Fintech Storm

I just published “What is DGCAMP ?” medium.com/p/what-is-dgca…

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@agazdecki @microacquire hey we can help.

Update: Talked to the @microacquire team and we're actually going to try & make this happen. If have any recommendations for great copywriters, please tag or DM. Looking for full time or part time.

Would anyone be interested in reading a blog that covers only bootstrapped companies?

The Candida auris virus is notoriously hard to treat and has been spreading through nursing homes and hospitals in the country, but it appears to be becoming more dangerous after researchers found cases that were resistant to all known medicines. More: on.rt.com/bd10

This is to anyone building anything right now: Creating something from nothing is fucking hard. Even after you’ve made money and become “successful,” if you’re still truly challenging yourself, it doesn’t get easier. The key is to indulge in the challenges. Obstacle is the way

Tokyo Olympics, most gold medals. Japan: 10 USA: 9 China: 9 ROC/Russia: 7 Great Britain: 4 South Korea: 3 Australia: 3 Kosovo: 2 France: 2 Canada: 2 Germany: 2

I shot this today.

JUST IN: Tokyo reports 2,848 new coronavirus cases, the highest since the pandemic began.

@moskov The Delta variant is much more contagious, yet much less leathal. Deaths are at all-time lows and hospitalizations are near all-time lows.

lots of flipping happening in the NFT space, not sure if that's healthy? i'd sign up for a smart contract that locks my NFT for X years to show artists I intend to collect vs flip... anything like this exist?

I've been trying to figure out how to help founders avoid making decisions based on fear. Strangely a quote from Band of Brothers keeps coming to mind...

@mwseibel thank you thank you for this. reminds me of @brian_armstrong’s wise words: don’t focus too much on the highs or lows - just keep pushing forward on the mission

@mwseibel 1/2 Tackle fear quickly and without overthinking the approach. Just do it and evaluate your situation. Once you address it, the fear will shrink because there is less uncertainty. Now YOU own it. We often avoid addressing the fear because ...

@mwseibel For ex, @elonmusk has talked about how he has felt fear tremendously in his SpaceX and Tesla endeavors, but reasoned that not trying to do them was a more fearful outcome for humanity

The best founders I know can execute well even when they are afraid (and trust me - the good ones feel fear a lot).

"The only hope you have is to accept the fact that you're already dead. The sooner you accept that, the sooner you'll be able to function as a soldier is supposed to function" - Lieutenant Colonel Ronald Charles Speirs - 101st Airborne Division, World War II

The main thing I've learned over the past several years is that even the most self-motivated people will still often fail if they're not being held accountable by someone external

Predictions. 👋👋👋 Biggest financial services industry trends of 2021? Go. 👇

#RheaChakraborty ordered IT professionals to recover data from Sushant laptop including his patents which came in 8 hard drives and was passed to @AUThackeray #IndiaForRheaArrest

Examples of Soft Fintech: @ncino @copilotmoney @usealloy @getVGS @finix @SentiLink @Shopify @Plaid @CreditKarma @NerdWallet, @fast @Verifi @NovaCredit @blendlabsinc @ModernTreasury @Galileo_Tweets @Marqeta, @synapsefi @unit_co_ @treasuryprime (don’t touch money as a business)

I can’t stop thinking about this. From @patrickc’s questions: Why are so many things so much nicer in Switzerland and Japan? patrickcollison.com/questions