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"A meaningful life isn't about acquiring money & other facilities; it’s about dedicating your life to helping others as much as you can."

proud of the @usemitohealth team for their meaningful mission, and for extending their impact to the US! 🙌🏻 kudos @teemingchew @joelkek @DrRyanWare @kenneth_lou 🇸🇬💪🏻

@ericmigi @automattic Congrats!!

In other news, we sold Beeper to @automattic. The deal closed on April 1. The next day was my first day as their Head of Messaging! Beeper, as you know and love it, will continue as an independent team and product within Automattic. Our whole team has moved over, joined by new friends from Texts.com who were acquired last year. Together, we are the most capable set of chat reverse engineers on earth! This time round feels quite different from my Pebble→Fitbit acquisition experience. As I blogged on the 10 year anniversary of our Kickstarter (@ericmigi/why-pebble-failed-d7be937c6232" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">medium.com/@ericmigi/why-…), basically after almost a decade working on smartwatches, I was kinda out of ideas and ready to move on. Not this time! After years in beta, Beeper officially launches today. We're just getting going. I have TONS of product ideas that we haven't even started on yet. Chat feels like a bottomless well of potential, haven't even scratched the surface yet. We each use chat apps hundreds of times per day. Each interaction is an opportunity. Chat as a product has been woefully underexplored. Due to platform lock in, there effectively have been no new entrants into the market in the last 10 years. We believe we can sidestep the chicken-and-egg problem that kills new chat companies. Instead, we spend the majority of our time actually building a better chat app, rather than requiring users to spam their contact list with invites just to grow the network. One of our long term goals is to help the world migrate to an open chat/communication protocol. Imagine 50 years from now - do you think the current set of chat networks will be around? What about email? I have high confidence that we will be emailing til we die (for better or worse). I think open beats closed in the long term. That's why I'm so excited to join forces with Automattic. @photomatt and his team have built foundational open source software, like WordPress and WooCommerce, that power huge swathes of the internet. I've known Matt for years. He was an early investor and user of Beeper. I've learned over the last 3 years of working in this space that a) it's harder than it looks, b) you need to know who your friends are. With Beeper, Automattic is doubling down on chat, after their acquisition of Texts.com last year. I can't think of a better partner out there for us to work with on our quest to build the best damn chat app on earth. Read more about the acquisition on our blog: blog.beeper.com/2024/04/09/bee…

After 3 years, Beeper is finally out of beta! No more waitlist - you can head over to beeper.com and download it today. I'm excited to hear what you think of it. Read more on our blog: blog.beeper.com/2024/04/09/bee… Also...👇

I had to meet a buyer from Carousell today. He came with a friend. Thought it was just gonna be a hi bye transaction but we ended up talking for an hour+ about tech and a bit about life (they are expats)😭 It's these moments where I feel happy for picking the right buyer haha

@levie Congrats @levie! i continue to be inspired by your journey since your guest lecture at Stanford in 2011! 🫡

Box crossed $1B last year. Thanks to all the amazing customers, partners, developers — and importantly, Boxers — that made this happen! Now on to the next billion! marketwatch.com/story/software…

@jaltma I think many founders feel a constant buzz of anxiety to make progress and do right by their team, investors, and customers. I did and still do – something I'm trying to release.

The Outsiders is the best book I have read on business management. Here are some extracts that reveal the rarity of these people's approach:

@TaliaGold @perplexity_ai congrats talia!

In October 2022, I wrote a piece about a trillion dollar opportunity in search. @perplexity_ai is that company. I only wish I realized a year sooner ;) Better late than never. Thrilled to officially be a part of the Perplexity journey.

@nireyal @McDonalds It's wed/random crave so I go to a McD -> Use Mobile Order app + table service (skip Q + get served) -> Earn points to be redeemed for treats (post-meal dessert, app used twice in a meal) -> Tell everyone I meet abt my weekly McD routine... and it repeats. did i get it right? 😂

Anyone want to do a deep dive into why the @McDonalds app is doing so much better than its competitors? I'd love someone to run it through my Hooked Model to see if there's anything to be learned. DM me or share your thoughts in the comments if you have any insights. Remember: Trigger, Action, Variable Reward, and Investment.

Grateful for the opportunity to journey with Sequoia since 2014, and v privileged to keep partnering with @singh_sequoia and everyone at team @peakxvpartners. Congrats team on your exciting new chapter and founding moment! 🙇🏻‍♂️🙏

1. Barrels and ammunition I didn’t overlap with @KeithRabois at @Square, but when I joined, his precepts were (and still are) all over the company. One of the most powerful metaphors - not least because of the vivid imagery - was that of barrels and ammunition.

@amitjain @CarDekho @Insurance_Dekho v inspiring sir! congrats!

A very proud moment for entire @CarDekho. @Insurance_Dekho raises Series A Funding of $150M, which gives the organization more avenues to expand and create higher value. But, it is not one person who makes a company big, it's rather the people and culture as a whole.

@felixleezd @ADPList Congrats on the huge milestone Felix and team @ADPList 🙌🥳💪

Whoa, a new milestone 🙏! This is priceless. We founded @ADPList 1.5 years ago to democratize mentorship for all. In 2022, we've done over 10M+ minutes of mentorship in 141 countries. It's only Day 1. And I'm excited about the future of career success sharing, led by community.

Yknow it’s a carousell transaction when 2 of the most random people huddle together at the mrt

Steve Jobs on why he built companies:

I just made my 181st deal on #Carousell. Check out my profile itskarenbordador : carousell.app.link/8e2NXbhqnrb

1/ News is out 🎉! @ADPList just signed a partnership with @SlackHQ to promote an open access to mentorship worldwide. Our mission to democratize mentorship for all, is for everyone. I'm proud to work with @eeismann and team to further this mission. blog.adplist.org/post/adplist-a…

@lizazulkifli @Carousell Sincere apologies for the delay. Have checked with my teammates and they've confirmed that the refund has been processed on Friday. appreciate you bringing this to our attention, we are looking into the root cause. once again, so sorry for any inconvenience caused 🙏🏻

I GOT THIS FROM CAROUSELL AND IT WAS RM240???? AND HE GAVE ME THE POD HOLDER + THE MILK FROTHER ???? Blessed

@dhillonv68 Hey vinay can you drop me an email at sr@carousell.com with your username pls? Will look into it asap thx!

"A meaningful life isn't about acquiring money & other facilities; it’s about dedicating your life to helping others as much as you can."