Naresh Annam

India has more people with time than people with money. That’s why creators can monetize faster than startups. A startup may need 10 years to convert valuation into cash. A creator can convert attention into cash today. In India, attention is not just an asset. It’s a business model.

@NavalismHQ @naval True 💯 If you are worthy enough you will automatically find your tribe.

As Charlie Munger says, “Be worthy of a worthy mate.” @naval

One thing that helped me build strong relationships with top creators and founders: I never put them on a pedestal. Most people approach successful people like fans. They seek validation, try to impress them, and subconsciously place themselves below them. That kills real relationships. Creators and founders don’t want to spend time with people who worship them. They want to be around people who bring value, have their own opinions, and treat them like normal human beings. The best connections happen when you stop thinking, “How can I get something from them?” and start thinking, “How can I add value?”

Politicians are the best content creators. Biggest Examples - @realDonaldTrump @narendramodi

@Codie_Sanchez Most people buy cars for status, not utility. If your goal is simply getting from A to B, Uber and Ola already solve that problem. The smartest entrepreneurs care more about ownership of assets than ownership of luxury cars.

Hard truth: The real reason 99% of people buy an expensive car is so strangers at stoplights think they’re successful. No one who’s already wealthy needs a car to show it.

Going viral is a lottery ticket. Trust is the thing that compounds. build the trust.

@elonmusk Falling birth rates are usually a sign that people have more choices, not fewer. The bigger question is whether we can build enough opportunities for the people we already have.

India’s birth rate has fallen below replacement. Among those most educated, India’s birth rate fell below replacement many years ago.

@naval All the arguments, trust issues, and late-night calls. Just fewer anniversaries.

Co-founder is marriage without the sex.

@kanekallaway 100% most people don’t fail at long-form because they’re bad , they fail because they stop before the compounding kicks in.

It's crazy how asymmetric long-form YouTube is, yet how few people have the discipline to do it for more than a couple weeks in a row

@BeerBicepsGuy @AnirudhyaMitra3 Nitin Bhangude Patil

The podcasts I enjoy the most are the ones where we dive into the rich history of our motherland. In the recent episodes on TRS, we’ve explored the legacy of the Rajputs, the Marathas, and also had a deep conversation on the background story of Dhurandhar. Would love to know what other topics in history you’d like us to cover. Feel free to suggest specific guests you’d want to see on the podcast as well.

@jack @blocks One of the biggest layoffs but the best part is he is sharing why he is doing layoffs transparently and also giving benefits to his employees who get laid off . And this will make lot of startup or businesses to do the layoffs I feel.

we're making @blocks smaller today. here's my note to the company. #### today we're making one of the hardest decisions in the history of our company: we're reducing our organization by nearly half, from over 10,000 people to just under 6,000. that means over 4,000 of you are being asked to leave or entering into consultation. i'll be straight about what's happening, why, and what it means for everyone. first off, if you're one of the people affected, you'll receive your salary for 20 weeks + 1 week per year of tenure, equity vested through the end of may, 6 months of health care, your corporate devices, and $5,000 to put toward whatever you need to help you in this transition (if you’re outside the U.S. you’ll receive similar support but exact details are going to vary based on local requirements). i want you to know that before anything else. everyone will be notified today, whether you're being asked to leave, entering consultation, or asked to stay. we're not making this decision because we're in trouble. our business is strong. gross profit continues to grow, we continue to serve more and more customers, and profitability is improving. but something has changed. we're already seeing that the intelligence tools we’re creating and using, paired with smaller and flatter teams, are enabling a new way of working which fundamentally changes what it means to build and run a company. and that's accelerating rapidly. i had two options: cut gradually over months or years as this shift plays out, or be honest about where we are and act on it now. i chose the latter. repeated rounds of cuts are destructive to morale, to focus, and to the trust that customers and shareholders place in our ability to lead. i'd rather take a hard, clear action now and build from a position we believe in than manage a slow reduction of people toward the same outcome. a smaller company also gives us the space to grow our business the right way, on our own terms, instead of constantly reacting to market pressures. a decision at this scale carries risk. but so does standing still. we've done a full review to determine the roles and people we require to reliably grow the business from here, and we've pressure-tested those decisions from multiple angles. i accept that we may have gotten some of them wrong, and we've built in flexibility to account for that, and do the right thing for our customers. we're not going to just disappear people from slack and email and pretend they were never here. communication channels will stay open through thursday evening (pacific) so everyone can say goodbye properly, and share whatever you wish. i'll also be hosting a live video session to thank everyone at 3:35pm pacific. i know doing it this way might feel awkward. i'd rather it feel awkward and human than efficient and cold. to those of you leaving…i’m grateful for you, and i’m sorry to put you through this. you built what this company is today. that's a fact that i'll honor forever. this decision is not a reflection of what you contributed. you will be a great contributor to any organization going forward. to those staying…i made this decision, and i'll own it. what i'm asking of you is to build with me. we're going to build this company with intelligence at the core of everything we do. how we work, how we create, how we serve our customers. our customers will feel this shift too, and we're going to help them navigate it: towards a future where they can build their own features directly, composed of our capabilities and served through our interfaces. that's what i'm focused on now. expect a note from me tomorrow. jack

Most of the creators or founders creating content but they should also focus on building connection with existing audiences and I feel sharing their own journey being more active on insta stories about explaining or video stories Q&A Doing live with existing audiences will create a more trust which can help in this ai era .

People are completely missing the boat on personal brands. Everyone thinks AI content makes personal brands worthless. It's the opposite. When people know AI content is everywhere (even if it's non-detectable), their skepticism for everything goes up. Baby, bathwater, it's all heavily scrutinized. This means default trust overall goes way down. Any new person they see, in any category, will be an instant stranger danger. The only people that will be able to get through, are people that had EXISTING personal brands where the trust was grandfathered in. This may sound dramatic, but AI content is a one-way door. Once it's here, the skepticism for "am I getting scammed" goes up forever. If you don't built a personal brand in the next 2-3 years that can glide above that "slop/scam/alert line"...marketing will be 100x harder for you. I'd die on this hill. The most valuable investment you can make in the next 12-24 months is to blitzkrieg your personal brand.

@kanekallaway Absolutely most of the businesses spend money without understanding the market.

Business gets easier when you don't sell to a market that has no money

Most people think YouTube growth is only about title and thumbnail. That belief is incomplete. Here’s what actually happens. When a viewer sees a video with 2–3 lakh views in a few hours, the brain makes a fast decision. “So many people are watching. This must be interesting.” Click probability increases immediately. Title and thumbnail matter. But view count and speed matter just as much. That’s why many top channels run ads, seed traffic, or even fake engagement in the beginning. Not always because the content is bad. Because momentum creates momentum. Algorithms push videos that move fast. People click videos that already look popular. Money follows attention. This is a short-term play. It works if the goal is: •Quick views •Brand deals •Fast money •Riding trends But it does not build trust. When views are forced, loyalty is not. People watch once. Then leave. No connection. No memory. No community. Creators who want: •A real audience •Long-term sales •Authority •A brand that lasts cannot fake demand. They need earned attention. Repeat viewers. Trust over time. Artificial views create perception. Real views create reputation. Both are strategies. Both have different end goals. Confusing them is where most creators waste years.

@alex_prompter @godofprompt Claude

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@MostafaVisuals GPT

Just dropped a full guide on how to use ChatGPT to: - Generate thumbnail ideas - Understand your viewers psychology - Integrate psychological triggers into your thumbnails Available for the next 48 hours only. Like and reply "GPT" to get it (make sure you're following)

@MostafaVisuals Yes

But, I get it. A lot of you would rather focus on the fun part of video creation rather than… all this. Would you like my top 50 outlier thumbnail inspo? Reply “YES” and I’ll build a Google Docs with them for ya

Immediately, you’ll see the outlier scores of each video. Like this:

@MostafaVisuals Format

Just dropped a full guide on how to create the top-performing outlier thumbnails of 2025. From scratch. Available for the next 72 hours only. Like and reply "Format" to get it (make sure you're following)

@MurrayFrost_ Thumbnail

Want some audience psychology and understand the thumbnail for better views? Follow and Comment "thumbnail" and I'll send you some training that I recorded for my clients.

@naval 💯💯💯

The person writing the teleprompter is in charge, not the person reading from it.