The past serves as a guidepost, not a dwelling place.

Reflect on the past, but don't take up residence there.

Learn from it, but don't linger there.

This is the 1st commissioned music video created entirely through OpenAI 's Sora.

'The Hardest Part' from - Washed Out directed by
Paul Trillo

We are going to see a lot more of these AI-generated music videos for sure.

Don't box yourself in.

Specialization is for insects.

Humans can constantly recreate themselves upon finding new wisdom, knowledge, and opportunities.

It's a generalists' world - prakhesar (e/acc)

“If you control your distribution, you control your image.”
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— Bernard Arnault, on why owning your distribution channels matter!

In my final year of college, did an internship at an agency which got me excited about building products.

But wish something more structured like Spacekayak's Summer of Talent existed back then.

Great opportunity to work & learn from a bunch of really talented folks!

The formula for earning 'Trust' = Consistency x Time

Trust goes up as you consistently deliver value over time.

Applies to both personal (friends, family, life partner)
&
work (customers, partners, employees) relationships.

The Celebrity VC Index 💰

Fame is currency - at least for these folks who’ve spun their celebrity status into a side hustle as startup investors.

Since 2020,

Joe Montana’s Liquid2Ventures has invested in 10 unicorns.

ashton kutcher bet on 5 unicorns through Sound Ventures

What it takes to join the richest 1% in the world:

🇲🇨 Monaco: $12.4m
🇨🇭Switzerland: $6.6m
🇳🇿New Zealand: $5.2m
🇺🇸USA: $5.1m
🇸🇬Singapore: $3.5m
🇫🇷 France: $3.5m
🇬🇧 UK: $3.3m
🇮🇹 Italy: $2.6m
🇯🇵 Japan: $1.7m
🇦🇪 UAE: $1.6m
🇨🇳 China: $0.96m
🇮🇳 India: $0.17m

To sum it up:

Solution to slowing down time is to dive head-first into unknown territories you have no idea about.

Break the predictability & actively plan to be (massively) surprised.

A (radically) different life that it can’t predict will keep brain at its toes.

Go read 👇

Marketing Copy 👇👌🏻

Starts with the emotional problem (angry with absurd Uber Eats fees?)

Clear, no-brainer solution (“I’ll deliver for $5”)

Catchy Name (“Tony Delivers”)

Clear value comparison (door dash/uber eats prices vs. Tony)

Clear CTA - scan this code with your phone

The chart shows a 20% drop in poverty rates in 10 years.

This means that nearly 280 million people out of a 1.4 billion population in India have been lifted out of poverty.

That’s like the entirety of Germany, France, the UK, and Italy being raised out of poverty in a decade.