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2 days ago

3 Painful Lessons I Learned Too Late In Going Solo

Do what I say, not what I do. — I quit a 6-figure job to start a consulting firm. Whilst I am enjoying the total autonomy and non-existent commute, here are three moderately painful business lessons I learned after the fact. Price vs Scale I insanely undervalued myself to grab my first customer. I figured I didn’t have a brand or any…

Business

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3 Painful Lessons I Learned Too Late In Going Solo
3 Painful Lessons I Learned Too Late In Going Solo
Business

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3 days ago

Bitcoin to $1 Million in 90 Days?

Balaji S, a Bitcoin superhero, is betting it’s inevitable. — Unless you were living under a rock, you have heard of the hundreds of thousands of tech lay-offs globally. You have caught wind of the multi-billion dollar SVB implosion. By now, like all the Bitcoin Maxis have been yelling for years, you must’ve realised that our fiat world is teetering…

Bitcoin

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Bitcoin to $1 Million in 90 Days?
Bitcoin to $1 Million in 90 Days?
Bitcoin

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Mar 16

My Booklist For The Year

Business, productivity, technology and finance. — I am getting back to reading. Am putting it out here on the interweb because I’d like to be held accountable for it. The last few months have been wild: wrote a book, quit my full-time job, started my own company, aced the first semester of my MBA, lost a…

Books

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My Booklist For The Year
My Booklist For The Year
Books

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Feb 15

You’ve Gotta Read “Dark Matter”

5 reasons why it’s worth the 400-page investment. — Staying true to the shoot-from-the-hip style of the book, I’ll cut right to the chase. It’s epic Not just in scale, but in sheer cerebral chutzpah. It’s like Inception-on-Inception (#IYKYK). The plot, the science, the unbelievable believability of the narrative, and the rip-roaring climax. It’ll have you chewing your nails off. It’s poetic Which…

Book Review

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You’ve Gotta Read “Dark Matter”
You’ve Gotta Read “Dark Matter”
Book Review

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Feb 13

I Quit A 6-Figure Job To Start A Consulting Firm

In this economic climate? Hell yeah! — “You know the first ones to go in a recession are the consultants, right?” “You have a cushy job and a regular paycheck! Why don’t you see how the year goes before doing anything drastic?” “You’ll do an MBA and run your own company with no guaranteed income? …

Entrepreneurship

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I Quit A 6-Figure Job To Start A Consulting Firm
I Quit A 6-Figure Job To Start A Consulting Firm
Entrepreneurship

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Feb 10

Why We Must Get Over Metric Fixation

Not everything important is measurable, not everything measurable is important — “Studies show that when surgeons are remunerated according to their success rates, some respond by refusing to operate on patients with complex or critical conditions.” Jerry Muller, The Tyranny of Metrics We love metrics. Stats, trends, KPIs, plots, visualizations, regressions, pie-bar-doughnut-column charts, histograms — you name it.

Business

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Why We Must Get Over Metric Fixation
Why We Must Get Over Metric Fixation
Business

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Feb 8

4 Questions About Money That I Can’t Get My Head Around

Why would you save something that can be created from thin air? — Is money printing a monopoly where States reserve the right to counterfeit at scale? Here’s a thought experiment. Let’s say your total savings were $1. And you lived in a world where the entire monetary supply was $100. You own 1% of the entire monetary supply. Awesome. A year later, the printers go brrrrr and there is now $200 in the world. …

Money

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4 Questions About Money That I Can’t Get My Head Around
4 Questions About Money That I Can’t Get My Head Around
Money

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Feb 6

6 Business Lessons I Learned In Publishing My Debut Novel

Creation is #HardAF. But anything worth doing is. — I’ve always wanted to write. But intent and action are disparate things. So I put my head down, fired up my hastily written draft, and gave it my all. After copious flat whites, sober weekends, and a nifty novella — I am finally a bonafide author. This is what I…

Novel Writing

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6 Business Lessons I Learned In Publishing My Debut Novel
6 Business Lessons I Learned In Publishing My Debut Novel
Novel Writing

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Jan 26

Stop Being Shy

And 9 other things to stop to win big. — Seriously. Stop it. Get a grip. Stand up for yourself. Face the music. Deliver the goods. Walk with your head held high. Stop being passive. You think you are being coy and calculating. You aren’t conning anyone. Get up, grab what you want, and make it yours. Nobody else will. …

Determination

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Stop Being Shy
Stop Being Shy
Determination

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Jan 18

“Open Butthole” And 5 Other Things I Love About My Used Tesla

Happy One-Year Anniversary! — I picked up a high-mileage, pre-loved Tesla Model S 85 exactly a year ago today. Call it the honeymoon period if you want, but I’ve loved every minute of it so far. Here’s why. 1. It Is Ludicrously Quick The torque is incredible. The car hits 100kmph in just under 4 seconds. But that’s just…

Cars

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“Open Butthole” And 5 Other Things I Love About My Used Tesla
“Open Butthole” And 5 Other Things I Love About My Used Tesla
Cars

4 min read

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