9 reasons why aristocracy beats democracy 1. The Pyramid Problem. Will Durant said there are grand tasks “requiring generations” of coordination and democracy is utterly incapable of them. A democratically elected leader can never build a Pyramid. 2. The Freedom Paradox. Durant…
When I've helped organisations move to be outcome/product orientated more often than not I've moved them away from 'epics' and 'user stories' and towards things like one pagers, hypotheses, etc. Bc they're better at facilitating outcome thinking and experimentation.
An Indian left his job in India and joined as a salesman in a big departmental store in Canada !! On the first day, the Indian worked with full josh. At 6 pm..... Boss :- "How much of sales did you do on the first day?" Indian : "Sir, I attended to 1 Sales call." Boss :…
Things I don't know about AI markets - a list of questions about our ever changing world :)
A thread of all my projects that I built in the last 2 months 🧵
See @karpathy explaining how to build GPT from scratch to a dad from South Sudan The internet is so cool
The Lex Fridman interview with @BillAckman was excellent. Highly recommend. I love General Ackman, and University Rambo Ackman but the real alpha with Bill is his investment acumen. This 8 mins part about his investment in General Growth Properties during the GFC is my…
Every business proposal must address this one underlying question: "𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘆 𝗼𝗿 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘆?" Businesses exist to make money by creating value for customers. The closer you are to generating revenue for your organization, the more…
Tony Fadell on opinion-based decisions and what made Steve Jobs great “If you look at most companies that are paralyzed and cannot make new innovations and new products, it’s because they’re trying to turn opinion-based decisions into data-driven decisions so that they don’t…
@jjude @joshkaufman Hi @jjude, if your kids are visual learners, I've created a visual story to help them remember the 12 standard forms of value. Let me know what they say! #thepersonalmba @joshkaufman
Just discovered @brian_lovin's personal site. It's structured like a note-taking app and I love it. This is one of my favorite UI patterns; it makes the whole site so easy to explore.
India is the ‘Vishwaguru’ in (drumrolls) 🥁 🥁 misinformation & disinformation! You must’ve read that fact from the @wef’s Global Risk report, but here I cite important examples - top 5 fake news that went viral recently & helped us get this 1st rank! Which ones did you fall for?
Took me until age 37 to discover the magic of this book.🤦♂️
Pursue mastery, not status
AAP once had a such transparant election funding system that every smallest Donation & Donor list was being put on Website & hence people started asking BJP to show their funding like this too. So what Modi ji & BJP did ? They started raiding every donor of AAP, which led to…
Colorado Plateau in USA is heaven for those of us love geology, petrology.etc. It spans an area of 3,36,700sqkm. If nature is an artist, Colorado Plateau is its finest art. Top-5 natural wonders for Geology lovers, It has unique rock shapes, water falls, rivers, Canyons 3/3
Some of my favorite @naval ideas: 1. If you don't know yet what you should work on, the most important thing is to figure it out. 2. Books make for great friends, because the best thinkers of the last few thousand years tell you their nuggets of wisdom. 3. You will get rich…
@FoundersPodcast @naval These are great, you should come on @getairchat and talk about it!
~300 people die EVERY DAY prematurely because they don't identify symptoms soon enough. I'll spend ~$4,000 this year on these 10 tests to identify my health risks & extend my lifespan. (I'm 41 yo w/ a "biological age" of 26) Bookmark my protocol to avoid premature death 👇🏻
In 1974, author Ray Bradbury was asked, “What is space travel going to do for man?” In response, he gave the most mystical, mind-blowing, and strangely moving answer I could have imagined.
YouTube SEO: How to boost video visibility and grow your channel (free checklist) 🎥 by @lazarinastoy 👇 check it out
That time Barack Obama was rebuked by Alan Keyes on same-sex marriage, using Natural Law. This debate was held on October 26, 2004, when both were running for office to be a State Senator in Illinois.
Copy and paste these ChatGPT-4 marketing related prompts to reduce hours of work in minutes.
How I learnt to keep it simple and build a net worth 19 times my annual expenses
After scaling 2 products to $1M+ (and 7 failures), I realized ONE thing Picking the right problem to solve is as important as executing it. How you can find your next million-dollar startup idea 🧵
How To OKR (Insights from The Ultimate Guide to OKRs | Christina Wodtke by Lenny's Podcast)
20 examples of how people are using custom GPTs to make their teams more productive. Including examples from @TryRamp @Spotify @Chime @Faire_wholesale @Linktree_ and many others Here's an example GPT from within Ramp (thanks @diegozaks!) that lets designers upload mocks with…
Best roadmap rundown I've ever seen. 🔸 Linear denies uncertainty (and is false) 🔸 Diverging acknowledges uncertainty 🔸 Branching navigates uncertainty
Best thing I've read in a long, long time. Never stopped nodding. Good stuff, @sama.
@PerdooHQ Put another way: Objectives = “What do you want to achieve?” Key Results = “How will you know when you’ve achieved it?” Initiatives = “How are you going to achieve it?” Objectives = Strategy. Key Results = Measurement. Initiatives = Execution.
You can build Gen AI apps in minutes by prompting. Some tools I made using Amazon Partyrock.
I always find myself coming back to this collection of 'Essays' to read from @patrick_oshag Is there a similar themed version for 'Podcasts to listen to'?
Best books with fewer than 100 pages. Go. I’ll start: The Manual, by Epictetus
Civil Death it is.... Look at what the opening statement of arguments in the Aadhaar case was :-
Really nice breakdown for writing a homepage Before you start, crisply define: • Who it's for • What problem you solve • What your solution is • Exactly what users get and how much it costs
If you struggle to make your point in meetings and presentations, use this tip:
God is Dead: Modern philosophy's boldest (and the most misunderstood) statement Atheists think it's a triumphant announcement, but for Nietzsche it was a great TRAGEDY... A breakdown of what Nietzsche actually meant:
Highly recommend watching this talk by @karpathy to build an understanding of how LLMs work
Tired: ◆ Jira ◆ Notion ◆ Trello ◆ Linear ◆ Evernote Wired: ◆ Apple Notes ◆ Apple Reminders ◆ Raycast Floating Notes ◆ VSCode Untitled-1 ◆ Slack DM self
I can't believe I've created 720+ visuals! Give @Playbook_hq a try! It's far superior to Dropbox or G-Drive if you work with visual files! They're also offering 4TB of free storage. 👀 This is not a sponsored tweet.
Semi-controversial opinion: There’s no such thing as working too hard. There’s just being under rested. 1. Winston Churchill used to work 16 hours per day in his old age during the war — but he also worked in bed every day until 11am. He had a nap after lunch, and a 2 hour nap…
#AldousHuxley wrote "These old Hindus knew everything that we know but were unfortunately too modest to state the fact baldly. A little more clarity on their part,a little less reticence and India would now be centuries ahead of her western rivals." 🤣😂Epic trolling 😂 1/2
I recommend these 3 books for anyone looking to unravel the mysteries of statistics and probability! From storytelling in data to the logic of uncertainty and simplifying complex concepts, these reads are essential. Dive in to transform how you see the world through numbers! 1.…
When BJP filed for an RTI for Arvind Kejriwal's IIT Entrance Exam Rank and his Scores across Semesters, IIT Kharagpur provided all the details. In return, Arvind Kejriwal filed RTI on Modi's BA & MA degree after he found out they were FAKE, but they still haven't been released!!
2024 SaaS Development Playbook: I've built 2 SaaS products in the last 4 months. Under $5000 Under 21 Days I am dumping all my tiny secrets here. 1st Step: Don't build another Habit tracker or Screen recorder. These are add-ons. Your SaaS should be solving A class…
When I see startup folks saying “I can’t find an idea to work on, how do you find ideas?” I just can’t understand that. The ideas seem constant to me.
People buy flats looking at gyms/clubhouse/amenities( as one of the criteria ) which they rarely use People buy mixer grinders looking at the number of attachments/jars( as one of the criteria )which they rarely use People buy cars looking at features like sunroof etc ( as one…
For you React Native developers what libraries do you use in every project. I'll start - Expo - React-Hook-Form - Nativewind - Pocketbase/Supabase - Posthog
This video shows why you should know about taxes:
