This is Serena Williams' coach talking about the rise of Novak Djokovic in a time when Rafa and Roger seemed to have no competition on tour.
How did he did he do it?
"Because he deeply believed it"
Moving to SF has been the best decision both for my career and personal life.
It's insane how much it matters to be surrounded with all sorts of interesting and creative people. This plus the ocean, parks, mountains.
It's only been 6 months.
Last week, the
@_buildspace
sf2 batch ended.
Coming in — I had no idea what I was going to build.
I was lost.
Yet by week 11 I had sold over 200 bloks + landed a big, fat angel check.
Here's the demo day recap:
your phone is an addictive weapon.
■ meet Blok
1. tap it to block the distracting apps
2. keep it out of reach
3. focus
link below 👇
cc:
@_buildspace
#buildinpublic
Introducing the Blok Foundation ⊙
100% of Emergency Unblok proceeds will go to helping people back home, starting with La Señora Margarita and her grandkids :).
Read more ↓
I'm excited to announce that for the next 3 months, I'll be in the
@_buildspace
campus for sf2.
The goal?
To build a product that turns your phone into a useful tool kit rather than the distraction machine it currently is.
🫡
on competition.
i sent this memo to the blok team 2 weeks ago mainly to address the inevitable incoming competition.
the tl;dr?
"we’re in it to solve the actual problem. the money will come as a result. it never happens the other way around."
read on:
""
team — just fyi,
i'm making blok investor update 001 public.
it covers:
- why i'm pouring my entire life into blok
- how i'm deploying the raised capital
- the current challenges we're facing
- what's ahead of us
it's a 5 min read full of learnings 👇🏼
@FurqanR
a device that helps you stay in the present moment.
you tap it to block certain apps on your phone. tap again to unblock.
it’s called blok and it’s made at the finc hardware lab
YC W23's
@getclearspace
is an iPhone app that makes your phone less addicting.
Tell it what apps/websites you want to use less, and it will require you to do something (like exercise) to unlock them.
35 builders made an irreversible decision to join our sf campus.
they quit their jobs or dropped out of school to work on their dreams full time.
all working on different ideas. almost all starting at zero.
0 users. 0 MRR. 0 subscribers. 0 listeners. etc.
and now, 12 weeks
Boredom is how you figure out your genuine interests.
When you have nothing to do, you naturally gravitate towards doing what feels fun and exciting to you.
But if you're always distracted -- you'll never get there.
To understand yourself, prioritize boredom.
The single most important way to break your phone addiction:
Having offline times.
Why?
Once you feel the calm that NOT being online 24/7 brings, there's no going back.
✨ I built a tool just for this that's recorded 1600+ offline hours so far!
Demo below 👇
#buildinpublic
on nation-states:
• read The Sovereign Individual to study its history
• read The Revolt of the Public to understand its imminent collapse
• read The Network state for an intuition of what might come after
the common theme?
technology is upstream of societal structure
journal entry — march 17th, 2024
dani -- for some reason you didn't write last week lol. this goes to show that you've been on the motherfucking grind.
you feel it. but you savor every second of it.
this is what you've been craving for your entire life! it turns out to be the
I'm hosting an AI Hardware Residency at
@fdotinc
in April.
- 4 weeks
- Workbench, equipment, and free lunches
- Surrounded by some of the best early-stage hardware founders in SF
Register now -> Lu . ma/raspi
The simplest thing you can do for your mental health is move at your natural speed.
Don’t feel rushed by the people around you.
Take your time responding to texts and emails.
Everything doesn’t need an immediate solution.
Don’t let technology boss you around.
-
@YungPueblo
It's about how you feel after you use your phone.
If you feel guilty for wasting your time, that's a sign you're addicted.
Yet there's so many great things that a pocket supercomputer can do to make your life better.
Remove the distractions.
Recently, a high-school kid asked me for startup advice.
It's unconventional, but here it is:
1. Can you share a bit of your background and how it led you to start programming and eventually dive into the world of Startups?
I first fell in love with programming at the age of
Being transparent about everything shifts the journey from “me” to “us”.
It's less lonely and way more fun :D.
Plus, a comment or conversation could be life-changing.
And when competition catches up — it's too late anyways.
Here’s an early design spec for Blok 2.0:
Excited to kickstart 2022 onboard the January Ship 30 for 30 cohort from
@dickiebush
and
@nicolascole77
!
Join me and 500+ others to learn the fundamentals of digital writing, form lifelong friendships, and publish every day for 30 days.
More info👇🏼🚢
blok lesson ⊙ 003
"how to get people to say yes"
we cover the 6 principles of influence:
1. liking
2. social proof
3. authority
4. reciprocity
5. scarcity
6. commitment & consistency
@FurqanR
a device that helps you stay in the present moment.
you tap it to block certain apps on your phone. tap again to unblock.
it’s called blok and it’s made at the finc hardware lab
Do you have a fantasy football draft coming up?
Meet Zagal AI. 🏈
Your fantasy football executive assistant.
• Gives you up-to-date info on any player
• Compares players
• ...and still more yet to come!
Trained on many youtube videos, podcast transcripts & opinion pieces.
1.
Aya Miyaguchi - Executing with Subtraction in the Infinite Garden
Executive Director at the Ethereum Foundation,
@AyaMiyagotchi
talks about the art of subtraction and how powerful that concept can be.
"You can add by subtracting"