Kunal Shah
@kunalb11
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Consumer product managers who are not natural at marketing often keep playing in hard mode.
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All the AI enhanced productivity of the world is being sucked away by short videos.
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Recently a friend observed that I don’t make any notes on the books I read and asked me why. I couldn’t answer promptly but remembered this was hard wiring from school days. Resale value of textbooks would go down materially if you had made a mess of it. It’s fascinating how
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Consumer founders who get some success are natural people pleasers. But to scale the company they run they need to dial up their need to please consumers and dial down their need to please everyone else.
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Don’t you know that you’re a shooting star, And all the world will love you just as long, As long as you are. Paul Rodgers.
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One of my favorite lessons I’ve learnt from working with smart people: Action produces information. If you’re unsure of what to do, just do anything, even if it’s the wrong thing. This will give you information about what you should actually be doing. Sounds simple on the
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Congrats team @PineLabs 17 years to achieve this overnight success. Well done. Was an honor to be on your board. @amrishrau @sjs_day1
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In our mythology, Lakshmi never stays where there is chaos. She gravitates toward spaces of order, discipline, and creative energy — a poetic way of expressing a scientific truth: prosperity is concentrated, directed energy. Economies grow when a society learns to channel energy
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It’s remarkable how easily authority replaces thought for almost all. When people fear or admire someone, they often outsource their judgment entirely, avoiding the discomfort of thinking for themselves. It’s fascinating to know most humans hate thinking about most topics.
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Top 0.1% of households account for 31% of annual income (wealth effect will be more) Top 5.1% of households account for 54% of annual income Per capita income is <$900 for bottom 90% of Indians.
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With bunch of startups going public they’re becoming less mythical and more real. In 10 years lot more people will want to build startups, work at startups, invest in startups. In 10 years from now a decent chunk of public market will be startup stocks.
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All vice businesses thrive on small amount of power law users who drive majority of the revenue. These folks are becoming calm with GLPs.
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Anything long-term demands time and attention. Yet we live in a world that kills both. No wonder wealth, health, relationships, and businesses feel harder to build than ever.
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AI will amplify energy harnessing. Energy will multiply wealth of world. Wealth will magnify inequality. But the hypnotized generation will keep scrolling, not revolting.
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When people expect irrational returns, they’ll allow irrational margins.
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Have you taken loan of any type to invest in IPO, crypto, gold, stocks etc in last 12 months.
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