Abhinav Rana

Comedy is the art of telling forbidden truths, without getting beat up.

Startups are the Olympics of business. Consumer-facing apps are the 100 meter dash.

If you want to build a great product, think of if like a secret sauce. It’s a specific combination of a handful of ingredients. Too many ingredients make it a mess. Too few and it’s not unique.

We live in strange times when watching a short video or reading an article is often called research. Truly understanding how things work in the world filled with shallow knowledge seekers is a superpower.

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Markets do find truth - first by moving up to the last FOMO buyer, then by moving down to the first HODLer.

The best investments are “buy and forget.”

An opinion that’s expressed to appeal to largest possible number of people often is disguised manipulation.

All societies that don’t understand and live the concept of productivity will rarely pay for saving time. Societies that don’t understand value of time, often indulge in paying for products that offer them hope to jump up in social hierarchy.

Conflict aversion and inability to say no, makes people flaky. Being flaky results in slow reputation damage.

One trait found in all folks with good judgement : ability and humility to generate counter intuitive insights.

People and businesses that compete for time of their audience are likely to way more nasty with each other than those who compete for their wallet share because time is zero sum in short term and long term.

All areas of life that you’ve historically overcorrected are usually areas where you’re likely to be taking emotional decisions.

Leadership is building people to build. Many mistaken it as using people to build.

Better to think for yourself, and be wrong, than to outsource your thinking.

The difference between high-risk takers who are good or bad at it is second-order thinking.

“If people cannot write well, they cannot think well, and if they cannot think well, others will do their thinking for them.” — George Orwell

For most, failure is a feeling. A feeling of shame, anger, blame, embarrassment, dejection. For some, failure is a document. A document of reflection, introspection, questions, hypothesis. We all fail. Only a handful use that failure towards success.

In the modern world, don’t minimize your risks - maximize your opportunities

I watched a documentary on climate change. Damn, it really made sad about the state of our planet. I decided to turn off my tenants power and water from 10pm-8am in order to save our home