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You must constantly learn new things to succeed. But you forget 50% of what you learn within 1 hour. A thread on how the science of forgetting works and how overcoming it can change your life... 🧠

THE HEALING HAS BEGUN. 🗽🏀 @jalenbrunson1 @nyknicks @joshhart @sidetalknyc

@Benioff this is a beautiful, inspiring, and deeply human tribute of gratitude for all the builders and dreamers out there!

Tony, I am so deeply grateful for everything you have done for me over the last four decades. I still remember my early days at Oracle, searching for leadership and a way to move my career forward. I saw your Personal Power infomercial and bought the cassettes; suddenly, my daily commute was transformed by your inspiration and ideas. I even remember staying home an entire weekend to re-listen to the 30-day program as a "home seminar"—the insights I gained were life-changing. That was the moment I realized I needed to experience your events in person, which led me even deeper into building my own leadership models. It was at Date with Destiny that I made the firm decision to leave Oracle and start my own company. We even had a brief conversation about it then. Fast forward twenty six years: Salesforce now has 80,000 employees, generates over $41B in revenue, and stands as the largest enterprise software company in the world. I truly could not have done it without you by my side. As you know we always over estimate what we can do in one year and underestimate what we can do in a couple of decades. As you know, when I started Salesforce, I also created the 1-1-1 model—committing 1% of our equity, time, and product to the community. That model has now resulted in over $1B in grants, 10 million hours of volunteerism, and 50,000 nonprofits running on our platform for free. Your work delivering billions of meals continues to inspire me to stretch even further; our programs to protect the oceans and plant one trillion trees are born from your belief that business can be the greatest platform for change. Tony, I started this letter with gratitude, and I will end it the same way. When I reached my most difficult moments, you were there. When I reached my highest heights, you were there. You know that as those phone calls and texts for help were always quickly answered. Tony, business and politics are temporal, but relationships are eternal—and yours is one I carry with me always. Congratulations on everything you are doing. I look forward to a wonderful future together.

Let's test this out! @wabi build me an app that does research on kid friendly cars and provides me with options based on filterable criteria

@mwseibel Thank you @mwseibel - grateful for your mentorship and always asking the uncomfortable questions :)

Today after 12+ years at Y Combinator I’ll be transitioning to a Partner Emeritus position. This role allows me to continue to do office hours with the 1000+ companies I’ve worked with in the past decade while giving me the free time to explore new adventures. It also means that the w25 batch was my last batch funding new YC companies. The next adventure I’m excited to pursue (after taking the summer to relax) is how I can help government better serve its citizens. Thank you to the countless friends who have been pushing me in this direction for years. Government was the passion of my youth and I’m excited to reengage. Thank you to @ycombinator @paulg and @jesslivingston for changing my life.

@judegomila @Golden Excited to play with this - great seeing you yesterday 👋🏽

1/ I’d like to share a fun little demo we have been hacking on @golden We attempt to answer factual questions in a more accurate way using the Golden Knowledge Graph by providing a retrieval enhancement to GPT-3. Golden Retriever: ai.golden.com Thread👇

One of the most important leadership lessons I re-learn every day: 🟡 Good managers solve problems with good answers. 🟢 Great managers solve problems with great questions. When you ask great questions, you unlock possibilities beyond what you've got in your head.

@RomeenSheth congrats!! huge! :)

🚨 Personal update I'm super excited to share: We recently closed a transaction with a private equity firm and brought them aboard as our first outside institutional partner. It's been a hell of a journey scaling a bootstrapped business to $50M+ in revenue.

Always grateful for the support of @ataussig @mercebent @lightspeedvp - congrats!

Huge congrats to the @flockjay team for being named to the inaugural #SMBTech50, alongside incredible co's like @Calendly, @NotionHQ, @usealloy, and @Figma. Thanks for the support @GGVCapital, @crunchbase and @Nasdaq - We're just getting started! 🦅

@nmasc_ always love chatting with you @nmasc_ ! one team, one dream💜

@Bouazizalex @deel Legends 🙏🏽

$1M to $💯M ARR in 20 months 🤯 So, so proud of the @Deel team. $1B in ARR here we come 🚀

@wes_kao Answering questions is an exercise in empathy - how can I both answer the question and communicate understanding the feeling that prompted it! Love QBQ!

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Most people suck at answering questions. They fail to think about the question behind the question. Here’s a framework for impactful responses:

@aaditsh Thanks @aaditsh - love the community you’re building 😎

Discovering underrated accounts on Twitter is a hack. You get to interact with cool and interesting people before anyone else knows about them. Here are the 10 people that I know will crush it:

@RomeenSheth The anchor makes it all worth it - shifting from focus on outcomes to presence 🚢

I’ve interviewed 120 legendary investors, founders and executives on my podcast. Collectively, they have created over $1 trillion of value for the world. Here are the best 20 lessons they have shared with me:

@wes_kao Would love to hear the one book you’ve read recently that’s changed you :)

You might read 52 books per year… But I’m more impressed if you read one book and let it change you. Here are 9 tips to maximize your reading:

@SahilBloom @wes_kao What’s even more surreal is to not only not travel, but also get a window into hundreds of different places in the world at once - across time zones, weather. Surreal.

@wes_kao it's a pretty wild feeling the first time you teach one we had people on from 27 countries. insane!

As someone who doesn’t like traveling for work, being able to teach a cohort-based course from home is a game changer. No airports. No battles for the arm rest. Just open your laptop & teach hundreds of students from home. Then close your laptop and go downstairs for lunch.

@abhishekshah173 Nice list! Love the curation here.

@brandonthezhang Love seeing what you and @aaditsh are building in CBCs! Your passion and care make your work great.

I've been behind the scenes in watching many Cohort-Based Courses (CBCs) grow to 7-figure businesses. But contrary to what you've been told, launching them isn't complicated. Here's a 7-step system to take your course from idea to first paying customer:

@aaditsh Super helpful list!

A Marketing degree costs $80k. But, you can learn from world-class teachers for free on Twitter. Here are 10 masterclasses on 10 different aspects of marketing: