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Have fun with your startup's marketing.
Make your customers laugh.
Help your customers learn something.
Share success stories often.
Do things that inspire customers.
Stand out from the crowd.
Be entertaining.
Because attention is easily bought.
But really hard to earn. – at San Mateo, CA
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Startups are hard as hell.
They take years to build.
You'll be stressed a lot.
You'll work long hours.
You'll think about giving up.
Remember why you started.
You wanted to solve a problem.
You wanted to help people at scale.
You wanted to change a market.
So do that.
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If your money allowed you to create happy memories with people you love while you still could, it was already money well spent.
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Many people assume they are bad at writing because it is hard. This is like assuming you are bad at weightlifting because the weight is heavy.
Writing is useful because it is hard. It's the effort that goes into writing a clear sentence that leads to better thinking.
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Love is a verb, an action, a decision. You can choose to love even when you don't feel like it.
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Give your most creative people the opportunity to spend at least part of their time on projects they choose that will also create value for the customer. This approach focuses on the employee's uniqueness. As a result, you will have more engaged & fulfilled employees.
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Practice your soft skills, and you'll see your hard skills improve as well-
• Engineering → Collaboration
• Coding → Problem solving
• Data analysis → Attention to detail
• Management → Emotional intelligence
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Competitors can easily copy your startups product but it’s difficult to copy your brand and the narrative upon which it is built.
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To succeed every startup needs an outrageously optimistic person.
This role is for the founder because if you don’t believe in your business who will?
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Being pleasant and having a good attitude is a simple way to become luckier.
Opportunities come through people, and people are more likely to bring opportunities to people they like.
It’s hard to win if your attitude adds friction to every interpersonal experience.
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Which is the most dangerous addiction?
1. Alcohol
2. Nicotine
3. Sugar
4. Salary
5. Twitter
6. Coffee
7. Day Trading
8. Netflix
9. ChatGPT
10. Online shopping
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5 GOLDEN RULES:
- Be strong, but not rude
- Be kind, but not weak
- Be bold, but don't bully
- Be humble, but not shy
- Be proud, but not arrogant
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Startup founders tend to think about their product first and marketing and sales later but you should think about how to sell and market your product before developing it.
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Your startup doesn't need to be innovative.
Your startup doesn't need to lead a market.
Your startup doesn't need to raise money.
Your startup doesn't need to be disruptive.
Solve a problem you understand, serve customers better than others, and build a profitable business.
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Investing in index funds can make you a millionaire.
There are over 2,500 index funds to invest in, here are my top 5:
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Write, paint, code, make videos, record podcasts, do it because it allows you to grow as a person
It's not meaningless just because someone, or some AI, is better than you at it
As long as you enjoy the process, it's already time well-spent
Don't take yourself too seriously
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The more you write, the more ideas you have.
The more you move, the more energy you have.
The more you rest, the more time you have.
Results demand momentum.
Progress disappears when you hide in your head to avoid engaging with reality.
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Five Feynman rules for Life: 🧠
i) Take mistakes as Lessons.
ii) Focus is the key.
iii) Study hard what interests you the most.
iv) Don't worry about what other people think.
v) Skills are more valuable than your grades.














