Major career cheat code: Be the person who can figure it out. You’ll be handed tasks you have no idea how to complete. There's nothing more valuable than someone who can just figure it out. Do some work. Ask key questions. Get it done. If you do that, people will fight over you.

"Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people." -Eleanor Roosevelt

Underrated advice: The worst mistakes in life are made when you try to do fast what’s meant to be done slow. Real, durable things take a long time to build. Careers. Businesses. Relationships. Health. There are no hacks or shortcuts. The long way is the right way.

Major life cheat code: The ability to go dark. Every meaningful pursuit has a long valley in the middle. Go dark to thrive through it. Disappear. Turn inward. Don’t explain yourself. Embrace the silent struggle. Those who can do that will find a way to win.

A standing desk is worth the investment. Once you start working 🧑‍💻 in a standing position🧍and posture, it becomes an addiction 🏋️

It’s either so over or we’ve never been so back

Everyone needs to read this... The Empty Boat Mindset: A monk goes out on a boat in a small lake to meditate. After a few hours of uninterrupted silence, he suddenly feels the jarring impact of another boat bumping into his. While he does not open his eyes, he feels the

My most important rule for life…

To anyone reading this: You don’t need perfect English, a fancy degree, or connections. You just need focus and the courage to start. Your background doesn’t define your ceiling. No one will pick you—so pick yourself. Start small. Stay consistent. Make it useful. The rest will

For what it’s worth, I recently talked with a Group PM at a mid-sized company and asked him on the impact of AI. He told me the impact has been HUGE on: 1. PMs generating prototypes they show to customers ~10x faster than before 2. Unblocking small fixes they generate as PRs

At Google, we are moving from a writing‑first culture to a building‑first one. Writing was a proxy for clear thinking, optimized for scarce eng resources and long dev cycles - you had to get it right before you built. Now, when time to vibe-code prototype ≈ time to write PRD,

It's now possible for small, high-agency teams – even solo founders – to build multi-billion dollar companies with as little as just $500k in funding from YC.

A very common story from a startup's investor update: "Our partnership with <big company> did not go as expected... It was pretty evident that they were trying to take advantage of us... We’re going to walk away from that situation for now. A lot of hard lessons learned."

The older I get, the more I realize that you don’t have to fight every battle in life. People will constantly try to draw you into their battles. But if you say yes to all of them, you won’t have the energy to fight yours. Avoid the bait. Choose your battles wisely.

The evidence is clear: Either you embrace AI, or get out of this career. Our latest field study with 22 developers who are integrating AI deeply into their workflows reveals a striking trend: those who persist beyond early skepticism emerge with dramatically higher ambition,

Also I see this a lot If you live with your parents at 25 Like I know that's acceptable in some cultures, it definitely isn't acceptable in my culture (Dutch), nor is it acceptable to me as a person You should be leaving your parent's house at 18 and become independent, spread

🚨 New a16z thesis: AI x commerce AI will change the way we shop - from where we find products to how we evaluate them, when we buy, and much more. What types of purchases will be disrupted, and where does opportunity exist in the age of AI? More from me + Alex Rampell 👇

Everyone needs to hear this…

You can’t build AI products like other products. AI products are inherently non-deterministic, and you need to constantly negotiate the tradeoff between agency and control. When teams don’t recognize these differences, their products face unexpected failures, they're stuck

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