Naval Ravikant, founder of AngelList and prolific angel investor, reveals how to get rich without getting lucky. He discusses the concept of wealth vs money/status, building a niche internet business, leveraging resources, and finding happiness beyond wealth.
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Wealth is achieved by decoupling time from money and being an owner of something with uncapped upside in profits and equity value.
To create wealth, identify problems that society wants to be solved but doesn't yet know how, and leverage your imagination to create transformative solutions.
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Seek wealth, not money or status
According to Naval Ravikant's viral Twitter thread, seeking wealth, which means having assets that earn while you sleep, is more important than pursuing money or social status. Achieving financial freedom and time freedom requires decoupling your time from your money. This can be done by being an owner of something, such as building a niche internet business that provides uncapped upside in profits and equity value, and allows you to use software or offshore talent to solve a problem for a specific audience.
Give society what it wants but doesn't know how to get at scale
Naval highlights the importance of identifying and solving problems that society wants to be solved but doesn't yet know how to solve at scale. He uses examples like Uber and Airbnb, which offered innovative and transformative solutions that were several orders of magnitude better than existing options. To succeed in this, Naval advises thinking beyond what currently exists and leveraging your imagination to create valuable solutions that have the potential for exponential growth.
Leverage as a key to wealth creation
Leverage is emphasized as a critical element in creating wealth. Leverage can come in various forms, including capital, people, code, and content. It allows for financial and time independence by multiplying the results of your efforts. Naval highlights the importance of specific knowledge and the ability to apply it with leverage. He encourages individuals to become the best in the world at what they do and to constantly redefine their expertise until it becomes true. Additionally, he suggests embracing accountability, taking business risks under your own name, and building a brand around your work.
Episode 101: I’m going to be reading quite possibly the most viral twitter thread in the world of business ever. In 2018, Naval Ravikant, wrote “How to Get Rich (Without Getting Lucky),” a 40-tweet thread that covers everything from what wealth is & what it isn’t to the power of leverage to finding your specific knowledge to the power of optimism. For those who don’t know him, Naval is the founder of AngelList as well as a prolific angel investor and writer. I’m going to read tweet by tweet, stop and analyze a select few that struck me as particularly interesting & then continue on with the thread.