don’t be discouraged

Live with Restream https://t.co/q1kgSnn1jN

Fun graphic on $META from the Rowan Street annual letter (a hedge fund that printed a 102.6% net return in 2023): Shows how non-linear the path to good returns can be and how conviction pays off. https://rowanstreet.com/post/rowan-street-2023-year-end-letter... See more

🎉 Today we hit $300K MRR 🎉 For 3 years, we were stuck at $2K MRR, and we were constantly burning cash with very little to show for it Now it's looking like we could hit $1M MRR by end of 2024 (and doing so profitably) Don't give up 🤠

I often think about the fact that at 31 years old, Charlie Munger was divorced, broke, and burying his 9 year old son, who had died from cancer.

This startup's revenue graph is the best illustration I've seen of the overnight success that takes years. The graph goes almost vertical at the start of 2023, six years in.

we are still so early you guys https://t.co/7ctTts400f

Confession — I get inferiority complex from all these "How X builds product" posts by @lennysan. Everybody appear to have their shit together, all organized and confident. My experience has been very different. If you want to do something new and hard, it's a constant doubt,… Show more

What YC taught me about how startups fail

"Who cares if the first draft is good? It doesn’t need to be good, it just needs to be, so you can revise it. You don’t need an idea to start a story. You just need a sentence" - George Saunders (good advice in general)

In 1964, on a folk tour around England, Bob Dylan considered quitting. He said, “I play these concerts, and I ask myself: ‘Would you come see me tonight?’ and I have to truthfully say: ‘No, I wouldn’t come...'" Burnt out and ready to quit playing music, Dylan asked himself,… Show more