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In 1994, Jeff Bezos famously spotted a stat that made him leave his high-paying PE job to start Amazon:
๐ก The Internet was growing 2300% per year.
What are the generation-defining stats of today?
I'll post a few to kick things off...
Steph Smith
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Steph Smith
@stephsmithio
Growth @NVIDIA | prev Head of Growth @GroqInc
๐ Also: @a16z @HubSpot @TheHustle
๐ป Chronically online @internet_pipes
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- My yoga teacher always starts class with this line: "Congrats. The hardest part is over. You showed up." I feel like that mindset applies to most other things. Worrying about a task often is far worse than the task itself. Starting is the hardest part.
- A huge mistake not to spend some time in Japan while the yen is the lowest in 30+ years. This cost less than $5 and some of the freshest fish Iโve ever had.
- This was the most upvoted post in r/dataisbeautiful last year
- Replying to @elonmuskA moment of silence for all the threadbois out there
- 3000 BCE: Imagine a hot shower... 1000: Wouldn't a hot shower be nice 1200: Wouldn't a hot shower be nice 1400: Wouldn't a hot shower be nice 1600: Wouldn't a hot shower be nice 1800: Wouldn't a hot shower be nice 2000: Ah, nice hot showers for all ๐ฟ 2020: How about a cold
- Just completed a task Iโve been avoiding for over 6 months. It took 30 minutes. ๐ Whyyy do we do this to ourselves?!
- If you're looking in the right places, the internet is a treasure trove. The best internet gems you've never heard of:
- The 40 hour workweek was established over a century ago. Since then, we've invented 5G networks, automation, 3D printing, AR/VR, and a computer that can fit in your pocket. Nearly all of the tools have changed, yet somehow ppl still think the way we work needs to stay the same.
- โIf youโre thinking about retiring, this is not the decade to do it.โ Jensen Huang, signing laptops at Stanford
- โข In 1984, the average 3D printer cost ~$300k โข In 2000, it was ~$150k โข In 2010, it was ~$50k The 3D printer used for this video (now with >1m views) cost $199. That's less than a pair of AirPods Pros! That's the power of technology. ๐making an iPhone Standby Mode Dock with Overwerk full video + project files: bit.ly/ow-syj-dock
00:00 - Replying to @stephsmithio๐ก Here's one that I can't believe it took folks a pandemic to realize: As of 2020, Americans saved over 60m commute hours per day with remote work. Per day! Assuming 5-day weeks, that's ~16.3B (billion!) hours saved per year, equivalent to: โข 1.9m years โข 23k lifetimes
- Sincere question: why would you ever need 500 employees to build scheduling software? Someone please make the case
