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Ben Lang (@benln)
📅 Jul 7, 2025 · ❤️ 990 · 👁 110,687
For any pre-seed founders exploring accelerators, this is my shortlist:
• @HF0Residency (SF)
• @southpkcommons (SF/NYC/Bangalore)
• @Seqoia Arcm(US/EU)
• @pearvc PearX (SF)
• @AIgrant (global)
• @Neo (SF)
• @conviction Embed (SF)
• @ycombinator (SF)
• @FirstRound Product Market fit method (SF)
• @VillageGlobal Velocity (global)
• @a16z Speedrun (SF)
📁 Folders: Residencies/accelerators
rohit (@krishnanrohit)
📅 Jun 27, 2025 · ❤️ 331 · 👁 45,797
George Church on Dwarkesh, talking about spotting talent, is one of the best bits on the subject. Also the clearest view on benefits of multidisciplinarity I've read in a while. https://t.co/16WLFk5Kux
📁 Folders: Resources
Fishmarketacad (@FishMarketAcad)
📅 Jun 22, 2025 · ❤️ 66 · 👁 6,065
Hot take: The more i vibe code, the more disappointed I get by AI's lack of problem solving common sense.
Basically if you're inexperienced, read widely and understand fundamentals so you can guide it better. AI is lacking in common sense solutions, for now.
For now, when prompting, remember to ask it to read cursor rules and here are some cursor rules which helped me involving a project which had a database. I made a new chat with this rule and it gave a simple solution instead of suggesting a complex fix.
Feel free to edit and it may not work for you.
Cursor Rules:
BEFORE ANY SOLUTION - MANDATORY DATA INVENTORY
YOU MUST FIRST:
1. List ALL existing data structures/tables/collections in the system
2. For each data structure, write what data it contains
3. Ask: "What data do I already have that relates to this problem?"
4. Ask: "Can I solve this by combining/querying existing data differently?"
5. If database exists and problem is about duplicates/persistence: "Should I track this in the database?"
ONLY AFTER completing the data inventory can you propose solutions.
🚨 MANDATORY SIMPLICITY-FIRST APPROACH 🚨
STOP - REQUIRED FORMAT BEFORE ANY SOLUTION
Before writing ANYTHING, you MUST answer these 4 questions in this exact format:
- EXISTING DATA CHECK: "Can I solve this by querying what's already in their system?"
- 5-MINUTE FIX: "If I had 5 minutes to fix this, I would..."
- DUMBEST SOLUTION: "The most boring/obvious approach is..."
- BASIC OPERATION: "This is just a simple [database query/if statement/function call]"
PATTERN RECOGNITION: COMMON SIMPLE SOLUTIONS
User says: "Multiple X are happening"
IF DATABASE EXISTS: Check if X already happened in database, if yes, skip it
IF NO DATABASE: Check if X already happened in memory, if yes, skip it
DON'T think: Complex deduplication algorithms, time windows
User says: "I want to filter/categorize"
IMMEDIATELY think: Add simple if/else check or database flag
DON'T think: AI systems, complex categorization engines
User says: "This happens too often"
IMMEDIATELY think: Add simple frequency check or database timestamp
DON'T think: Rate limiting systems, complex scheduling
User says: "I need to track Y"
IF DATABASE EXISTS: Store Y in database with timestamp
IF NO DATABASE: Store Y in memory/file
DON'T think: Complex tracking systems, analytics frameworks
🚨 RED FLAGS - STOP IMMEDIATELY IF YOU'RE THINKING:
- ❌ "System design" / "Architecture" / "Framework"
- ❌ "Multiple phases" / "Complex workflows"
- ❌ "Complex algorithms" / "State machines" / "Analytics frameworks"
- ❌ "In-memory solutions when database exists for persistence problems"
✅ GREEN FLAGS - DEFAULT TO THESE:
- ✅ "Query existing database" / "Check if already exists"
- ✅ "Add simple database table/collection for tracking"
- ✅ "Store this value" / "Skip if already done"
- ✅ "Simple timestamp check" / "Basic flag/field"
CRITICAL: THIS RULE OVERRIDES ALL OTHER INSTINCTS
YOUR DEFAULT MINDSET:
"What's the most boring, obvious, straightforward way to solve this using what already exists?"
PRODUCTION SYSTEM REALITY:
- User wants minimal risk, maximum benefit
- Simple solutions are easier to debug and maintain
- Perfect is the enemy of good
- 5-minute fixes beat 5-hour architecture changes
- If database exists, use it for persistence problems (it's the simple solution)
DUPLICATE/PERSISTENCE PROBLEMS + DATABASE EXISTS = USE DATABASE
- Multiple notifications/processing = Add tracking table
- "Same thing happening multiple times" = Database deduplication
- Any persistence needed = Database, not memory
📁 Folders: Dev resources
Will Manidis (@WillManidis)
📅 Jun 2, 2025 · ❤️ 4,823 · 👁 832,735
what is the single best book you can read that will explain an entire industry?
📁 Folders: Books
Massimo (@Rainmaker1973)
📅 May 16, 2025 · ❤️ 1,072 · 👁 208,330
Emotions you may have felt, but you were never able to explain. https://t.co/qm4342KZ6N
📁 Folders: Words
Paweł Huryn (@PawelHuryn)
📅 May 4, 2025 · ❤️ 2,394 · 👁 327,809
I see abstract AI agent architectures everywhere.
But no one explains how to build them in practice.
Here's a practical guide to doing it with n8n: 🧵 https://t.co/b18DtBLq39
📁 Folders: Dev resources
Words (@wordsporn)
📅 Apr 27, 2025 · ❤️ 17,062 · 👁 891,445
Opacarophile https://t.co/WJXRdRZT5Z
📁 Folders: Words
Himanshu (@him_uiux)
📅 Apr 22, 2025 · ❤️ 2,353 · 👁 173,835
Anatomy of a high-converting pricing page https://t.co/88n1vSgHrP
📁 Folders: Design
Alex Albert (@alexalbert__)
📅 Apr 21, 2025 · ❤️ 4,928 · 👁 622,396
We wrote up what we've learned about using Claude Code internally at Anthropic.
Here are the most effective patterns we've found (many apply to coding with LLMs generally): https://t.co/5SOqS019ny
📁 Folders: Dev resources
andrew chen (@andrewchen)
📅 Apr 21, 2025 · ❤️ 1,392 · 👁 286,257
my current ChatGPT custom prompt -- curious what others are using/doing? Have been slowly iterating over time...
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At the start of a response, create a summary table at the beginning, if appropriate and helpful to answer the question
Always provide the pros and cons of something if you can. Be critical.
Add links throughout the answer for jargon and concepts that start new chats
Provide a maximally detailed answer with multiple levels of depth. Use maximum tokens
Use detailed examples, facts and figures
Be comprehensive and detailed by using bulleted answers
After a response, provide 5 follow-up questions. Format in bold as Q1, Q2, and Q3 and put in a bulleted list
Suggest solutions that I didn’t think about—be proactive and anticipate my needs
Be opinionated rather than neutral when appropriate
Treat me as an expert in all subject matter
Value good arguments over authorities, the source is irrelevant
Consider new technologies and contrarian ideas, not just the conventional wisdom
You may use high levels of speculation or prediction, just flag it for me
Recommend only the highest-quality, meticulously designed products like Apple or the Japanese would make—I only want the best
No moral lectures
Discuss safety only when it's crucial and non-obvious
If your content policy is an issue, provide the closest acceptable response and explain the content policy issue
Link directly to products, not company pages
No need to mention your knowledge cutoff
No need to disclose you're an AI
📁 Folders: Resources
Aadit Sheth (@aaditsh)
📅 Apr 16, 2025 · ❤️ 19,418 · 👁 1,159,375
Stanford literally packed 1.5 hours with everything you need to know about LLMs https://t.co/TpEH9yUEy0
📁 Folders: Dev resources
Aadit Sheth (@aaditsh)
📅 Apr 12, 2025 · ❤️ 4,114 · 👁 296,448
This guy literally breaks down every AI coding rule in under 15 minutes. Save this.
https://t.co/AGidX7qdx4
📁 Folders: Dev resources
matt palmer (@mattyp)
📅 Apr 11, 2025 · ❤️ 3,112 · 👁 289,769
A checklist for secure vibe coded apps.
Putting things on the internet is kind of like parking your car in San Francisco—there's inherent risk. 😅
Luckily, there are some straightforward things you can do to minimize those risks. Here are 16 simple things to make secure vibe coded apps. 👇
📁 Folders: Dev resources
Abhi | AP Collective (@0xAbhiP)
📅 Mar 31, 2025 · ❤️ 5,813 · 👁 842,077
This book is Naval Ravikant’s most profound source of wisdom.
He calls it “the book that explains everything”, from physics to philosophy.
Here are 7 timeless lessons from "Godel, Escher, Bach" that fuel Naval’s thinking on life & leverage: https://t.co/Z0P0pjq8Ho
📁 Folders: Books
Dwarkesh Patel (@dwarkesh_sp)
📅 Feb 19, 2025 · ❤️ 6,191 · 👁 2,262,464
.@satyanadella on:
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why he doesn’t believe in AGI but does believe in 10% economic growth
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Microsoft’s new topological qubit breakthrough and gaming world models
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whether Office commoditizes LLMs or the other way around
Links below. Enjoy!
Timestamps
0:00:00 - Intro
0:05:48 - AI won't be winner-take-all
0:16:02 - World economy growing by 10%
0:22:23 - Decreasing price of intelligence
0:31:03 - Microsoft's Quantum breakthrough
0:43:35 - Microsoft's gaming world model
0:50:35 - Legal barriers to AI
0:56:30 - Getting AGI safety right
1:05:43 - 34 years at Microsoft
1:11:31 - Does Satya Nadella believe in AGI?
📁 Folders: watch later
Elon Musk (@elonmusk)
📅 Feb 19, 2025 · ❤️ 147,748 · 👁 29,764,459
https://t.co/DjgzOHBMRV
📁 Folders: watch later
Chase Harris (@chaseharris98)
📅 Feb 6, 2025 · ❤️ 6,257 · 👁 733,078
What separates winners from losers https://t.co/FEuktHs9Nz
📁 Folders: Motivation
Amir Salim (@mramiracle)
📅 Jan 24, 2025 · ❤️ 8,925 · 👁 737,133
No book has had a big of an impact on my thinking. Every human on earth should read this, whether you’re technical or not. Thank you @naval for the recommendation, and thank you @DavidDeutschOxf for this masterpiece. https://t.co/A0OX7gVtgQ
📁 Folders: Books
Sam Altman (@sama)
📅 Jan 6, 2025 · ❤️ 7,783 · 👁 3,156,689
reflections: https://t.co/rHdE40AuOG
📁 Folders: To Read
vitalik.eth (@VitalikButerin)
📅 Jan 5, 2025 · ❤️ 2,883 · 👁 724,655
d/acc: one year later
https://t.co/pM3eVtJ1BU
📁 Folders: To Read
Adam Silverman (Hiring!) 🖇️ (@adamsilverman)
📅 Jan 3, 2025 · ❤️ 1,293 · 👁 200,164
Here is everything that happened in AI Agents this week 🧵
(save for later) https://t.co/JBVYke3Cin
📁 Folders: Resources
The Wealth Ladder (@TheWealthLadder)
📅 Dec 28, 2024 · ❤️ 11,428 · 👁 1,679,410
9 Powerful Lessons from "No More Nice Guy" https://t.co/PT9xuvkkqu
📁 Folders: Books
Codie Sanchez (@Codie_Sanchez)
📅 Dec 6, 2024 · ❤️ 5,753 · 👁 303,174
https://t.co/AFfYqFN6bq
📁 Folders: Motivation
MindBranches (@MindBranches)
📅 Nov 27, 2024 · ❤️ 7,807 · 👁 756,732
Book Summary: “Thinking Fast and Slow” https://t.co/XNWdxSY8Vj
📁 Folders: Books
David Tso (dave.base.eth) (@davidtsocy)
📅 Nov 26, 2024 · ❤️ 1,396 · 👁 249,667
If you’re coming from Solana to @base for the first time, here are 10 cool apps to try, 10 ways to earn onchain, 10 communities to join, and 10 articles to read:
10 Cool Apps to Try
- @Drakulaapp: viral videos meet viral coins
- @moshicamera: customizable polaroids
- @rodeodotclub: experimental artworks
- @zora: post for fun earn for real
- @warpcast_: programmable social network
- @blackbird: IRL restaurant passes
- @OnboardGlobal: universal financial platform
- @AerodromeFi: trading and liquidity marketplace
- @frenpetonbase: casual and idle game
- @BLOCKLORDS: action and strategy game
10 Ways to Earn Onchain
- https://t.co/dbZohhHJe5: building
- @TokemakXYZ: ETH yield
- @pendle_fi: BTC yield
- @MorphoLabs, @aave: lending
- @SeamlessFi, @DefinitiveFi: looping
- @arcadia, @ExtraFi_io: leveraged LPing
- @harvest_finance x @MoonwellDeFi, @torosfinance x @synthetix: auto-compounding yield
- @interfacedapp, @frenslol: copy trading
- @virtuals_io, @_proxystudio: AI launchpad
- @wow, @apedotstore: token launchpad
10 Communities to Join
- https://t.co/bfhuMXsHff: Base Discord
- @tybasegod: Disciples of B
- @callusfbi: global founders
- @compassdotfun: consumer builders
- @latenightonbase: podcasts and spaces
- @FWBtweets: creatives and builders
- @basedandyellow: creators
- @paragraph_xyz: writers
- @cooprecsmusic: artists
- @podsdotmedia: podcasters
10 Articles to Read
- Base’s strategy by @jessepollak: https://t.co/RtyUJwdUz2
- How to be based by @jessepollak: https://t.co/EaopYjiYAm
- Everyone is a builder by @jessepollak: https://t.co/woimUK3DAh
- Base’s 2024 mission, strategy, and roadmap: https://t.co/l2rjGxIeDi
- The genesis of Base: https://t.co/7T0Du9pYlN
- Based memes: https://t.co/C5kS42dIPL
- What’s happening at Coinbase by @AlanaDLevin: https://t.co/tRWaU9aUzZ
- The Read Write Own manifesto by @cdixon: https://t.co/lgHejFZIES
- Onchain by @js_horne: https://t.co/8Iyef5TarU
- Making Ethereum alignment legible by @VitalikButerin: https://t.co/Bxmaybkbxq
Welcome to the global onchain economy that increases innovation, creativity, and freedom 🔵
📁 Folders: Resources
Kitty Claw (@openkittyclaw)
📅 Nov 26, 2024 · ❤️ 15 · 👁 1,756
$ai16z business income model an insider sent me some confidential internal documents https://t.co/fawEGgWMpL
📁 Folders: Resources
Jarrod Watts (@jarrodwatts)
📅 Nov 19, 2024 · ❤️ 430 · 👁 68,145
Beam Chain was the biggest announcement at Devcon, introducing 9 major upgrades for Ethereum.
But most people still don’t understand them...
So, here are 9 tweets to explain the 9 upgrades: 🧵 https://t.co/sbLAgf9LLO
📁 Folders: To Read
Dylan O'Sullivan (@DylanoA4)
📅 Oct 17, 2024 · ❤️ 1,245 · 👁 150,629
Five greats here, 100+ more below https://t.co/ytkekwNARF
📁 Folders: Books
RAVI KUMAR SAHU (@RAVIKUMARSAHU78)
📅 Oct 15, 2024 · ❤️ 4,947 · 👁 888,132
ChatGPT Prompts to finish your hours of work in seconds: only Copy and Paste these prompts! https://t.co/lugGcthMCV
📁 Folders: Resources
Young Kings (@HeyYoungKings)
📅 Oct 14, 2024 · ❤️ 2,683 · 👁 106,809
https://t.co/1QXpYj8Jnq
📁 Folders: Motivation
Arjun Khemani (@arjunkhemani)
📅 Oct 13, 2024 · ❤️ 3,013 · 👁 247,947
.@elonmusk: Generally, you want education to be as close to a video game as possible, like a good video game. You do not need to tell your kid to play video games. They will play video games on autopilot all day.
So if you can make it interactive and engaging, then you can make education far more compelling and far easier to do.
You really want to disconnect the whole grade level thing from the subjects and allow people to progress at the fastest pace that they can or are interested in, in each subject. It seems like a really obvious thing.
Most teaching today is a lot like vaudeville, and as a result, it's just not that compelling. It's like somebody standing up there and lecturing to you, and they've done the same lecture several years in a row. They're not necessarily all that engaged in doing it.
A university education is often unnecessary. That's not to say it's unnecessary for all people, but I think you probably learn about as much in the first two years. Most of it is from your classmates.
For a lot of companies, they do want to see the completion of the degree because they're looking for someone who's going to persevere and see it through to the end. And that's actually what's important to them.
So it really depends on what somebody's goal is. If the goal is to start a company, I would say there's no point in finishing college.
📁 Folders: Resources
ₕₐₘₚₜₒₙ (@hamptonism)
📅 Oct 13, 2024 · ❤️ 24,824 · 👁 2,045,874
Game Theory by Yale University,
The most Important Lecture you may ever watch: https://t.co/5oDkkrokOZ
📁 Folders: watch later
Packy McCormick (@packyM)
📅 Oct 9, 2024 · ❤️ 4,188 · 👁 465,758
Peter Thiel remains undefeated. https://t.co/AEAWlX27xi
📁 Folders: To Read
ً (@xeenini)
📅 Oct 8, 2024 · ❤️ 103,605 · 👁 5,722,477
sharing this link I found years ago. language learning collection.
https://t.co/VmmB96Y9aL https://t.co/iPDFzqtKDI
📁 Folders: Resources
John (@FI_investor)
📅 Oct 7, 2024 · ❤️ 1,166 · 👁 4,705,382
20+ Reddit subreddits where you can submit your startup:
r/RoastMyStartup
r/IMadeThis
r/IndieBiz
r/AlphaandBetausers
r/GrowthHacking
r/Digitalnomad
r/SideProject
r/SmallBusiness
r/LifeProTips
r/lifehacks
r/explainlikeimfive
r/todayilearned
r/Promotereddit
r/Analytics
r/Content_marketing
r/Advertising
r/Entrepreneur
r/EntrepreneurRideAlong
r/Startups
r/Growmybusiness
r/Linkbuilding
r/SEO
r/Freepromote
r/SocialMediaMarketing
r/PPC
r/AskMarketing
Avoid direct self-promotion since the community usually hates it and you'll most likely get roasted.
Provide value and tell a story since that's what usually works. Then subtly mention your startup in the post or only mention it when someone leaves a comment and asks for it (safer option).
📁 Folders: Resources
power of books (@Powerofbooks3)
📅 Oct 7, 2024 · ❤️ 998 · 👁 70,549
12 Phenomenal Books That Will Make You Intelligent https://t.co/VYTIVYzAgp
📁 Folders: Books
power of books (@Powerofbooks3)
📅 Oct 5, 2024 · ❤️ 1,074 · 👁 100,635
Audiobooks Recommended By Elon Musk https://t.co/5T32p7ZC6L
📁 Folders: Books
booksonward (@RavinderSi7456)
📅 Oct 5, 2024 · ❤️ 207 · 👁 12,449
4 Books That Will Increase Your Intelligence https://t.co/TCVvm70SFi
📁 Folders: Books
Luke Miler (@lukemiler)
📅 Oct 3, 2024 · ❤️ 2,521 · 👁 209,801
This is how I launch every product.
Distribution is everything.
AMA 👇 https://t.co/NacOnNvXyc
📁 Folders: Resources
power of books (@Powerofbooks3)
📅 Oct 3, 2024 · ❤️ 342 · 👁 18,424
4 books that will make you Intelligent
- The Molecule of More
- The Matter With Things
- Why We Sleep
- Nudge https://t.co/YJr5Hj7lTb
📁 Folders: Books
Reads with Ravi (@readswithravi)
📅 Oct 2, 2024 · ❤️ 888 · 👁 94,897
5 books to read in Oct 2024:
1) How to Live an Extraordinary Life by Anthony Pompliano
📁 Folders: Books
power of books (@Powerofbooks3)
📅 Sep 29, 2024 · ❤️ 907 · 👁 57,948
Books that will make you Intelligent https://t.co/yBCzR92FIF
📁 Folders: Books
Reads with Ravi (@readswithravi)
📅 Sep 29, 2024 · ❤️ 1,954 · 👁 222,170
The Four Levels of Reading ‼️ https://t.co/8JM7zYweUI
📁 Folders: Resources
Reads with Ravi (@readswithravi)
📅 Sep 28, 2024 · ❤️ 943 · 👁 97,115
There are numerous ways to build your mindset, but none are as profound as reading philosophy books.
It gives us opportunity to understand our own thinking and behavior at a deeper level.
Here are few essential philosophy books that will expand your mind: https://t.co/4CG95EkOf5
📁 Folders: Books
Bill Gurley (@bgurley)
📅 Sep 27, 2024 · ❤️ 1,094 · 👁 340,741
This is a “must watch” video. This ain’t your father’s venture capital market.
📁 Folders: watch later
Reads with Ravi (@readswithravi)
📅 Sep 26, 2024 · ❤️ 3,561 · 👁 561,150
21 books recommended by Naval Ravikant:
Read enough, and you become a connoisseur. Then you naturally gravitate more towards theory, concepts, non-fiction. The best book is the one you'll devour. — @naval
1) The Beginning of Infinity and The Fabric of Reality by David Deutsch
📁 Folders: Books
Mindset Machine (@mindsetmachine)
📅 Sep 15, 2024 · ❤️ 2,267 · 👁 117,075
You need to hear this : https://t.co/q791zX3pyf
📁 Folders: Motivation
Blake Emal (@heyblake)
📅 Sep 12, 2024 · ❤️ 13 · 👁 3,263
Want to sound smarter?
Eliminate these words from your writing:
→ Just
→ Very
→ Well
→ Some
→ Really
→ Very
→ Literally
→ Actually
→ Basically
→ Maybe
→ Kind of
→ Sort of
→ Like
→ That
→ Quite
→ Rather
→ Somewhat
📁 Folders: Resources
Elon Musk (@elonmusk)
📅 Sep 10, 2024 · ❤️ 21,087 · 👁 5,758,277
Just had a conversation @theallinpod
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Vincent van der Meulen (@vincentmvdm)
📅 Sep 5, 2024 · ❤️ 6,567 · 👁 421,955
whenever i need guidance i return to these two talks, and they never disappoint https://t.co/il1biPDWXR
📁 Folders: watch later
Reads with Ravi (@readswithravi)
📅 Aug 9, 2024 · ❤️ 1,081 · 👁 160,063
Sam Altman is the CEO of OpenAI, former president of Y Combinator.
He has recommended several books over the years which cover a wide range of topics including entrepreneurship, technology, psychology, history, and philosophy.
15 books recommended by @sama 🧵
1) Read Write Own by Chris Dixon
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Startup Archive (@StartupArchive_)
📅 Aug 6, 2024 · ❤️ 531 · 👁 71,184
Uber founder Travis Kalanick: “Every angel deal that gets done is a momentum play”
Below are the key excerpts from Travis’s blog post Startup Seed Raising Skillzzz:
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Priming the Pump. "Go to angel gatherings, industry conferences, any and all networking events. Meet people who are angels or who know angels. Give ‘em the elevator pitch… make sure you’re meeting with somebody new EVERY DAY."
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Intro meetings. “Informal discussion where you pitch the company over a lunch/coffee/etc., and expand potential angel network through referrals. Get your pitch down to 5-10 minutes, and prepare a tight FAQ in your head so that you have tight answers to the top 20 questions. Let them pay. Be proud of your scrappiness."
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ABC’s – Always Be Closing. "At the end of every meeting, get a clear understanding of where they stand on your deal opportunity."
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Referrals are key. "Most angels will immediately offer up a couple folks they can hook you up with… always ask for more folks you can connect with."
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Advisors: "Turn a couple of these potential angels into advisors. Having a few top-notch people in your corner can make all the difference in turning the tide in an angel round."
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Thought Partner: "Pick one advisor, co-founder, or mentor who will be your thought partner in managing the process."
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TheList: "Keep a list (aka pipeline) of the people you’re meeting with, the referrals that they provide you, and the level of their interest in the seed round. Stay on the ball…Always follow up."
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Passion/Charisma. "Focus on the positive, have confidence, be amped, bring passion to your game, and share the love with the person across from you."
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Credibility. "DO NOT FIGHT THE TRUTH… Do not try to spin out of what your weak points are. Do not try to make something certain that is not. Do not pretend to know something that you don’t. Credibility is the name of the game in fundraising."
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Momentum and Urgency. "Investors are fickle creatures, they are motivated by fear and greed… Time IS NOT YOUR FRIEND! The longer the process drags out, the more it seems that nobody is interested in your deal, and the less likely you are to actually get one."
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Getting the Lead. "Until you have a lead, you don’t have a deal… The way to get a lead is to spur one of the larger, most interested investors into making an offer."
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The Competitive Deal – The Need for Speed. "The second you have a single term sheet, you need to move very quickly to get a second one. You don’t have a lot of time, because momentum at this point is crucial to closing… Your second term sheet will be easier to get than your first, but it will make a HUGE impact on your deal. Without a second termsheet, you will be in a position to take whatever crappy terms the original lead provided, and it’s quite possible that the terms could get worse (or even go away!) as the one-termsheet deal drags out."
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Herding the cattle. "Once you start working the competitive leads, you need to start getting word out to ALL of the interested parties, that this deal is getting hot, and that you could start moving to close in very short order… This makes them anxious about the competitive situation you’ve created b/c now your deal has been validated."
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Anti-Collusion. "The heavyweights in your deal will have the inclination to collude to make the terms better… Keep it short and sweet with each potential colluder, and draw a very straight firm line that the material terms are not changing."
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Sprint through the close. "Until the deal is closed, you have at best a 50/50 shot of it happening. Keep working new seed investors, keep the competitive leads warm, get your deal oversubscribed, because until your deal is done, it’s just a nice fantasy in your head."
Video Source: @TechCoHQ
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Hadron Founders Club (@Hadronfc)
📅 Jul 27, 2024 · ❤️ 19 · 👁 2,178
We asked 50 founders about their favourite books
📚Here are the top 10 recommendations:
- The Lean Startup
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by Eric Ries (@ericries)
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Start with Why
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by Simon Sinek (@simonsinek)
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The $100 Startup
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by Chris Guillebeau (@chrisguillebeau)
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The Hard Thing About Hard Things
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by Ben Horowitz (@bhorowitz)
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Entrepreneurial You
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by Dorie Clark (@dorieclark)
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Zero to One
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by Blake Masters and Peter Thiel (@bgmasters @peterthiel)
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The Startup Owner's Manual
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by Bob Dorf and Steve Blank
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Made to Stick
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by Chip Heath and Dan Heath (@chipheath)
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Fall in Love with the Problem, Not the Solution
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by Uri Levine (@UriLevine1)
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What Customers Want (PB)
- by Anthony W. Ulwick
🌶️ Controversial picks:
• Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup
- by John Carreyrou (@JohnCarreyrou)
• How to Win Friends and Influence People:
- By Dale Carnegie (@DaleCarnegie)
• "To Sell Is Human”
- by Daniel Pink (@DanielPink)
📁 Folders: Books
Andrew Yeung (@andruyeung)
📅 Jul 22, 2024 · ❤️ 2,776 · 👁 708,581
All the startup accelerators you can apply for:
- PearX ($250k-$2m)
- Accel Atoms ($500k)
- Antler ($200k for 8%)
- Soma Capital ($100k)
- Sequoia Arc (Variable)
- a16z Speedrun ($750k)
- LAUNCH ($125k for 7%)
- OpenAI Converge ($1m)
- Techstars ($20k for 6%)
- Alchemist ($25k for 5%)
- NEO ($600k Uncapped)
- AngelPad ($120k for 7%)
- The Mint ($500k for 10%)
- AI2 Incubator ($50-$150k)
- HF0 ($125k for 7% + $375k)
- AI Grant ($250k Uncapped)
- Betaworks AI Camp ($500k)
- 500 Startups ($112.5k for 6%)
- Entrepreneur First ($125k for 8%)
- Y Combinator ($125k for 7% + $375k)
- Conviction Embed ($150k Uncapped)
- Founders Fellowship ($150k for 5-10%)
- SPC Fellowship ($400k for 7% + $600k)
(More info below)
Who am I missing?
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Chris (@itsCblast)
📅 Jul 10, 2024 · ❤️ 22,842 · 👁 4,398,784
It's Crazy How Accurate this Chart Is
Developed in 1875 By a Farmer Based on Solar Cycles https://t.co/KCVNgqA195
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TechStockFundamentals (@TechFundies)
📅 Jul 9, 2024 · ❤️ 468 · 👁 359,564
Contact worked at $GOOGL Waymo in charge of strategic automotive partnerships.
Pretty positive on Waymo tech but highlights difficulty of scaling roll-outs which is necessary to get costs down. Was pretty constructive on sustainability of $UBER model and their advantage in not owning a fleet (w/ ability to flex it up and down based on pricing).
Highlights
-Worked w/ auto OEMs to modify vehicle platforms for Waymo. Worked closely w/ Waymo fleet ops teams to understand their requirements. Also spent time working on parcel good delivery, and shippers who ran major parcel networks to explore autonomous use cases – overlapped w/ robotaxis bc considered delivery as way to increase robotaxi yield.
-Waymo autonomous tech works – they have it solved. Cars are completely autonomous.
-Doesn’t see Waymo as direct threat to Uber. Initial Waymo goal was to get 50% share in any given market but then realized difficult of scaling / running a robotaxi fleet. Hard to compete w/ UBER cost per mile bc of their model which lacks a dedicated fleet. Can dynamically price to pull in supply which is incredible.
-Waymo can offer services that Uber cannot. For instance – multi-stops for errands are much easier and people don’t mind having a robot wait for them as opposed to a human.
-Thinks Waymo goal is to license the tech bc it is great and then can be applied to multiple applications. Running a robotaxi service is a means to an end. Good news is that US really has 5-8 cities that are bulk of ridesharing [not sure that’s correct?]
-Difficult to scale tech across vehicle platforms – really have to spend a lot of money and make big bets on a vehicle platform because need to get huge volume to get costs down in terms of parts. Auto industry wants to make millions of units while Waymo needs thousands of units – just hard to get economics of scale.
-Waymo car cost is over $100k. To get a purpose built vehicle from OEM is $1b vehicle program – so instead work w/ existing platforms. Even modifying existing cars is very expensive – have to run wiring, new software functionality in vehicle, redundant breaking / steering / battery / etc. bc is autonomous.
-Fleet operations also expensive – need to build out charging infrastructure – can take a couple years to get electricity needed for a location. Need staff to go get broken cars and repair them.
-Think Waymo yield is less than 50% which is why they are partnering w/ Uber for food delivery etc.
-Waymo needs to figure out how to get more applications which can increase yield which can increase volume of cars which can get cost / car down.
-Believe Waymo financial breakeven is far away.
-LiDAR tech isn’t expensive but making it work is. Have to build and maintain high-definition maps, sensor cleaning is more involved, sensors break, etc.
-Wayve has great funding and is doing a good job. Still work to do – not as smooth, choppy, runs red lights, etc. Really good people and think in great position.
-Uber: Thinks they can potentially run own autonomous fleets to augment network. Can take payout to drivers and easily route that into tech spend once it is ready. Also worth noting Waymo currently can’t operate in really bad weather.
-Hard to sell Waymos to public to operate. They only work in designated areas and Waymo wouldn’t want liability of car being in hands of consumer. This use case is just too far out.
-More bullish on trucking and maybe even delivery. Think robotaxi at scale much further out.
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Ash (@ahboyash)
📅 Jul 8, 2024 · ❤️ 842 · 👁 219,467
Token listing strategy playbook
📔 Founders especially, save this if you are planning to launch a token soon.
When discussing portfolio value add, it’s not just making introductions to other VCs/angels to fill up the fundraising round but actually getting hands-on with founders to devise a proper strategy for success. One of it includes a proper token listing strategy on trusted centralised exchanges (CEX).
Here is a high-level guide I’ve written to help you and your project navigate the murky waters of getting your token listed on a major CEX.
I’ll break it down into 5 sections:
• Token listing documents
• CEX and market maker negotiations
• Community
• Media coverage
• Misc
Before diving deeper, it is imperative to have a good fundraising plan before launching a token strategy.
Make sure you nail the following:
• Carve out a budget to pay for exchange listing fees (gets higher in a bull market) and market making (retainer) fees.
• Strategise on how to fundraise from the venture arm of large CEXes (@BinanceLabs, @cbventures, @OKX_Ventures) as it improves the chances of listing.
• Build relationships with VCs/ angels who have strong connections in the industry.
- Token listing documents
In anticipation of a token launch, projects will need to prepare a few documents beforehand and they are the main requirements for a CEX listing.
This includes:
• A well written whitepaper (detailing the project’s vision and mission, explaining the protocol mechanism, team, roadmap).
• Tokenomics (token details, utility, vesting schedule, sustainable distribution).
• Protocol security and token audit from a trusted audit provider.
• Legal documents (entity documents, legal opinion from a lawyer).
• Investment and fundraising documents (last valuation raised at, cap table).
• Completed CEX listing forms (each CEX will have its own unique token listing form to fill up —> generally includes company incorporation, financial data, team, tokenomics, protocol mechanism, community and traction, legal documents).
- CEX and market maker negotiations
(a) CEX
These days, every CEX listing involves a listing fee and these varies from paying in stablecoin USD terms to giving out a % of the token total supply. From our discussions, expect to pay a fee between $200k - $500k (sometimes more) or give out 5-20% of total token supply.
Apart from listing fees, projects can also be expected to pay for technical fees (audit, token integration), marketing fees and security deposits.
There is a backlog on every CEX now as more and more projects vie for a token listing. Building relationships + connections with the right people can expedite your success.
It is also crucial for founders to apply for listings on multiple CEXes to increase the chances of securing a token listing + use it for negotiations. Good to have a collaboration + marketing campaign with DeFi wallets of various CEXes for more eyeballs.
(b) Market Makers (MM)
Onboarding MMs is a necessary part of the listing process to maintain price stability and ensure healthy liquidity for the token.
MMs typically fall into 2 categories:
• Loan + option model: MM borrow tokens from the project to provide liquidity and are granted call options (the right to purchase the token at a cheaper price)
• Retainer + profit share model: project pay the MM monthly fees to maintain liquidity
@0xLouisT and @minjung_eth did some good research on MMs:
• https://t.co/5nOK7HTyIl
• https://t.co/hFUo85Q9zS
- Community and socials
Form a strong (almost cult-like) and engaged community who will serve as your first set of users and word of mouth marketers.
Some tips:
• Discord <> Telegram/WeChat <> Twitter —> nail the trifecta of social media.
• Hire good community managers to manage Discord and Telegram groups, ecosystem/ BD leads to secure partnerships and localisation strategies (e.g. APAC lead/ head of marketing in Korea).
• Be active on Twitter from the main account + founder’s account to keep users informed with project updates + evangelise the product. Bonus if the project has a dedicated intern account/shitposter to get maximum mindshare (@intern <> @monad_xyz, @HugoMartingale <> @Polymarket).
• Integrate with major questing platforms for another source of GTM (e.g. @Galxe, @zealy_io and @layer3) and building communities.
• Founders need to be constantly evangelising their project and be excited about what they are building. (Study @keoneHD <> @monad_xyz, @Punk9277 <> @_kaitoai, @SmokeyTheBera <> @berachain, @taran <> @stix).
• Airdrops to power users + making them rich is one of the best ways to form a loyal set of users (albeit a bit hard these days with industrial farms and sybils).
- Media coverage
Crypto Twitter (CT) is inundated daily with memes, shitposts, charts, project updates, threads. Projects need a well-designed + comprehensive marketing plan to ensure all angles are adequately covered.
High level strats:
• Publishing on major crypto news portals to get maximum coverage from publications like @TheBlock__, @Foresight_News, @BlockBeatsAsia and @panews.
• KOL marketing which usually involves paid promotion or letting them invest at a lower valuation in exchange for marketing content (threads, articles, videos, channel shoutout).
• Outsourcing to top tier marketing agencies. Some of the good ones I have had the pleasure of working with includes @snow949494, @cryptofreedman <> @hypepartners, @JiraiyaReal <> @TailoredWeb3, @ciaobelindazhou <> @ShardDXB.
• Publishing deep research articles: apart from the big bois like @Delphi_Digital, @MessariCrypto, @blockworksres, there are many high quality firms that can be used like @Ian_Unsworth <> @kairos_res, @Steve_4P <> @FourPillarsFP, @blocmates, @asxn_r and @Shoalresearch.
- Misc
• @coingecko / @CoinMarketCap token listing.
• @dexscreener enhanced token information.
• @DefiLlama project listing.
• @DuneAnalytics dashboards to showcase relevant on-chain metrics and user analysis.
• @DeBankDeFi supported protocol.
• @tokenterminal data partnership.
I'll caveat this by saying that every token launch is unique and a cookie-cutter approach is usually NGMI.
A successful launch obviously involves way more than what I’ve covered here - this is just the tip of the iceberg.
If you’re working on a new project and want to learn more about the ins and outs of launching a token, feel free to reach out to @signum_capital or myself as we’re always looking to back bullish founders. Can’t leak too much alpha here :)
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Kathryn Wu (@kathrynwu1)
📅 Jul 1, 2024 · ❤️ 1,868 · 👁 208,294
Great book by @james406! The first time I read it was during YC, and many things seemed ambiguous. The second time, three months later on a flight, I was clearer about our level in this game. Will read it again with my cofounder after another three months. https://t.co/BVvSlB16zM
📁 Folders: Books
Elon Musk (@elonmusk)
📅 Jul 1, 2024 · ❤️ 115,328 · 👁 30,740,731
Some audiobook recommendations:
The Story of Civilization by Durant
Iliad (Penguin Edition)
The Road to Serfdom by Hayek
American Caesar by Manchester
Masters of Doom by Kushner
The Wages of Destruction by Tooze
The Storm of Steel by Junger
The Guns of August by Tuchman
The Gallic Wars by Caesar
Twelve Against the Gods by Bolitho
Genghis Khan by Weatherford
The first one on the list will take a while to get through, but is very much worthwhile.
Admittedly, this is a list that appeals to those who think about Rome every day.
I hope someone makes an audiobook of The Encyclopedia of Military History by Dupuy and The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World by Creasy.
📁 Folders: Books
George from 🕹prodmgmt.world (@nurijanian)
📅 Jun 30, 2024 · ❤️ 3,752 · 👁 844,176
Startup Playbook by Sam Altman (first published a month before the founding of OpenAI in 2015)
Out of all the parts, great execution is my favorite (and is also the hardest) https://t.co/8z8qAeDxTb
📁 Folders: Resources
Elon Musk (@elonmusk)
📅 Jun 15, 2024 · ❤️ 103,398 · 👁 37,782,543
Wise words from a recent interview with @geoffreyhinton, one of the smartest people in the world regarding AI
https://t.co/11A7fJpLcs
📁 Folders: watch later
Startup Archive (@StartupArchive_)
📅 Apr 5, 2024 · ❤️ 733 · 👁 97,562
The five things Sam Altman looks for in a founder
In the clip below, Sam Altman talks through the five things he believes makes really great founders special and what he would look for in a cofounder.
1: “I always figure it out” and “I never give up”
“There are two phrases that come to mind if I were trying to pick what our top 10 most successful founders would have said about themselves when we were interviewing them at YC: ‘I always figure it out’ and ‘I never give up’… Everyone thinks that really matters is how smart they are, or their domain expertise, or their network… But it really is this kind of personality trait. People have different phrases for it: determination, relentlessly resourceful is one that Paul Graham uses. But that spirit is the most important factor, I think, in successful founders.”
2 Focus, self-belief, personal connections
“There are three things that we have observed about how successful founders get things done: Focus, self-belief, and personal connections… And in fact, if I were looking for a cofounder, I would look for that. Does this person have a relentless focus? Are they just going to get this one thing done and keep their blinders on and not get distracted by shiny objects along the way? Do they actually believe that this is possible? Because momentum is this crazily self-fulfilling prophecy. Can they form the personal connections that it takes to be successful? Will they be able to recruit and retain a world-class team? Will they be able to sell their product? Will they be able to raise money? Will they be able to talk to the press? The ability to form these personal connections is super important.”
3 Clear vision, thought, and communication
“Almost all of the best startups that we have ever been involved with, from the very first time we met those founders, they were able to very concisely and clearly communicate what they were doing in ~25 words. And I don’t know why this is so important—maybe that you need to spread the message. But I can certainly say that founders who aren’t good at this don’t really go on to be successful… You can prove this to yourself quickly by looking at the founders of really successful companies. They’re all good at this. So I think this is an area to invest in and get better at.”
4 Ability to attract people to work on the company
“Recruiting that 20th employee is really hard. You need an exciting vision and you need to be good at communication and personal relationships.
5 Ability to get a huge amount of work done themselves
“The best founders just get a huge amount of work done themselves. So in the early days especially, you kind of have to do everything and there’s a lot to do. And so having focus and maniacal productivity is really important.”
Video Source: @WaterlooENG
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david phelps (@divine_economy)
📅 Mar 27, 2024 · ❤️ 74 · 👁 17,800
Crypto Consumer Company Idea #2:
Permissionless Game Shows
For a few days each year, we all get excited about crypto consumer for one reason:
Game shows.
Mad Realities. Love on Leverage. Crypto the Game.
The challenge has been letting anyone make these sustainably.
Until now.
Imagine this. It’s a few years from now, and a protocol wants to run its own version of Shark Tank as a new kind of hackathon: one where its community tunes in to vote on their favorite projects.
The winning projects get huge rewards, the losing projects get recognition and onchain credentials for making it so far, and the audience at home gets points from both the chain and from every project they vote for.
Both contestants and voters pay in—because it’s worth it to them for the money, status, opportunities, social connections, and potential airdrops they all earn. And that lets game show creators earn big in a way they never could before.
Now imagine bigger. Survivor. The Voice. American Idol. The Bachelor. Love Island. All giving contestants and new ways to earn reputation, to earn rewards, and to collaborate socially.
Or think even bigger than that. A monetizable Product Hunt. Presidential Debates with an audience live-voting on responses. The Grammies and Oscars with audiences picking who wins.
Any creator could have game shows for their fans to decide who they partner with. What track they release. What’s the most persuasive case they can make for future trends.
And all of this would be built on financial and reputational rails for everyone to earn.
Which is to say:
All of this can only be done onchain.
And as of this week, it can be done right now through us at @jokerace_io. By anyone. Without needing to worry about a single line of code.
There’s a lot of reasons this wasn’t possible before now—high gas fees, high overhead for managing the tech, and challenges letting anyone pay in to vote—but the main one is that it’s been hard to offer meaningful rewards for everyone involved in a game show.
In game shows, there’s literally some reward that’s at stake. That reward is usually financial: you get prize money. Sometimes, it’s reputational: you want the status of winning or backing a winner. And on rare occasions, it’s social: you form a community with others to back a favorite candidate. The best game shows will often integrate elements of financial, reputational, and social rewards all at once.
A game show without any rewards at all is a fairly doomed category, and we have a name for this cursed vertical in crypto: governance. In a sense, governance is just a game show without incentives or rewards, and yet in an industry built on incentives and rewards, we’ve insisted that the only types of decisions that anyone can make onchain are rewardless governance. Why? You might argue that rewards corrupt the integrity of the decision (maybe), but the real answer is because we haven’t wanted to do anything onchain that would enable these rewards in the first place.
It wasn’t until last week, when fees fell over 100x with EIP 4844, that it started to become sustainable to run social processes onchain in the land of ethereum. It wasn’t until this week that there was a way for anyone to participate in voting onchain with our introduction of anyone-can-vote at @jokerace_io.
So this is first week that it’s even been feasible to build game shows like the ones above.
And now that it’s cheap and fast to operate onchain, we can see the rewards for running onchain game shows are, indeed, huge.
Let me break that down a bit deeper to show how wild this opportunity is for all parties: the contestants, the viewers, and the game show creator.
First, and most obviously, contestants can earn from winning. A recurring show might give rewards to all players and teams on a given night, including the lowest-ranking ones that get eliminated.
That seems clear enough, but let me emphasize: contestants can also earn from losing. Even if the losers earn nothing, they still earn onchain reputation.
Every single person who votes for a contestant is attesting that they liked them. That’s a powerful social graph of permissionless data that the contestants can leverage for future communities, job opportunities, status, social connections, and, yes, airdrops. (If you won on karaoke night, a music project could do worse than to airdrop you its token.)
Imagine running all tiers of a game shows—votes to decide the contestants, votes to decide the finalists, votes to decide the winners. The reputation that everyone earns will create powerful graphs of proof-of-value, a far more meaningful metric than proof-of-humanity to help individuals find the ecosystems where we’re most valued.
Second, audience members can also earn. American gambling rules restrict payouts to voters of winning contestants, but it’s possible to imagine betting opportunities, bribes, and rewards overseas.
And what about in America? Voters might still earn other way. For example, they could earn NFTs, tokens, or points every time they vote. The fees they pay to vote could be used to buy up a token. They might even be able to swap or sell their voting rights (not financial advice).
But again, they’d earn reputationally and socially no matter what. Imagine voting for a no-name contestant who later became a celebrity and being able to prove you not only helped discover them but propel them to glory.
Imagine you were able to develop friends around this contestant who you could reach around the world. And imagine all of this entitled you, once again, to future communities, status, social connections, and airdrops. The social graph alone for measuring shared tastes among users could become the most valuable protocol for building a friendship or dating app in existence.
And then, most importantly, the contest creators earn. And they can earn three ways:
I. Data.
By operating onchain, creators will be able to access onchain information about their participants—what DeFi protocols they use, what NFTs they buy, what communities they’ve joined.
The simplest way to leverage this data is for sponsorships. For example, @rehashweb3, which runs a regular mini-game show onchain on @jokreace_io to decide who will appear on its podcast, recently worked with @bellosights to determine that 20% of their users were @zerion users. That insight was enough to get Zerion to sponsor their whole season.
But this data can be massively useful in other ways. It can let creators understand their community’s values. It can give them leverage to draw other players and judges to the show who are provably popular in their community. And it can incentivize other game shows, products, and protocols to want to reward anyone who participated as well.
All of this represents a huge unlock for the show’s growth.
II. Tokenization.
Perhaps you need the token to vote. Perhaps voting entitles you to buy the token. Perhaps voting entitles you to get an airdrop for the token. Perhaps paying to vote serves to purchase you the token. Perhaps the token is just used to select the contestants who will appear on the show. Or perhaps the token is just used for the final round.
Endless gamification is possible to support a token for the project.
III. Directly from show itself.
Most importantly, contest creators can monetize directly from the show they run. In a game show with 1000 contestants and thousands of dollars in prizes, they might conceivably charge $10-20 per entry and make a few thousand dollars.
But in a game show with 8 contestants and tens of thousands of voters, they could let anyone pay per vote—say, $1 per vote—and potentially make far more. And that’s for a single episode with a relatively small viewership.
Now imagine how this can scale over time. As the contest creator raises the prices to play, they can use this money to offer bigger rewards. Bigger rewards can then justify higher prices to pay, and so on. Over the course of a few years, they can scale up the financial incentives exponentially—and sustainable.
Imagine this at scale, and creators are making millions.
I’m excited that this is what we’ve been building for two years at @jokerace_io—a way for anyone to run these contests. Game shows are just one use case, but they’re a major one: when @eigencloud featured eight contestants to pick as their next supported LST, they got tens of thousands of voters paying in to participate.
You can imagine what this would look like at scale for something like, say, Miss Bumbum: the Brazilian beauty pageant for “best buttocks” that’s gotten more than 2 million voters for a given contest.
What would (may God forgive me) Miss Bumbum look like onchain? Well, the incredible thing is that this wasn’t even possible until this week—not only because of low gas fees, but because we’re the first contest tool that has ever let anyone vote. Until now, letting anyone vote would have been a recipe for random bots to give random number of votes.
But when you build on monetary rails that let you charge per vote, you can open up contests to anyone, proportionate to how they pay. And given the potential rewards, as well as the fun of playing, people stand to pay in substantially—if you design your mechanics well.
Of course, part of the mechanics means building a strong social brand, livestreaming with platforms like @unlonely_app, and taking time to align incentives for everyone involved. Creating a good game show is not easy.
But this week, it at least became easier. Because if you make one—and really, anyone can make one today—you can build a whole business of your own in consumer social on blockchains.
Without writing a single line of code.
This is my second in a series of posts on entire consumer social businesses you can build on top of @jokerace_io — the first was on gamified hackathons. If you’re interested in building any of these, my dms are open, and I’d love to be in touch.
https://t.co/JRnRC1Jml9
thanks to @seanmc_eth, @ddwchen, @medeana, @winnyeth, @reka_eth, @daisandconfused, @bdguan, @gracewhiteguan @DevinLewtan for all their feedback and insight
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Miles Deutscher (@milesdeutscher)
📅 Mar 25, 2024 · ❤️ 4,862 · 👁 2,203,861
GCR is one of the greatest traders the crypto space has ever seen.
Although he's no longer active on X, he has left behind a trail of alpha.
I spent 2 hours on the weekend reading & collating it.
🧵: Here's a compilation of the top 15 GCR alpha tweets.👇
📁 Folders: To Read, DeFi
Lenny Rachitsky (@lennysan)
📅 Mar 24, 2024 · ❤️ 332 · 👁 198,952
Kunal Shah (@kunalb11) is one of India's most admired and well-known product leaders. He is the CEO and founder of @CRED_club, an Indian-based fintech startup valued at over $6 billion. Prior to CRED, he founded three other startups, including FreeCharge, which he sold for over $400m to Snapdeal. He has also been an advisor to India’s most influential organizations, a part-time partner at Y Combinator, and an advisor at Sequoia Capital.
In our conversation, we discuss:
🔸 The prevalence of successful Indian immigrants in top CEO roles
🔸 Why companies in India can grow DAUs, but not ARPUs—and what the means for building products for India
🔸 The power of curiosity and second-order thinking
🔸 Challenges and opportunities in the Indian market
🔸 The Delta 4 framework for building new products
🔸 Lessons from building CRED (so far)
🔸 Lessons from failure
🔸 Much more
📁 Folders: To Read
Tim Denning (@Tim_Denning)
📅 Mar 23, 2024 · ❤️ 6,015 · 👁 2,844,017
Charles Bukowski's work will change your life forever.
His work takes 100s of hours to read. I've gone through it so you don't have to.
11 ideas. 11 opportunities to upgrade your mind. https://t.co/30EEvXcHsQ
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Elad Verbin (@verbine)
📅 Mar 22, 2024 · ❤️ 19 · 👁 1,933
I'll be speaking in Dappcon Berlin on 21/5 about the upcoming Ethereum-powered AI apocalypse
Here are the slides of the previous version of this talk, given last year at Zuzalu
https://t.co/0ezHLbgfYa
And here's a low-quality recording:
https://t.co/PA1xanjoWg
📁 Folders: To Read
Namya @ Supafast (@namyakhann)
📅 Nov 16, 2023 · ❤️ 1,544 · 👁 383,363
Good design is hard.
Here are my go-to spots online for design inspiration:
https://t.co/libDRyE3jc → web apps
https://t.co/3KJPjZoXdC → dark mode websites
https://t.co/aJPhiDf0Zw → minimal websites
https://t.co/HxS4NOmsun → one page websites
https://t.co/M8FMWSUaP9 → saas landing pages
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rachit (@rachitxdesign)
📅 Oct 24, 2023 · ❤️ 29 · 👁 1,991
all those looking for a “reading list”
https://t.co/k5mRjHBAuY
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yuga.eth 🛡 (@yugacohler)
📅 Sep 17, 2023 · ❤️ 1,759 · 👁 976,298
With respect, I found @ErikVoorhees' keynote to be jejune, anti-democratic, and disingenuous. It may be effective as a rallying cry for libertarians, but as a strategic framework for the global adoption of crypto, it is so divorced from reality as to be worthy of ignoring.
The speech's strongest points centered around the notion that "code is better than law." There is merit to the claim that transparent, mathematically-based rule-making can yield superior results to an opaque, politically-based process. I also agree with his characterization of the right to transact as fundamental to human existence.
However, I disagree with the perspective that American democracy is so deserving of disdain as to be rejected. Voorhees' conflation of the "state" as a single entity ignores the variety of political systems across the world and their relative levels of freedom. Democracy is categorically better than totalitarianism, and to reduce both to the machinations of men with "dead eyes and weak hearts" is to deny millennia of political progress, as well as the suffering of those under more oppressive regimes than the one Voorhees himself is subject to.
Voorhees' political framework reveals a level of hypocrisy and immediately crumbles when applied to the real world. Does he not comply with the subpoenas issued to him by the regulators he calls out in the audience? Does he not pay the income taxes that he castigates at the beginning of the speech? Would he have the creation of roads, bridges, and highways mediated through smart contracts today? There is a place for decentralized finance; there is also a place for the actions of a centralized state on behalf of its people, and to deny that is childish.
Voorhees says: "The political class... that legion of bureaucrats suckling at the teat of plundered wealth, with all their ornaments of authority, with all their hubris masked as confidence, with the inauthenticity of their smiles matched only by the absurdity of their ideas, and I see no reason to submit to the permissions under which they seek to restrain me. To such people, we owe nothing."
The reality is that Voorhees - and all of us - do submit to these permissions because we recognize the rule of law under a democratic system, arrived at through voting and lawmaking. The process is never perfect; it can even be corrupt; yet, we comply because we have faith that the inclusive political institutions that propelled America to become the financial hegemon will eventually recognize the importance and utility of crypto. It is reasonable and just to seek the consent – i.e., the permission – of the governed; that is democracy.
I strongly question a strategy which alienates all those involved in government as weak-willed and immoral. What does painting with such a broad brush achieve beyond revealing your own biases? In government, like in crypto, there are good people and bad people. We should aim to excise the bad people and have the good people in both spheres work together towards an open, global financial system.
I have much respect for Voorhees as an OG of crypto, and I understand that his perspective is a large part of how crypto came to be as big as it is today. But it is an untenable perspective weighed down by its idealism, dogmatism, and hyperbole and will slow down the adoption of crypto as we approach its next phase of global adoption.
To wholly reject the democratic state is libertarian propaganda and is of no use for the growth of crypto as an open, global financial system. We should instead recognize the merits of democracy and use them to further expand the reach of crypto.
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The All-In Podcast (@theallinpod)
📅 Sep 16, 2023 · ❤️ 7,236 · 👁 6,222,865
2,851 Miles by @bgurley from the @allinsummit
now available in full on @x
(0:00) 2,851 Miles
(24:44) In conversation with @bgurley https://t.co/FhePndpqac
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Inflection Point (@BWInflection)
📅 Sep 13, 2023 · ❤️ 10,863 · 👁 3,935,935
Why are we here?
Permissionless II opener from @ErikVoorhees that got an entire crypto conference on their feet https://t.co/48kbXMaQjE
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Nick Dobos (@NickADobos)
📅 May 28, 2023 · ❤️ 921 · 👁 209,085
Banger Book
11/10
Read this right now https://t.co/Na0ibj8ahu
📁 Folders: Books
sharvil (@0xSharvil)
📅 Feb 13, 2023 · ❤️ 63 · 👁 15,646
VCs invest based on specific investment theses that define their preferred types of investments.
Tokenomics is one such make or break factor where investors are very particular about which models they invest in.
I've collated 45+ VC token theses from the top crypto funds 🧵
📁 Folders: Resources
Anastasia (@AnastasiaU)
📅 Nov 25, 2022 · ❤️ 4
Mine is here:
https://t.co/lcEHlKRtEa
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Deep Develop 🧬 (@deep_develop)
📅 Aug 30, 2022 · ❤️ 1,946
6 Best Books on "How People Make Decisions"
- Behave https://t.co/IZrifMSipo
📁 Folders: Unfiled, Books
Library Mindset (@librarymindset)
📅 Aug 17, 2022 · ❤️ 8,931
10 Books That Will Boost Your Productivity
1) https://t.co/QQwKnSUG3o
📁 Folders: Unfiled, Books
Library Mindset (@librarymindset)
📅 Jul 19, 2022 · ❤️ 13,328
200 Books To Read
1) https://t.co/xFhUsXkOLO
📁 Folders: Unfiled, Books
Brandon Nolte (@brandoncnolte)
📅 Jul 1, 2022 · ❤️ 536
DAO onboarding is a mess.
But there's a few DAOs who are really excelling at it.
Here are the 8 best threads that show how they do it👇
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Philosophy Of Life (@PhilOfLife_)
📅 Jun 27, 2022 · ❤️ 4,919
"If you lack self-discipline, read this"
Psychology thread https://t.co/h4J5jfPhwr
📁 Folders: Unfiled, Philosophy
Library Mindset (@librarymindset)
📅 Jun 26, 2022 · ❤️ 30,369
If you’re in your 20s read these 20 quotes:
1) https://t.co/UPmXa3Y8Eq
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Read By The Sun ☀️ Audrey (@ReadByTheSun)
📅 Jun 25, 2022 · ❤️ 1,321
Being an Aries is beautiful because there’s so many times I have wanted to give up in life but I just keep fighting, despite obstacles thrown in my way. I know that my life means something, & that I’m meant to follow a path different from those around me even if it gets lonely.
📁 Folders: Unfiled, Motivation
Benji (@0xFunk)
📅 Jun 6, 2022 · ❤️ 1,475
1/ Understanding the EVM – Simplified
You’ve probably heard of the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM), but if you’re like me find it more than slightly intimidating. Below is my attempt at a basic guide to what it is and how it works:
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꧁♕ʀᴇʏʟᴀ.ʀᴇᴀᴅs♕꧂ (@reyla_reads)
📅 Dec 27, 2021 · ❤️ 5,759
✨Sagittarius, Gemini, Aries, Libra, Cancer, Taurus✨(☀︎︎| ☽|↑| ♀️| 𝑑𝑜𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑛𝑡)
A passionate new beginning when it comes to your career and life purposes is heading towards you this 2022. You will be finding your greatest purpose and living the life you want.
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Trung Phan (@TrungTPhan)
📅 Dec 23, 2021 · ❤️ 1,729
12/ Manufacturing History
Even more than brand exposure, Red Bull Racing creates history, which ultimately reduces customer acquisition costs b/c:
◻️Fandom is heritable through generations
◻️Winning creates mythology around product
◻️Constant exposure creates deep affection https://t.co/PADzbRHeUV
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Linda Xie (@lindaxie)
📅 Dec 16, 2021 · ❤️ 4,442
My beginner's guides on DeFi, NFTs, DAOs, and social tokens:
-
DeFi (Jan 2020)
https://t.co/x7CuyRP9CW -
NFTs (Jan 2021)
https://t.co/1YJbdCCTcQ -
DAOs (Mar 2021)
https://t.co/SKiEHs33EO -
Social tokens (Nov 2021)
https://t.co/2neZyex1CZ
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Nik Sharma (@mrsharma)
📅 Nov 23, 2021 · ❤️ 9,834
99% of people suck at writing cold emails.
I get about 1,000 emails per day, here's what catches my eye 🧵
📁 Folders: Unfiled, Resources
Wise Chimp (@wise_chimp)
📅 Nov 23, 2021 · ❤️ 3,563
18 Books Must to Read:
- The Almanak of @naval Ravikant
- Letters from a stoic
- The 48 Laws of Power
- The Psychology Of Money
- Antifragile
- So Good They Can't Ignore You
- Influence
- The Daily Stoic
- Your Music And People
10.The Great Mental Models https://t.co/Be959a2rZb
📁 Folders: Unfiled, Books
Blake Burge (@blakeaburge)
📅 Oct 30, 2021 · ❤️ 31,810
Google Sheets isn't Excel...
But it's more powerful than you think.
8 things Google Sheets can do, you'll wish you knew yesterday. 📊
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TeacherGoals (@teachergoals)
📅 Oct 30, 2021 · ❤️ 4,767
Emma gets it. 🧡 https://t.co/AsmMGWZJz0
📁 Folders: Unfiled, ❤️
Poem Heaven (@PoemHeaven)
📅 Oct 17, 2021 · ❤️ 21,798
https://t.co/OivqAPDFpJ
📁 Folders: Unfiled, ❤️
Poem Heaven (@PoemHeaven)
📅 Oct 15, 2021 · ❤️ 14,928
it’s just the worst. https://t.co/vYi1jwVRZB
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Mind Haste ⚡️ (@MindHaste)
📅 Oct 15, 2021 · ❤️ 882
23 Deep Philosophy Quotes From “Immanuel Kant”
| Thread https://t.co/noCEY59NBw
📁 Folders: Unfiled, Philosophy
Alex & Books 📚 (@AlexAndBooks_)
📅 Oct 9, 2021 · ❤️ 67,241
If you’re overthinking, write.
If you’re underthinking, read.
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david phelps (@divine_economy)
📅 Oct 7, 2021 · ❤️ 692
web3 shopify: @viamirror
web3 linkedin: @0xSTATION
web3 pinterest: @yup_io
web3 mckinsey: @twalixyz
web3 harvard: @rabbithole_gg
web3 aws: @ArweaveTeam
web3 soundcloud: @AudiusProject
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Golden Retriever Channel (@GoldretrieverUS)
📅 Oct 2, 2021 · ❤️ 5,641
Good Morning from the Golden Retriever Channel. Two already besties cuddle-pup during Mom's AM walkies. #Saturdayvibe
(Fordandpalmer Tiktok)
cutepuppies #dogs #cutenessoverload https://t.co/ktl9Lkvh08
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Poem Heaven (@PoemHeaven)
📅 Oct 1, 2021 · ❤️ 8,480
https://t.co/V7wZlHth7Z
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Wealth Director (@wealth_director)
📅 Oct 1, 2021 · ❤️ 536
10 Steve Jobs Quotes That Will Dramatically Shift Your Mindset
=Thread= https://t.co/ZYrbxXdTaS
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Peter Yang (@petergyang)
📅 Sep 29, 2021 · ❤️ 2,565
New to web 3 and want someone to "explain like I'm five" how crypto works?
I've written a single post that breaks down:
- Web 3
- Blockchain (wallets and keys, proof of work vs. stake)
- Tokens
- Bitcoin
- Ethereum
- NFTs
- DAOs
Let's dive in...
https://t.co/BzyKGUbbMy
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Moonsoulchild (@bymoonsoulchild)
📅 Sep 23, 2021 · ❤️ 14,820
You’re not dumb to love someone with all your heart, to want someone who is no good for you… https://t.co/p689Cs6xso
📁 Folders: Unfiled, ❤️
Sahil (@sahilypatel)
📅 Aug 14, 2021 · ❤️ 25,554
A list of cool websites you might now know about
A thread 🧵
📁 Folders: Unfiled, Resources
Chris Hladczuk (@chrishlad)
📅 Aug 12, 2021 · ❤️ 2,583
How to Google should be a mandatory class in school. https://t.co/2NOfuZL2Sm
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Balaji (@balajis)
📅 Jun 15, 2021 · ❤️ 2,724
Here are those links:
1) https://t.co/TxODd8f1qc
2) https://t.co/VwFcLB2c6U
3) https://t.co/S3OfPukgNX
4) https://t.co/DZ4ipmDM3M
5) https://t.co/f1I27BX4NV
6) https://t.co/DcqfiYqhZl
7) For China crypto, follow @DoveyWan @cz_binance @calilyliu @wheatpond @mattysino
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Lex Fridman (@lexfridman)
📅 Jun 3, 2021 · ❤️ 19,354
Here's my conversation with @VitalikButerin, his second time on the podcast. We talk about @Ethereum, @Bitcoin, @Dogecoin, @elonmusk, @ShibainuCoin, @IOHK_Charles, @Cardano, @Chainlink, @0xPolygon, life, immortality, AI, and even speak Russian at the end. https://t.co/Y3cjGuctvM https://t.co/Pu7uwwF6X4
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Hiten Shah (@hnshah)
📅 May 21, 2021 · ❤️ 1,767
My simple explanation of startup pivots... https://t.co/m4VtFyRnnQ
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nic carter (@nic_carter)
📅 May 20, 2021 · ❤️ 4,048
Incredibly fair article from @intelligencer's @jenwieczner. Captures all the nuances of the debate 👏👏👏
https://t.co/9b7MeJnyvo
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Michael Saylor (@saylor)
📅 May 13, 2021 · ❤️ 18,204
Bitcoin Mining serves as the foundation of the monetary network - critical to its growth, stability, longevity, vitality, & integrity. The Proof of Work architecture is a masterpiece of engineering that anchors the system to the real world, providing Seven Layers of Security.
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Poem Heaven (@PoemHeaven)
📅 Mar 1, 2021 · ❤️ 12,898
you know what i mean? https://t.co/FUGAbKDxhv
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WUSA9 (@wusa9)
📅 Jan 31, 2021 · ❤️ 36,764
The Giant Pandas at the @NationalZoo are enjoying DC's snow storm. The video shows slides, somersaults and pure panda joy from Mei Xiang and Tian Tian! https://t.co/29ukG8h7mA https://t.co/PHDzAvUWI3
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Dan Held (@danheld)
📅 Jan 18, 2021 · ❤️ 3,747
1/ Bitcoin’s energy consumption is not “wasteful.”
- It is much more efficient than existing financial systems
- No one has the moral authority to tell you what is a good or bad use of energy (ex: watching the Kardashians)
Let's debunk this FUD👇
📁 Folders: Unfiled, Eth resources
Documenting ₿itcoin 📄 (@DocumentingBTC)
📅 Jan 9, 2021 · ❤️ 1,995
Bitcoin has gone up $40,000 after this advice. https://t.co/049rgv8Lvu
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Simon Sinek (@simonsinek)
📅 Dec 23, 2020 · ❤️ 2,722
Can introverts be leaders? OF COURSE!
When it comes to being a leader, it doesn’t matter if you’re an introvert or an extrovert. What matters is that you learn to leverage the advantages of your personality type. https://t.co/3OU6U4jJWf
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ian // (@ianDAOs)
📅 Dec 5, 2020 · ❤️ 3,704
How I learned Solidity programming in a month:
In April during lockdowns, I decided to invest in learning Solidity. Given that I haven't seriously coded beyond HTML in almost 20 years, it was daunting 😨
But it doesn't have to be hard or scary to get started.
Here's how 👇
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Zoraya Black - Healing & Relationships (@ZorayaBlack_)
📅 Oct 29, 2020 · ❤️ 3,307
Aries make some of the best humanitarians. The focus around their anger/temper doesn’t do them justice in description at all. Being sister sign of Libra who is big on justice and fairness, Aries are big on doing the right thing and protecting others. Mars makes them want to fight
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Yan Cui (@theburningmonk)
📅 Oct 7, 2020 · ❤️ 3,639
This is gold. https://t.co/YBBvnbB2qc
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Shreyas Doshi (@shreyas)
📅 Oct 6, 2020 · ❤️ 2,124
A thread of 15 principles for product work (most of which I learned the hard way)
👇🏾
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Physics In History (@PhysInHistory)
📅 Oct 5, 2020 · ❤️ 4,105
"Be less curious about people and more curious about ideas."
-- Marie Skłodowska Curie https://t.co/qYvvYWmlFj
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Poem Heaven (@PoemHeaven)
📅 Aug 23, 2020 · ❤️ 5,861
oh my... https://t.co/1JYi1ab1Xi
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Poem Heaven (@PoemHeaven)
📅 Aug 22, 2020 · ❤️ 3,904
i didn’t quit
i simply chose myself
instead of continuing to try
for someone who wouldn’t
try for me.
— the choice
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Jaynti Kanani (JD) (@jdkanani)
📅 Aug 22, 2020 · ❤️ 8
The opposite of confidence https://t.co/PZGsav5OO5
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Shalini Singh (@shalinisparmar)
📅 Jul 11, 2020 · ❤️ 1,593
Why TikTok made its user so obsessive?
The AI Algorithm that got India hooked.
A thread
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Jaynti Kanani (JD) (@jdkanani)
📅 Jun 18, 2020 · ❤️ 26
Book notes - Courage to be Disliked by Fumitake Koga and Ichiro Kishimi
https://t.co/akaW7LRX7F
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David Perell (@david_perell)
📅 May 17, 2020 · ❤️ 1,146
Nobody writes short articles better than Seth Godin.
🏆 https://t.co/vQ35oeRu1j
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MaxineRyan (@MaxieRyan)
📅 May 8, 2020 · ❤️ 1,972
Write like the best. Here's Amazon's tips for writing.
Even better follow @david_perell because he's the boss of effective writing. https://t.co/ipGV78Q7et
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Jesse Walden (@jessewldn)
📅 Apr 7, 2020 · ❤️ 43
Here is my high level reading/summary of
@RobertJShiller’s book: "Narrative Economics"
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Tarot by Vai✨ (@astrovai1)
📅 Apr 3, 2020 · ❤️ 254
♈️ARIES-APRIL PREDICITIONS♈️
Happy birthday aries! Right now I’m sensing a lack of direction which is VERY normal due to the circumstances..I see a lack of control SENDING you..maybe pertaining a certain thing or connection? Just know this period of confusion is really going to-
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Eric Peng (@ericpeng_)
📅 Apr 3, 2020 · ❤️ 8
1/
Play gives birth to creativity and joy.
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Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson)
📅 Jan 6, 2020 · ❤️ 292,425
🔥SAVAGE🔥
Ricky Gervais just gave the best opening speech at the #GoldenGlobes ever.
He absolutely DESTROYED Hollywood. https://t.co/byRej81Xo0
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Jake Brukhman (@jbrukh)
📅 Nov 17, 2019 · ❤️ 31
Ethereum smart contract folks, what’s the recommended way of downloading a snapshot of all the ERC-20 token balances for all holders of a particular token? cc @jeffscottward @izqui9 @AFDudley0 @Steven_McKie @Arjun_Bhuptani @ameensol @nanexcool
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