Isaac Friedman-Heiman

“Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.”

- George Bernard Shaw

“Merch” is dead (allegedly) so people are really just going back to concept of apparel. Streetwear is no longer counter culture. Like running, it’s been a bit co-opted. Funny enough it’s the upstart running brands that have co-opted streetwear culture. Clothes are clothes outside of high fashion at this point. High... See more

Ludwig Jesselson on understanding the underlying trends:

“You can mess up a lot of things in business and still do well as long as you get the big trend right.”

“Never do anything by halves if you want to get away with it. Be outrageous. Go the whole hog. Make sure everything you do is so completely crazy it's unbelievable.”

You waste years by not being able to waste hours.

The current fervor around robotics, particularly humanoid robots, exemplifies this shift. Investors are betting on the most generalizable approaches, driven by the idea that what works in AI will seamlessly translate to robotics. This simplified forecasting could be a testament to the improved speculative ability of modern investors to let go of... See more

Yvon Chouinard on not forcing it:

“A serious surfer doesn’t plan to go surfing next Tuesday at 2 o’clock. You go surfing when there are waves and wind and the tide is right.”