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Feb 12 4 tweets 2 min read
5 simple ways to increase your luck:

(1) Talk to more new people—go out instead of staying in.

(2) Send more cold emails and DMs.

(3) Write and share in public.

(4) Actively participate in digital communities.

(5) Spend more time in rooms where you’re the dumbest person.
I’ve written about “engineered serendipity” in the past. The idea that you can create or manufacture some luck.

This is closely related with the idea of “luck surface area” as well.

I’ve been trying to write a more comprehensive piece on the topic—I think it’ll eventually flow.
Ok, got some whiskey in me and the ideas are starting to flow. This thread should come together tomorrow or next week.

I guess you can follow me @SahilBloom so you don’t miss it.

Might mess around and drop 500,000 lessons learned when I hit 500,000 on here, too.
Imagine if all of this whiskey talk is the sneaky buildup to the launch of a new whiskey brand.

Maybe I’m out here playing chess…

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Feb 13
10 ways to stand out in a hiring process (that don’t involve your resume):
Do Your Research

Before an interview, spend a few hours researching the company and role.

At a minimum, you should cover:
• Company mission
• Recent company news
• Recent market news
• Backgrounds of leaders
• Backgrounds of interviewers

Google is a powerful asset—use it.
Embrace “I Don’t Know”

You can’t know the answer to every question. And you know what? That’s ok.

Don’t be afraid to say “I don’t know”—but follow it with a plan to acquire that information.

Ex: “I don’t know, but I’ll dig in and follow up via email.”

Then actually follow up!
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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.
Read 19 tweets
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”
Read 11 tweets
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!
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 10
Tomorrow marks my 40th consecutive week of sending out The Friday Five. Relentless consistency.

It’s 5 pieces of content to spark your curiosity:

1 Quote
1 Tweet
1 Article
1 Podcast
1 Bonus

You’ll learn something new each week.

Join 69,000+ (👀) others and sign up below!👇
We overestimate what we can accomplish in a day, but underestimate what we can accomplish in a year.
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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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