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Feb 10 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
Tomorrow marks my 40th consecutive week of sending out The Friday Five. Relentless consistency.

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We overestimate what we can accomplish in a day, but underestimate what we can accomplish in a year.
Here’s what the growth has looked like…

Very nice total subscriber count.
My wife just informed me that this is exactly the maturity she is looking for out of the future father of her child.

Great start to a Thursday, folks!!

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Feb 12
The Principal-Agent Problem is everywhere.

A universal mental model for startups, business, politics, and life.

Here’s a breakdown of what it is (and why it matters):
What is the Principal-Agent Problem?

Imagine a world divided into:
• Principals—owners
• Agents—employees

The Principal is an owner; the Agent works on behalf of the owner.

The Principal-Agent Problem is a term for the conflicting priorities of the Principal and the Agent.
This is really about incentives.

As an owner, the Principal's incentives are directly aligned with the outcome.

Due to the lack of ownership, the Agent's incentives may be very different—money, status, esteem, etc.

The Principal has skin in the game, but the Agent does not.
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Feb 11
The formula for an effective cold startup pitch email:
My friend @Julian posted a thread with a number of investors that are open to receiving cold pitches.

I got 100+ emails from the thread—which is awesome—but I noticed that some emails grabbed and held my attention more than others.

Here’s a formula for what works:
High-Conversion Subject Line

The subject line of the email is the first chance to hook them.

It should be concise and infuse any social proof you might have.

Example: “[Startup Name] — YC-Backed Neobank for India”

Example: “[Startup Name] — Sales Tech SaaS, 30% MoM Growth”
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Feb 10
💥New Episode💥

Forget Zero-Sum, Be Positive-Sum with @harleyf

- How they changed e-comm forever
- New e-comm business ideas
- Elements of entrepreneurial DNA
- 5 year predictions
- Morris Chang, TSMC, & Shopify

You won’t want to miss this one. Links to the episode below! Image
Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/for…

Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/1glt6Q…

YouTube:
And join our 4,000+ person Discord channel to go deeper and connect with other tech and growth-minded individuals! discord.gg/CKGN9MEQ
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Feb 9
How to retain what you learn:
Growth is driven by the accumulation and compounding of usable learning.

We accumulate and compound this learning through consumption and retention.

Consumption is the inputs—retention is what remains after leakage.

This thread shares my simple framework for retention:
The retention framework I use involves five steps:

• Inspired Consumption
• Unstructured Note-Taking
• Consolidation
• Analogize
• Idea Exercise

The structure is sequential, but its practice is often dynamic & iterative.

Let's walk through each of the steps...
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Feb 9
💥Investment Announcement💥

Excited to invest in @wander’s Series A!

Wander has an ambitious vision to build a brand and community as a vertically-integrated short-term rental platform.

Proud to invest alongside friends @QEDInvestors @Redpoint @a16z @KDTrey5 @packyM & more!
Check out the properties and download the app at Wander.com! Congrats to @jaentwistle @KyleTibbitts and the team. Let’s go!
Oh and also, I may not have made Forbes 30 Under 30, but they got me in there now. 👀🚀

We’re coming…forbes.com/sites/amydobso…
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Feb 8
I think there are multiple $1B+ business opportunities in providing financial services specifically catered to non-W2 employees.

Here’s my rationale and vision:
In traditional financial services, W2 income reigns supreme.

As a bit of history, the use of the Form W-2 was first established by the Current Tax Payment Act of 1943 as part of an effort to withhold income at the source.

The first Form W-2s were issued to employees in 1944.
The W-2 became the primary source of truth for information about an employee's income.

Financial services infrastructure was built around this source of truth.

In particular, loan underwriting—for mortgages or personal loans—became heavily reliant on stable, growing W2 income.
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