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28 Oct, 7 tweets, 5 min read

@Trypractice

Exciting stuff ahead! @Trypractice has raised $10m in seed funding, led by @andrewchen from a16z, as well as the nation’s #1 life & business strategist @TonyRobbins

@austin_rief

We also included tons of great investors: @austin_rief @briannorgard @gregisenberg @joshbuckley @lennysan @emilykramer @nikitabier @shrugcap @SahilBloom and many more to help build with us

@trypractice

I’ve been working my whole career to empower individuals, and the mission at @trypractice is no different. @saoul and I came together to solve a fundamental problem. Solopreneurs just don’t have a modern stack to help them run their businesses.

a16z has noted that as the individual becomes the new firm, the software stack will replace entire departments in larger corporations. We are leaning in hard on this thesis, and are working to empower people to do everything on their own future.a16z.com/solo-workers-s…

Practice turns an individual into a firm of one, making them more powerful than ever. We’re focused on supporting coaches to run the entire scope of their business in one place, instead of stitching together multiple services. In time, we will support other groups as well.

If you are a COACH: this funding will help us support you to do your best work. Your clients deserve your full attention and the best of you, so we’re here to help you focus on what matters.

If you are a company builder (marketer, engineer, etc.): We want to hear from you about how excited you are to support underserved people. Check out our careers page here: practice.do/careers

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26 Jan

If you're considering taking meditation more seriously, here are a few things to know, based on my experience >>>

Context: I've sat for whole days in seshin (long meditation retreats) and lived in a Zen monastery in Japan in my 20s for a bit

1. It is sometimes boring. No expectations is better than any at all

Do not imagine something magical will happen. Just let "it" happen, whatever that is.

2. It gets fucking weird

Sit for long enough and you will have extremely odd, freaky experiences. Visions of random shit, feeling like you're falling or not in your body, etc.

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@julien

16 Oct 19

Generic things marketing keynote speakers say that don't actually mean anything, a thread (please add your own):

"data is the new oil"

"(X huge company) is in danger of becoming the next Microsoft"

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@julien

10 Jun 19

Too much of superheroes movies is just really CGI'd punching

Punching with stuff on

Remote punching

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@julien

5 May 19

The reason bad UI is so destructive is that it's actually WORSE than the poor human interaction it's (generally) trying to replace.

You can at least ask the human questions, ie "OK what's the next step here?"

This is why product is so hard - bad UI is like a maze with no map.

This is also why great customer service is so valuable at an early stage startup btw.

The whole process of building a product is generally about finding new efficiencies - but it actually produces new INefficiencies instead.

This is the core of the Peter Thiel secret cliche. A great founder has found a tiny gap, a little crack that can be opened slightly wider.

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@julien

14 Mar 19

@andrewchen

THREAD.

Following up on a smart idea from @andrewchen, here is a good set of answers to "why startups fail," one of the most common startup questions on Quora:

1. Startups fail because the founders are bad.

If you are starting a company and you don't think you're exceptionally suited to solve the problem you're solving, stop. The likely conclusion is death.

Also, if you look around at your co-founders and you're like "meh," STOP NOW.

2. Startups die because they can't reach users. Likely this is caused by

a) users don't exist. Your thesis about the world was wrong. If you're starting to get clear about this, think carefully.

b) users aren't impressed enough.

c) users are too expensive to capture.

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