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"Silence is only informational if you can speak skillfully." - Nassim Nicholas Taleb

I found this an excellent case of complex systems where interactions are unpredictable I can already see the herbicide producer saying, "we tested our product from years and it's not dangerous!" But lab tests cannot account for complex interactions theatlantic.com/science/archiv… 2/2

The most interesting part of Amazon’s latest shareholder letter was Bezos trying to quantify how much value Amazon produced for different groups in 2020. Back of napkin math: $301 Billion of value created, of which shareholders see $21B. aboutamazon.com/news/company-n…

"What I learned on my own I still remember" - Nassim Nicholas Taleb

I've raised one of the largest seed rounds ever for a female solo founder, for a weird, moonshot company that doesn't quite fit in most VC's pre-ordained view of the world ;) I've written a behemoth post on how this round happened, my mistakes, and - most fun - the bloopers!

100 days ago, I co-founded a business. Totally bootstrapped. Today, it’s doing $50K in MRR growing 50% per month. Here’s the story...

1/ Tokens are a new digital primitive, analogous to the website 🧵

YAP is excited to announce our partnership and launch of the EDB Business Banking App, powered by YAP! Big thanks to Gulf Business for highlighting YAP’s role with EDB in launching the latest #business #banking app in the #UAE that supports #SMEs.

In Asia Pacific, #SuperApps Are Leading the #DigitalBanking Race fintechnews.sg/55700/virtual-… via Fintech Singapore quoting WhiteSight research too 😍

The #YAP team had an amazing time at the opening of Seamless Middle East & Saudi Arabia ✨ We were truly honoured to have received a visit from H.H Sheikh Saif Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, who greeted our co-founder, Anas Zaidan. Remember to stop by and visit YAP at booth F40 at #SeamlessMiddleEast for Day 2!

YAP is honoured to win ‘Fintech Innovation of the Year’ from the Seamless Middle East & Saudi Arabia Awards on their opening day! 🙌 Huge thanks to Seamless and everyone who came and showed #YAP some love 💜 Drop by and visit us at booth F40 for day 2 of #SeamlessMiddleEast 2021!

"There are two types of people: those who try to win and those who try to win arguments. They are never the same." - Nassim Nicholas Taleb

From Taleb’s “Antifragile”

📢 YAP has launched the GCC region’s first virtual card allowing users to shop more securely online. Each card has its own unique card number, expiration date, and a distinct card verification value (CVV). Read more in Gulf Business gulfbusiness.com/dubai-based-fi… #client

YAP UAE CEO, Masood Khan, talks about YAP and the fintech market in the region. Check out the video of the DWTC Tech Waves podcast below 👇

Inflation is when what you own goes down and what you don't own goes up.

The problem is much more complicated than you think. But the solution, that is,what you can do about it, is much easier than you think. #RWRI 16

As we said, enterring the ICU is like enterring Harvard. Principally a matter of policy, not science. COVID ICU FEEDBACK [PANIC] LOOP To over-simplify, again, for every covid patient enterring the ICU, a cancer patient dies outside the ICU (or even outside the hispital).

simplify.