Modern Wisdom

#461 - Julien Smith - Learning From Elon Musk's Twitter Takeover

Apr 16, 2022

59:47

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The Importance of Internal Belief

02:46

How to Fuck Up in a Business?

04:25

Is It Possible to Innovate 10 % or 20 %?

03:28

Introduction

5min

Elon Musk Offers to Buy Twitter

3min

Are You Sure That Elan Musk Isn't Using Four 20?

2min

Is Twitter a Clown Car That Drives Into a Gold Mine?

3min

What Happens Next in Elon Musk's Twitter Takeover Offer?

3min

Twitter's Board Meeting

3min

The Ascent Is More Rapid Than Ever

2min

What Is a Hostile Takeover?

3min

Invest Two Billion Dollars in Gab

2min

10.

The Common Square Platforms - The One Place Where You Can Go Say Some Shed

3min

11.

Don't Get Demoralized, Don'T Give Up

3min

12.

Is There Something Going on That Makes You Sick?

3min

13.

How to Fuck Up in a Business?

4min

14.

I Don't Need Half a Million Pounds to Expand My Night Life Business

2min

15.

Angel List

2min

16.

The Start Up World Needs More Good Ideas

2min

17.

The Business Fundamentals Are More Important Than the Main Determinant

2min

18.

Is It Possible to Innovate 10 % or 20 %?

3min

19.

The Best Ontraputers Do

2min

20.

The Importance of Internal Belief

3min

21.

You Know, I'm Invulnerable, and I'll Climb Mount Everest by Myself

2min

22.

Is Twitch Private?

3min

Julien Smith is the CEO of Breathe, a startup founder, investor, and an author.

Elon Musk is trying to buy Twitter so I wanted to ask someone with experience of the startup world to explain what this tells us about Silicon Valley's modern approach to business and their obsession with growth.

Expect to learn what is unique about the startup mindset, why Elon might be poison pilled by Twitter's legislative documents, the difference between founders in startups and regular businesses, how not getting discouraged and just keeping going can count for a lot, why being first is a disadvantage as well as an opportunity and much more...

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