Author: strelchyn
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Love data, question everything it tells you
I’m obsessed with data, but I don’t trust it blindly.Especially when the interpretation comes from a corporation or the media.…
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My first fiction book since school
Even though I read a lot, this is officially my first fiction book since I was a teenager.For a long…
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Two Kobe’s quotes about focus and commitment
I played competitive basketball throughout my childhood years. Like many kids, I looked up to the greats for inspiration, one…
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B.R.I.D.G.E. 🌉 How to say the hard truths and keep trust
Some things aren’t taught in an MBA.Like how to say something tough, but necessary. Being brutally honest, while staying respectful…
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Good Day today
Today is an important day, as I’m starting to work on a project that, in my opinion, aligns deeply with…
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MY 18 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE ARE OUTDATED
MY 18 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE ARE OUTDATED A year ago, this disturbing thought came to me. It’s a strange and…
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The environmental cost of being polite to AI
Sam Altman recently tweeted that OpenAI might be spending tens of millions of dollars on electricity… just to process polite…
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Biggest threat of software business
For decades, business software was the dream of entrepreneurs.You find a niche. You build a SaaS product. You get an…
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Earned exhaustion: when you tired but proud
It’s a feeling I’ve had a thousand times, but I didn’t know it had a name: Earned exhaustion.It’s when you…
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You choose how to use technology
Reminder to myself:
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It feels like playing Doom
Sometimes I feel like I’m inside the game Doom —wandering through a maze of rooms. The more I work and…
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Reflections after finishing the book Sapiens
In four simple words: dot-connecting, eye-opening. This was the first long book where I fully applied the principles of slow…
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A wake-up call from a $1B CEO
I absolutely loved this email from Fiverr’s CEO (a $1B company).It’s a brilliant message — brutally honest, and written with…
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Most impactful training in my life
You never know which training might change your life. This is the story of one that changed my mindset and…
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My Top 3 challenges in building a business (after corporate life)
As someone who left the corporate world to build a business, I can honestly share my top 3 downsides of…
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Slow Reading — A way to learn deeper and enjoy it more
Last year, I started using the Slow Reading method. To my surprise, it worked better than I expected. Compared to…
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How generations speak Emoji differently
Surprise: Gen Z isn’t the intern anymore. They’re running meetings, pitching products, and maybe even managing you. They’re already in…
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6 reasons why the world isn’t powered by Solar panels?
Our planet spins around a giant ball of energy called the sun 🌞. Every day, it sends us 6,000 times…
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From hunger to obesity
Long ago, people feared one thing — hunger. They worked hard on farms, prayed for rain, and still didn’t always…
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How to identify a Smart Idiot? (Spoiler: cruelty)
Good speech by Illinois Governor JB Pritzker. “Whenever I’m about to do something, I think ‘Would an idiot do that?’…
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AI reshaped business rules
Reminder to myself: The game has changed. Playing by the old rules is a losing strategy.
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Revenue ≠ Profit
To earn $1M, you need: Many businesses run at a loss for years. Sometimes by choice, like Amazon, Facebook, and…
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How fragile the bank credit system is
A bank does not need $10 million to give $10 million in loans. It only needs $1 million, your trust,…
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The Mississippi Bubble
Interesting story, I didn’t know about one of the first financial bubble. In the early 1700s, a man named John…
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About Opium Wars and US elections 2024
The First Opium War is an example of capitalism’s bad influence on empires. This war was not just a fight…
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Product ≠ Business
Here’s the Vibe Coding curve in Google Trends. You don’t need to be an oracle to predict the flood of…
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Shoshin: beginner’s mindset
I’d like to share an idea I discovered last year that has been helping me a lot — Shoshin, or…
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AI and biotech: the last hope for economy
In the last 15 years, banks and governments have flooded the market with massive amounts of dollars, yens, yuans, and…
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Amazing and terrifying footage
If you’re following the war in Ukraine, the long-term scenario of these shows turning into real military training isn’t hard…
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Reminder: Make it real first, perfect it later
Just a small (but huge) reminder to myself: Make it real first, perfect it later. (The daily battle of a…