Agalia Tan
@agaaalia
Senior Strategist at We Are Social
RADAR Chapter Lead for Singapore
Agalia Tan
musingsandmore.substack.com
Pmarchive - Luck and the entrepreneur, part 1: The four kinds of luck
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4 types of luck
Chance I is completely impersonal; you can’t influence it.
Chance II favors those who have a persistent curiosity about many things coupled with an energetic willingness to experiment and explore
Chance III favors those who have a sufficient background of sound knowledge plus special abilities in observing, remembering, recalling, and quickly forming significant new associations.
Chance IV favors those with distinctive, if not eccentric hobbies, personal lifestyles, and motor behaviors.
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"Try to be surprised by something every day. How is this different? What is its essence? Don't assume that you already know what these things are all about, or that even if you knew them, they wouldn't matter anyway. Experience this one thing for what it is, not what you think it
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Our competition is not other brands in the category, we don't give a shit about what others in the category are doing.
The competition is the other things that are in your feed; that really funny comedian, that meme account, your best frienWhat are you optimising for?
Optimization alone can't get you novelty or interestingness.
“Later that same week, I chatted about this in a coaching session with Kristine Claghorn. I asked her, “Now that I am wiser and I know what happens when I burn out, how do I find joy in my work again?” And she asked me a question that changed my perspective instantly: “What would happen if you took the pressure off? What would work feel like then?”
... See moreIf it’s going to be different, the forces involved need to be different as well.
“in this version though, a lot of your story is written by others. You write your autofiction about yourself and others write their fictions about you, often anonymously, on Substacks, subreddits, messageboards like Lolcow, on Twitter and Instagram and podcasts too, and this makes things different from what has come before. The lives of these perso
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We're in the era of modern software companies as lifestyle brands. We've passed the basic utility phase; now, it's about delivering an experience and forging an identity that resonates with the aspirations and values of your audience. UX has become a fashion statement, and standout products have style. We'll see: - Haute Couture software - Lux... See morelink to ‘everything is merch’