The Daily Loop #5
Fifth edition of The Daily Loop. 3 long-form reads, 3 short-term tweets, 1 quote and some daily advice! Have a read.
The Daily Loop newsletter focuses on information that can be consumed in 2 minutes every day by linking to posts across the internet, formatted in a way that is easy for anyone to navigate. In a 3-3-1-1 design.
The goal is for as many people to read this daily and inspire them to think differently about certain things. It will primarily be around topics and industries I am interested in such as: startups, ai, success, innovation, change, crypto, nfts, etc.
3 long-form reads
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In most cases, it takes a single mistake to mess up in Crypto to lose a substantial amount of money. It takes a moment of carelessness. Social engineering scams are designed for you to make that mistake and be careless — check out the thread and stay safe.
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This article by Cobie was created a while ago but for those in the Crypto/NFTs industry — it’s still a great read. The act of staking for more tokens is not as simple as it seems. Mostly used as a ponzinomic tactic that never works out well.
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When someone new to Twitter asks me what to read. This is what I send them. An essential read. TL;DR — Value life, it is shorter than you think. Meet your friends once more, send that text, take that holiday with your family, etc.
3 short-form tweets
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This is a great tweet. I encourage you not to treat your life like an index fund. An article on this by John Luttig.
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A good way to filter how you spend your time.
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Games introduce real-life problems and solutions through fun game loops. It lets the player figure it out for themselves, or learn from others. Games have always been schools.
1 good quote
“An idea is nothing without execution. Even if you don't have the resources to build it, you can try to make your idea a reality if you are determined enough.”
1 piece of advice from me
As a first-time founder, building a business has led me through a crazy journey already. I think the number one thing I have learnt so far is something you hear all the time: focus on creating a great core team. It doesn’t matter how ambitious your project is. People problems, enforcing a certain work culture, good output being produced, etc — all of it boils down to people. And it is harder to do with bigger teams.
Don’t hire for the sake of it. Scaling a team is not hiring as many people as you can. People are not just task machines.
If creating a successful company could be put into words, a great core team would probably be the most important (and essential for success).