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1 Week on Medial - Honest Take (SHA)💜 Medial is still in its early phase. Over 100K+ downloads, but only a fraction are active. Yet the active ones are different, early-stage founders, builders, and people truly passionate about their profession.

𝗠𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗠𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗮𝘆. They treat it like Twitter. Or like LinkedIn. Or like just another feed to post stuff. But here’s the truth: 𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐠𝐚𝐦𝐞. And if yo

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗠𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗬𝗼𝘂’𝗹𝗹 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱. Medial just hit 250,000 users. Most People Are Clapping. Smart People Are Calculating. Let me break down what’s REALLY happening behind this number. 𝗕�

𝗠𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗮𝗹: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗽 𝗡𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁’𝘀 𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗼𝗱𝗲 Every few years, a platform changes the game. Facebook redefined social networking. LinkedIn became the corporate hub. X (Twitter) became the global debat

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

𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗽𝗲 𝗖𝗘𝗢 𝗣𝗮𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗸 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗦𝘂𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗖𝗮𝗻 𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝗕𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝟮𝟬 If you're between 10 and 20, you're sitting on a goldmine. Not of money. But of 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲. He

𝗙𝗶𝗴𝗺𝗮 𝗖𝗼-𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗗𝘆𝗹𝗮𝗻 𝗙𝗶𝗲𝗹𝗱 𝗼𝗻 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗯𝗶𝗴𝗴𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗙𝗶𝗴𝗺𝗮’𝘀 𝟬 𝘁𝗼 𝟭 𝗽𝗵𝗮𝘀𝗲 Figma wasn’t an instant success. It took 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 from its founding in 2012 to its public la

𝗝𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗮𝗺 𝗔𝗹𝘁𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝘅 𝗬 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗯𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗔𝗜 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗽 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹 𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗼. Here’s the unfiltered notes from the Sam Altman session — straight to the point. 1. 𝗔𝗚𝗜 𝗮𝗹𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗱𝗶𝗱𝗻’𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝗽

𝗦𝗮𝗺 𝗔𝗹𝘁𝗺𝗮𝗻'𝘀 𝟵 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗱𝗼 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝗮 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗻𝘆 Building a great startup isn’t about luck—it’s about doing the right things consistently. Sam Altman, the former pre

𝗨𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗙𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝘃𝗶𝘀 𝗞𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗸 𝗼𝗻 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝗥𝗮𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗽 𝗦𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝗥𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗟𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗮 𝗣𝗿𝗼 Below are the key excerpts from Travis’s blog post Startup Seed Raising Skillzzz: 𝟭. 𝗦𝘁�