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You must love what you do or else you won't survive the game of startup and
@thedanigrant
lives, screams that statement 🫡
Just talk to her for a few mins, and I guarantee you'll fall in love with how awesome it is to be a founder!
Super stoked to release our convo. In this ep
Ten steps on how to build a startup:
Build a side project.
Build a side project.
Build a side project.
Build a side project.
Build a side project.
Build a side project.
Build a side project.
Build a side project.
Build a side project.
Build a startup!
After multiple design iterations, few inputs from
@naval
and adding some quality content; The Angel Philosopher is redesigned and curated better than ever.
Discover and engage with quite possibly the largest collection of Naval’s content on the web.
Some personal news:
I'm thrilled to announce that I'll be joining
@ProductHunt
as a Community Programs Manager
It feels surreal writing these words as my love story with PH goes back to 2018! It gave me so much so far and now it's my turn to give back
Here's my PH story 👇
If you are building a startup or looking to launch a project or creating content on the Internet, you should have a community and building one is not an option, it's a must!
Here are 13 tools that I think will help you start and scale a community.
A thread ↓
Some personal news:
On this day 10 yrs ago, I came to the US with $500 in my pocket to chase the big American dream - building my startup, working with smart people, and making a small impact!
While I'm still pursuing that dream, today I have personal news to share - we bought
Want to build a startup?
Just go to Craigslist --> pick a category that has not yet disrupted --> launch a landing page with a waitlist --> validate --> build an MVP and ship it --> find early adopters --> iterate with them --> price the product --> scale from there 🚀
For founders who are applying to
@ycombinator
's summer batch and looking for resources, articles, alumni applications, etc, I got you covered 💯
Here's a thread that comes with everything you need to apply 👇🏽
Big news 📣
I was laid off yesterday from my day job, and I’m open for hire 💪🏼
I’m a generalist and servant leader who excels at community building, podcasting, marketing/branding/content, and doing a bit of everything in startups!
DM me. Let’s build something cool 🚀
We are closing on our new house in 2 weeks, my wife is 25 weeks pregnant, and I got laid off last week 🤯
Note to myself:
Forget about making 5yr or 10yr plans.
Life doesn’t work that linearly.
Just take one day at a time - that’s all you can control 💪🏼
PS: Here is my
3-2-1 newsletter by
@JamesClear
is probably the simplest yet powerful one out there!
Today's edition is totally inspirational. What a profound quote: "The sooner you make a choice, the sooner you can make an adjustment."
Truly is the most wisdom per word of any newsletter!
Startups from India, LATAM, Africa are on the rise 🚀
I’m incredibly bullish on founders from these markets.
If you are one of them and looking for some help, DM me and let’s figure it out!
This is the most informative/impactful podcast episode I ever heard about web3!
@naval
changed my worldview about startups with his 2015’s appearance on
@tferriss
podcast and now he did exactly the same with
@cdixon
about web3!
A must listen:
When I shared that I got laid off from my job, my 24-week pregnant wife didn’t flinch for a moment and confidently said you will end up somewhere bigger, better, and I know that!
Having someone who believes in you more than you believe in yourself is a true blessing.
I’m
Super pumped to launch my second side project🚀It’s a special one as it about
@naval
who made a profound impact on me in many levels🙏🏽
Introducing "The Angel Philosopher" a compilation of Naval's wisdom, knowledge and thoughts.
Check the PH launch here:
Announcement 🚨🚀
After 38 weeks, 12 hrs of labor, 45 mins of pushing, my wife shipped
RUHAN AARV KURUGANTY
on July 02 at 18:18, and it’s the best thing I ever co-founded ❤️
I can’t wait for him to experience this beautiful abundant world with the other 7.9 billion people!
Some personal news:
After almost a year building community at
@ProductHunt
, one of the incredible maker communities ever built, I'm thrilled to announce that I'll be joining
@beondeck
, one of the fastest growing rocketships in tech!
Time to share my gratitude and excitement 👇
“The idea that you’re going to change something in the outside world and that is going to bring you happiness is a fundamental delusion that we all suffer from.” -
@naval
Ten tweets/threads that you shouldn't miss if you are building a community 💯
PS: I handpicked these and often refer to them when I need some inspiration!
THREAD ↓
Super thrilled to update everyone that our baby boy came to this fantastic world yesterday around 6.18pm ct! Both mom and baby are doing incredibly great.
What a woman I married! She delivered our lil guy like a rockstar! Can’t wait to post photos and announce his name tomorrow!
Some news:
After 2.2yrs of hustling, building in public, and putting in a lot of hrs, I'm delighted to announce that
@shoutoutso_
has been acquired by Rocket Gems, a UK-based product studio founded by
@ramykhuffash
🍾
Let me take you to where it all started 🧵
I have announced many things on Twitter but this is by far the biggest and the proudest news I wanted to share with you all!
I’m going to be a dad and we are having a baby boy!
Can’t wait to welcome the little one this summer ❤️
Twitter is an open university where you get to learn from the best teachers 🙏🏼 These are some I constantly learn from:
Life lessons from
@naval
Social marketing from
@mkobach
Writing from
@david_perell
Startup advice from
@paulg
Stoicism from
@dailystoic
Product from
@rrhoover
For the first time today I tried
@naval
’s recommended method of meditating 1hr doing nothing. Just sitting there, observing my thoughts and doing nothing. I didn't try the whole one hour but started with 30mins. Some observations I wanted to share:
Announcement 🚨
@curtisjcummings
and I are thrilled to announce
@shoutoutso_
is available to everyone 🚀
After 5 months of shipping the LP, we learned so much, iterated, and made a product that delivers value to creators and startups ❤️
A thread 🧵
Some news: I'm taking the biggest leap in my life and I'm thrilled to share it with y'all today 😤
tl;dr - I'm going all in and betting on myself 💪
Why now:
I recently got my work authorization, allowing me to do anything I want without relying on a full-time job—this is the
The deadline for
@ycombinator
's summer batch is in a week, and if you are a founder looking for resources, articles, alum applications, etc, I got you covered 💯
Here's a thread that comes with everything you need to apply 👇
Woke up to more than 50+ DMs from founders around the world offering opportunities in their startups.
Again, I'm grateful for every one of you. This is insane.
Love you all ♥️
Usually, I take Friday mornings a little slow compare to other days, but today, it's different!
My wife went to labor this morning around 5am, so baby K is coming a little early ❤️
Nervous, excited, and, more importantly, feeling incredibly grateful!
Keep y’all posted 🙌🏼
You launched an MVP. Epic 🚀
Got some users. Yay 🍾
Get some traction. Wow 🔥
But...what now?
An actionable checklist on what to do next, from one founder to another 🧵
I was literally inspired by one of
@naval
's tweets. He said "Build many small products before starting a company.”
It is so true that I ruthlessly wanted to build simple side projects. Here I'm today proudly announcing .
Completed reading Atomic Habits. I never imagined a book will make such a profound impact on me.
@JamesClear
wrote something that will last forever. The cold openings of each chapter, the mini stories, his methods are just amazing. No debate the best book out there.
Update: I just applied to a position at
@ProductHunt
I fundamentally believe community is the moat and have been living on that fact for the last three years and PH stands as a symbol for it!
Hence this is my dream role and here's why I'm applying 👇🏽
@JamesClear
This quote from Mr. Rogers about love is something I keep close to my heart:
"Love is like infinity: You can’t have more or less infinity, and you can’t compare two things to see if they’re 'equally infinite.' Infinity just is, and that’s the way I think love is, too."
Life update:
Meet Rahil Kuruganty ❤️
My wife brought him into the world like a champ, and Ruhan welcomed him with lots of love.
I don’t remember when is the last time I cried, but on Mar 18 at 14:48, I was sobbing 🥹
Ruhan gave me a reason to be ambitious, and Rahil gave me
Twitter DMs are the most underrated feature that works like a charm when you use them to your advantage 💯
Almost half of the
@shoutoutso_
sales came from DMs, and here are some things I tried which worked for us that might help you as well 👇🏽
A thread 🧵
Makers/founders, what are you working on right now?
Reply to this thread:
1. Product name
2. 1-line pitch
3. URL
I'll give you a positive review, aka a shoutout for you, which will help build your social proof!
GO 👇🏽
Eliminate the need to be liked.
Replace it with the intention to be of service, whether to others, something you believe in, or your highest self.
-
@neilstrauss
Turns out that having a heavy mortgage, raising two kids, credit card debt, supporting your parents, and paying bills without a job while figuring out what to do next as a founder is remarkably difficult
Man it’s been a tough time since Apr - the stress and anxiety are at an
Some personal news:
I'm thrilled to announce that I'll be joining
@ThreadoHQ
as Head of Community starting next week 🚀
Here in this thread, I want to explain how it happened, why I'm joining Threado, and what are some things we are planning to do next 👇 🧵
I was in the final rounds with an early-stage startup building in the AI space, and instead of giving me a take-home assignment, the founder flew from San Francisco to meet me directly.
Yesterday and the day before, I was with him in WeWork working, jamming, and brainstorming.
If you want to make money, you have to get paid at scale.
1. Why you - that’s accountability.
2. At scale - that’s leverage.
3. Just you getting paid as opposed to somebody else getting paid - that’s specific knowledge.
-
@naval
I have shipped 12 products in the last 2.5yrs but never felt the launch jitters this much!
For the first time in my life, I’m doing a launch with pricing 🚀
I guess tomorrow is when I experience what
@jackbutcher
always says - Making one dollar on the Internet changes life 🙏🏼
Eliminate the need to be liked.
Replace it with the intention to be of service, whether to others, something you believe in, or your highest self.
-
@neilstrauss
Makers/founders, what are you working on right now?
Reply to this thread:
1) Product name
2) 1-line pitch
3) URL
I'll give you a positive testimonial, aka a shoutout for you, which will help build your social proof!
GO 👇🏽
I have a masters degree in MIS, was a Product Manager for 6+ yrs, built a bunch of no-code projects as a maker, co-founded a SaaS startup, and now building a community at
@ProductHunt
The more non-linear career you have, the more you grow!
Just keep going 🚀
My rockstar wife went into labor just now.
Soon, we are going to be 2-time parents, and Ruhan is going to welcome his baby brother.
Our lives are forever going to change(in the best possible way). Again.
Feeling incredibly blessed.