you spend on crypto twitter, you will miss this movement and the next great era of companies if you aren’t focused on how DeFi is banking the unbanked, DAOs are changing activism and business formation, and NFTs are liberating creators.
Andrew Tate has now been permanently banned from Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok. That's 5 million followers gone virtually overnight.
What is the shortest programming language? HTML. Because it doesn't have a neck between its <head> & <body>
You may be surprised how much incompetence there is, even at high levels
need David Attenborough to narrate crypto twitter today
figma just added search functionality which means i finally have an easy way to search for Rectangle 491 Copy
Ghislaine Maxwell got 20 years for child sex trafficing. While Ross Ulbricht got life for hosting a website. #FreeRoss
The last two years taught us that literally anything can happen in the future
If you don’t own any NFTs, you’re not qualified to consult on them.
Optional royalties, staking, etc. #NFTs are moving further away from unique digital assets and closer and closer to just shitcoins with a JPEG attached. The financial trading aspects of #NFTs are making them more fungible by the day. Go too far and we risk losing our identity.
Developing software is crazy... 1. You write code to solve a problem 2. You write code to test your code that solves the problem 3. You write code to deploy your code 4. You write code to test that your deployment works 5. You write code to monitor your solution ...
I spent ~20,000+ hours programming in Emacs. I finally decided to switch to VSCode. It feels like saying goodbye to an old friend. It's good to always be evolving, always willing to let go of the comfortable old way to discover a better new way.
Community is the most valuable currency of the new internet
At Xbox, we remain committed to our employees to ensure equal access to healthcare. We will continue to do everything we can under the law to support our employees and enrolled dependents in accessing critical healthcare.
$8 this, free speech that How about Elon and AOC smash already
In 2017, we thought 20k was crazy high, today we think 20k is painfully low. The industry is growing.
It looks like The Guardian is hoping that Elon will do for their subscriber numbers what Trump did for the New York Times's.
Regular reminder: all 5000+ of my instagram accounts are fake profiles and have nothing to do with me. Anything you see "Vitalik Buterin" (or "Bütеirn" or whatever) posting on instagram is a scam.
A CALL TO NFT INFLUENCERS: You can be active in creating a positive space that favors long term thinking, supports newcomers and builders, and shares knowledge, or you can be complicit in letting gambling and shaming take over. If you believe we can do better, let’s get to work.
Well, OpenSea still thinks we have NFTs, so that is a good start
2 main goals this year: - Starship to orbit - FSD wide release Many other things, of course, but those are the 2 giant kahunas. Will require insane work by many super talented people, but, if anyone can do it, they can. It is an honor to work with such awesome human beings.
The price of a blue check mark used to be the cost of a degree from an elite liberal arts college where you became drinking buddies with someone who went on to work at Twitter and who you could call on for a favor. Now it’s $8. People should be celebrating.
In 2017, we thought 20k was crazy high, today we think 20k is painfully low. The industry is growing.
The Merge isn’t about moving to POS. It’s the excuse to tweak the ETH supply and economics (tRiPLe HaLviNg) to trigger one more rally before the insiders dump (lol no withdraw for stakers) one last time. These guys would make even the most manipulative central banker blush.
Tesla team just completed a 500 mile drive with a Tesla Semi weighing in at 81,000 lbs!
Web2 world rewarded you for building walled gardens, retaining & extracting maximum value from your users Web3 will reward you for empowering & enabling freedom for end users This will happen everywhere, Gaming, commerce, Loyalty, marketplaces you name it! Let’s keep building!
Writing down a seed phrase isn't bad UX. Having your money frozen on Celsius is bad UX. Wondering if your money is safe in BlockFi is bad UX. Self custody will get easier. We're working on it. But until it does, you should learn to manage your own keys. No shortcuts. Learn.
My neighbor is looking for a React engineer for a full time role - 130-135k base, 3-4 years experience, open to US/Canada/Europe. DM me your resume and I will pass it onto him!
FTX failed because it was regulated by governments not by code. DeFi didn’t fail because it was already regulated by code. Code is regulation.
How to get started with FRONT-END DEVELOPMENT? Learn: 1. HTML (2 Weeks) 2. CSS (2 Week) 3. JavaScript (4 Weeks) 4. Tailwind (3 Weeks) 5. React/Svelte (3 Weeks) Do projects: 1. Todo List 2. Chat App 3. Quiz game If you dedicate 2-3 hrs every day, you will get good at it.
Tech should serve user needs. It should not serve its own needs. Even if you have a CS PhD, you should design systems not just for the sake of system design, but with user needs in mind.
#OpTicTexas #OpTicVALORANT #OpTicHalo #OpTicAPEX #OpTicRocketLeague What's next?
My SFPD story: My house was robbed while we were sleeping. Guy cleaned out every thing valuable from the ground floor including family heirloom. Call cops, they show up 2 hours later. Give them clear picture of guy’s face and am able to track one Apple device in real time…
CBDCs are not #Bitcoin. One promotes surveillance, one promotes freedom. They are not the same.
I am staying on Twitter but am also trying out Mastodon. You can find me at @WarInTheFuture@mstdn.social
It feels like the iPhone has hit the point of diminishing return. It's all software from here.
Let the Internet be free #SaveShwetabhGangwar Resolve issues over a phone call - not over a court call
Fuck you" moments in Sonic Frontiers: S rank 1-2 Talk to elder Koco 198 times to max your stats Get 5 million points in pinball
TR3NDING: The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has named Ethereum's transition to Proof-of-Stake (PoS) as a top technological breakthrough of 2022.
Data structures and algorithms are important for any software developer. Sometimes loved, more often dreaded, but at the core of our craft. Here is an introduction to the most important data structures, including learning resources:
Tweeps are just hanging out in Slack saying nice things to each other until their access is cut off. I’ve never seen anything like it. Some really incredible people leaving Twitter tonight. We are all worse off without them there
An Internet news outlet is asking a lot of people I know, and some I don't, what I've been up to lately. Lord knows what they'll ultimately publish, so I thought I'd just write this instead. -->
Now that I've had some time to reflect on the last 48 hours, I'd like to say a few things. First, the backbone of Cardano as a useful protocol is the SPO community. It's been a rough road for everyone over the last few years given that the infrastructure needs and experiences (1/
10 chrome extensions so useful that you will install them right away:
These 7 frameworks took me 1000 hours and 5 years of mistakes to learn. I'll teach them to you in 5 minutes:
Discord is not the be all and end all For a while it sure seemed like any successful project *needed* to have a Discord server I believe we're seeing the beginning of the end of those days As we continue towards mainstream adoption, Discord will become less relevant imo
8 Chrome extensions that will make you smarter (install them right away):
Starlink V2, launching next year, will transmit direct to mobile phones, eliminating dead zones worldwide
we're on the road to an Internet of Value which will totally upend how money moves between countries The #nterledger model using IP-like protocols paves the way in my view //www.thebanker.com/Editor-s-Blog/Solving-for-CBDC-interoperability-in-cross-border-payments
Btw, I’d like to apologize for Twitter being super slow in many countries. App is doing >1000 poorly batched RPCs just to render a home timeline!
we have now given dall-e 2 access to 100,000 users. next goal: 1 million. our team worked incredibly hard to make this happen; thank you!
nice to see new collectors in the meme cards. please note: ✅ the goal is spreading the message of decentralization. the cards are CC0. please do things with them. ✅ don't fomo & don't overextend yourselves. fun only, no stress ✅ this is a marathon, not a sprint.
Thousands of compromised Solana wallets are a good reminder of the importance of cold storage for savings. If your keys never touch the internet, it is significantly harder to compromise them. Generate keys using well reviewed open source tools. Store them offline. Sleep easy.
i like my altcoins to have pictures attached its also pretty cool when they convey rights and provide membership & access, like to a country club and do anything else that can be programmed into code it's almost like they aren't altcoins at all, but something different.. NFTs
so many epic #nft people executing, publicly here on twitter and discord BUT MANY MORE OFFLINE too ... a lot of great things will be built during this time ..proud of many
During the mass adoption of the www, no one cared about what a "HTTP" was, they just cared about visiting websites. User experience above all. Awareness of "NFTs" (the tech) should never be the goal for adoption. The experience is what wins in the long run.
“I really like that I was never treated as 'just an intern', I was given meaningful and challenging projects from day one, and was never left behind when it came to attending fun work events and even traveling to other countries.” - Miguel, #Binance Intern
Something I have to explain to founders over and over (and which must therefore be counterintuitive): You don't have to convince investors that you're guaranteed to be huge, just that it's a sufficiently good bet.
You aren't an entrepreneur if you aren't buying domain names you don't need
I've now met several companies with 20 years' runway, because they raised giant rounds when valuations were crazy a year ago, but haven't hired much. Never saw that before.
Calendly reached $70M in revenue on a $550k seed round Crypto projects do the same thing but with the numbers flipped
For those who may not understand the upset over Adam's $350M funding news, lemme break it down... 1/7
Thought experiment : What would happen if government of a country gave brightest students seed capital post college to startup instead of them taking up jobs?
The startup graveyard is filled with too many great products without sales and marketing. Please don't be that founder.
Yo, being a founder is hard! Pat yourself on the back for pushing through another week!
One reason it's so hard for founders to successfully hand their companies off to professional CEOs is that running a company ends up being like driving a janky old tractor that works great as long as you subconsciously know a hundred weird esoteric things about how to drive it.
Launching a free-to-mint project today It's pretty cool... Reply to this tweet if you want access
Friend reminder it's a great time to invest in yourself and build a startup.
Your startup will never be perfect and that's okay because your main job as a founder is to just improve a little every day.
the L1 attention cycle works like this: - VCs get in on early rounds - VCs help pump "faster/cheaper/better" L1 narratives - VCs invest in supporting app ecosystem - retail shows interest and buys - FTX lists perps - unlocked holders short and dump "to zero" - rinse & repeat
My resume as a 1st time startup founder... - Zero work experience - Zero sales experience - Zero marketing experience - Zero product experience - Zero leadership experience - Tons of grit and motivation Please go for it because the only way to really learn is to really start.
Consistency wins so please do more of the boring stuff that’s already working great at your startup and compound.
I hope that above all else, we learn how our unrealistic expectations hurt promising projects and teams this cycle. Numbers can’t go up forever, great things take time, and people are allowed to make mistakes. Next cycle this space will need your help to teach the newcomers.
Being CEO of a startup is so hard and lonely. One day you're on cloud 9 and the next day you're losing your shit over nothing. Shout out to all the crazy ones that choose this path and have learned to love the ride.
One of the things a good investor can do for a startup is tell them which kind of messes are dangerous. Startups are often a mess in some respect early on. Sometimes these situations foretell disaster and other times they're harmless. Good investors can tell you which is which.
The hardest people for founders to hire are so called C-level executives, because these people are the best fakers in the world.
A core skill of entrepreneurship is being able to say the same thing over and over again, without losing enthusiasm.
Idk who needs this but I’ve seen a few startups fail because of founder burn out. I haven’t seen any startups fail because a founder took a Sunday off.
The best times at startups is when your team has zero drama, everyone is aligned, executing, and rowing together in the right direction while laughing.
i always thought it would be exciting to be an entrepreneur during the industrial revolution but we’re actually living in the thru the internet revolution right now, and that’s even better. we are all making history rn.
Entrepreneurs are just built different and put in late hours, weekends, whatever it takes to get a startup off the ground. For the love of building.
Big part of of being a startup founder is just saying “we’re just getting started” over and over and over until you IPO or go bankrupt.
Entrepreneurship and startups is not for everyone and thats okay. For those that do go down the path, it’s often the most rewarding and personally fulfilling thing you can do. So if you have a dream please go after it because fear of regret is much heavier than fear of failure.
A lot of startups are going to regret disclosing their past VC valuations.
Startups are hard for everyone and pretty much all founders are figuring it out as they go so please just stay in the game and keep going.
One of the most interesting things I've learned from talking to YC founders from other countries is the degree to which the internet has spread knowledge. People now learn about startups even in places that have zero startup infrastructure. That's a big change from 20 years ago.
Friendly reminder you don’t need to build a billion dollar startup to be successful because if you’re happy and able to pay your bills you’ve won.
It's not easy but bootstrapping a profitable startup to a life changing acquisition is the new definition of the American dream in my opinion.
Building a startup is way less glamorous than it seems and so much more work than it seems.
Scaling bad unit economics, hiring quickly and badly, listening to investors, raising too much money, and not really understanding our users." — a founder's list of the mistakes he made in his previous startup
Certain investors can disproportionately access capital for their companies by virtue of their relationships, track record, brand and effort. To have one involved in your company is a real positive. To have an entire syndicate of these investors involved in your co is invaluable.
Twitter stock is up 13% today on news Elon Musk will buy the company for the 420th time.
It's really easy to copy features but really hard to copy a startup's brand.
A marginal but growing market ignored by incumbents is like a crack in the sidewalk, and a startup is like a seed. The crack gives the seed a place to germinate. At first it's just a little shoot, but if it keeps growing it will eventually push the sidewalk apart.
When you describe what your startup does, describe it in the most matter of fact way possible. Professional investors hate having to decode marketing-speak. Describing your startup in grandiose terms is the mark of a noob.
Everyone suddenly wants to invest in you and be your friend after you already succeeded.
If you’re an entrepreneur, stop overpromising. Underpromise then overdeliver.
You don't start a startup to get rich and famous. You start a startup to make this world a better place.
Calendly reached $70M in revenue on a $550k seed round Crypto projects do the same thing but with the numbers flipped
These 10 free websites literally save me hours of time and thousands of dollars in my startup. The unfair advantage is so big, it almost feels criminal ↓
If your startup isn't being copied that's usually a bad thing.
Every startup founder makes mistakes along the way but the difference between successful ones is they learn and just keep going.
Customer feedback is a gift for startups so please treat it as such.
South Korean VC firm Hashed confirms that they lost $3 billion in LUNA's collapse
As long as young startup founders keep choosing the SF Bay Area, the rest of the industry has no choice but to follow.
Entrepreneurs are just problem solvers who figured out how to monetize it
Invest in you. It’s going to be the best bet of your life.
The reality for startup founders is you’ll be working way more for less pay with way more stress for years and for the crazy ones it's still worth it.
#Hedera does not have any exposure to Genesis Global Capital.
Just saw one of the best data room setups I've seen in a bit for a seed round. + Articles of Inc / EIN + Pro-Forma Cap Table (w/ investment amounts, dates, ownership) + SAFE note + Vesting schedule info --- + Fundraising Deck + Strategy Deck + TAM Deck ----
One fatal mistake startups make is executing too fast in the wrong direction. Nail it before you scale it.
When you succeed as an entrepreneur please pay it forward to other founders. This is what makes the startup ecosystem is so special.
In the beginning most startup founders did not know how to: 1. validate ideas 2. hire people 3. build product 4. marketing 5. delegation 6. sales 7. how to scale 8. support The list is endless. Experience is not required to an be entrepreneur but constantly learning is.
As long as young startup founders keep choosing the SF Bay Area, the rest of the industry has no choice but to follow.
1. Over the last few weeks, I’ve been speaking with leading private / public market investors, to get a sense of how they’re thinking about valuing growth stage or public companies. Three clear themes emerged:primacy of FCF margins, flight to quality, and muted revenue multiples.
VC: Can you send me 5 years of financial projections for your startup? Founder: Sure, can you send me 5 years of financial projections for the $300M you spent on web3 investments last year? VC: ... Founder: ... VC: Oh shoot, you know what? I have a hard stop at 11:17am.
Art Gobblers: We’ve seen this movie before, we both know how it ends.
Top 5 mistakes I think founders make: 1. Prioritizing investors over customers 2. Prioritizing marketing over product 3. Outsourcing the key technology 4. Hiring for personality instead of skill 5. Measuring success in words not numbers
At a certain price point pfp communities become poisoned. When your only prospective buyers are VCs and wealthy boomers the memes begin to degrade, the vibes are lost, and the focus is only on number go up. Sub 20e floor price communities are much stronger than 100e floor ones.
One of the most important skills for entrepreneurs and startup founders is being able to lose, fail, and still bounce back smiling with lessons learned.
Much of Silicon Valley is the reshuffling of uninspired, unremarkable individuals with one Great Brand on their resume, being recycled through tens of other Aspiring Great Brands. Do not outsource your talent evaluation to Brand identification, otherwise your company will suck.
A startup becomes a big company when majority of the team is risk averse.
If you’re building a startup to create wealth don’t raise venture capital. You don’t need a billion dollars. Selling a bootstrapped company for $1M-$10M is such a more realistic goal and will change your life forever. Unless you need that private jet.
I’ve made a ton of startup mistakes. I’ve hired people that didn’t work out. I’ve had marketing campaigns flop. I’ve done a live webinar with no audio. I’ve made features no one wanted. I’ve burned myself out many times. Mistakes and failure is how you learn.
If you increase how much your startup spends, it bites you in two ways. You now have to hit a higher target to be profitable, *and you have less runway to do it in.* I've seen so many startups burnt by this.
A classic Silicon Valley move will be to bring a woman in to be CEO of the smoking pile of rubble in 3 months.
Uniswap Labs is putting together a $100M to $200M funding round at a $1 billion valuation - TechCrunch
Dall-E: will replace designers Copilot: will replace engineers OpenAI: will replace copywriters Product Managers are safe because AI can’t sit poolside drinking margaritas while giving thumbs up emojis in Slack yet.
Them: Can you change the text of this button? Me: Sure it'll just take a couple minutes Them: Actually, can you A/B test the changes? We want to be data-driven. Me: I'll need a data analyst, 2 vendor integrations, 2 sprints, and about 500% more visitors than we have today
I'm looking for product designers to come and work with me! — contract and full-time are both fair game — experience w product design systems is ideal — solid figma chops are important — all positions fully remote RTs appreciated :) apply here ↓
Making it isn't a number Making it means you don't have to wake up every day and do something you don't really want to do with your time.
The IKEA Marriage Test Before you marry someone, go to IKEA together and a buy a piece of furniture. Bring it home and build it. If you can successfully navigate that entire process without wanting to kill each other, you’re ready to get married.
“If you’re not a solving a real problem, you can’t start a revolution” - Tony Fadell
Entire competitive community is one shot no stim right now. No updates, no communication, nothing. Game is literally unplayable.
7 Keys to a Productive Life 1. Wake up early 2. Limit interruptions 3. Make a little progress daily 4. Say no (a lot) 5. Learn from your mistakes 6. Get up when you fall/fail 7. Don't waste time on envy
7 Keys to a Productive Life 1. Wake up early 2. Limit interruptions 3. Make a little progress daily 4. Say no (a lot) 5. Learn from your mistakes 6. Get up when you fall/fail 7. Don't waste time on envy
If you are hiring for a Community role, please share. My Community colleagues at Shopify were unfortunately laid off this morning and would greatly appreciate your support.
Are you a glass half full, or glass half empty kind of person?" Engineer: "it is the same amount of water" Designer: "what shape is the glass?" Marketer: "half full" Product Manager: "as long as we can get a refill I'm good...ship it
biggest indicator of a mid company is spending tons of energy on things other than making their core product/service better
Your customers’ feedback about what’s most painful & frustrating about your product is typically a lot more trustworthy than their take on what new features you should build.
Most Banks can build incredibly better products with a small teams of 15-20 engineers, 1-2 product managers and 1-2 product designers. Instead they put a team together of 15-20 MBAs, 2 Consultants, 3 Digital Agencies and 6 VPs of Digital Innovation.
“Build = Make Back = Again Better” = Great -WEF ≠ America Odd that.
Startup founders please focus more on sales and marketing than product strategy in the beginning. It'll save you so much pain and dramatically increase your odds of success. Paying customers are fuel.
Us wanting to look out for our own specific (FBA/FREEDMAN/ADOS/AFRICAN AMERICAN) ethnic group doesn’t mean that we HATE any other group within the diaspora. I still have African, Caribbean, & Hispanic friends. Anybody pushing my lineage as a hate group is the problem.
Question for Engineers & Eng leaders: What do you wish Product Managers or PM leaders understood better about engineering?
Sharing a brief memo I wrote for a founder in response to this question: What is product management? Product management is the art, science, and practice of making successful products and making products successful. (1/12)
biggest indicator of a mid company is spending tons of energy on things other than making their core product/service better
When hiring PMs, know what tends to be Coachable, Learnable & Intrinsic. Coachable: Tactics Process Critical thinking Communication Domain knowledge Learnable: Cognitive empathy High agency Deep focus Judgment Creativity Intrinsic: Drive Integrity Curiosity Deep care Ownership
I don't know how to buidl" Sure, nobody does at first. Start small. Do a small side project over a year or two. Learn about marketing, cashflow, delivering something. And then go from there
Things that don’t exist: • “Zero to one” product manager • Viral content marketer • Full stack engineer • Designer who can prototype If you find one, don’t fuck it up because they can start their own company. They don’t actually need you.
The 5 types of products people buy: 1. This solves my pain 2. This connects me to community 3. This makes my life easier 4. This feels luxurious 5. This will make me more money That's it.
Figma was acquired today for $20b by Adobe during a recession It's today's reminder that if you build a product for a community that they love, you can make billions even during difficult economic times Inspirational.
If you don’t love the product, and you don’t love the team, you won’t go the distance.
The number one challenge for projects isn’t minting out It’s getting into the hands of the right people
An observation about PMs who get promoted quickly early on: They consistently turn high ambiguity into clarity, clarity to alignment, alignment to plans, and plans to shipped product. No matter what problem you give them, they surprise you with their ingenuity & energetic action
When we focus on the competition, we become reactive. When we focus on improving ourselves, we become innovative.
The best products don’t have the best features. They tell the best stories. Here’s a lesson on storytelling to grow your business or startup:
Question for Engineers & Eng leaders: What do you wish Product Managers or PM leaders understood better about engineering?
Build products people use. Fix issues. Help people where you can.
Gonna add a “custom fren” item to the store. Let me know what traits you want on your custom fren on a submission form and I’ll custom draw it for you. Will probably roll out next week. - mason
execution + luck + product expansion = TSLA > apple + saudi aramco.
Startup pitches these days, 'We want to build an ecosystem!' Before ecosystem, build a platform. Before platform, built a product. Before product, build 2-3 core features. Before features, build a MVP. Before MVP, talk to a few users / customers.
How to productize yourself (so you can do what you love):
Super fired up for future product development with our awesome Tesla team! Such an honor to work with them.
I'm building an app that helps you make new friends as an adult. No sex stuff, just friends that want to hang out.
I’ve seen “community designers” turn a cute product into a cult product worth $200,000,000+ Community designers are the new marketers 10 tweets about community design to 10x your business:
Crazy to me when people don't pursue a good idea they had b/c "it already exists" when they Google it. Homie -- it doesn't matter. There is no such thing as a unique idea. It's your execution that's unique that causes your version of the idea to feel different from others.
Companies can easily copy your product but they can't easily copy your startup's customer experience.
To make continuous improvements, here's a concept you must understand:
The IKEA Marriage Test Before you marry someone, go to IKEA together and a buy a piece of furniture. Bring it home and build it. If you can successfully navigate that entire process without wanting to kill each other, you’re ready to get married.
without fail watching that 1/6 footage inspires levels of anger and fear in me that i’m not sure id been accustomed to before
Unintuitive fact of engineering: Big teams (>8 people) ship less than small teams. Not only less per capita—less overall! A big team that is not a fractal of small teams will lose. David vs Goliath is real. Managers and investors—understand this before asking to grow teams.
Organic growth is SLOW, but you know what else is slow? The time it takes for people to form strong bonds, find their role in a community, and accept your story as their own. Your goal as a community builder is to embrace the slow and ensure everyone understands that.
There's a clear connection between startup success and how fast your team is able to ship great product.
It's cliché but waking up at 5 AM and immediately working for 3 uninterrupted hours on your highest-leverage project is the ultimate life hack.
Products that induce guilt or greed are often with higher gross margins.
The best tech companies drive strategy through product. This is why founders and CEOs tend to be product leaders, and product / design / engineering is more important than ops / marketing / finance. Here’s what this looked like for me as a business leader at Amzn and Facebook:
When hiring PMs, know what tends to be Coachable, Learnable & Intrinsic. Coachable: Tactics Process Critical thinking Communication Domain knowledge Learnable: Cognitive empathy High agency Deep focus Judgment Creativity Intrinsic: Drive Integrity Curiosity Deep care Ownership
The number one rule for those creating anything worthwhile: It will take significantly longer than you think.
Friendly reminder if you just build a great product, customers will not just randomly find your startup.
Some of their first products: Sony: electric rice cookers Nokia: toilet paper Samsung: dried fish LG: face cream Nintendo: playing cards Hasbro: textiles Lego: wooden toy ducks Tiffany & Co: stationery Colgate: candles Toyota: looms Avon: books IKEA: pens Wrigley: soap
With consumer products, simple and “wrong” beats complicated and “right.”
The playbook for building a company in 2023: Short form video Short form video + newsletter Short form video + newsletter + free community Short form video + newsletter + free community + paid community Short form video + newsletter + free community + paid community + product
You still got time left in 2022. You can: • Learn a new skill • Start a side hustle • Get in better shape • Launch a digital product • Build a small audience online Stop waiting for 2023 to start. Start today.
Before the Industrial Revolution, basically all products were handmade. So everything was expensive, like a fancy item from a craft shop. What we pay for goods today is a miracle.
A lot of people are assessing Elon and Calacanis's product ideas on their merits. This is wrong. The correct lens is: this is a reality TV show of first-time social app founders and it should be consumed as a comedy.
Two vital habits for product insight: 1) Observe other products keenly 2) Use your own product regularly Most people don’t do either. Few do both.
Invest in these 5 things: • Exercise • Meditate • Read books • Learn new skills • Publish content daily 6 months of consistency will take you to a completely different place.
do you think god used jira to create the universe in 7 days that’s a really fast sprint
If you want to see what the user experience is like when the clueless rich new boss of a website cuts resources, obliterates morale, drives away half the staff, and is desperate to monetize as much as possible, try reading a G/O Media website on your phone
7 no-code tools to help you build and ship faster: 1. Canva 2. Notion 3. Zapier 4. Gumroad 5. Typedream 6. Testimonials 7. Product Hunt
[HIRING] junior product designer ✨ must have at least 20 years experience with Adobe Figma CC 2022 bonus points if you don't name layers
Today's Khaleeji consumer-class are people who buy things they don't need, with money they don't have, to impress people they don't know, for reasons they cannot really explain, whilst lacking purpose they desperately need.
“You have 87 rectangles remaining in your free trial.”
Seeing your own improvement is one of the best feelings.
If you have a clear vision of who you want to be, what kind of life you want to live, and what kind of sacrifices you will have to make, you are already halfway there.
Over the last 4 years, I lost 100 pounds and wrote every morning for 90 minutes. No hacks. No shortcuts. Just monotonous, daily consistency. And these 3 small mindset shifts made sticking with it easy (despite wanting to give up hundreds of times):
There are tons of people who could have had anything, who ended up with nothing, because they couldn’t make up their mind about what they wanted.
Your job is the dream of the unemployed. Your house is the dream of the homeless. Your smile is the dream of the depressed. Your health is the dream of the sick. Don’t let difficult times make you forget how blessed you are.
There’s no “secret”, there’s no luck, discipline and consistency.
Thinking is difficult, that's why most people judge." - Carl Jung
When billionaires like Elon Musk justify their motives by using “freedom,” beware. What they actually seek is freedom from accountability.
You can reduce your stress by not having a strong opinion about everything.
“The trick is, when there is nothing to do, do nothing.”-Warren Buffett
Thank you for the support. The goal is to find cheaters and to do it without any dispute. Let's keep it that way.
5 simple ways to increase your luck: (1) Spend more time in rooms where you’re the dumbest person. (2) Talk to more strangers—go out instead of staying in. (3) Prioritize spending time with optimists. (4) Eliminate negative people from your life. (5) Schedule more free time.
RIP Westworld. You gave us one amazing season, and one decent one.
If you're not willing to take in people fleeing actual Marxism, then your anti-Marxism pose is BS.
If someone is invested in not understanding you and always thinks negatively about anything you say, there is no point in continuing anything with that person. The fault may be with you but it won't be fixed with negativity. People should know when relationships are dead.
Teach your children how to think, not what to think.
You’ll watch an entire Netflix series, even if the first episode is bad, because someone said “it gets better”. But what if you looked at your goals like that and watched your life get better instead?
Before you try to increase your willpower, try to decrease the friction in your environment.
A hard truth about success is there are people dumber than you and less experienced than you making more money than you because they are doing the things you’re too lazy or embarrassed to do.
A weird life skill Indian kids have to learn: Get comfortable disappointing your parents. Dropping out of college, leaving a "secure" job, marrying someone you love - you have to make those decisions yourself and may disappoint your parents along the way (At least for a while).
IT'S #WORLDS2022 SEMIFINALS DAY! IT'S #WORLDS2022 SEMIFINALS DAY! IT'S #WORLDS2022 SEMIFINALS DAY! IT'S #WORLDS2022 SEMIFINALS DAY!
You'll never always be motivated. So, you must learn to be disciplined.
Everyone starts at a different level. Your time will come.
Stop cheating on your future with your past. It's over.
I'd rather be full of love than full of knowledge, though one helps grow the other.
Something I've seen leaders take too long to realize is that the way to make themselves Great is to actually support & promote the people who work with them to be Great. The Greatness halo always shines back on you as a leader, it's positive-sum, not a zero-sum game.
If you think adventure is dangerous, try routine. It is lethal." - Paulo Coelho
this fall, we are all going back to school together
Do you have a problem in your life? No? Then don't worry. Yes? Can you do something about it? - Yes? Then don't worry. - No? Then don't worry.
Whatever anyone’s thoughts about the monarchy, the Queen’s death will feel like a loss to millions, as it will to her family and that matters. RIP
Motivated largely by his own awareness of the discreditable nature of his secret behavior, the covert deviant develops a presentation of self that is respectable to a fault. His whole lifestyle becomes an incarnation of what is proper and orthodox."--Laud Humphreys
Hugs are the best. Handshakes too. Human interaction is simple.
Don't let it break you. No matter how hard it gets, life goes on.
Civilization will end within 15 or 30 years unless immediate action is taken against problems facing mankind." —George Wald, Harvard biologist, 1970 #Catastrophizing
Go grab a notebook and pen. • 1 month goal • 3 month goal • 6 month goal • 1 year goal • 5 year goal • 10 year goal Fill them all in. Your journey will make much more sense.
Fascism thrives when violence and destruction become the norm. We must not become inured to bloodshed and massacres. We must speak out.
i strongly believe in social welfare, investing in education, and universal healthcare. i also believe the only the way we can have those things is if we get serious about celebrating competence and winning.
Most friends aren't friends. They're acquaintances. Friends phone you out-of-the-blue to hear your voice. Friends drive you to the emergency room at 3am. Friends are the family you choose, and they're key to happiness in old age. Invest more time into good people.
Reputation is all we leave behind in life. President Zelensky will be revered for generations to come. Putin will be reviled.
Stop sitting on skills and talents that could change your entire life. Get to work.
Sometimes a kind word from a stranger can make me completely forget whatever concerns were weighing heavy on my heart. Kindness like that is a small gift that can make the biggest difference. I was lucky to get that today. I'll try to pass it on tomorrow.
Study yourself sincerely, there’s magic in awareness.
If you want to be successful, you have to be willing to disappear for a while.
Something every nerdy kid needs to know: As people mature, they'll be drawn to you more for how you think than how you look. In adulthood, there's no higher compliment than being someone's braincrush. They're attracted to your vibrant mind, not the container it comes in.
No matter how educated, talented or rich you are, how you treat people ultimately tells all.
Grateful thinking promotes happiness, health and success.
Go to the bar by yourself. Go to the restaurant by yourself. Go to the huge concert by yourself. Stop waiting on people to do things with you. And if no one wants to join you, just do it anyway.
Forgive your younger self. Believe in your current self. Create your future self.
Don't waste words on people who deserve your silence.
Learn the skills that won’t be taught in schools over the next decade, that is how you stay out of the competition of the masses.
The smartest people I know spend an inordinate amount of time reading and thinking
The ultimate form of preparation is not planning for a specific scenario, but a mindset that can handle uncertainty.
We need more ambitious people willing to take bold risks to solve society's hardest problems
Good people exist. Faithful lovers exist. People who give love selflessly without expecting anything in return exist. True love exists. People who will love you for who you are without having to hide your most authentic self exist
Avoiding certain people to protect your emotional health is not weakness. It's wisdom.
Nobody is coming to save you. Get up. Be your own hero.
“Time is really the only capital that any human being has, and the only thing he can’t afford to lose.” - Thomas Edison
Your strongest muscle and worst enemy is your mind. Train it well.
You will always be "busy" with something. If you truly care about someone, call them today, meet up, listen with a kind ear, share some laughs. One day, you will wake up, and they will be gone.
You're a dangerous person if you go through things alone and come back stronger.
Cheer for others .. it doesn’t come out of yours ❤️
Most bad decisions are emotional. Most emotional decisions are done when ability to think second order effects is weak or hampered temporarily. Often people who get into analysis paralysis are just indecisive due to fear. Ability to regulate emotions is a super power.
Feeling stuck? Try any of the following: • 30 minute tech-free walk • Take a shower • Drive in silence Just you, your thoughts, and your breath. Silence and solitude are major unlocks for life.
Authenticity is not about being unfiltered. It's about staying true to your principles. The goal isn't to voice every opinion you hold. It's to stand up for ideas that are consistent with your ideals. Being genuine is closing the gap between what you value and what you express.
• Read everyday. • Spend time with nature. • Ask questions. • Never stop learning. • Don't pay attention to what others think of you. • Do what interests you the most. • Study hard. • Teach others what you know. • Make mistakes and learn. • It's Okay to not know things!
Be quiet, work hard, and stay healthy. It’s not ambition or skill that is going to set you apart but sanity.
The only true competitor in an infinite game is yourself.
A goal of any analyst should be that they can explain their opponent's position as well as their opponent can. Actively seek to understand how other people think, steelman their views, and think through them. A lot of human interaction involves people speaking past each other.
Every American needs to watch what's being shown right now.
More war, more destruction, like people haven’t suffered enough. I don’t have any more words.
At this point, "Do you support mandatory Covid vaccines + boosters as a requirement for school attendance?" seems like a very reasonable question for all candidates
Whoever invents a way to stop spam calls and texts will be a trillionaire
Positioning yourself for the future is easier than predicting it.
Tucker Carlson didn’t air ads during Thursday’s January 6 hearings. The decision cost Fox News roughly $400,000 in lost advertising money. That’s how much they want to keep their viewers in the dark.
The amount of pro psy ops on Twitter is ridiculous! At least with new Verified they will pay $8 for the privilege haha.
One cold email can completely change your life. Here’s how to write a great one:
A head of PR without a social media following is like a head of engineering that can’t code.
Ad spending per vehicle sold: Lincoln: $1,812 Lexus: $956 Cadillac: $864 Genesis: $682 Buick: $675 Maserati: $77 Mitsubishi: $43 Mini: $22 Alfa Romeo: $21 Tesla: $0 Source: Ad Age (2021 spending)
Across the media landscape, the national conversation is dictated by producers chasing ratings and advertising dollars, with no regard for how they’re distorting the public’s understanding of what’s important or the core choices lying ahead. It's tearing this country apart.
This month I am going to run an experiment with my Twitter account with 3 goals in mind: 1. To provide value to you. 2. To engage with you. 3. To onboard good humans into ZenAcademy one by one. Here's how I plan to do this:
Here's a social media proposal: Be kind towards people in general, but feel free to be "toxic" (e.g. highly critical with reasoning and evidence and charismatic flair) towards obvious frauds or bad ideas.
One place social media has worked is removing “Ibo” from the lexicon of people and replacing it appropriately with “Igbo.” I am still working on replacing Bini or Benin with Edo. We are Edo people who speak Edo. We aren't Bini or Benin. Those are not in our language.
Watching YouTube often makes me feel good about humanity — so many people sharing lifetimes of skills and knowledge. Then ads come on that are so transparently snake oil, and I am saddened knowing that millions of people lack the critical thinking to see through them.
Twitter privacy tip: when you copy a tweet to share it outside of Twitter, a unique tracking ID may be appended to the URL. As such, Twitter can associate your account with those you share tweets with. You can stop this by deleting the "?" and everything after it from the URL.
It's relatively easy to get attention and build an audience through engagement farming, hype, and FOMO It's infinitely more rewarding and long lasting, albeit more difficult to do it through posting quality content, engaging in meaningful conversations, and avoiding FOMO tactics
One way of thinking about the best online creators is that they’re producer, director, writer, and actor. They also do filming, editing, and marketing. Hollywood isn’t dead yet, but full-stack influencers are on track to kill it. Obvious to some, and hotly denied by others.
YouTube is free. Learn a new skill. Twitter is free. Build an audience. Gumroad is free. Make money online. You just need a laptop and internet connection.
I strongly recommend investing in marketing before sales at your startup.
Dear high school students, learn 1 public speaking 2 writing well 3 storytelling (see 1-2) 4 personal finance 5 critical thinking (not cynicism) 6 active listening (hear unsaid) 7 networking (trust and giving) 8 good customer service 9 how to sell 10 to fight against entitlement
Whoever invents a way to stop spam calls and texts will be a trillionaire
If you think image/video generation is big today, just wait 1-2 years. It's going to be *big*
If you study the best magazine ads from the 1980s, you'll get a free masterclass in marketing that actually works in 2022 Inspirational Ads from Apple, Nike, Coke and more:
If your “unsubscribe” link takes users to a login page, you really need to sit down and think about your life choices.
Scenario: You have 24 hours to build a landing page. What are you using?
Holding off relaunch of Blue Verified until there is high confidence of stopping impersonation. Will probably use different color check for organizations than individuals.
It's relatively easy to get attention and build an audience through engagement farming, hype, and FOMO It's infinitely more rewarding and long lasting, albeit more difficult to do it through posting quality content, engaging in meaningful conversations, and avoiding FOMO tactics
My team talked so much trash about the PP marketing, but the ETH dudes are bout it bout it. Y'all should feel ashamed...
Current mission: Help 1 million people start writing online. And this thread has everything you need to: • Build a writing habit • Generate endless ideas • Capture and keep attention • And most importantly, develop the Ship Daily mindset Grab a cup of coffee and dive in:
If you don’t have photoshop > Use Canva If you don’t have Wordpress > Use Carrd If you don’t have ConvertKit > Use MailChimp If you don’t have Word > Use Google docs For every excuse you make, there’s 100 solutions.
Storytelling is a powerful marketing strategy for startups to differentiate from competitors.
Here's a social media proposal: Be kind towards people in general, but feel free to be "toxic" (e.g. highly critical with reasoning and evidence and charismatic flair) towards obvious frauds or bad ideas.
We hit send too soon: if you got an email from us with the subject line "Get ready to mint Email Reminders Public Drop", we sent it by accident. So sorry to cause confusion.
Post shots/hooks are currently immune to contests. This will be hotfixed tomorrow morning. The other bug where post hooks can green w/o releasing the stick is known and still being investigated. Tomorrow's fix should keep hooks in check until we can address it.
Brevity > Eloquence Eloquence may impress, but brevity will close. 99% of cold emails or DMs get deleted or ignored simply because they are too long. Learn to write short, concise, punchy copy and you’ll always find a way to win.
The companies that are pulling back on advertising on Twitter have made their position clear. They are fine advertising on a platform that is infested with scam bots and exercises politically-motivated censorship. They are not ok with a new leader who plans to cure these ills.
Public relations has changed forever. Authentic community building, audience building, and brand building is the future for startups.
Twitter isn’t valuable because of a few widely followed accounts. It’s valuable because of a constant stream of up-and-coming accounts. Monetize it by appealing to the vanity of the larger accounts, not by snuffing out the smaller ones before they get going.
An offhand comment on the topic of the day, from a comms professional: if you look at the number of interviews in prestige publications, the timing of them, the magazine covers, and the glowing coverage *post implosion*, I think you start to perceive the dark matter of a PR firm.
When I had less followers people would tell me I was bad at social media and needed marketing education. Now I have more (literally just through doing what I always have done), I’m ‘just an influencer’. The lesson here is, you will have haters no matter what, just do you.
It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you'll do things differently." -Warren Buffett #prsundar #PRSundar64
Need a website? > Carrd is free Need to edit photos? > Canva is free Need a brand? > Twitter is free Need to sell? > Gumroad is free Need to email? > Mailjet is free Need to write? > Google docs is free All the excuses you've been making have just been solved.
How do you make a small fortune in social media? Start out with a large one.
Twitter privacy tip: when you copy a tweet to share it outside of Twitter, a unique tracking ID may be appended to the URL. As such, Twitter can associate your account with those you share tweets with. You can stop this by deleting the "?" and everything after it from the URL.
3 “old fashioned” ways to stand out: (1) Be kind (2) Look people in the eye (3) Be true to your word The basics remain surprisingly effective.
One of the most surprising things I've learned from social media is how widely used a tactic intellectual dishonesty is. I'd have expected it to be used mostly by bookish people, but it turns out to be far more widespread.
What if instead of rainbow ad campaigns, corporations stopped bankrolling bigotry?
I can't begin to describe the gibberish that PR emails have become. 29k+ unread emails and most of them say things like "sequel now representing happy socks" or "shift group debuts power cube" or "dream come true collab by hi-ground and sonic the hedgehog" and I'm not joking.
Blue tick on twitter is signifier of clout. Those with clout will lose their clout if they appear to be paying for this vanity badge. Those with no clout will buy and signal it and try to appear important. End result : chaos. But maybe that’s what the end goal is.
If someone has tweeted 5+ times/day since 2010 and has never deleted everything, there’s a near 100% guarantee you can get that person fired Requires a solid mob (20 or so people) and a responsive HR department.
We will soon enable you to seamlessly migrate all your old Tweets to Koo and also help find your existing Twitter following on Koo. Will keep you posted.
Sad people are selling Twitter accounts I follow. Please DM me if you see one. I will unfollow them.
Who should I follow? Who should I unfollow (DM me)?
Do you know that the re-branding of e-learn to insaaf academy was not done by an IT company, or an edTech startup. But by a digital marketing agency. If you have to oblige a marketing agency to run your political campaigns using government money, at least don’t make it obvious
How do you make a small fortune in social media? Start out with a large one.
One cold email can completely change your life. Here’s how to write a great one:
Dear high school students, learn 1 public speaking 2 writing well 3 storytelling (see 1-2) 4 personal finance 5 critical thinking (not cynicism) 6 active listening (hear unsaid) 7 networking (trust and giving) 8 good customer service 9 how to sell 10 to fight against entitlement
Guys with no followers have a lot to tell you about getting followers.
Twitter privacy tip: when you copy a tweet to share it outside of Twitter, a unique tracking ID may be appended to the URL. As such, Twitter can associate your account with those you share tweets with. You can stop this by deleting the "?" and everything after it from the URL.
At 500 followers, I had a $3k month At 10,000 followers, I had a $10k month At 50,000 followers, I had a $50k month At 200,000 followers, I had a $150k month If this shocks you, good. If it doesn’t, props. Hopefully it some break out of their limiting money beliefs.
What I needed to learn in high school: 1 public speaking 2 personal finance 3 writing stories 4 good customer service 5 critical thinking 6 conflict resolution 7 art of selling 8 how to negotiate 9 project management 10 taking good notes 11 how to give feedback 12 good marketing
If you post cool pics to social everyone likes it. Unless you're a founder, then you get yelled at, cuz marketing isn't considered work.
2020: I don't know how to use Notion. I don't know how to grow on Twitter. I don't know how to make money online. 2022: I sold 150,000 Notion templates. I added 205,000 Twitter followers. I made $260,000 in online income. You can learn anything online, go make it happen.
8 websites that will make you a standout person from 99% of people:
The difference between audience and community is ego. If you want a community, you have to step down and not be the main voice. You have to be a bridge, not the star and that is hard, especially for thought leaders and brands who want to stay in the light.
How do you make a small fortune in social media? Start out with a large one.
Last year, 25 corporations pretending to honor Pride month donated over $10,000,000 to anti-LGBTQ+ politicians. Ignore the marketing and follow the money.
Copywriting tips to hang on your wall: 1. Don't sell. Help the customer transform. 2. Ditch formal language. Be simple. 3. Be a painkiller, not a vitamin. 4. Speak to 1 person—not "everyone." 5. Emphasize benefits, not features. 6. Share 1 shocking stat. 7. Be clear, not clever.
Social media is no longer social — it is interest media. While you might still follow friends, most of the content you consume is from complete strangers. And in some cases, those strangers with strong interest-alignment become friends, resetting your social graph entirely.
I want to put up some Peter Obi billboards - someone should give me ideas for cool one-liners to put on the billboards?
Dear high school students, learn 1 public speaking 2 writing well 3 storytelling (see 1-2) 4 personal finance 5 critical thinking (not cynicism) 6 active listening (hear unsaid) 7 networking (trust and giving) 8 good customer service 9 how to sell 10 to fight against entitlement
NAAAA BRANDON JUST WON AND CALLED OUT SNEAKO. NOW THAT’S A FIGHT I WANNA SEE FAM
The more you trade, The more you realize that the hard part is being patient, disciplined, overcoming failures, executing over and over for 5-10 years.
I love bear markets. The critics are chirping. The tourists have left. The plebs are stacking. #bitcoin is unfazed. Soak it all in. Life is good. The cycle continues.
Stop trying to solve everything w/ regulated crypto banks. That’s what the Genslers want. The answer to listing front running is Uniswap where anyone can list. The way we prevent another Celsius is by using Aave where loans are onchain. We have the solution it’s called DeFi.
When will UK politicians finally admit that Brexit was a scam which, like all scams, they need to tackle in the public interest?
Feels like we have hit max pain and uncertainty in the crypto market We’re buying BTC here. Let’s go!
FUN FACT: It took less than 4 years for #Bitcoin to outperform the top 500 supercomputers combined ✨
Rupee depreciates to a fresh all time low of 78.6 to the dollar. Indias current monthly trade deficit is about $ 20 b, we are importing a lot more than we are exporting. Rupee depreciation will further impact inflation adversely.
Swing trading is patience at the highest level. Scalping is high focus and fast execution. Day trading is in the middle. Develop your skills, maximize your success.
OKX to delist USDC-Solana and USDT-Solana token networks
Fyi the truth: A recession is needed to get rid of inflation. The Fed knows that, but it can't admit to creating a recession & raise rates at the same time, not politically viable. Hence this denial song & dance with definitional hair splitting thrown in.
Witness free market wealth redistribution. Funds flow from: gamblers to savers the insolvent to the solvent high time preference to low time preference fiat unit of account to bitcoin unit of account users
Happy End of Q3’22, everybody! We have so much more pain ahead
I have survivorship bias, but also, I survived—two bear markets and a period where I couldn’t sell work for .08 for months. It taught me that the secret of success is very often just stubborn endurance
Macro Update: When the world's most important collateral, US treasuries, undergo unprecedented volatility, margin calls are everywhere. When the position you borrow to invest in has massive volatility too, there are even more margin calls. Welcome to 2022. 1/
Fed likely to increase interest rates by 75 basis point this week - CNBC
No good can come from revealing your bitcoin balance to friends or family.
2020 and 2021 were two of the most distorted years ever in financial markets. A useful exercise for companies may be to review the plans they created at the end of 2019 to remember what reality looked like.
Last year on this date, Bitcoin was $68,000. Insane to think that was only a year ago.
There’s a battle happening between countries that produce net exports and countries that are net consumers..and the later plans on paying the former with rapidly debasing paper promises. This isn’t a political statement, this is just an observation of objective reality.
SBF is American, spent time lobbying US politicians, had American employees, had US investors, owns US subsids, marketed in the US, spent time on US soil, had hundreds of thousands of US clients. Where the hell is the US criminal justice system? Are we not a nation of laws?
Bitcoin will not be a great store of value if most people are buying fake bitcoin.
when you finally and completely understand that the bedrock of ALL of this was consumer deposits, into entities masquerading as banks, lent to parties who were taking the most edge risks with those funds without their knowledge, well, it's quite fucked up tbh
Binance CEO: Probably only S. Korea can match the US on the integration of crypto with traditional banks
FTX is insolvent by billions. Where did that money go? Parties Donations to political candidates Giveaways/Prizes Ads, like stadium naming rights Enormous salaries Conference sponsorships Rent seekers gonna rent seek.
While Indian₹ depreciates ~6% vs $ in 1 year, Japanese yen is down 25%. If you borrowed ₹100 in yen 1 year ago your borrowing cost near zero, and you would have to repay only around ₹84!
Coinbase Custody has revealed the amount held in each Grayscale product as of Sep 30, no cold addresses were shared. Grayscale Bitcoin Trust: ≈ 635,235 BTC ≈ $10,200,744,223 Grayscale Ethereum Trust: ≈ 3,056,833 ETH ≈ $3,435,178,073
If 10,000 #BUSD appeared in your wallet today, what is the first thing you would buy?
1/ On How To Effectively End Crypto (for decades) A short thread Simultaneously ban all fiat-to-crypto exchanges in USA and EU because (pick your excuse): a) money laundering b) terrorism c) sanctions busting d) inequality
By 2030, Boston Consulting Group predicts tokenization of illiquid assets will be to be a $16 trillion dollar market. This means every brand you know, including brands like Disney, BMW, and The White House… will have their version of a shitcoin with a picture on it.
If you first bought #Bitcoin at much higher prices and wished at the time that you had been earlier or bought lower… Now’s your chance.
Breaking: The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) today reprimanded Three Arrows Capital for providing false information and exceeding the assets under management threshold allowed for a registered fund management company. MAS has been investigating them since June 2021.
Tomorrow's news today... BREAKING: FED HIKES INTEREST RATES 75 BPS TO A NEW RANGE OF 3.00%-3.25%. ACCELERATES BALANCE SHEET REDUCTION AS PLANNED. RAISES DOT PLOT FORECASTS FOR FUTURE INTEREST RATES, SIGNALING MORE HIKES TO COME.
I do not approve of projects/people issuing multiple coins, especially if the first one hasn't worked out. For me, I am spending all my efforts on #BNB. And shill #Bitcoin from time to time, when I am too shy to explicitly shill #BNB).
I love bear markets. The critics are chirping. The tourists have left. The plebs are stacking. #bitcoin is unfazed. Soak it all in. Life is good. The cycle continues.
BREAKING: Fed increases rates by 75 bps, the biggest rate hike since 1994
75% of all US dollars in existence were printed after #Bitcoin was created. Short dollars, buy Bitcoin.
we look back at the period of zero percent interest rates and be astonished we didn't do more to take advantage of such an amazing opportunity
JUST IN: Stablecoins can now go live on the #Bitcoin testnet with the launch of Lightning Labs project Taro ⚡️
So, now the rabbit out of the hat: the top rate of income tax is removed. An income tax only for those earning over £150,000 a year. A 5% saving for them. A 1% cut for everyone else
Alameda Research gave Sam Bankman-Fried a $1 billion personal loan. WTF.
hard money inherently requires an unavoidable production cost; proof of work is fundamental. people value gold as hard money, because it is scarce. and the scarcity inherently means there must be a production cost for more units. so it is with #bitcoin, digital gold requires PoW.
Trading teaches you isolation. Because no one will understand your feelings in the process to become a successful trader.
1/ First off, I have a lot of sympathy for everyone involved in the current situation with FTX - it's stressful any time there is potential for customer loss.
Novice regulators: We want to be the most strict regulator. Pro regulators: We want economic growth while protecting consumers. Luckily, I have not met any novice ones this year.
People don't realize how much mental strength it takes to become a successful trader. If you can do that, you can do anything.
ETH went down 94% and BTC down 83% from peak to trough last cycle. If this cycle repeated last cycle ETH would hit $280 and BTC would hit $11,400 at max pain. I'm not saying we get there. The cycles rhyme, they don't repeat.
If your parents are not rich, but you got a good education, be grateful for their sacrifices.
If you liked buying AMC at $59, you’re going to love buying it at $11.
The Fed in essence already knows it's overdoing it leading to recession, but of course they won't put it in their economic projections which remain positive. That makes it an inherent dishonest organization which relies on "jawboning" to try to manipulate market expectations.
I don’t tell people to buy #Bitcoin. I tell them to learn about money. Learn the properties of money. Learn what makes good money good. Learn the history of money. Learn about sound money & why forms of money change. Learn these things and you’ll naturally arrive at Bitcoin.
The claim that Covid is over strikes me as a very sick joke today. Why are the media joining in with the government spun lies about this?
The Tornado Cash sanctions are just another early, minimal step, in the ultimate "boss fight" that bitcoin and every cryptocurrency will face. The SEC is like the traffic cop armed with a baton. Treasury/DoJ is the SWAT team. Regardless of how this plays out in the US, /1
I am now realizing that without the oil revenue from the center. Nigerian states would have been forced into proper governing mode. The chief executives make money too easily for themselves so they do nothing much other than play politics.
If you owned all of the bitcoin in the world and you offered it to me for $25, I wouldn't take it." - Warren Buffett
Alright, I am back. Still no doubt in my mind that this industry will absorb all of money and finance.
Sunak and Johnson said yesterday that the Bank of England has to act to tackle inflation caused by increased demand in the economy post-Covid. But that’s nonsense. Demand has still not recovered to pre-Covid levels and is declining now. They have this very wrong. A thread…..
Making money won't make you nearly as happy as you think. But... Losing it will test every ounce of you.
BlackRock is partnering with Coinbase to increase the institutional adoption of bitcoin. It is not often that you live through the birth and scaling of a new multi-trillion dollar asset class.
Crypto is a risk asset Risk sucks because the economy sucks and speculation is a luxury We use this time to do some housekeeping; clear the bodies that floated to the surface Eventually economy improves, wounds heal, scars fade People get greedy again We run it back Maybe
Elon said that even though #Dogecoin was created as a joke, as a currency it's “fundamentally better than anything else I’ve seen, just by accident” What are the odds?? $DOGE #FateLovesIrony
SBF was trying to sell his 7.6% share of Robinhood, worth $472M, on the app Signal. The shares were held by an Antigua and Barbuda entity called Emergent Fidelity, which is personally controlled by Bankman-Fried and NOT included in the FTX bankruptcy filing." - Financial Times
You could get 2000 #ETH for 1 #btc at launch. Now you can get only 14. #ethereum murdered #bitcoin.
Some people who succeed wildly in school don’t achieve their apparent potential in the business world. Some others who do okay (or worse) in school manage to build an extremely successful life. Why is that? What we learn in school & must unlearn in business & in life: (1/10)
In hiring, I overweight intangible qualities vs tangible skills since the latter is more easily taught than the former. I also value exceptionality in unrelated fields more than ok performance in related fields since expecting exceptionality of oneself is an important intangible.
it's so fun when a company is doing far better than external perception and everyone who works there has the shared secret of knowing they are going to crush it
When researching strategies, emphasize patterns over stories. One person succeeding means nothing. 100 people succeeding is a signal. When explaining strategies, emphasize stories over patterns. People forget numbers and charts. Everyone remembers a great story.
Congress is about to give a $52 billion subsidy to companies that make semiconductor chips. Meanwhile, Intel – the world's biggest chip maker – had $79B in revenue last year. And their CEO's pay ($179M) was 1,711x an average employee. This is the height of corporate welfare.
If you consistently deliver quality work, a mentor or sponsor will find you.
Nft sales are down 95%. Alien frens has 9,300 pieces not listed. Lots in the works for 2022-2023. Bullish on the next bull run. NFA but we are working hard.
Honesty is just as important in business as it is in relationships.
Several of the critiques of the $8 / verification are logically inconsistent. “verification solves for impersonation, this will cause more” 1. using a CC/mobile checkout dramatically increases friction. And everyone caught impersonating will lose their money.
Bloated inventories at Walmart and Target, "two of the best managed retailers," point to more goods disinflation to come: Reynolds Strategy. Wamart's inventory was more than 25% above the level of Q3 2020, and Target's are now 50% higher than that time period: Brian Reynolds.
Truss sys accountants are part of her growth coalition. I’ll tell you that this chartered accountant (for forty years) thinks she hasn’t got the slightest idea about what business really does, or what motivates it. And I know, precisely because I have run businesses. She hasn’t.
Amazon’s 10 biggest acquisitions: 1) Whole Foods: $13.7 billion 2) MGM: $8.5 billion 3) One Medical: $3.9 billion 4) iRobot: $1.7 billion 5) Zappos: $1.2 billion 6) Zoox: $1.2 billion 7) PillPack: $1 billion 8) Ring: $1 billion 9) Twitch: $970 million 10) Kiva: $775 million
The fact that employees with a stay-at-home spouse have a dramatic advantage in the workplace over employees that don’t isn’t discussed nearly enough
Canva, Figma, Notion, Zapier, Mailchimp, Calendly, and Gumroad have free plans. You can start a $10K/mo online business for $0.
The NDTV takeover was not today. It was in 2009. No one made money here. Not the acquirer. Not NDTV shareholders, and not even the ex-promoters of NDTV. The public offer is some 30% below the current market price. There's no money to be made here. (more details follow)
Stop telling people your business. Some people talk to you so they can talk about you.
What are the benefits of a “great job” in the African context? The salary or the perks? A friend mentioned that many of them are remaining in jobs they don’t like because the company is paying school fees for their kids. Education is also a major reason for migration or “Japa.”
If the leader of the company is often involved in solving problems that are not the hardest problems of the company, it’s either due to incompetence of the leader or having an incompetent team. A leader that tolerates incompetent teams is incompetent.
I recently came across data on who we spend our time with over the course of our lives. The insights are simultaneously inspiring and depressing. Here are 6 graphs everyone needs to see:
You can escape competition two ways - do something no one else is doing or do it somewhere no one else is doing it.
Been doing a bunch of hiring. Key lesson: Good people speak in specifics. Even if they can talk big picture, they can also put their boots to the ground and speak practically about the work. Beware of charismatic people who only speak in lofty abstractions.
If Salesforce and Microsoft Excel suddenly stopped working, the entire economy would collapse
Let the latest Ticketmaster fiasco serve as a crucial reminder: We must revive antitrust law and stop the monopolization of America. Now.
I’ve said gm in tweets more than in real life. Gm.
Build a website that lets consenting adults buy recreational drugs = 2 life sentences + 15 years. Build a website that steals $10 billion from innocent people = hugs with politicians and celebrity endorsements.
Speed is important. Work fast and iterate. People rarely remember the first draft, but everyone remembers the final draft. Speed is unimportant. People rarely remember how long it took you to do the job, but everyone remembers how well you did the job.
Starmer gets it right to ask ‘Whose side are you on? Is it the consumer’s or the company making excess profit?’ He needs to stick to that.
Early career years are intimidating—there's so much that feels out of your control. Here are the career principles I wish I knew when I was starting out:
Many years ago, my wife and I were going to buy a business in the mountains in California. The whole deal was an incredible fiasco in many ways, but I'll just focus on two of them. 1/10
“In your actions, don't procrastinate. In your conversations, don't confuse. In your thoughts, don't wander. In your soul, don't be passive or aggressive. In your life, don’t be all about business.” – Marcus Aurelius
Formal business in Africa is big but not anywhere as big as informal business. I keep trying to stress this but it gets lost in translation. There is more credit in the informal sector and this allows for rapid flows of goods and value. Most of the value moved in cash and goods.
Two groups of businessmen - both very successful, both very wealthy, yet both different. Whom do you respect more?
Maturity is when you don't force people to choose you.
What’s your biggest new person GREEN flag? Something that when you see it, you get a feeling that this is a great person and you want to get to know them better.
We built a business in a bear market. Dead f***ing broke. $30k income. Didn’t faze us. Just believed in what we we were doing. Built and shipped every day. Got laughed at, disregarded, and ignored. Flew under everyone’s radar, all the way to a $100M+ exit. And you can too.
True job security is knowing you can work somewhere else.
Corporate greed is Tyson’s CEO asking customers to “pay for inflation” while the company posted $1 billion in profits within a single quarter.
Great communication skills make business and life easier.
Zomato wants to buy blinkit for 4500 cr. Mostly Zomato stock locked in for 12m. Some cash. Blinkit loses 66cr a month at contrib level to generate 54 cr revenue. Zomato shareholders are ok with this? I'm super surprised. Massive 8% dilution to buy insane cash burning biz.
Conference organizers, you know what to do. Cancel any event in a state that restricts women’s rights. You can’t guarantee the safety of people who travel to your event.
Expecting Pfizer to care about health is as naive as expecting Lockheed Martin to care about peace.
People who think British manufacturing is in the doldrums should see lobby hacks building an entire story out of a petition signed by a few thousand unverified cranks.
We hear endlessly about wages supposedly pushing up prices. But we rarely hear about monopolistic corporations driving up prices for profit. Why? Look at government reporting. We get monthly reporting on prices, jobs and wages. We get no such report on corporate profits.
This morning we announced that after taking significant time to plan and consider, we are reducing our headcount by roughly 20%. This is not a decision we take lightly and is one that brings us great sadness.
I keep getting emails from colleagues and friends informing me that they now have #LongCovid, and my heart just keeps on getting heavier
Bad CEOs do work. Good CEOs hire the world's smartest people to do the work.
Early career years are intimidating—there's so much that feels out of your control. Here are the career principles I wish I knew when I was starting out:
30 Days. 1 Setup. 0 Bullshit. 100% focus on execution. See yourself growing.
The profits of ExxonMobil, Chevron, BP and Shell have skyrocketed by 169% so far this year to $125 billion. While you were paying through the nose at the gas pump, Big Oil companies were using the cover of inflation to line their pockets. It's time for a windfall profits tax.
In 2013, Google studied what made an effective team. Here’s what they found (it’s not what you’d expect):
Jeff Bezos denies that corporations are using inflation as cover to raise prices. He even attacked Biden for calling out gas price gouging. Meanwhile, Amazon raised the cost of Prime after its profits nearly doubled in Q4 of last year. Actions speak louder than words, Jeff.
Exxon Mobil recorded an unprecedented $17.85 billion profit for the second quarter and Chevron made a record $11.62 billion. The monopolization of America is driving record profits for corporations and economic hardship for everyone else.
If you are reading this, you will be a gm billionaire.
Amazon’s revenue every hour: Today: $56 million per hour 5 years ago: $18 million per hour 10 years ago: $6 million per hour 15 years ago: $1 million per hour 20 years ago: $373,000 per hour 25 years ago: $13,000 per hour
If your company isn't growing, it should not be burning.
all roadmaps go up in flames with zero royalties every cloud
It’s crazy to think that some of the qualities that make people successful at work are really just a product of childhood trauma
If the market were actually competitive, corporations would keep their prices as low as possible as they competed for customers. Instead, the concentration of the American economy into the hands of a few corporate giants gives them the power to raise prices with impunity.
It's funny that I get yelled at when you guys click sell.
traditional interviews are remarkably bad ways to make hiring decisions
Workers have every right to strike for better wages and benefits. Productivity grew 3.5x as much as pay between 1979-2020. It’s time for those profits to trickle down to the workers who generate them, don’t you think?
JUST IN: DC Attorney General is suing Michael Saylor and MicroStrategy over alleged tax fraud.
The combined revenue of the 4 largest US companies hit a record $1.35 trillion over last 12 months... Apple $AAPL: $388 billion Microsoft $MSFT: $198 billion Google $GOOGL: $278 billion Amazon $AMZN: $486 billion That's larger than the GDP of all but 14 countries.
Lots of conversation about floors and royalties and projects being down from all-time highs this weekend. My only thoughts are that the day of the flippers is almost done and now it's about finding a community you vibe with and just enjoy it. Let the market decide the rest.
If you engage in the same activities, with the same philosophy, with the same processes as your competitors, why would you expect a differentiated end result? What feels like the safety of a normalized model is really an accelerated high risk path to commoditization.
Please treat everyone on your team with respect and appreciation because startups with happy teams create happy customers. Pretty simple.
A lot of hate for AI art on the timeline. You don’t get to say what is or isn’t art. I remember a few years ago defending psychs art to someone who argued it isn’t ‘real’ because it is digital. Stop gatekeeping, creative expression evolves.
Creative teams should be colocated. The rest of the company can be distributed.
how to spot a fake designer 1. they are not wearing black 2. they don’t own a pair of adidas sneakers 3. they don’t drink coffee 4. they use android 5. they still use sketch 6. they name layers
The rarest trait is people leaving their success and start something completely new with no past expertise and still ace it. Maybe artist as a title should be given to only such individuals.
Dance like no ones watching Sing like no ones listening Text like it might end up in discovery
If you’re in love with an artist, bet on them now instead of later. There’s no better way to show an artist you support them and believe in them than to buy their work and facilitate them being more resourced to continue their craft
if you ever see me staring at my screen, saying nothing, doing nothing, and generally looking lost and confused, don't worry i don't need help or an ambulance i'm a designer, it's what we do
Design isn't a form of personal expression. The design isn't about you (or your team). It's about the people who will be using it.
designers: i love my job, it gives me the creative freedom to express myself every day also designers: *wears the same plain black t-shirt every day*
Building during a bear market for artists also means focusing on your art and creating. Don’t feel the pressure to be constantly on Twitter. That’s bullshit. This that time to create better art and improve as an artist.
designers will spend thousands of dollars on apple products but wear the same plain black t-shirt everyday
I was homeless earlier this year and now folks are throwing my art into the AI art machine without my consent. cool
Royalties have changed the lives of many artists and creators. While there isn't a perfect technical solution to enforce royalties, we are actively exploring ways to keep this culture alive. The magic that brought us all here should be what brings in many more.
Supporting Another Developers Success will NEVER ruin yours!
Marvel started as comics. Harry Potter as books. Star Wars as movies. Star Trek as tv shows. Pokémon as video games. They all do it all now. Build good enough IP and stories then it doesn’t really matter how you start.
Reminder the Rimowa Mint will be open to all via a Raffle System, you don’t need to own a Clone to participate. Meanwhile the side quest continues to get rid of the !FUD virus and reactivate the Space Station.
The art hits different when ur muse fuckin hates you
It’s not Missionary vs Mercenary. It’s Artist vs Everything else.
If you're an artist and can't sell NFTs, read this:
Most underrated skill of a designer is the ability to not get mad/upset at client/customer feedback. It’s either a teaching moment or a learning moment but every time you receive feedback it’s an opportunity You decide the direction.
Good product design requires an obsessed artist - it’s not a part-time job.
Everyone is a critic until they find a meaningful purpose and focus on their own creation.
If we took a selfie together before, post it below.
Design is not creation. Design is an intervention in an existing system.
Season 2 is not the only thing Friday. We also have our 2nd Logo Show at approximately 1 PM PST. Who has got a vouch?
Artists still waiting for their first sale please share your work.
Mario has no ass in the movie because it’s a plot point. He will realise that the only way to defeat Bowser is butt stomp. Training montage. Isn’t able to get caked and cushioned. Shoves mushroom up ass. It grows. Slow mo butt stomp on Bowser’s fuckin face to Baby Got Back.
AI creative tools are going to be the biggest impact on creative work flows since the computer itself. we are all going to get amazing visual art, music, games, etc.
A few updates from the past 45 days: 1) New beta upscalers with 2048x2048 resolution 2) Our bots can now be invited to *all* Discord servers (of any size) 3) We've added 'seamless tiling' and 'prompt remixing' More coming soon! ❤️
Charging artists to exhibit their work in any way only excludes poor and marginalized people from ever being seen in spaces with people who don’t face those same hurdles. Don’t do it. Get exhibitions sponsored and provide exhibition spots for free.
Tens of thousands of people have already seen, liked, retweeted and engaged with the Divine Entity collection over the last few weeks on Twitter. They just haven’t realised it yet.
I went through a period of making art with AI that looked as much like traditional, “respectable” art as possible—in part to prove a point. Now I want to make art with AI that isn’t possible any other way. I want to make things you’ve never seen before.
good design is expensive bad design will cost you everything
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Things you should never say to a creative professional… I’ll go first. “I’ll know it when I see it.” Or, “My spouse wasn’t feeling it.” Finally, “I’m doing you a favor here.” Ok. Your turn. Tell me the worst thing a client has ever said to you. 3,2,1 Go!
Asking artists to share their prompts is like asking to read their diary tbh
Movies that I've seen 5+ times but ready & willing to keep watching: Interstellar, Gladiator, Contact, Good Will Hunting, The Matrix, LotR 1/2/3, HP 1, Avatar, The Fifth Element, The Independence Day, Rush Hour, Armageddon, Stargate, Anchorman, Mean Girls, Terminator 2, more=? :)
Art is not a sport. There is no ladder to climb, no league to play. Unlike athletes, numbers don't define artists, whether it's likes, followers or sales. There is no point in comparing yourself with anyone, except with yourself from yesterday. Validation begins with improvement.
You can teach people a lot of things, but you cannot teach them to truly care about the quality of the work they put out. They will go through the motions & follow your processes for maintaining a certain quality bar, but that will not teach them to care. Care comes from within.
When we click pictures we are essentially telling our brain not to remember the moment.
Developer: Did you just changed that signed off design? Designer: N O O o o o o 。 。 . . . .
Going forward, accounts engaged in parody must include “parody” in their name, not just in bio
id do anything to have the ability to create art forever
Collecting art is not about predicting what will be valuable to others in the future, it's about knowing what is valuable to you right now.
8 short rules for being a productive creative: 1. Read. Read. Read. 2. Make commitments 3. Work with great people 4. Focus on effort, not results 5. Make a little progress each day 6. Don't talk about projects until you're finished 7. Journal 8. Remember: it’s all material
You can teach people a lot of things, but you cannot teach them to truly care about the quality of the work they put out. They will go through the motions & follow your processes for maintaining a certain quality bar, but that will not teach them to care. Care comes from within.
If you're an artist and someone tells you to curb your supply, tell them your work is not for them. Never stifle the creative flow.
We really need to normalize boredom. Some of your most creative moments come during periods of boredom. In the shower, on a walk, at a dinner by yourself. You’re bored, your mind wanders, your thoughts mingle. Bam! Creative insight strikes. Schedule boredom into your weeks.
Picasso painted for 79 years, made 13500 pieces, changed 8 different styles and is recognizable in all of them. You don't have to top yourself with every new piece, it's totally fine to try new stuff. Experimental artworks are considered "part of the process", not "out of place".
content creator" is such a horrible term. Fully web2 centric term; your job is to create content to allow the network operator to make money.
Friends, over 10 million votes already have been cast. If you’ve already voted, what was your experience like? If you haven’t voted yet, when and how do you plan to?
My step by step design process from over a decade of experience: 1. Stare at blank canvas 2. Wait patiently for genius idea 3. Give up and check twitter 4. Question my design skills 5. Realise I am a fraud 6. Panic 7. Draw a rectangle
A friendly reminder that: —You are a better designer than you realise —You are a better designer than you get credit for —Your design work matters Keep going ✨
What's worse UX? Writing down 24 words or losing all your money?
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Movies that I've seen 5+ times but ready & willing to keep watching: Interstellar, Gladiator, Contact, Good Will Hunting, The Matrix, LotR 1/2/3, HP 1, Avatar, The Fifth Element, The Independence Day, Rush Hour, Armageddon, Stargate, Anchorman, Mean Girls, Terminator 2, more=? :)
Normalize having your 5-year-old come into the room during your zoom board meeting to give you a hug. Every time it happens, I'm reminded why it do it all. Legacy.
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