Suraj Shaw (@brownikemen) profile picture

You’re not talking to someone who woke up a loser. That loser attitude, that loser premise makes no sense to me. - JH

Houston, TX
Joined February 2016
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The older I get, the more I agree to “Stock Market is Gambling”.
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As a new parent, I spend a lot of time changing diapers and feeding the baby. 15 months ago I wasn't doing any of this. I felt busy then too, so where did all this childcare time come from? I analyzed the Census Bureau's American Time Use Survey to find out how most parents do it. The answer: less sleep and less screen time. The funny thing is, parents report being pretty happy about this tradeoff.
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Marc Andreessen explains future belongs to generalist in the AI era. Founders will need skills across 6–8 fields. Deep expertise still matters, but broad knowledge plus AI tools will be more valuable in most areas. Top CEOs already operate this way.
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“Don’t say you’re in ‘manufacturing.’ Say you’re in reindustrialization.”
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10 years ago I made the decision to never correct anyone who’s wrong unless I’m paid to do that. Never been happier.
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I took a year off to deep dive in AI. Here’s what I found.
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And how is the knowledge base generated? Through manual collation and cleaning of data.
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If that’s true, AI will probably end up being a productivity tool adding incremental margins through cost cutting and convenience. And not a tectonic shift in the status quo.
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Best marketing seen in a while…
Update: I am looking for a chief of staff for myself.
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Another investor and I were trying to see if we could think of an experienced founder more arrogant than a recent <elite university> grad after that first big funding round. Neither of us could think of one. Nothing beats inexperience.
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We pay too much attention to the most confident voices—and too little attention to the most thoughtful ones. Certainty is not a sign of credibility. Speaking assertively is not a substitute for thinking deeply. It's better to learn from complex thinkers than smooth talkers.
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A market correction focuses investor minds, and this one is no exception, as talk has turned from scaling up to profitability and from earnings to free cash flows. In this post, I get in the weeds with free cash flows, and talk about uses & misuses. bit.ly/3FpBtQ6
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This performance by dancer and coreographer Yoann Bourgeois ("Success isn't linear") is also a good visualization of how potential, kinetic and elastic energy are exchanged [animated scheme: buff.ly/2qhkllZ] nitter.cf/OGBTC/status/158432093…
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(1/3) Spain is the 3rd largest export trading partner for Indian garments in the EU. I met a couple of big brands like Zara España, MANGO, Lefties, Bershka, and El Corte in Spain. @fashinza_ @travelinza @jamil9891
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Saudi Arabia 2018: Womens clothing was limited to offline and traditional styles. 2022: Supplied fast fashion to one of the key online retailers. Designed in Turkey, sourced from China, fulfilled thru UAE. Transformative country! Cross-border B2B stack is live. @fashinza_ – at Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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As a startup some of the best decisions come by doing the exact opposite of what has been done before; and equally some of the biggest mistakes come from trying to reinvent things that won’t change. The fun is figuring out which decision is in which category.
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If you believe in this, we’re hiring across product to business, Dubai to New York offices. @fashinza_ – at Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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