How to Think 10x Bigger - 100 projects shaping the world of tomorrow

mailhustle (27)in #mailhustle • 6 years ago (edited)

Wikipedia is one of the best networking platforms.

You do some research...

Another company, Eterni.me, also produces AI that is "remarkably similar" to the robot Ash in "Be Right Back"; cofounder Marius Ursache has commented that "we're trying to stay away from that idea" about "the concept that it's a way for grieving loved ones to stall moving on" and that the AI depicted in this episode is a "creepier version" of their ideas.

...one tweet and two emails later here we are:

(Michal Stefanow from @mailhustle and Marius Ursache from https://eterni.me Thames Rives the Hammersmith Bridge in the background)

(you can notice the Liberland pin, Marius is one of the very first people to notice and recognise it, usually other pins get more attention)

https://eterni.me

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The Future Starts Here - 100 projects shaping the world of tomorrow

https://www.vam.ac.uk/exhibitions/the-future-starts-here
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Lucky coincidence, Marius was visiting London for a private opening of V&A exhibition - https://eterni.me is one of the featured projects...

Tim Ferriss and Astro Teller - CEO of X - How to Think 10x Bigger

https://tim.blog/2018/04/18/how-to-think-10x-bigger/

In essence - you don't want to outrun competition, you want to participate in your own race. Collaboration, not competition, finding synergies and failing fast - nothing worse than being stuck in a limbo and wasting life energy.

Another way of looking at it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Ocean_Strategy

companies can succeed by creating "blue oceans" of uncontested market space, as opposed to "red oceans" where competitors fight for dominance, the analogy being that an ocean full of vicious competition turns red with blood

Another powerful realisation:

`code ≠ product`

Product means something people can use.
Product means you can measure the data.
Product means... And then on top of that you add business, operations, revenue, profitability.

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https://mailhustle.com/

Constantly tweaking the "above the fold" message. Trying to make it appealing to the target audience, trying to achieve right results.

As a founder there is emotional attachment to the idea. To change perspective and think like an user... That's why building the team, building the community, forming the mastermind connection.

Financial foundation

Back in a day I was chasing profits in the ICO game. One of my projects https://icofomo.com/ landed as media partner https://coinagenda.com/

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I'm not doing ico fomo promo at the moment, but... There is still serious money to be made - https://cryptodiffer.com - someone did amazing job integrating so many spreadsheets, so many data points:

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Private sale

Back in a day I made some mistakes with my career, investments and life priorities.

Now I know some basic principles how to manage money, these books are amazing:

Back in a day I was paid a decent daily rate as a programmer (employee mentality), how much I'm worth as a founder who is committed to excellence and long-lasting meaningful positive impact?

I'm still considering the option of selling my time for money in London and hiring 2-3 programmers from a different part of the 🌎🌍🌏

Past does not equal the future, 31 is a good age to start fresh... Maybe I do not know exactly the every step on the road, but I know this road goes to some amazing and beautiful place.