Thread by @raunak246

Notes for the podcast with @warikoo with @prvkhvr on #pgradio:

1) Livestreams add an incentive to control the audience that makes it feel raw and community-oriented. It creates massive leverage in engagement.

2) Context switching is a core skill for entrepreneurs and creators alike. Whether its operations in a startup, to mindsets and personas of difference platforms, you got to be able to make that switch.

3) There's no alternative to understanding your audience on every platform. Find out what they care about, and then find your voice that resonates with what they really want and need to listen to.

4) The biggest mistake people make is that we manifest ourselves as a replica of the audience. Understand what your superpower, and apply that to things that people. That's the only way you'll grow as a creator and as an entrepreneur.

5) Being the under-dog, or the dumbest person in the room is very liberating. No pressure to be the best, and maximum opportunity to learn from others without ego.

6) Anything valuable is learned through proximity and memetics. The people you are surrounded with have a significantly greater impact on your life, compared to courses, degrees and marks. College admissions should be an invite to a great community network.

7) Self-discovery = What you're good at + What you're bad at (blind spots) + How you react to things and why
Self-awareness is not about badgering your weaknesses, it about knowing them without judgement.

8) Management and leadership are context-dependent. What methods fuel corporate leadership, might be a death knell for startup leadership. Choose well from the spectrum of Peace-time vs War-time general.

9) The reality is India is an economically poor country, which makes the consumer markets very shallow. That's one of the real reason why a lot of B2C startups don't grow as well as in the West. B2B is a different story.

10) Most VC money goes behind online media services, mostly Google and Facebook because entrepreneurs it as a "Growth API". That's dangerously high power in the hands of these corporations.

11) The early days of a startup are primarily about soft skills and people management. You manage your team and customers, and they manage the product, company and market.

12) There is a sizeable difference between being a creator and being an entrepreneur. As a creator you ARE the product, so you have full control. As an entrepreneur, you don't, since you have to DEVELOP the product. Very different skill sets.

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