Talal R. Rishani

Incredible stat from the WSJ. 0.1% of accounts take home 67% of the profits. Information is power.

You have no experience. You’ve never started a company. You’ve never had a full time job. Nike is going to kill you. You’re a kid. You don’t have technical skills. You shouldn’t build hardware. Apple is going to kill you. You can’t build hardware. You can’t measure heart rate non-invasively. Athletes don’t care about recovery. Under Armour is going to kill you. It won’t be accurate. You don’t listen. You’re an ineffective leader. You can’t recruit great talent. You’re going to have to pay every athlete. You can’t measure sleep non-invasively. It’s too expensive to research. Athletes are a small market. The product costs too much to make. The product costs too much to sell. Your valuation is too high. Consumers aren’t going to want it. Hardware is too hard. You should measure steps. Fitbit is going to kill you. You can’t build a marketing engine. You can’t raise enough money. You need a real CEO. Google is going to kill you. You can’t be a subscription. You can’t build a brand. You can’t do consumer in Boston. Your valuation is too high. You shouldn’t make accessories. You shouldn’t make apparel. Lululemon is going to kill you. You can’t predict Covid. Stay in your niche. You are going to run out of money. You can’t build a health platform. Amazon is going to kill you. You can’t measure blood pressure. You can’t get medical approvals. The market is too small. You don’t understand AI. The market is too competitive. It won’t work internationally. The supply chain is too complicated. You can’t build an AI. You can’t raise enough money. It’s too competitive. Healthcare isn’t going to want it. … Just keep going ✌️

@techbromemes Missing TSMC in there

Be yourself unforgivably

Adapt or die

Rough makes you tough. Seek difficult things to make your life more rewarding.

ChatGPT’s vision of my year in review. I’ll take it!

All my homies hate raisins

@rumilyrics In other words.. YOLO!

Take the risk. Time flies.

@adonispara How humans were meant to live.

There is a certain kind of wealth that only silence and open sky can provide

@SahilBloom It’s increasingly clear that Blue Zones are less about diet and more about deep social connection. A point that was underestimated for years.

A hill I’m willing to die on: Nothing will improve your quality of life more than proximity to people you love. It’s worth more than any job will ever pay you.

Sent to me by @YAnaisGhandour. A reminder to never decline an offer to boogie. Maybe TSwift was right. “Long before therapy, productivity culture, or self-help books, humans regulated their nervous system through rhythm and movement. Dancing wasn't entertainment. It was medicine. Tribes danced to discharge stress. To process emotion. To bring the body back into safety after threat. When you dance, rhythm calms the amygdala, the brain's alarm system. Movement activates the vagus nerve, pulling you out of fight or flight. Music increases dopamine and serotonin in a regulated way, not the spike-and-crash kind.”

@theJayAlto To think clearly first you must clear your mind

you’re one long walk away from a great idea

Ascending mountains for breakfast 🏔️

Europe will not be creating USB-D unfortunately

What if it’s not “Wyoming is beautiful and it’s the least populated state,” but “Wyoming is beautiful because it’s the least populated state”

Agency > Intelligence. 2025+'s motto

A piece of heaven on earth

Large family, health and exclusive experiences

Sun, movement, and good company. All else is secondary.