Vikram Mekala

You don’t make something people love by building what they ask for or by trying to infer a vision from data about their short-term behavior. Instead, you need to genuinely understand and care about the people you seek to serve, and then use your intuition to make something that they didn’t even realize they needed, that will light them up and feel ... See more

We live in a time of such confusion and rancor, with a culture that puts a premium on things that don’t last: money, fame, status, likes.

We chase the approval of strangers on our phones.

We build all manner of walls and fences around ourselves, and then we wonder why we feel so alone.

We don’t trust each other as much because we don’t take the tim

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We don’t trust each other as much because we don’t take the time to know each other.

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I am making a “book” about building something for yourself, for people who are building something for themselves, to help them build something for themselves. Seems simple enough.

This is an update... See more

In Are We Too Impatient to Be Intelligent?, advertising executive Rory Sutherland challenges our knee-jerk assumption that faster is always better. He asks us to consider what might happen if we approached problem-solving and decision-making with a more open-ended, human-centered perspective.

He offers a thought experiment: what if the brief to des... See more

The 8 skills to manage stress are: 

Positive events: Notice when positive things happen in your life

Savoring: Relish the positive things in your life

Gratitude: Appreciate what brings you happiness

Mindfulness: Focus on the present moment without judgment

Positive reappraisal: Find the silver lining 

Self-compassion: Be kind to yourself

Personal strength... See more

OnlyFans' 2023 financials were bonkers: Net revenue increased 20% to $1.31 billion, while the company’s pre-tax profit jumped 25% to $658 million. With an average monthly headcount of 42 employees the company made more than +$30m per employee.

Over a 20-year timeframe, Games Workshop Group PLC, results have been superb. Even ignoring dividend incom... See more

By the way, I share Brown’s sense of nostalgia for the early social media era, when sharing felt personal and real-life connections were forged. Some of my closest industry friends came from those early days on Twitter, and Mandy Brown was, in fact, one of the archetypes I looked up to

POSSE model (‘publish on your site, syndicate elsewhere’)

Richard Feynman that you don't have to be the same person you were yesterday:

“You are under no obligation to remain the same person you were a year ago, a month ago, or even a day ago. You are here to create yourself, continuously.”