gigantecmedia

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by gigantecmedia 4y ago
read books and workout. very simple. simplicity is the ultimate sophistication, as always. worked for me when I failed the national exam. worked for me when I was unemployed. worked for me when my startup almost went bankrupt the moment Cov
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by gigantecmedia 4y ago
Only 3 books (or set of books…): Zero to One by Peter Thiel: philosophy for building companies and future. Steve Jobs Biography by Walter Isaacson: a life of one of if not the most influential founder of our time. Incerto 5-Book Set (Black
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by gigantecmedia 4y ago
I’m sorry to hear that. Look, I’m not sugarcoating this one: if you think you won’t break the loop, then you will be like that forever. Maybe lets start small by: reading a book (for me, Becoming Steve Jobs was the book that saved my life w
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by gigantecmedia 4y ago
I was in burnout pretty bad while working for a big bank in my country. The work was very stressful, lots of office politics even though they paid pretty well, and my boss were nice (with a lot of pressure lol). I just thought I was not a g
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by gigantecmedia 4y ago
The only 2 (set of) books I ALWAYS recommend: Incerto by Nassim Nicholas Taleb, and Zero to One by Peter Thiel. Masterful pieces of work. Especially the 2 books in the Incerto book set: The Black Swan and Antifragile.
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by gigantecmedia 4y ago
Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, Ender’s Game
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by gigantecmedia 4y ago
Incerto by Nassim Taleb. Best piece of work I've ever read. I'm re-reading it, and still... what a masterpiece, a mind-blowing piece of work. Fooled by Randomness, The Black Swan, and Antifragile remain my "Holy Trinity"
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by gigantecmedia 4y ago
truth! very excited about Twitter's future after hearing about this.
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by gigantecmedia 5y ago
for me, Firefox is nothing special. For privacy, I choose Safari. For extensions, I choose Chrome. Sometimes I use Brave as well. Firefox is the last option.
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by gigantecmedia 5y ago
Stop obsessing with VC money. Focus on winning customers' hearts and souls. Do things that don't scale (but bring food to the table). Most importantly, keep your optionality, which is the ability to pivot to whatever the market ne
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by gigantecmedia 5y ago
this is normal in my case before I became a founder, and I was the "poached" one. no hard feelings for me--but my former boss hated me since. she still hates me... in fact, I believe this is very popular, especially with companies
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by gigantecmedia 5y ago
Fooled by Randomness by Nassim Taleb. Changed my life and my perspective on doing business, building company and understanding luck. Such a classic. Also honourable mention: Super Pumped by Mike Isaac. Great read on the legendary Travis&#x2
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by gigantecmedia 5y ago
back then there were lots of virtual events from LAUNCH VIETNAM START UP club on Clubhouse, now I think they switch to Zoom events. you can find and join some from LinkedIn as well, like from Tech Founder Institute for crypto startups, or s
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by gigantecmedia 5y ago
sometimes, mostly for a16z events and local tech events (Vietnam & Southeast Asia). I don't understand and don't follow the hate (overhyped, overfunding, etc.) but I think the app is very smooth and works pretty well for me.
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by gigantecmedia 5y ago
exactly my case. this is why I sometimes subscribe but only on Apple iOS devices, which helps me cancel all those things much easier... and cheers! I also subscribe to the WSJ. A little bit biased here and there but very high quality and ne
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by gigantecmedia 5y ago
- Reading books (most recently, Nassim Taleb's books) - Running (before lockdowns, now home workout is a very good alternative) - Fasting - Philosophy (Rene Girard, ancient Roman philosophy) - History (my home country of course... also
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by gigantecmedia 5y ago
my personal story: more than 3 months ago, inspired by Jack Dorsey’s diet, I walked to my office (about 5-6km per day), and started one meal a day intermittent fasting. I didn’t lose too much weight (about 2-2.5kg max) but I gained lots of
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by gigantecmedia 5y ago
wow, this article is surprisingly good and well-written. exactly what I and my team need while building a company... less distraction and content consumption. thank you for whoever posted this, upvoted this and of course Pratik for writing
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by gigantecmedia 6y ago
Leonardo da Vinci Biography. Crazy how limitless, how curious he was... He also lived one hell of a life.
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by gigantecmedia 6y ago
agree, figma and sketch have fairly good and interesting articles. used both of them, love their products and vision.
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by gigantecmedia 6y ago
used to be like you few years ago (not YC yet but we are venture-backed). my only recommendation: find a partner and convince him/her to join with you. no need to be technical but do need to be complementary to your skillsets and chara
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by gigantecmedia 6y ago
incredible. sometimes money is not the problem—founders need advice and guidance more than anything (:
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by gigantecmedia 6y ago
CEO of a tech startup in Vietnam. Definitely used to but no longer. When Covid 19 hit earlier last year, I and my cofounders panicked and couldn’t focus on work for a while... For me, anxiety is very bad, and often results from stressful si
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by gigantecmedia 6y ago
read somewhere (9to5mac or Daring Fireball, I think) that it's not related to music copyrights since the music is straight from Apple Music service; more likely from language reasons. Basically if you are not English native speakers, y
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by gigantecmedia 6y ago
Founding Sales is a great choice! covers almost everything that you need in your entrepreneurial journey. Referral from our investor—pete is a great entrepreneur, very funny also
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by gigantecmedia 6y ago
Hi Todd, I'm Loc from Gigantec Media. Congrats on your great YC journey! I will shoot you an email and hope I can learn a thing or two from your experience. Great idea btw!
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by gigantecmedia 6y ago
me too! happened to me a while ago with Radiohead’s A Moon Shaped Pool, Kanye West‘s My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy and Frank Ocean. But after like a few months when our brains come back to “normal” stage again, the music seems to get ba
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by gigantecmedia 7y ago
Things 3: note taking Spectre/Halide: photography Cardhop: contact management Carrot: weather Superhuman: super email Stardew Valley: mobile game Headspace: meditation The Guardian: news also other subscriptions include: Spotify/A