While You Were Away: March 27, 2022

1/ On How Short Life Is

A few years ago, I was walking around in a blizzard in SoHo (New York).  It was late, midnight, and it was beautiful.

Some friends, about 15 blocks away, called: "come over?"

It was late, it was cold, was tired, thought "maybe not worth it" but then...

— 6529 (@punk6529)
6:31 PM • Mar 26, 2022

In church with my mom. She makes these when she's chillin and has thousands of pages like this. It's like natural psychedelics in her brain. Isn't that crazy? My dad said, NFT? lol

— Ruben Harris - rub3nharris.eth (@rubenharris)
3:11 PM • Mar 26, 2022

We used to own the American dream, now we rent it.

Why it’s so hard to buy a home and what that means for us all 🧵

— Ndamukong Suh (@NdamukongSuh)
1:15 PM • Mar 24, 2022

In his 1998 Rice commencement speech, Kurt Vonnegut spoke this timeless wisdom:

"When things are going sweetly and peacefully, please pause a moment, and then say out loud: 'If this isn't nice, what is?'"

Life flies by. Remember to stop and appreciate the moments of sweetness.

— Sahil Bloom (@SahilBloom)
4:48 PM • Mar 24, 2022

7 ways to help kids WANT to learn👇🏼🪡

— Ana Lorena Fabrega (@anafabrega11)
4:46 PM • Mar 25, 2022

12 years ago, I said yes to risk and sacrifice to create the life I wanted. No money, no connections, no Twitter. Just a hippie selling at a farmers market.

Believe in your idea with your whole heart, put in the work, build at a pace that works for you. You'll surprise yourself.

— Jaime Schmidt (@jaimeschmidt)
5:52 PM • Mar 25, 2022

It used to take decades to grow to 1,000+ fast food locations.

It took @MrBeast just 1 year with @MrBeastBurger.

And he sold 1 million burgers in the first 3 months.

Here’s how he did it, how much $$ it makes, and why others can do it too.

A thread… 👇

— Val Katayev (@ValKatayev)
1:54 AM • Mar 27, 2022

If you run a business, you MUST understand accounting

Here is what you need to know:

— Ali Ladha (@AliTheCFO)
11:45 AM • Mar 20, 2022

1/

Get a cup of coffee.

In this thread, I'll walk you through the economics of an internet newsletter.

If you want to start your own newsletter (or are just curious about what it takes to run one), this thread will give you some useful pointers.

— 10-K Diver (@10kdiver)
3:55 PM • Mar 20, 2022

I analyzed 125,000+ resumes.

The goal?

To see what most job seekers miss (that costs them job offers).

Here are 5 data-backed insights to help you beat the competition and write a job winning resume.

[A Short🧵] ↓

— Austin Belcak (@austinbelcak)
1:06 PM • Mar 25, 2022

Bootstrapping an education startup to 150,000+ paid students and $2.5Mn of revenue, in 12 months.

A thread...

— Ankur Warikoo (@warikoo)
6:02 AM • Mar 25, 2022

Last week my little one-person business crossed $1.3M in revenue.

It took 810 days, I ran zero paid ads and operate at a ~98% margin.

Here are the 14 steps of my strange journey:

Hope it's helpful to someone.

[🧵 thread]

— Justin Welsh (@JustinSaaS)
4:04 PM • Oct 26, 2021

In my 7 years as a solocreator, I've made a ton of mistakes.

I've wasted time, wrote tons of posts that no one read and left money on the table.

Here are 5 things I'd do differently if I started over today:

— Khe Hy (@khemaridh)
3:59 PM • Mar 22, 2022

The Ladders of Wealth Creation—a step-by-step roadmap to building wealth:

— Nathan Barry 🇺🇦 (@nathanbarry)
2:23 PM • Mar 20, 2022

I've hired and managed over 4,000 people.

And I've made every mistake along the way.

But I finally found a system that works.

Here's a way to hire that makes your life easier and business better:

(1/x)

— Michael Girdley (@girdley)
12:15 PM • Mar 22, 2022

Ethereum’s Merge is coming

Here’s what you need to know, explained simply.

🧵

— Jack Niewold (@JackNiewold)
11:48 PM • Mar 23, 2022

Who to follow in Web3.

🧵

— roberto nickson | rpn.eth (@rpnickson)
3:42 PM • Mar 26, 2022

In 1955, President Dwight D Eisenhower suffered a massive heart attack while playing golf.

What happened next brought on the BIGGEST obesity epidemic the world has ever seen.

🔴THREAD 🔴

— Sollozzo 🥩⚡️ (@MrSollozzo)
12:00 PM • Mar 22, 2022

Since the early-1990s, PepsiCo has sold $1B+ of Doritos a year.

Why is the chip so addictive? From the ingredients to cooking method to texture, its engineered to pull all the psychological levers to make you crave the snack.

Here’s a breakdown 🧵

— Trung Phan (@TrungTPhan)
4:03 PM • Mar 20, 2022

Formula 1 is a $13 billion global behemoth.

But — until 2019 — it failed to crack the US market.

Then it launched Drive To Survive, the most effective content campaign in history.

Here’s a breakdown:

— Nathan Baugh (@nathanbaugh27)
12:52 PM • Mar 21, 2022