The iPhone in your hand, the car you drive, even your AI assistant -

They all rely on Taiwan’s semiconductors.

But what happens if China invades?

The $2.5 trillion global tech supply chain could collapse.

Here’s the story behind the world’s most dangerous dependency 🧵
Morris Chang founded TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company).

The goal? To create a foundry that would produce chips for the world’s most innovative companies.

Three decades later, TSMC became the undisputed leader in advanced semiconductors.

Bollywood studios laughed when Netflix offered them $400M in 2019.

'Streaming will never work in India,' they said.

Today, those same studios are begging for deals.

Here's how Silicon Valley outsmarted India's most powerful film moguls: 🧵
In December 2021, India's biggest movie star - Shah Rukh Khan made a decision that reshaped the future of Indian entertainment forever.

Instead of a theatrical release, he chose streaming.

His production house (Red Chillies Entertainment) launched its flagship film - Bob Biswas directly on Streaming platforms.

The move sent shockwaves through Bollywood.

In 2006, Jensen Huang made a bet that everyone called stupid:

Turn NVIDIA's gaming chips into AI computers.

Wall Street said he'd destroy the company.

18 years later, he's worth $65B and built tech's most valuable company.

Here's the growth masterclass of the decade 🧵 After the pivot to AI, NVIDIA has dominated the market more than anyone thought possible.

Jensen Huang transformed a graphics card company into tech's most valuable AI player.

Here are 4 key decisions that made it work:

She is Falguni Nayar

At 49, she walked away from a million-dollar salary to start from zero.

Her friends called it career suicide.

Today, she's one of Asia's most powerful businesswomen.

The mind-blowing story of Nykaa's rise from 2 orders/day to $13B valuation 🧵 Before founding Nykaa, Nayar spent nearly two decades in investment banking, ultimately becoming one of Kotak Mahindra's most senior executives.

Her experience in finance and deep understanding of what makes businesses successful would prove invaluable in her entrepreneurial journey.

In 2006, Wall Street called Amazon's AWS a "stupid distraction."

IBM's CEO laughed and said "stick to books."

Nearly all tech giants mocked Bezos's side project.

Today, AWS powers 33% of the internet.

Here's how AWS went from side project to $80B empire 🧵 AWS's genesis can be traced back to Amazon's own technological challenges in the early 2000s.

As the e-commerce giant grew, it had built robust internal systems to handle massive scale, peak loads during holiday seasons, and rapid deployment of new services.

In 2003, Amazon's leadership, including Jeff Bezos and Andy Jassy, realized these infrastructure capabilities could be valuable to other companies facing similar challenges.

A Prime Minister's salary in 1940: £10,000

Winston Churchill's writing income: £50,000+

The establishment told him to focus on politics.

Instead, he wrote 40+ books while fighting Hitler.

How Churchill built a writing empire that changed history forever 🧵 In 1895 Winston Churchill became a war correspondent.

The official reason was that he needed extra money to support his lifestyle.

But beneath the surface, Churchill was laying the groundwork for a literary empire that would earn him millions and a Nobel Prize.

Nikola Tesla turned down a $12M contract in 1917 (worth $300M today) because he thought electricity should be free.

Now Elon Musk has made $200B selling electric cars with Tesla's name.

Here's the mind-blowing story of two geniuses who changed the world - in opposite ways 🧵 1884. A Serbian immigrant arrived in New York with 4 cents in his pocket and a dream that would revolutionize electricity forever.

His name? Nikola Tesla. But 140 years later, his legacy would spark one of the most fascinating corporate stories ever...

In 1994, Rwanda was the world's deadliest nation.

800,000 people killed in 100 days.

Then Paul Kagame took charge and

- Fired ministers for being 1 minute late.
- Jailed corrupt officials regardless of rank.
- Banned ethnic labels completely.

Today, Rwanda is the Singapore of Africa

Here's how Paul did that: 🧵
To understand Rwanda's transformation, we must first examine the roots of its ethnic tensions.

During the colonial period, Belgian administrators had institutionalized ethnic distinctions between Hutus and Tutsis.

They introduced identity cards and created a system that favored Tutsis in education and administration.

A $180 Billion empire was built on a Micky Mouse

For 95 years, Disney fought to keep him locked away

They:
* Rewrote US law twice
* Spent billions on lawyers
* Created a law called "The Mickey Mouse Protection Act"

But on Jan 1st, 2024, they lost. Here's what happened 🧵 On January 1, 2024, something happened in the world of intellectual property:

Mickey Mouse, specifically the version that appeared in the 1928 short film "Steamboat Willie," entered the public domain.

This moment ended a nearly century-long saga of Disney's major copyright battle in entertainment history...

In 2006, Yahoo offered $1B for Facebook.

Every advisor told Zuck to sell.

But one mysterious mentor told him to hold.

Today Facebook is worth $1.5 TRILLION.

Meet the hidden genius who saw Facebook's future before anyone else 🧵 2005: Facebook is spreading through colleges like wildfire.

But Zuck isn't satisfied.

He wants guidance from someone who understands building for the long term.

Enter Don Graham, CEO of The Washington Post. An unexpected friendship begins...

The Arctic is melting faster than anyone predicted.

But here's what the media isn't telling you:

China, Russia, and NATO are silently battling for control.

The prize? A resource jackpot worth more than $30 Trillion (The entire US economy)

Here's the full story 🧵
August 2007.

Russia planted their flag on the Arctic seabed, 14,000 feet beneath the North Pole.

The official reason?
Scientific research.

Behind the surface, a bigger battle was brewing: - The fight for control over an estimated $30 trillion in untapped resources.

Russia made a symbolic gesture of claiming the future.

In 1995, a hitman gunned down Gucci's heir outside his Milan office.

The killer? Hired by his ex-wife.

But this murder was just the tip of the iceberg...

Here's how one family destroyed a $50B fashion empire - and how it rose from the ashes 🧵
In 1983, Paolo Gucci made a decision that would destroy fashion's most powerful dynasty

He reported his own father to the IRS.

What followed would reshape the luxury industry forever.

In 2015, Volkswagen was caught in the biggest scandal in automotive history.

They installed "defeat devices" in 11M diesel cars to cheat emissions tests.

But their attempt to save $4.7B in compliance costs...

Led to over $30B in damages and transformed the auto industry forever.

Here's how:🧵
Volkswagen was obsessed with becoming the world's largest automaker.

But they had a problem: Their diesel engines couldn't meet US emissions standards while maintaining performance.

Instead of investing in better technology, they chose a darker path...

In 2016, India's biggest yoga guru with 50M followers declared war on Maggi noodles.

He cost Nestlé ₹2,000 crores in weeks.

The entire industry thought Maggi was finished.

But what Nestlé did next left everyone speechless...

Here's the greatest comeback in FMCG history 🧵
2016

Patanjali's founder Baba Ramdev made a direct attack on Maggi's safety standards.

The trigger?

Patanjali launched its "Atta Noodles" positioning it as a healthy alternative to Maggi.

In 1978, China was poorer than Chad, Bangladesh, and Malawi

It had a GDP per capita of $155, a tiny fraction of the United States’ $10,000+

But then Deng Xiaoping took power...

45 years later, China is a $ 17 Trillion world superpower

Here's how Deng did it: 🧵
Look at this graph 👇🏽

From 1978 to 2018, China’s GDP per capita grew from $155 to more than $9,700—over a 60x increase.

China's GDP grew from $149.5 billion in 1978 to $17.7 trillion in 2021, making it the most rapid sustained economic expansion in history.

This wasn't luck. It was the result of careful planning.

In 2016, this Indian billionaire launched a telecom company that gave everything away for FREE.

His competitors laughed.

6 months later, they lost $23 Billion.

Here's how Reliance Jio pulled off the most brutal market takeover in history: 🧵 September 5, 2016.

Mukesh Ambani made an announcement that would shook India's digital landscape to the core:

Reliance Jio would offer free voice calls for life, zero-cost data for 3 months, and the lowest data rates globally at ₹50/GB.

What followed fundamentally transformed how billions of Indians accessed the internet.

They called Tunisia "the perfect dictatorship."

Ben Ali controlled everything: media, police, economy.

Then WikiLeaks exposed his family's $13B fortune...

And his entire regime collapsed in just 28 days.

Here's how it happened: 🧵
In 2003, Tunisia was a police state where Ben Ali's regime controlled everything.

The country had the largest per capita police force in the Arab world.

But three key moments would soon change the fate of not just Tunisia, but the entire Middle East:

In 2019, El Salvador was in freefall:

• Highest Homicide rates
• Gang extortion killing the economy
• Stalled Investment and tourism

Then Nayib Bukele took office.

5 years later, he reshaped El Salvador.

In a 1-hour interview with Tucker Carlson, he explained how🧵 When Bukele became President in June 2019, he did massive anti-gang crackdowns:

• Tens of thousands of gang members arrested
• Special mega-prisons constructed to isolate leaders
• Deployed military and police in coordinated, surgical operations against MS-13 and Barrio 18 gangs

Peter Thiel recruited Sam Altman, Reid Hoffman, Davd Sacks, Chad Hurley, and Keith Rabois. He also partnered with Elon Musk.

By repeatedly asking these four questions, he's managed to pinpoint 20-somethings destined to become billionaires.

Test yourself with these questions: This is one of my favorite videos on hiring because the advice is so unconventional and seemingly contradictory:

In 1959, when Lee Kuan Yew became prime minister, Singapore was suffocating under poverty.

But then Lee made three controversial decisions to transform Singapore from swamps to a first-world country.

Here is what he did (and why it worked): 🧵
Look at this graph 👇🏽

The world's highest paid politician is from Singapore.

All thanks to Lee, who in 1959 paid politicians 22x the average salary, despite Singapore being poor.

He knew for country to prosper, he needs super-efficient leaders 👇🏽

Netflix uses "Keeper Test" to maintain cut-throat competition among their employees

It's controversial, but it's helped them stay innovative for over two decades.

Here's what it is and how you can adapt it for your team🧵 The 'keeper test' is brutally simple:

Managers regularly ask themselves, "If this person wanted to leave, would I fight hard to keep them?"

If the answer is no, it's time for a serious conversation.

But that's just the top of the iceberg !