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Sep 4, 2023

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Scott Galloway

Don’t Underestimate Stupid

Big firms and wealthy individuals are just as prone to making bad decisions as anyone else

Jun 3, 2022

Don’t Underestimate Stupid

Jun 3, 2022

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Sammy Abdullah

Cold email a VC, especially me

Most VC hate cold emails from entrepreneurs. Reasons vary: i) cold pitches are often poorly prepared; ii) skeptical VC will say to…

Jun 2, 2022

Cold email a VC, especially me

Jun 2, 2022

Arnab Das

BEST BOOKS TO CRACK GATE-CSE

GATE(Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering) needs no introduction if one belongs to science and engineering field. For those who are not…

Nov 4, 2021

BEST BOOKS TO CRACK GATE-CSE

Nov 4, 2021

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Startup Stash

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Farokh Shahabi

Startup launch checklist: How to get the first 100 users

Most startups die before ever reaching their first 100 active users. This is how to be the exception.

May 19, 2022

Startup launch checklist: How to get the first 100 users

May 19, 2022

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Entrepreneurship Handbook

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Amardeep Parmar

The 20 Top-Rated Business Books of 2021

A reading list for all entrepreneurs

Nov 22, 2021

The 20 Top-Rated Business Books of 2021

Nov 22, 2021

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Akveo

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Dmitri Koteshov

Startups in 2022: 6 trends to watch this year

Have you heard about The Great Resignation, aka the Big Quit? If you live in the United States, you probably know what I’m talking about…

Feb 16, 2022

Startups in 2022: 6 trends to watch this year

Feb 16, 2022

Jaredblank

SaaS Marketers Should Steal This Company’s Homepage

And it’s not even from a SaaS company

Mar 23, 2022

SaaS Marketers Should Steal This Company’s Homepage

Mar 23, 2022

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Accelerated Intelligence

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Michael Simmons (blockbuster.thoughtleader.school)

How To Tell If Someone Is Truly Smart Or Just Average

Author’s Note: This article was written over 60 hours with love and care using the blockbuster mental model. If you like my writing style…

Nov 8, 2017

How To Tell If Someone Is Truly Smart Or Just Average

Nov 8, 2017

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Accelerated Intelligence

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Michael Simmons (blockbuster.thoughtleader.school)

How One Life Hack From A Self-Made Billionaire Leads To Exceptional Success

Author’s Note: This article was written over 60 hours with love and care using the blockbuster mental model. If you like my writing style…

Oct 11, 2017

How One Life Hack From A Self-Made Billionaire Leads To Exceptional Success

Oct 11, 2017

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Accelerated Intelligence

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Michael Simmons (blockbuster.thoughtleader.school)

How Elon Musk Learns Faster And Better Than Everyone Else

Author’s Note: This article was written over 60 hours with love and care using the blockbuster mental model. If you like my writing style…

Apr 15, 2017

How Elon Musk Learns Faster And Better Than Everyone Else

Apr 15, 2017

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Accelerated Intelligence

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Michael Simmons (blockbuster.thoughtleader.school)

Be Prepared To Lose Your Job In The Future… If You Don’t Learn This One Skill Now

Author’s Note: This article was written over 60 hours with love and care using the blockbuster mental model. If you like my writing style…

Dec 13, 2017

Be Prepared To Lose Your Job In The Future… If You Don’t Learn This One Skill Now

Dec 13, 2017

elle luna

The Crossroads of Should and Must

This is a story about two roads — Should and Must. It’s a pep talk for anyone who’s chosen Should for far too long — months, years, maybe a

Apr 8, 2014

The Crossroads of Should and Must

Apr 8, 2014

Figs in Winter

Consciousness, decision making, and “free” will

“Free” will, understood as a will that is independent of causality, does not exist. And it does not exist, contra popular misperception…

Feb 7, 2022

Consciousness, decision making, and “free” will

Feb 7, 2022

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Startup Stash

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Farokh Shahabi

What I’ve Learned From Mentoring 100 Startups

In the past 5 years, especially after selling my first startup, I’ve had the pleasure of working with various teams who were mostly in the…

Jan 9, 2022

What I’ve Learned From Mentoring 100 Startups

Jan 9, 2022

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Forge

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Anne Freier

The Scientific Way to Get Over a Breakup

Heartbreak can feel painfully specific, but research shows that it usually follows a typical pattern

Aug 27, 2019

The Scientific Way to Get Over a Breakup

Aug 27, 2019

Thomas Tcheudjio

Don’t bother raising a Series A if you don’t crush these 3 metrics

Here’s what the VC-backed founders do.

Dec 7, 2021

Don’t bother raising a Series A if you don’t crush these 3 metrics

Dec 7, 2021

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