Learning On Twitter- Edition 13.0

Hi, It’s been a while since I found myself writing this. But, I found some really cool things on the internet to say “Sorry”.

Here we go:-

1. MARKETS MARKETS MARKETS

Bonnie Kavoussi @bkavoussi

Steve Schwarzman: "It's as hard to start and run a small business as it is to start a big one... So if you're going to dedicate your life to a business...you should choose one with the potential to be huge." amazon.com/What-Takes-Les…

2. Something worth checking out!

Josh Miller @joshm

Built a @parabolahq flow to analyze my Chrome Browsing History (w/out any code!!!)... 1. Avg. 126 sites/day 2. 45% of sessions start w/ a Google Search 3. Visited Twitter.com 4.7k times in last 6 mos (eeek) Try it here:

parabola.ioBrowser History Analysis | ParabolaBrowser History Analysis. Use Parabola to automate any task - from small spreadsheets to large scale applications.

3. A good thread summarising learnings from Late Don Valentine, Founder of Sequoia Capital

Jeff Morris Jr. @jmj

Don Valentine, the greatest of all time. I spent the morning watching his GSB talk. Rest in peace: 1. If you don't attack a big market, it's highly unlikely you're ever going to build a big company. (thread)

youtu.beDon Valentine, Sequoia Capital: “Target Big Markets”Since founding Sequoia Capital in 1972, Don Valentine has financed many of the companies (Apple, Oracle, Electronic Arts, NVIDIA, Cisco, Google, YouTube, etc...

4. Read for hacks, Come out with Ideas for Distribution ;)

Sanket Nadhani @sanketnadhani

Airbnb grew on the back of Craigslist in the early days. Imgur on Reddit. What are other such examples? Any Indian products that come to mind?

5. Doing Introductions on Email 101

Blake Robbins @blakeir

A masterclass in how to write amazing introductions via email. // @JohnExley ericgfriedman.com/2016/07/12/mak…

6. What is a brand? THIS!

Anuj Abrol @nujabrol

I struggled to understand what 'brand' means until I read this @BrentBeshore quote @morganhousel collaborativefund.com/blog/the-makin…

7. This article is a gem, Must read if you are building a startup.

Delian Asparouhov @zebulgar

As a founder I struggled with hiring my first employees, yet I knew it was gonna be very impactful on our success As an investor I keep helping founders with it, so I put all my advice into an essay "How to Become a Magnet for Talent and Assess Talent" delian.io/lessons-5

8. Y Combinator is a University

Matt Levine @matt_levine

fun model of Y Combinator as a maximally efficient university medium.com/@byrnehobart/y…

9. On timing a startup well

John Backus @backus

Failed early internet businesses seem awfully familiar. > I basically think all the ideas of the 90s that everybody had about how this stuff was going to work, I think they were all right, they were all correct. I think they were just early — @pmarca Thread 👇

10. GitHub and growth

Zak Kukoff @zck

Github has strong growth for a mature company, driven by the growing importance of devs in legacy enterprise. In 2018: • 8M developers joined Github, more than in it’s first 6 years—combined • Repos increased 40% to 100M • APAC became the world’s largest contributor of OSS

11. Founder-Market Fit

Anuj Abrol @nujabrol

1/ I've been looking into 'founder / market fit' (FMF) and how I can use it on my entrepreneurial journey. Like many of these 'fits,' the concept is vague. Here is what I took away in what it means, why it is important, and how to find it

12. One gem of a Marc Andresssen Interview

ᴅᴀᴠɪᴅ ᴘᴇʀᴇʟʟ ✌ @david_perell

I’ve never seen anybody share this interview with Marc Andreessen. 💰 stripe.com/atlas/guides/a…

stripe.comStripe Atlas: Marc Andreessen on pitching your startup to investors.Atlas’ conversation with investor Marc Andreessen about startups and venture capital.

13. NETWORKS, NETWORKS, NETWORKS

Allison Barr Allen @abarrallen

It’s crazy to me how much real, impactful business gets done via networks. Growing up, my parents & neighbors worked mainly as teachers & nurses - so the best way for me to succeed was to do VERY well in school. I didn’t have an option to get a top job through a family friend.

14. Request for Startup

Kunal Bahl @1kunalbahl

Billion $ business opportunity: Build highly reliable logistics company in India for eCommerce which charges on the basis of completed deliveries vs attempted deliveries. @snapdeal will commit 10 million shipments on Day 1.

15. Some inspiration to end this Edition

Harish @harish_io

Every time , every single time - this one quote by Steve Jobs inspires the hell out of me and keeps me going as I build products.

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In other news, I have joined First Cheque, an investment fund focusing on Early Stage Startups in India.

Ankit @ankitkr0

Some Personal News: Excited to announce that I have joined @firstcheque to help with Community and Brand Awareness Efforts. A big thanks to @kushalbhagia for letting me in on this rocketship💯 PS: Twitter played a big role😇

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That’s it for today. Follow me on Twitter at @ankitr0