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𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝗲𝘀𝗹𝗮 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗽: 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗘𝗹𝗼𝗻 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗸 𝗧𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗢𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗹𝘁 𝗮𝗻 𝗘𝗺𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟑. Two engineers start 𝐓𝐞𝐬𝐥𝐚 𝐌𝐨𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬 to build electric cars. The dream? 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐳𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐨 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐮

𝗝𝗲𝗳𝗳 𝗕𝗲𝘇𝗼𝘀, “𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗧𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀:” Your talents don’t define you. 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐝𝐨. Jeff Bezos explains it simply: Being smart? 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐚 𝐠𝐢𝐟𝐭. Working hard? 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭’�

𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰 𝗔𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗻 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗛𝗮𝗿𝘀𝗵 𝗧𝗿𝘂𝘁𝗵 𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 “𝗡𝗶𝗰𝗲” 𝗖𝗘𝗢𝘀—𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗦𝘁𝗲𝘃𝗲 𝗝𝗼𝗯𝘀 𝗪𝗮𝘀𝗻’𝘁 𝗢𝗻𝗲 Steve Jobs wasn’t the nicest boss. He was tough. Direct. Demanding. But here’s the surprising part—

𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰 𝗔𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗻 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 #𝟭 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗽𝘀 𝗙𝗮𝗶𝗹 (𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝗔𝘃𝗼𝗶𝗱 𝗜𝘁) Marc Andreessen, the legendary investor and co-founder of a16z, once said: "𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐚

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗧𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿: 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗸 𝗭𝘂𝗰𝗸𝗲𝗿𝗯𝗲𝗿𝗴 𝗧𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗹𝘁 𝗮 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗘𝗺𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟒. A 19-year-old Harvard student launches a simple website. It’s called 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛�

𝗧𝗿𝗮𝘃𝗶𝘀 𝗞𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗸’𝘀 𝗨𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗪𝗮𝗿𝘀: 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗮 𝗙𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗙𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗹𝘁 𝗮𝗻 𝗘𝗺𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗲—𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗟𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗜𝘁 𝗔𝗹𝗹 𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟗. A simple idea is born: Tap a button. 𝐆𝐞𝐭 𝐚 𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐞. That idea? 𝐔𝐛𝐞𝐫. The m

𝗠𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗸 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗭𝘂𝗰𝗸𝗲𝗿𝗯𝗲𝗿𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗕𝗲𝘇𝗼𝘀. But there’s another founder who’s playing a game at a whole different level. He builds 𝐀𝐈 𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬, 𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐝𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡-𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐡 𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐞

𝗩𝗮𝗿𝘂𝗻 𝗠𝗮𝘆𝘆𝗮 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗱𝗶𝗱 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱𝗻’𝘁 𝗱𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗿𝘆. He didn’t build another SaaS tool. He didn’t chase VCs. He’s building 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚’𝐬 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧-�

𝗣𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝗲𝗹 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 “𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗘𝗢𝘀” In Zero to One, Peter Thiel explains: Why 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 build legendary companies while 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐞�

𝗔 𝘁𝗶𝗻𝘆 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗽 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗽𝘂𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗳𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗜𝗚𝗚𝗘𝗦𝗧 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗶𝗻 𝗚𝗼𝗼𝗴𝗹𝗲’𝘀 𝗵𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆. → Started in 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟎 → Acquired for $𝟑𝟐 𝐁𝐈𝐋𝐋𝐈𝐎𝐍 in 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 → Became the 𝐟𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭-𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐲𝐛𝐞𝐫�