It can also be more valuable than a college degree if you follow (and network with) the right people.
You get to look right into their brain and read a daily narrative of HOW they think.
Ok lets go:
How to get smarter very fast:
Interact with smart people here on Twitter who have different world-views than you do.
And let them change your mind on something.
Here are the 30 people you should follow (along with my favorite tweet from each)👇👇
It can also be more valuable than a college degree if you follow (and network with) the right people.
You get to look right into their brain and read a daily narrative of HOW they think.
Ok lets go:
You know he's all about venture capital based entrepreneurship. I'm about small (non-sexy) business. We disagree on a lot of stuff.
But he's done it and he's won. Bonus follow: @theSamParr (@myfirstmilpod podcast co-host)
https://t.co/zBg2Ow82mH
10 years ago, Netflix spent $0 on original content.
— Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) January 14, 2021
This year:
Netflix: $11B
Apple: $6B
Disney: $1B
+ amazon, hulu HBO etc.
=
$20B+
Here's a crazy startup idea to take a swing at this $20B+ content pi\xf1ata. \U0001f447 Here's a quick business plan \U0001f914
He is where I want to be in 15 years. Has built a massive real estate private equity firm from the ground up. Super grounded with what the way he does business and his podcast @theFORTpodcast is top notch.
https://t.co/fvw1oI6g70
When buying a deal, every day that goes by, the potential for tunnel vision grows.
— Chris Powers (@fortworthchris) January 7, 2021
Obsessing over executing detailed Due Diligence early and efficiently is paramount to limiting this.
I'm a scattered thinker and procrastinator.
Julian is a master of clear thinking and simple but effective writing. A world class example of content marketing and mastery.
https://t.co/J9uMazpPtZ
THREAD: 10 significant lies you're told about the world.
— Julian Shapiro (@Julian) January 9, 2021
On startups, writing, and your career:
The CEO of a private equity group that buys credit / debt. A very unique perspective on employee management, diversification and business strategy.
https://t.co/HoiqOrE0gY
Closed a smaller portfolio purchase last week.
— Jillian Jaccard Murrish (@JillianMurrish) December 9, 2020
What: Secured used auto loans
Originators: 3 dealers
Servicing: Released
Target IRR: 22.8%
Downside IRR: 16.1%
Size: $586k of principal
Duration: 16 mo
Purchase Price: 88.1%
1/
A brilliant writer and clear thinker who owns a portfolio of scalable internet businesses. His twitter feed is a gold-mine if you're looking for high level management and growth techniques.
https://t.co/M4phoDYU5W
Most of success in life and business comes down to one thing:
— Andrew Wilkinson (@awilkinson) January 13, 2021
Avoiding stupidity \U0001f921
Charlie Munger says to invert: \U0001f645\u200d\u2640\ufe0f
Look at all the dumb things that others do to ruin their lives, then avoid those things...
Has built an impressive real estate portfolio of multi-family assets in Los Angeles. The original real estate twitter guy who convinced us all to begin building in public. If you're into real estate, this is your follow.
If you're into finance, this is your guy. Money, economics, storytelling and more.
A great follow if you want to learn more about how businesses get ahold of cash to make the world go around.
https://t.co/bSIe1Q3eiQ
1/ An Allegory of Finance
— Sahil Bloom (@SahilBloom) July 18, 2020
I have been posting a lot of educational (and humorous!) threads on finance, money, and economics.
My mission is simple: to demystify these concepts and make them accessible to everyone.
All of the threads can be found below. Enjoy and please share!
Co-founder of the morning brew. Does deep-dive threads into management, entrepreneurship and digital media.
Distribution is the key to sales. And he's a master.
https://t.co/6CyRtCNxhS
1/ "What I've learned" meta-thread
— Austin Rief \u2615\ufe0f (@austin_rief) December 17, 2020
I enjoy posting content on running a business, leadership and what I've learned along the way.
I will continue to add as I share more. Feel free to share with others!
A real estate developer with an itch to give back to the community. Has organized $100MM+ of ground up development in the mid-atlantic region.
https://t.co/qnyiAWrjfP
Dont know this Bldg but I think its impressive apartment conversion
— Bobby Fijan (@bobbyfijan) December 12, 2020
Entry doors are ~20 feet apart so had to add SF to units. Demoed hallway floor & added stairs inside. Stacked bathroom on top of kitchen. Window AC
Funny, this is very scalable way to do hotel to MF conversions https://t.co/sviREFobzh
When it comes to building in public (and online) Greg is your guy. Any online platform that you want to scale and grow, his advice is meant for you.
https://t.co/nEfUTxfyfu
Most people don't set themselves up for success
— GREG ISENBERG (@gregisenberg) January 18, 2021
Examples:
1. If you want to start a podcast, you should start with a Clubhouse room
2. If you want to start a Substack, you should start by tweeting
Key to success: Crawl. Walk. Run
Tyler is a crypto master and has a lot of great insights into the trends and inside happenings.
https://t.co/ORfDRFd8o6
Friends who bought their *very first* crypto on Jan 2 are considering quitting their jobs and trading crypto full time.
— Tyler Reynolds (@tbr90) January 17, 2021
They happen to be up >2x in that time bc "someone" recommended ETH, SNX, and AAVE on Coinbase.
These people have no idea what a hardware wallet is. https://t.co/bVBmCsibhP
Tax and accounting specialist with a great amount of knowledge around real estate. If your goal is to keep as much of your hard earned cash as you can, Mitchell is your guy.
https://t.co/p71ONnBsfz
I spend a lot of my time in life thinking about personal finance and tax optimization.
— Mitchell Baldridge (@baldridgecpa) December 2, 2020
See my longer tweets in a thread of threads below. I\u2019ll keep this pinned and updated as I continue sharing ideas.
Content, marketing and online brand-building. His examples outline the frameworks all influencers use to build a brand and make money online.
https://t.co/9kaAwpmW4B
Three ways to write a viral tweet:
— Matthew Kobach (@mkobach) January 19, 2021
1) Subvert conventional wisdom.
Take a known truth and tell everyone why they\u2019re wrong. The people that agree will retweet, while the people that disagree will comment. The more insightful the observation, the more impressions you\u2019ll get.
His feed is a curated list of amazing thoughts. His retweets lead me to discovering a ton of other brilliant folks to follow.
https://t.co/tRPRnp28lQ
Great career advice from @stevesi
— Garry Tan (@garrytan) January 12, 2021
Think in 5 year timescales
What will define those 5 years? e.g. This person is really good at X. (For Steven it was writing long emails)
Create something, get it to market, and then fix it. Repeat.
Then you become truly great at your craft
The original Twitter creative. I scroll THIS feed when I need inspiration and I want to think about interesting concepts and self-improvement philosphy.
https://t.co/492eNaaGv1
My top 10 tweets of the year
— James Clear (@JamesClear) January 1, 2021
A thread \U0001f447
The business behind sports and the teams, entrepreneurs and players. He spends a lot of time digging up amazing mini-documentaries you can read in under 5 minutes.
You probably already follow, but a bonus is his brother @APompliano.
https://t.co/zIYTYRg66K
An NBA role player turned his $350,000 salary into a net worth of $600M.
— Joe Pompliano (@JoePompliano) August 14, 2020
Time for a thread \U0001f447\U0001f447\U0001f447
All things real estate. How to put together deals, what asset classes are worth pursuing, and a deep dive on real estate finance.
https://t.co/1iyg58t1M0
I love real estate niche strategies:
— Brad Johnson (@bradleyjohnson2) July 30, 2020
- Mobile home parks
- Self storage (retail conversions)
- Cell towers / Data centers
- Cold storage (spin on industrial)
- Lab space
Common trait: Sticky tenants & low ongoing capital.
What are some other emerging real estate niches?
A real estate investor and small business owner who shares her daily work from the trenches.
https://t.co/VyMZ1OqIZQ
Black homeownership is lower today than in 1968 when legislation outlawed housing discrimination.
— Shonda Dimes (@AyeshaSelden) October 1, 2020
I said it\u2019s lower.
Today.
Than it was in 1968.
A startup / search fund guy who isn't interested in whats sexy. He's interested in what makes money and how to put together the right team to achieve massive success.
https://t.co/1p4SEz8rw4
A few guiding principles for a new CEO\u2019s 1st year at an acquired company:
— Tim Ludwig (@tsludwig) January 12, 2020
1. Do no harm. You (or the investors) bought a good business. Don\u2019t mess it up.
2. Look for low-hanging fruit, especially things that will make a positive impact on team morale. Can be as simple as...
Online business building 101. All about maximizing upside while protecting against the downside.
https://t.co/5CI84UbStx
Starting a business, but don't know what your mission is? How about: making your life better.
— Courtland Allen (@csallen) April 18, 2019
Working on the things you enjoy, at the pace you set, from wherever you want, with the people you love, so you can be happy\u2026 these are perfectly fine reasons to start something.
Has been building in public for years. A very deep thinker in the fundamentals of business, management, faith and life.
The reading doesn't stop at his tweets. I bookmark a lot of his stuff for later study.
https://t.co/pCTRICU9pA
Worthwhile exploration of private equity, including history, fundamentals, and dynamics: https://t.co/z6Iac25ORe
— Brent Beshore (@BrentBeshore) January 18, 2021
Difference between publics and privates?
1) Information discovery, access, control
2) Perception of decreased volatility
3) High transaction costs
Humor and business wrapped all-in-one. Great content from an excellent copywriter.
https://t.co/o427CRkAa7
The greatest moment of my startup was on the day we sold, when I reached out to two of our earliest investors who asked for their money back:
— Nikita (@nikitabier) January 15, 2021
I sent them a breakdown of how much money they would\u2019ve made.
With a focus on the stock market and macro trends, Brain is a great follow putting out consistent content around the topic of financial wellness and investing.
Buy great companies, hold for a long time.
https://t.co/1kOXfxejS3
How long it takes to become a millionaire if you invest:
— Brian Feroldi (@BrianFeroldi) January 16, 2021
$100/month \u27a1\ufe0f ~45 years
$500/month \u27a1\ufe0f ~31 years
$1,000/month \u27a1\ufe0f ~25 years
$5,000/month \u27a1\ufe0f ~10 years
$10,000/month \u27a1\ufe0f ~6 years
If you want to speed up the process,
focus on your savings rate
A lot of different views around investing, startups and life. I change my mind often when reading Kevin's threads. Especially this one on re-defining what success means to you:
https://t.co/YVWv2mplg5
\U0001f914 Thread: More of the wrong thing is less
— Kevin Dahlstrom (@Camp4) January 5, 2021
(or, how I stepped off the hamster wheel)
I\u2019m going to share a personal story with hope that it inspires at least one person to re-examine their definition of success \U0001f447
Has built a real estate firm from a single duplex to $500MM in assets over the past 10 years. And he's on twitter talking about his deals, failures, wins and learning alongside all of us.
https://t.co/IjKonsdttb
Updated @geltinc track record from inception. Accredited investors welcome to participate! Excited for the next decade of compounding! pic.twitter.com/RUGnqsoqsO
— Keith Wasserman (@Keith_Wasserman) October 24, 2020
Author of the most popular writing course on the internet. I wholeheartedly believe clear and concise (written and verbal) communication is the key to success, and nobody does it better than David.
https://t.co/sbbBloSr0r
Good writers don't magically wake up with gorgeous prose in their head so whenever you see a beautiful sentence, know that it's the result of a painstaking editing process
— David Perell (@david_perell) January 18, 2021
Small business operations 101. Hiring, scaling and making great money doing the stuff nobody else wants to do.
https://t.co/6mqsWwj8Qz
A trend I want to see more of:
— Matt Bennett (@LongvueMatt) August 7, 2020
Hungry operators scaling what they uniquely do well, to build a portfolio/holdco of long-term companies
Supported by permanent growth capital (NOT supercharged VC or inflexible/impatient private capital)
I call this \u201cbootwrapping\u201d
A unique perspective to operations, real estate and business management. She thinks about things differently and is a great follow if you want to spot more blindspots.
https://t.co/AnvhI5RYNt
Be good to your employees always, and especially today: it's the highest organic traffic day for new jobs of the year.
— Amanda Orson (@amandaorson) January 4, 2021
And if you *are* hiring, post or amplify your jobs this week to take advantage of peak season eyeballs. https://t.co/GSPT0kFOlz
Operations and management wizard. Constantly putting out thought provoking business related content.
https://t.co/gWDKTY3B01
My favorite metric to watch when building excellent operations is GM/Employee.
— Josh Schultz (@joshuamschultz) January 18, 2021
We grew this by 75% in 3 years at my former co through systems, issue / problem solving, and building internal tools.
Understanding how well you do in relation to your labor is key.
More capacity !
An executive performance coach who gives her entire playbook away for free on Twitter. Learn a lot about reaching the highest level of management from her tweets like this:
https://t.co/u37RBHor1S
A saying I\u2019ve thought a lot about in my work is \u201cChips on shoulders put chips in pockets,\u201d from @wolfejosh - I see it often...
— Dr. Julie Gurner (@drgurner) January 19, 2021
...but the saying only works, if the anger & frustration are channeled in the proper way. A quick thread. 1/
My business partner and the brains behind what we do in the self storage business. He ran (for the last 3 yrs) and sold our multi-million dollar service business on his own last month.
Real estate and Small biz.
https://t.co/h9diAFyJ4O
When things are going well it\u2019s easy to go forward with a property \u201cjust outside your metrics.\u201d
— Dan Hagberg (@dan_hagberg) January 12, 2021
Goal of 2021 is to GROW but never lose discipline or make exceptions on a self storage property. We haven\u2019t picked a loser yet and I intend on keeping it that way.
https://t.co/CwSVClNhzq
My most popular tweets on real estate, self storage and entrepreneurship.
— Nick Huber (@sweatystartup) October 21, 2020
A thread...
Here's how to do it:
https://t.co/r7IVfpGUNz
I got serious about Twitter on April 12th 2020.
— Nick Huber (@sweatystartup) January 15, 2021
Since that day:
I've raised $5MM and met with over 200 future investors in my real estate deals.
I've done $75k worth of consulting.
And I've met mentors and friends I'll carry with me for life.
What worked for me \U0001f447\U0001f447\U0001f447
https://t.co/VA0vai5vao
A Twitter hack:
— Nick Huber (@sweatystartup) January 18, 2021
If you see a great tweet getting a lot of traction, jot it down, think on it, make it better, re-write it and schedule it for a month from now.
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MASTER THREAD on Short Strangles.
Curated the best tweets from the best traders who are exceptional at managing strangles.
• Positional Strangles
• Intraday Strangles
• Position Sizing
• How to do Adjustments
• Plenty of Examples
• When to avoid
• Exit Criteria
How to sell Strangles in weekly expiry as explained by boss himself. @Mitesh_Engr
• When to sell
• How to do Adjustments
• Exit
Beautiful explanation on positional option selling by @Mitesh_Engr
Sir on how to sell low premium strangles yourself without paying anyone. This is a free mini course in
1st Live example of managing a strangle by Mitesh Sir. @Mitesh_Engr
• Sold Strangles 20% cap used
• Added 20% cap more when in profit
• Booked profitable leg and rolled up
• Kept rolling up profitable leg
• Booked loss in calls
• Sold only
2nd example by @Mitesh_Engr Sir on converting a directional trade into strangles. Option Sellers can use this for consistent profit.
• Identified a reversal and sold puts
• Puts decayed a lot
• When achieved 2% profit through puts then sold
Curated the best tweets from the best traders who are exceptional at managing strangles.
• Positional Strangles
• Intraday Strangles
• Position Sizing
• How to do Adjustments
• Plenty of Examples
• When to avoid
• Exit Criteria
How to sell Strangles in weekly expiry as explained by boss himself. @Mitesh_Engr
• When to sell
• How to do Adjustments
• Exit
1. Let's start option selling learning.
— Mitesh Patel (@Mitesh_Engr) February 10, 2019
Strangle selling. ( I am doing mostly in weekly Bank Nifty)
When to sell? When VIX is below 15
Assume spot is at 27500
Sell 27100 PE & 27900 CE
say premium for both 50-50
If bank nifty will move in narrow range u will get profit from both.
Beautiful explanation on positional option selling by @Mitesh_Engr
Sir on how to sell low premium strangles yourself without paying anyone. This is a free mini course in
Few are selling 20-25 Rs positional option selling course.
— Mitesh Patel (@Mitesh_Engr) November 3, 2019
Nothing big deal in that.
For selling weekly option just identify last week low and high.
Now from that low and high keep 1-1.5% distance from strike.
And sell option on both side.
1/n
1st Live example of managing a strangle by Mitesh Sir. @Mitesh_Engr
• Sold Strangles 20% cap used
• Added 20% cap more when in profit
• Booked profitable leg and rolled up
• Kept rolling up profitable leg
• Booked loss in calls
• Sold only
Sold 29200 put and 30500 call
— Mitesh Patel (@Mitesh_Engr) April 12, 2019
Used 20% capital@44 each
2nd example by @Mitesh_Engr Sir on converting a directional trade into strangles. Option Sellers can use this for consistent profit.
• Identified a reversal and sold puts
• Puts decayed a lot
• When achieved 2% profit through puts then sold
Already giving more than 2% return in a week. Now I will prefer to sell 32500 call at 74 to make it strangle in equal ratio.
— Mitesh Patel (@Mitesh_Engr) February 7, 2020
To all. This is free learning for you. How to play option to make consistent return.
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1. Mini Thread on Conflicts of Interest involving the authors of the Nature Toilet Paper:
https://t.co/VUYbsKGncx
Kristian G. Andersen
Andrew Rambaut
Ian Lipkin
Edward C. Holmes
Robert F. Garry
2. Thanks to @newboxer007 for forwarding the link to the research by an Australian in Taiwan (not on
3. K.Andersen didn't mention "competing interests"
Only Garry listed Zalgen Labs, which we will look at later.
In acknowledgements, Michael Farzan, Wellcome Trust, NIH, ERC & ARC are mentioned.
Author affiliations listed as usual.
Note the 328 Citations!
https://t.co/nmOeohM89Q
4. Kristian Andersen (1)
Andersen worked with USAMRIID & Fort Detrick scientists on research, with Robert Garry, Jens Kuhn & Sina Bavari among
5. Kristian Andersen (2)
Works at Scripps Research Institute, which WAS in serious financial trouble, haemorrhaging 20 million $ a year.
But just when the first virus cases were emerging, they received great news.
They issued a press release dated November 27, 2019:
https://t.co/VUYbsKGncx
Kristian G. Andersen
Andrew Rambaut
Ian Lipkin
Edward C. Holmes
Robert F. Garry
2. Thanks to @newboxer007 for forwarding the link to the research by an Australian in Taiwan (not on
3. K.Andersen didn't mention "competing interests"
Only Garry listed Zalgen Labs, which we will look at later.
In acknowledgements, Michael Farzan, Wellcome Trust, NIH, ERC & ARC are mentioned.
Author affiliations listed as usual.
Note the 328 Citations!
https://t.co/nmOeohM89Q
4. Kristian Andersen (1)
Andersen worked with USAMRIID & Fort Detrick scientists on research, with Robert Garry, Jens Kuhn & Sina Bavari among
Our Hans Kristian Andersen working with Jens H. Kuhn, Sina Bavari, Robert F. Garry, Stuart T. Nichol,Gustavo Palacios, Sheli R. Radoshitzky from USAMRIID and Fort Detrick to tell more fairy tales? Full emails listed for queries...https://t.co/kLRoQTxiGD pic.twitter.com/uHNuGraPP2
— Billy Bostickson \U0001f3f4\U0001f441&\U0001f441 \U0001f193 (@BillyBostickson) August 26, 2020
5. Kristian Andersen (2)
Works at Scripps Research Institute, which WAS in serious financial trouble, haemorrhaging 20 million $ a year.
But just when the first virus cases were emerging, they received great news.
They issued a press release dated November 27, 2019:
