The Daily Loop #7

Seventh 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.

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3 long-form reads

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Joe Pompliano @JoePompliano

Chess (.) com is a fascinating company. • Founded in 2005 • Bought the domain for $55,000 • Have 400+ employees (100% remote) • Crossed 100 million members this year • Finished 2022 with ~$100M in revenue Here's the story: huddleup.substack.com/p/how-the-resu…

• Nothing better than reading about the inner details of a successful company. The crazy thing here is 100% remote, few companies can do this.

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• Cobie is on private so here are the screenshots of the thread. TL;DR: Talks about why people are obsessed with hating new technologies. This specific thread is about Crypto but it applies to any industries that eventually boom.

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Balaji @balajis

You can't character assassinate a virtual influencer.

• Good small thread on the possible future of virtual influencers vs humans. I assume this to be true. It is hard to “cancel” AI.

3 short-form tweets

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RookieXBT 🧲 @RookieXBT

I used to care so much about what other random internet characters I've never met thought of / perceive me no more of that "Do what you want to do, say what you want to say, because those who matter don’t mind, and those who do mind don’t matter." - Dr. Seuss

• Stop caring about what others think and say about you.

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Camille Ricketts @camillericketts

For startups thinking about the best way to build community (since it's a little different for everyone), I shared this with @lennysan last month - but also wanted to put it here in case it's a helpful starting point!

• Great graphic on building a community. No perfect formula, but I generally agree with this.

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CarDealershipGuy @GuyDealership

Car A: 🚙 $65,000 Car B: 🚗 $25,000 Both cars drive you to work One keeps you stuck there

• Something a bit different but this is really the truth. Expensive cars at the end of the day serve the same purpose. A→B.

1 good quote

Pio @piovincenzo_

"What a lot of people consider to be genius is just the 9th iteration of something." - Someone smarter than me.

1 piece of advice from me

Don’t get lazy. I notice and have personally experienced the hustle and grind disappearing after hitting a few milestones. I’ve spoken to many people in similar positions and it’s been the same for them.

There is always someone working harder than you. Do not expect everything to come your way if you stop paying attention to it.

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