20+ Must See Movies and Documentaries that can change your life for good.

🧵 A Thread//

1. The Inventor

Out for blood in Silicon Valley

A cautionary tale for founders

2. Operation Varsity Blues

The College Admission Scandals

Uncovers the fraud methods that helped rich and famous students to get into college.

3. The Last Dance

Follows the iconic Chicago Bulls 1997-98 season, with Jordan leading the way.

4. The social Dilemma

Describes the repercussions of social media and the bad side of it.

Building your personal brand is the greatest asset you can ever own.

It's the investment that can give you a 100X return.

Here are 10 things you can do today towards building your personal brand.

Marketing Masterclass ↓

1. Learn to write content

Content is key to building your brand.

Your content is the pitch.

The better your pitch, the more likely you will convert visitors into leads.

But what to write content on?

Dead Simple!

Start writing about what you are learning.

Write about where your expertise is

Learn and post content around that

Share your experiences ( Success & Failures )

2. Involve yourself in social networks

Stay active on different platforms like Twitter, LinkedIn, ProductHunt, Medium, etc.

Social media is the best way to kick-start your journey.

You already have a base set with an engaging community.

3. Speak at conferences and events

Enroll yourself to speak at a local conference, to begin with.

Start small.

Go big to keep speaking whenever you have an opportunity.

This is the best to make some noise.

17 Books to help you Lead through change:

1) Switch by Chip Heath

What You Will Learn:

- The Difference Between The Rational and Emotional Mind
- The Pattern You Can Follow to Create

2) It Starts with One

What You Will Learn:

- Why So Many Change Initiatives Fail
- Why You Must Change Before Your Organization

3) HBR's 10 Must Reads on Change

What You Will Learn:

- Establish a sense of urgency
- Lead change through eight critical stages
- How to Gain Commitment and Minimize

4) Leading Change by John Kotter

What You Will Learn:

- An Eight Step Process for Managing Change
- Why Top Performers Get Off

We're all familiar with the concept of lending & borrowing 💰
But what if there was a way to do it without any middlemen? 👀

This is where @AaveAave comes into the picture 👻

So what is it, how does it work, and why is it important in DeFi? 🤔

Let's get into it 👇

What is @AaveAave? 🔍

Aave is a decentralized lending protocol that lets people lend, borrow and earn interest on crypto assets, without any middlemen.

So instead of relying on banks for these services, you rely on transparent, smart contracts that run on the blockchain.

Founded in 2017 by @StaniKulechov, Aave was originally called ETHLend.

They started as a peer-to-peer protocol that matched lenders to borrowers but later pivoted to a system where people borrow from liquidity pools and rebranded to Aave which is Finnish for ghost 👻

How does it work? 💡

For lenders:
Anyone can deposit their crypto assets into a liquidity pool and earn interest on it

For borrowers:
Anyone can borrow crypto assets from a liquidity pool and pay interest on it

The rates are calculated algorithmically based on liquidity.

To facilitate lending & borrowing, Aave issues two types of tokens:

1. aTokens - issued against deposited assets to lenders, they increase proportionally with interest generated by the AAVE pool

2. $AAVE tokens - this is Aave's DAO token that also incentivizes borrowers

I've spent the last few months researching @TreasureDao & $MAGIC & am blown away by what is happening.

13 reasons why $MAGIC will be one of the best performers in 2022 🧵👇

1/ Decentralized Nintendo narrative

Just like Nintendo built the NES, @Treasure_DAO has built a framework for Web 3.0 games.

2/ The Team (talent, integrity, commitment)

• Founder @jpatten__ is head of growth at Osmosis
• Team gave away their IP (Free-to-mint NFTs)
• Initial $MAGIC liquidity pool was entirely self-funded & by the core team
• Team compensated in $MAGIC (1 year cliff, 2 years vest)

3/ Massive utility for $MAGIC token

• $MAGIC is in game currency for all games
• $MAGIC is needed to buy NFTs

More utility = More demand for $MAGIC = Numba go up

4/ @TroveByTreasure aims to compete with OpenSea

• Treasure marketplace already doing crazy volume
• Trove marketplace takes this to another level
• Trove to learn from @jumpmanft's Amazon experience

Again, $MAGIC powers everything

I gathered the best free resources for startups.

Here's what they are:

An average startup cost around $3000 to start.

But there are cheaper and free alternatives.

Here are 10 tools you need for your startup:

Tally Forms (@TallyForms)

The simplest way to create beautiful forms & surveys, for free.

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Most people suck at storytelling.

Here’s an easy trick for telling better stories:

When I’m telling a story, sometimes I get nervous.

I can’t tell what my audience is thinking.

Are they silently enthralled–or asleep? 👀

Ideally, you want the confidence to know:

✔️ Does my audience care?

✔️ How do I know what to say?

✔️ Am I giving too much detail?

Here’s a simple trick:

Aim to make your audience’s *eyes light up*.

I call it ELU for short.

The ELU moment happens when your audience is viscerally excited about your story.

When your audience’s eyes light up:

• Their energy level shifts

• They perk up and look alive

• They are actively here with you

These are the clues you’re on the right track.

The key:

Stack as many Eyes Light Up moments as possible.

The best stories are one ELU moment after another.

That’s why they feel fast-paced, with rhythm and momentum.

Playing Poker will give you an unfair advantage in Crypto.

But you don't have to play thousands of hands to reap the rewards.

Here are 17 most important lessons:

The Whales have an Edge

Whoever has the most chips at the table can bully everyone.

Crypto:

🐳 can bully you w/o you realizing it.

• Early access to deals.
• Easier access to insider info.
• They can move the markets of small caps.

This is NOT an equal game.

The Whales have an Edge pt. 2

You might've seen this first hand a few weeks ago.

Whales were playing games /w @Wonderland_fi and caused liquidation cascades.

The whales made out with 💰

Everyone else got fucked.
Even the people who didn't use leverage.

Ulterior Motives

You'll hear a lot of advice at the Poker table:

"I'd fold if I were you bro"

Do they have your best interest at ❤️?

Crypto:

Be careful who you're taking advice from.
What's their incentive?

"This coin will 100x 😱 🤯"
*Proceeds to dump on you later*

PVP Mentality

Poker is player vs. player. Someone has to lose for you to win.

Crypto:

You're underestimating how PVP Crypto can be.
It's NOT WAGMI.

Sometimes...

By the time you've heard about a protocol, the early players are dumping.

And you're left holding the bags.

Startups are hard!

One of the hardest parts is managing your team.

How much guidance do you give? Do you do it yourself? When to track others to-dos?

Starting out, I wish I had a cheat sheet for management.

So I wrote one.

23 Hard Won Lessons In Startup Management 👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽

1/ Feedback is a gift.

Don't just give it frequently but seek it all the time, in multiple different ways.

Create a culture where feedback is viewed as a gift and given frequently.

2/ Almost without fail, if at any point you think in your head, "this person is not good, we should let them go," then you are probably right.

Try to do it as soon as possible but compassionately.

3/ Leading and managing people well is NOT an innate talent.

Get a coach and a mentor and learn as much as you can.

You will improve continually over time.

4/ Bring on an "HR" person earlier than you think you should.

Let's face it - most folks want to complain/vent to someone.

Without an HR person, you are that person.

As a founder, you take this complaining too personally and too seriously.

Imitate, then Innovate is my motto for improving at any skill.

Thread:

It’s counterintuitive, but the more we imitate others, the faster we can discover our unique style.

Modern creators do the opposite though.

They stubbornly insist on originality, which they hold as their highest virtue — even when it comes at the expense of quality.

What does productive imitation look like?

Look at Quentin Tarantino. When people think of him, they see a singular talent for making original movies.

But he's famous for building upon scenes from other movies, and once said: “I steal from every single movie ever made.”

From Tarantino, we learn that creators consume art differently from consumers.

Directors watch movies not just to be entertained, but also to see how they’re made.

Watching helps them develop their own mental Pinterest board of ideas to borrow and build upon in their own work.

George Lucas is another productive imitator.

To create Star Wars, he built upon the teachings of Joseph Cambell. In order to align the story with motifs that’d reverberated through so many human cultures, Lucas re-wrote his draft of Star Wars to align it with Cambell’s work.

I saw a thread this week about how there was not enough talk about @canva + @MelanieCanva...let's change that! Canva just announced they raised $200M (valued @ $40B)- a long way from starting w/no business experience + getting rejected by 100+ investors🧵

1/ Melanie Perkins was born in Perth, Australia & is one of the youngest CEOs of a $1B+ tech start-up. I was pleasantly surprised to learn that she was of Malaysian + Filipino + Sri Lankan descent! #asianpride

2/ 2007: Melanie used to tutor her college students on how to use design programs such as Photoshop & InDesign but most of them struggled. That's when she realized the need for online + collaborative + easy-to-use design platform.

3/ From her mom's living room, Melanie + partner (now hubby!) Cliff Obrecht hired freelancers to build a Flash website for their idea, Fusion Books, where students could collaborate in designing their yearbooks.

4/ 2011: Melanie spotted an opportunity for venture funding when Bill Tai, who had backed TweetDeck and Zoom, came to Perth for kitesurfing. They ambushed Tai with a pitch for what they called the "Canvas Chef" in a dinner that he hosted but left without any capital.

Took me 7 days to compile this list. I hope this goes far.

Below you'll find the list of some Top tech people that are active on Twitter and can impact your tech journey.
Their handle and also their tech fields So you only follow who you need.

I hope this helps a newbie🙏

Frontend : React
@TejasKumar_
@kentcdodds
@ParissAthena
@stolinski
@jamesqquick
@chrisoncode
@traversymedia
@jsjoeio
@js_tut
@ireaderinokun
@TaelurAlexis
@denvercoder
@TaelurAlexis
@dan_abramov
@samwightt
@AdamRackis
@code_punkt
@elizfunk

Frontend : ReactNative
@ParissAthena
@Dayhaysoos
@jamonholmgren
@sebmck
@ken_wheeler
@ZackArgyle
@cpojer
@gwmccull
@notbrent
@Eli_White
@infinite_frank
@jamonholmgren
@erinfoox
@rickhanlonii
@sebmck
@gethackteam
@yungsters
@jstheoriginal
@janicduplessis

Java / Android Devs
@techgirl1908
@theadoranwodo
@4sujittiwari
@eMalaGupta
@lili_z
@JienashMandora
@oncode247
@jeolnet
@jsjoeio
@Atomikos
@oblique_shock
@java

Game Dev: Unity and C#
@fafnir
@minionsart
@UnityDevTomS
@AdamTuliper
@ShawnWhite
@fusedotcore
@AngryArray
@EsperControl
@sh4na
@polybeats
@tomkail
@RebeccaAJones
@SarahGrohmann
@vbandi
@jamesashley
@rschu
@Gaohmee

Why Web 3 matters 🧵

Web 1 (roughly 1990-2005) was about open protocols that were decentralized and community-governed. Most of the value accrued to the edges of the network — users and builders.

Web 2 (roughly 2005-2020) was about siloed, centralized services run by corporations. Most of the value accrued to a handful of companies like Google, Apple, Amazon, and Facebook.

We are now at the beginning of the Web 3 era, which combines the decentralized, community-governed ethos of Web 1 with the advanced, modern functionality of Web 2.

Web 3 is the internet owned by the builders and users, orchestrated with tokens.

So...today's my 1 month anniversary on Twitter.

I never imagined that the account would grow this fast.
(I'm around ~54k)

A few people have asked me what my plans are:

I don't have any plans yet.

Everything happened so fast. I haven't had a chance to step back and think.


I'm already getting some interesting offers:

• jobs
• advising
• farming projects
• funding
• consulting
• promoting shitcoins 😅
• etc.

I'm saying no to everything.

I'm happy with my life now.
The last thing I want is more responsibilities or commitments.

I want to research, help you, and grow my own portfolio.

I'm going to keep focusing on the process and we'll see what happens.

Some of you want to work in Crypto.

My advice? Put yourself out there.

I was a NOBODY a month ago. (still kinda am)

Write.
Create.
Solve problems.
Add value.

"Be so good they can't ignore you"

Work on your craft relentlessly.
There's always room for quality.

My Principles:

• Think long-term. The space is full of short-term thinkers.

• Transparency. If I talk about something, I'll be honest if I own it.

• Work hard. I spend 12+ hrs to create a thread. If someone invests off of what I say, then it deserves my best effort