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CEO/Founder @bravaxyz | Making Money Smarter with Blockchain & AI | Author 'Web3: The End of Business as Usual' | Ex-Google | Founded & Exited Qubit | ITV
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Feb 4 19 tweets 6 min read
In 2000, the dot-com bubble destroyed trillions in wealth.

Today's market shows the exact same warning signs.

But this time, there's a new safe haven that didn't exist back then.

Here's what's happening and how to prepare: Image The signs are everywhere:

The market's hitting all-time highs.
Investors are euphoric.
Everyone's a genius in a bull market.

But Warren Buffett's famous quote keeps ringing in my ears...
Jan 28 18 tweets 6 min read
Why do 99% of products fail?

I learnt these lessons the hard way at Qubit.

I wasted hundreds of thousands on product launches that flopped.

Here's what I discovered about why most products are doomed from the start: Image Most founders obsess over getting everything perfect.

I know because I did this at Qubit.

But we were missing something crucial that doomed us from day one... Image
Jan 27 19 tweets 7 min read
A Chinese company just shattered OpenAI's $18 billion advantage:

They proved you can build ChatGPT-level AI for 100x cheaper.

And it's about to trigger the biggest market crash since the dot-com bubble.

Here's why the Chinese are keeping this a secret: Image For the past 5 years, the AI industry has been built on one core assumption:

Building powerful AI requires massive resources.

Huge data centers. Thousands of engineers. Billions in funding.

That assumption just got shattered:
Jan 24 17 tweets 6 min read
The biggest shift in software history is happening:

AI is about to make building software as simple as using Shopify.

VCs are abandoning the $650B industry:

Here's why this changes everything: Image The $650 billion software market is about to face its "Shopify moment."

For decades, building software required massive teams, venture funding, and complex infrastructure.

But AI is about to democratize software creation in a way we've never seen before.

Here's what's about to happen:
Jan 21 16 tweets 4 min read
The most important financial story of 2025 isn't what you think:

While everyone's distracted by $TRUMP coin's rise...

A $207 billion revolution is quietly transforming the global financial system.

Here's why this number will be $10 trillion in the next 4 years: Image History often rhymes.

In 2017, Trump had to hand over his business empire to his sons due to conflicts of interest.

The Trump Organization was placed in a trust controlled by his family.

Now, he's done something similar with his digital assets... Image
Jan 17 18 tweets 5 min read
Meet Pieter Levels.

He's the ultimate AI solopreneur: using artificial intelligence to build and run multiple startups that generate $3.1M/year.

All while traveling the world as a digital nomad, proving you don't need a team - AI can replace them all.

Here's how he did it: Image In 2014, Levels made a bold decision:

He decided to build 12 startups in 12 months.

His approach was radical: rapid prototyping, minimalism, and complete self-reliance.

But he saw something others didn't:
Jan 16 20 tweets 6 min read
We all know AI agents are going to take your job...

But nobody really understands how.

A shocking truth about human innovation is about to change everything we know about work.

Let me explain why the future is brighter than you think: Image In 1750, over 90% of people were farmers.

Think about that for a second.

Almost everyone spent their days tilling soil, planting crops, and praying for rain.

Today? Less than 2% of people work in agriculture.

But here's where it gets interesting: Image
Jan 10 17 tweets 5 min read
They said inflation would destroy the economy.

But they missed something bigger: When AI combines with robotics, 3D printing, and renewable energy...

Production costs will plummet across industries.

Here's the fascinating economic shift no one's talking about: Image In 1934, making a 3-minute phone call cost $700 (in today's money).

The infrastructure made costs astronomical:
• Copper wiring across continents
• Manual operators
• Limited bandwidth

But something fascinating happened:
Jan 7 20 tweets 6 min read
They called me crazy in 2022.

When I predicted AI agents would transform the internet.

Today, Nvidia's CEO is predicting a $1 trillion AI agent economy.

Here's what's really happening (and why it matters): Image Let's rewind to 1995.

The internet was a mess of protocols, HTML, and complex interfaces.

Then Google arrived and simplified everything through a single search bar.

Facebook did the same for human connection.

But today, we're facing a similar problem:
Jan 6 18 tweets 5 min read
In 1976, two electronics giants went to war.

Sony's Betamax vs JVC's VHS.

Betamax was technically superior in every way.

But VHS won because JVC focused on what actually mattered to consumers... Image The same battle is happening right now in autonomous vehicles.

While Waymo and others pack their cars with expensive LIDAR sensors...

Tesla is taking a radically different approach: Just cameras and AI.

But here's where it gets interesting:
Jan 3 13 tweets 4 min read
So you got a health tracker for Christmas...

Let me tell you how to use it to achieve more in the next 5 years than most achieve in 20.

The secret? Heart Rate Variability.

After tracking it for 5.5 years, I discovered something shocking: Image 2023, I made a New Years resolution beyond the usual "get fit" goals.

I focused on Heart Rate Variability- a metric encompassing all health aspects.

By doing this I managed to increase the 5 year average by 15% and YoY increase of 26%.

What you can't measure you don't improve. Image
Jan 2 18 tweets 5 min read
We're living in the most individualistic time in human history.

And it's killing us.

Literally - chronic loneliness is as deadly as smoking a pack of cigarettes a day.

But there's a deeper story here about human evolution and society's future: Image For millennia, humans lived in tribes.

Our brains evolved to seek connection, belonging, and community.

We survived because we worked together - hunting, gathering, raising children as groups.

But something changed in the last century that rewired society:
Dec 30, 2024 13 tweets 4 min read
Before you make another New Year's resolution:

I spent 5.5 years tracking my body's resilience.

The data exposed why 92% of people fail.

Here's the mathematical formula you need to succeed in 2025: Image 2023, I made a New Years resolution beyond the usual "get fit" goals.

I focused on Heart Rate Variability- a metric encompassing all health aspects.

By doing this I managed to increase the 5 year average by 15% and YoY increase of 26%.

What you can't measure you don't improve. Image
Dec 26, 2024 17 tweets 5 min read
After spending Christmas with three generations of my family... I realized we're giving our kids the wrong advice about success.

The old rules of mastery don't work anymore.

Here's what our children actually need to know about the future: Image The first truth is counterintuitive:

The 10,000-hour rule is dead.

Mastery isn't about grinding one skill for a decade anymore.

This approach could be actively harming your future. Here's why:
Dec 20, 2024 15 tweets 4 min read
The biggest wealth transfer in centuries is right around the corner.

$40 trillion will move from Boomers to Millennials & Gen Z.

But there's a massive twist that no one's talking about...

This transfer is about to get completely hijacked.

Here's what's coming: Image First, understand the scale:

The largest generational wealth transfer in history is already happening.

But unlike previous transfers (land, factories, stocks), this one's different.

Because it's colliding with the most disruptive force we've ever seen:

Artificial Intelligence.
Dec 18, 2024 15 tweets 5 min read
Nvidia just released a $249 computer that will change AI forever.

It's called the Jetson Nano - a tiny device that can run AI models locally.

This means AI can run without connecting to the cloud.

And it's about to spark the biggest tech battle of our time: Image For context:

Today, most AI runs in massive data centers owned by companies like OpenAI and Google.

Every time you use ChatGPT, your query travels to their servers, gets processed, and comes back to you.

This centralized model creates a fundamental problem:
Dec 12, 2024 15 tweets 5 min read
Google just announced a breakthrough in quantum computing.

It's called "Willow" - and it's making waves in the tech world.

But buried in their announcement was something fascinating:

A discovery that could reshape our understanding of computing itself... Image Think of classical computing like doing a jigsaw puzzle.

You can only place one piece at a time, methodically testing each fit.

But quantum computing?

It's like trying every piece in every position simultaneously.

Suddenly, impossible puzzles solve themselves in seconds...
Dec 11, 2024 14 tweets 4 min read
Stablecoins will become the front-end of crypto.

Not Bitcoin. Not Ethereum.

Just like you don't need to understand HTML to use Instagram...

You won't need to understand blockchain to use the future of finance.

Here's why this matters: Image Right now, crypto feels like the early internet:

Complex protocols, technical jargon, and high barriers to entry.

Remember when you needed to understand TCP/IP to send an email?

That's where we are with crypto today.

But there's a massive shift coming:
Dec 6, 2024 15 tweets 5 min read
He predicted the rise of:

• AI
• Remote work
• Digital streaming

Years before they happened.

Now, Kevin Kelly says these 5 tech trends will shape the next 100+ years: Image First, his track record:

Kelly's been studying tech trends for 40+ years.

He was talking about AI, digital currencies, and the metaverse in the 90s.

Everyone thought he was crazy.

Now his predictions are required reading in Silicon Valley:
Dec 4, 2024 10 tweets 3 min read
The wealthy have a secret investment class:

Assets that outperform stocks by 500%.

Most people can't access them.

But blockchain is about to change that forever.

Here's the crazy story of how a $14.5M license plate exposed it all: Image It's about the future of investing.

See, items like this plate represent a massive untapped market:

• Rare license plates
• Exclusive art
• Limited collectibles
• Premium real estate

But there's one problem:
Dec 2, 2024 13 tweets 4 min read
They said AI would steal human jobs.

Instead, it's creating its own economy.

A single AI bot just launched a $300M cryptocurrency.

And now other AIs are following suit.

The future of finance isn't what anyone predicted: Image For years, we thought AI would replace human jobs.

Factory workers. Programmers. Writers.

But nobody predicted this:

An AI that makes money by creating and promoting its own cryptocurrency.