I made almost all of the mistakes I've mentioned further in the thread
A guide for ambitious teenagers who want to grow
This thread contains guidance related to:
• Twitter Networking
• Avoiding Naive bBlunders
• Growing on Twitter
• And anything I could tell advise you like an elder brother
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I made almost all of the mistakes I've mentioned further in the thread
Be patient when you reach out people (especially the ones with more than 1k followers) on Twitter
You may not get reply for couple of days. This happens cuz the person has many DMs pending and is left with no bandwidth to reply
So don't be like "???" or "will you reply???"
Be more generous in the approach. Follow up more politely with sentences like "looking forward to your reply"
Whenever you send a Cold DM, keep the message short and precise.
@palakzat and @SumneshSalodkar guided me in the right direction with this
Do not add anything irrelevant in the message, especially while asking for help. Ask yourself whether the sentence serves any purpose in the communication or not
Also, while cold DMing important or busy people, do not start with "Hey" or something like that
Instead, introduce yourself in 1-2 lines and in the next 2-3, explain the reason/favour/purpose of your message
Avoid reaching out to important/busy (I don't have a better word for them) people without a solid purpose. Don't just randomly text them
Again, this comes from @palakzat
If you want to grow on Twitter as someone who's interested in startups, tech or anything related to productivity and ambitions, strictly avoid shitposting.
You can build an audience only when keep giving out value, consistently
Thanks for the lesson @join2manish sir
Avoid DMing anyone on WhatsApp until and unless you've joined their WhatsApp newsletter
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For young tweeps
— Atharva Kharbade (@athrvakhrbde) October 26, 2020
I've been doing cold outreach since long, & after I dropped out, getting guidance became my priority
So one time, as usual, I made a list of YC startups from LinkedIn. And I got the WhatsApp no. of the co-founder which my friend found on her LinkedIn
1/4 https://t.co/50zPps6ffg
Audience >>> Followers
Don't run after followers, they're just vanity metrics. Build an audience, it'll surely pay off
Learned this from @ankitkr0 and @nipunnyy
Never ask others anything that you can easily find on Google. May it be during a conversation, or if you don't understand a term in tweet. Don't just comment right away, "What's X?"
Make this a habit, always Google what you don't understand, right away
Do your homework
Before you hop on a call with someone who's important for you, do a solid research about him/her first
I learned this from @nikhiljoisr
Always have a profile picture of yours. Means, your face should be in the DP
Learned this from @shlokafc
Have a neat and precise bio. Don't add anything that doesn't depict what you do or what you tweet about
Advise from @nipunnyy
Never message busy/important people asking "What are your thoughts on..."
As mentioned previously, message only with a purpose
Learned this from @warikoo
I personally never ever sent my thread to anyone and asked them to retweet it. Not a single time.
So I'd reccomend you to not do this either.
The logic behind this is, your content must me so damn good and value packed, that people can't resist resharing it
Avoid scammy self help gurus and courses.
The world is big enough to not follow these things and still have pinnacle quality content and people for you to follow
Prioritize health (physical and mental)
Compromising health for short term sprints will do nothing but harm in long term
Life is long enough to not hurry at the cost of your health
Don't fall prey to things on Twitter. For example, you don't need a fancy "productivity setup" to pull of great things.
I used this dumper laptop for years. I did EDM production, graphic design, 3D design, etc. on it. Only when I started earning, I upgraded
Don't spend your parent's money for buying expensive things that have cheaper alternatives.
Like, don't buy a ₹7k keyboard with your parent's money. Rather save that money, invest it somewhere.
Maximize on free resources. If something like @nntaleb's ebook is for free, doesn't mean that it doesn't provide value.
There are plenty of free resources for almost everything. Take advantage of that
I've intentionally added many terms in the thread that most of the teenagers won't understand.
If you didn't Google them right away, this is the signal to begin with it asap or else I'll be nonplussed to see you not apply the advice
I have a detailed article coming with @internclick, on internships. So stay tuned for that. It covers everything you need to know related to internships
And a thread on how to write threads is coming soon too.
More from Atharva Kharbade
16 years later, now he's the CEO of a company worth more than $2 billion
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Year 2005
Alex has no money in his bank account, and just after 1 month his classes at a three-year university are gonna begin.
Being really determined to avoid student debt, he pulls an all nighter to brainstorm on a question, "How can I become a millionaire"
2/
Twenty minutes later, he had his answer: Sell one million pixels of advertising space on a website for $1 each.
"I thought, 'This is one of those crazy, quirky ideas, but it just might work.I've got nothing to lose.' " says Alex.
3/
Tew already had some experience with website design, so with a paltry $100, he quickly bought a domain name and some basic web hosting services and had his website, https://t.co/APDYhSjFTQ, up and running in two days.
4/
The concept was simple: Businesses could buy 10x10 or larger blocks of advertising space for a $1 per pixel and place their logos and links on his site.
Our society needs to seriously rethink of mental health. Our society needs to be educated
3 years ago, during my JEE prep, when I went into clinical depression, no one could diagnose me of it. I had every symptom of it.
I literally got no help. This is not about me, I'm telling this from a general 3rd person view.
Any help that I got was wearing a ring made of horseshoe of a black horse of a specific breed. All the blame was slapped on 'Shani'
I was being taken to orphanages and slum areas so that I could see that my ailments are nothing in front of theirs.
Loads of toxic positivity
Yes, \U0001d5fd\U0001d5fc\U0001d600\U0001d5f6\U0001d601\U0001d5f6\U0001d603\U0001d5f6\U0001d601\U0001d606 can be \U0001d601\U0001d5fc\U0001d605\U0001d5f6\U0001d5f0
— Atharva Kharbade (@athrvakhrbde) September 25, 2020
Before you let your ignorance kick in and make you laugh out loud, try seeing life with a new perspective
No BS
A thread...
Read this if you use sentences like "Good vibes only" or "Just be positive and stay happy"
I lived in a PG hostel. I used to go to institute. Used to meet numerous people everyday. But not a single person could diagnose me of any medical condition. Not their fault, even I didn't what I'd been going through
More from Twitter
I bookmark everything that looks interesting and go there when in need of inspiration.
This is a thread-recap of the best-saved tweets from 2020 (for me at least) and what you can steal from each one. 🧵👇
The year chart by @jakobgreenfeld
What to steal: the idea and the design
Create a chart with the key moments of your growth. It's a great reflective exercise for you and it can be a great learning experience for your
Here's roughly how I grew from 0 to 1400 followers in 4 months. pic.twitter.com/NqY54cWXpC
— Jakob Greenfeld (@jakobgreenfeld) December 15, 2020
Let's collaborate by @aaraalto
What to steal: the idea.
Creating a blank piece of content (could be a sentence, a design, a video...) that your audience can later
Let's collaborate
— Aaron Aalto (@aaraalto) December 17, 2020
Step 1: Take this image
Step 2: Be creative with it
Step 3: Reply with your creation pic.twitter.com/xCcCShLvdI
Advice to first-time info product creators by @dvassallo
What to steal: the insight
This tweet was one of the sparks for me writing the Twitter Thief ($1,3k revenue says it's good
My advice to first-time info product creators:
— Daniel Vassallo (@dvassallo) July 26, 2020
1. Start with a very small product.
2. Choose a topic you know well that will almost write itself. Avoid doing research.
3. Timebox production to 2 weeks.
4. Charge $10.
5. Promote it!
All the lessons are in #5. Best of luck!
How to be a better writer by @JamesClear
What to steal: the insight
A world-class writer giving free writing lessons. The tweet is from 2019 but I discovered it this
How to be a better writer:
— James Clear (@JamesClear) July 5, 2019
-write about what fascinates you
-make one point per sentence
-use stories to make your point
-cut extra words like \u201creally\u201d and \u201cvery\u201d
-read the whole thing out loud
-post publicly (you\u2019ll try harder when you know others will read it)
What else?