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User acquisition does *not* equal growth. Remember Viddy, the app heralded as the “Instagram for video”? It was adding +500k new users/day, grew to +50MM users, & was used by celebrities like Mark Zuckerberg. What happened? 3 lessons that'll make your company avoid the grave:

Strong parents treat their kids with dignity and honor their humanity. Rather than trying to change who their kids are, They smile and express their delight in it. They are driven by a profound conviction: When you're parenting, you're shaping a life, not a resume.

There's a book titled: "How Children Raise Parents." Nothing could be more true. Parenting continually invites you to grow as a person. Strong parents accept that invitation. You can't afford to forget - Who you are becoming is just as important as who your kids become.

In order to finance climate change, we need to think from a first principles perspective. Traditional VC will not be the main way. VCs need to put more effort on this.

The key to growth is to approach everything with humility and curiosity. There’s always something new to learn.

According to @BillGates, to avoid climate disaster we must: 1. Get to 0 emissions 2. Accelerate deployment of solar and wind faster and smarter 3. Create and rollout breakthrough technologies @WireWatt is doing all three in LatAm. Exciting times ahead!!

Today we raised $4m to fund more solar and energy efficiency projects in Mexico and contribute to climate change. 👇 news.crunchbase.com/news/wirewatts…

Clean energy financing platform @Wirewatt has raised a $4 million investment from @mgminnovagroup to fund solar projects in Mexico and Latin America. news.crunchbase.com/news/wirewatts…

Some helpful accounts: @awilkinson My First Million podcast by @ShaanVP @theSamParr @sweatystartup @david_perell @birsic @schlaf It doesnt have to be crazy at work by @jasonfried @dhh Deep work by Cal Newport

Some ideas that have changed my view on business and life in 2020 1)Kelly criterion and diversification as a startup founder - Some startups have huge upside, but as a founder giving your 100% on 1 venture is too much risk - Be open to multiple life paths and income sources ..

Twitter gems for high quality, high signal, no fluff content: •Writting:@david_perell,@Julian •Decision making:@shaneparrish •Clear thinking:@naval, @JamesClear, @chamath •Marketing:@mkobach, @davegerhardt,@TheCoolestCool •Product:@lennysan Who is on your list?

Bitcoin is an exit from the Fed. DeFi is an exit from Wall Street. Social media is an exit from mass media. Homeschooling is an exit from industrial education. Remote work is an exit from 9-5. Creator economy is an exit from employment. Individuals are leaving institutions.

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Software is eating software and some developers just don't know it yet. #NoCode @bubble

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My first climate infrastructure project finance checks were the hardest. There is a funding gap for early stage PF that had us fundraising around the world. Mexican Co. with first PF round from Dutch angels and second from Japanese lenders. A thread on learnings// 👇

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Shipped!!! 😍😍😍 #bestfeeling @amazon

if you believe it will work out you will see opportunities if you believe it won't you will see obstacles

He whose life has a WHY can bear any HOW

Wherever you go, you'll be in the right place @vancejoy #obssessed