The Tao of Shemarya
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The Tao of Shemarya
In a world where there are many wealthy people, then, and many more types of wealthy people, there are also more idea machines, and a more liquid idea marketplace. If you’re an “idea operator”, instead of having to beg one of two funders to take your idea seriously, you now have many more potential options to shop around to.
Nadia Asparouhova • Idea Machines
As influencers try to monetize, they are bringing all the old off-line tools to make it happen. Selling everything from makeup and swag to exclusive "how-to" guides, the playbooks all rhyme. But is slapping your name on a t-shirt in your Shopify website, selling new age self-help courses, and slinging sponsored posts all we really got?
Lawson Baker • Notion – The all-in-one workspace for your notes, tasks, wikis, and databases.
The mark of a hustler, a true entrepreneurial spirit, was creating the job that you wanted and making it look indispensable, even if it was institutionally unnecessary.
Anna Wiener • Uncanny Valley: A Memoir
I needed the money. Who didn’t need money? And plenty of people far duller than me were cashing in on beauty tutorials. Starting a regimen was one of the last remaining ways to make good money, to be your own boss—to help people, to share what I knew with the world. And I knew far more than most skin-care influencers—though influencer was not yet a
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The mark of a hustler, a true entrepreneurial spirit, was creating the job that you wanted and making it look indispensable, even if it was institutionally unnecessary.
Anna Wiener • Uncanny Valley: A Memoir
First, as Sean O'Neill wrote, the “ability to propagate a viewpoint at scale is a new function in financial markets, and it is a big deal.” Firms like a16z are building media platforms. Individual VCs are present on Twitter, podcasts, and YouTube. Their ability to shape and amplify the narrative around portfolio companies can affect hiring, availab... See more