Varun Chawla
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building startups creatively and conscientiously, through the power of communities @build3 🤗
Goa, India
Joined October 2008
this! https://t.co/DMPubNonPF
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It might sound contrary, but we're racing towards a world of abundance, that will increase the quality of life for everyone in the planet.
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unpopular opinion: if a startup is constantly launching new features its a red flag strong PMF== one core behavior loop, then ruthless focus on reducing friction, fixing bugs, adding users, and firefighting as scale breaks things the more features, the weaker the startup
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Abstraction is the mind killer Go to ground, be specific, have the direct conversation, try it yourself, if it doesn’t work ask why, don’t assume someone else already checked on this The devil is always in the details
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Splashdown of Dragon confirmed – welcome back to Earth, Nick, Suni, Butch, and Aleks!
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When you sell hard money you don’t sell it to buy or build garbage, ugly, disposable infrastructure. You sell it to build beautiful, long-lasting, low time preference architecture. Bitcoin is a return to greatness ⚡️
The tiny Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan unveiled renderings for its new airport. #Bitcoin mining has paid off
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THOUGHTS create FEELINGS Feelings develop ATTITUDE Attitude comes into ACTION Repeated Actions form HABIT Habits create PERSONALITY Personality shapes our DESTINY Thoughts – Feelings – Attitude – Action – Habit – Personality – Destiny Can we afford to create ONE Wrong Thought?
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In 2023, Argentina was dying: • Central Bank $12B in debt • 50% poverty rate • 7,500% inflation Then Javier Milei became President. 11 months in, he's pulling off the greatest economic turnaround ever. In a 2-hour pod with Lex Fridman, he revealed exactly how he did it🧵
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Africa is bigger than all of Europe, China and the USA together. Africa is truly like another planet ~ A Thread 🧵 1. Magnificent visual of the River basins of Africa
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"I have never seen ordinary effort lead to extraordinary results." — Alexandr Wang
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Tourism in Goa is down in dumps Foreign tourists have abandoned the state already. Look at 2019 v 2023 numbers. Russians and Brits who used to visit annually have opted for Sri Lanka instead. Indian tourists still visiting, but soon likely to ditch it as word spreads about
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Steve Jobs on how to perfect product design (genius playbook).
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In 2003, Lego were just months from bankruptcy. Their sales were plummeting & they were $800 Million in debt. Until they made ONE decision that would transform Lego into a $13 Billion empire... Here's the full story:
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Look at these guys. One works 16 hours a day. One works 4 hours a week. 2 billionaires. 1 mind-blowing lesson about success: (I can't believe no one has connected the dots) 🧵
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I’M STUNNED. After spending a month in Japan, I can’t believe how radically different—and in many ways better—it is compared to life in the US. Here are 15 experiences that left me speechless:
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ADHD is not a disorder. It’s a difference in cognition. You need to harness it, not sedate with pills. Once you do, it will make you hyper-focus. Here’s what you can do to turn ADHD into a superpower: 🧵
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An unexpected benefit of having a writing culture is that certain docs you wrote will outlive your tenure at the company. e.g. I get pinged about 2X a year with a thoughtful question on docs I wrote 3+ years ago within Stripe (and this is true for other alum too). In a proper
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Believe it or not, it's dangerous for a startup to raise too much at too high a valuation. This sounds like a good problem to have, but it isn't. Both make your next round harder.
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I'm European. I recently visited the USA for the first time since 2018, hitting up Las Vegas and New York City. What I witnessed left me stunned. 15 American oddities I still can't wrap my head around:
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Ever wondered what everyday life was like for people living 50, 100, or more years ago..? A rare thread 1. That’s A Genuinely Happy Looking Family, USA, 1959
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Today, I turn 46. Here are the 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗱𝗲𝘀, Someone should teach you in your 20s:
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