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by sayemm 12y ago
PG, this has been one of your best essays IMO. Maybe these are also the same qualities required to be a winning investor. Thinking clearly, loving the area that you're working in, and developing domain expertise.
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by sayemm 12y ago
Had recall for about 3 days. But it really depends on how often I refreshed my memory for it.
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by sayemm 12y ago
Wow... that's very fascinating, thanks for that reference. Also sort of similar is the story of eight-time World Memory Champion, Dominic O'Brien - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominic_O%27Brien http:/&
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Peter Thiel: Luck Is Just an Excuse for Not Working Hard Enough(businessinsider.com)
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Jack Ma Says: If You’re Poor at 35, You Deserve It(cambridgeentrepreneuracademy.com)
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Fixed mindset vs. Growth mindset(sivers.org)
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The PoW who built a multi-million dollar business(bbc.com)
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Equity Investment Simulation(ownyourventure.com)
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How Jack Ma Went from Being a Poor School Teacher to Founding Alibaba(businessinsider.com)
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Revisiting the Value of Elite Colleges (2011)(economix.blogs.nytimes.com)
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by sayemm 12y ago
How to Do What You Love "Whichever route you take, expect a struggle. Finding work you love is very difficult. Most people fail. Even if you succeed, it's rare to be free to work on what you want till your thirties or forties. B
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How Sharp-Elbowed Salesman Travis Kalanick Became Silicon Valley's Newest Star(businessinsider.com)
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College Doesn’t Create Success(nytimes.com)
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by sayemm 12y ago
Yeah, with his experience I bet he has way more of an edge with private investing. Good point, several mistakes and failures throughout his tech/investing career path too, like that $100K investment in Luke Nosek's startup that fa
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by sayemm 12y ago
Rough timeline of Peter Thiel's accomplishments: - Started his hedge fund at age 29 - Co-founded Paypal at 31 - Paypal acquired at 35 (Thiel took home $55M) - Angel investment in Facebook at 37, co-founded Palantir the same year - Foun
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Monkey leaders and followers have 'specialised brains'(bbc.com)
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Markus Frind: The man 'behind a million babies'(bbc.com)
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by sayemm 12y ago
"If people knew how hard I worked to get my mastery, it wouldn't seem so wonderful at all." - Michelangelo
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Yes, you can retire before your 40th birthday(bbc.com)
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Commandos, Infantry, and Police(blog.codinghorror.com)
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by sayemm 12y ago
This reminds me of one of PG's old essays, "The Power of the Marginal" - http://www.paulgraham.com/marginal.html People never see disruption coming and by its very nature, the best contrarian value investment
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Get Lucky(avc.com)
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All Great Lives Had Wilderness Years(abelin.net)
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by sayemm 12y ago
Nice! And I'd also add my most favorite PG essay: http://paulgraham.com/determination.html
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A gradient of childhood self-control predicts health, wealth, and public safety(pnas.org)
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by sayemm 12y ago
I like your new default colors and this project in general. So nice job with putting this out there. But at the same time, I don't use your CSS file. I think the commenter above who's hating on this thinks some of it might be redu
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by sayemm 12y ago
Best post on luck, similar to this one, is by Paul Buchheit, "Serendipity finds you" - http://paulbuchheit.blogspot.com/2010/10/serendipity-finds-y... And the best book IMO is by Michael J. Mauboussin, &
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by sayemm 12y ago
That was his first success as an entrpreneur, selling a Ben Franklin franchise store - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Walton#The_first_stores
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by sayemm 12y ago
Sam Walton's biography is one of the best business books I've ever read: http://amazon.com/Sam-Walton-Made-In-America/dp/0553562835 What's really instructive about his story is that he started his f
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by sayemm 12y ago
I think this all depends if you're really a "startup" or not. As per Paul Graham's definition: http://paulgraham.com/growth.html . Just because you're starting something up doesn't mean you&#x27

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