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A lot of people are starting to learn that building physical stuff at production volumes is really hard and not that many people in the United States know how to do it.

Brown and blue is an elite combo

I gave a talk last week that I was nervous to give to 80 people, because it's weird / about meaning of life / who am I to opine? but then a bunch of those people told me I should share it more broadly. "The goal is to live with godlike composure on the full rush of energy, like Dionysus riding the leopard, without being torn to pieces."

A well-styled tweed jacket rarely misses. An example is this green earth tones combo, which always lands. Old money vibes.

He looks like a contrarian bullfighter crossed with a down-on-his luck mariachi.

Skill Issue — we’re currently working on perfecting the perfect casual blazer with the London tailor John Pearse.

OUR MANIFESTO Hacker culture and the early Internet enabled a rebellion against the stifling business norms of the 90s. In the world of software, especially in F/OSS, people were judged for their work, not their appearance. But over time, hackers built the world and became the elite. As with every culture, people sought to emulate them, leading to a doom loop of dressing down just to fit in. This created a doom loop of dressing, where sloppiness became its own signifier of status. What we were rebelling against wasn’t aesthetics, but the prioritization of social symbols over real achievement and output. However, in the process, we sacrificed the idea that you could make the world more beautiful. Today’s tech community is reclaiming aesthetics. Because the easiest way to make the world look nicer is to look better yourself. We don’t mean that you should spend a lot of time on fashion—you have more important things to think or do. Our brand exists to embody the values of acceleration and make everyone look better without altering the culture of innovation that makes technology important.

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Make art, not content.

Success is boring. - Repetition. - Routine. - Responsibility.

Do everything with an obsessive level of care and love Excellence is expected

Major life hack: Don't complain, ever. Nobody likes a complainer. They drain the energy of everyone around them. It's exhausting spending time around someone who constantly complains about things outside their control. If it’s within your control, go do something about it. If it’s not, you’re just wasting energy thinking about it. Complaining gives too much power to the thing. Take back that power.

Karl Marx failed to consider how cool Gucci sleds look

being a founder is just repeatedly betting your reputation on things that sound insane to everyone until they become obvious.

Major green flags in a founder: 1/ crazy grit, won’t give up 2/ started building before pitching investors 3/ constantly moving, constantly generating new information 4/ very technical 5/ not addicted to founder cosplay 6/ goes out and talks to users 7/ finds creative, experimental marketing channels 8/ genuinely cares about what they’re building 9/ never blames others or external factors 10/ tinkered with projects obsessively at a young age 11/ constantly comes up with interesting ideas 12/ knows their metrics cold 13/ doesn’t chase hype, chases truth 14/ excellent storyteller. Can sell the vision to hires, investors, and customers 15/ can clearly explain what they are building in one sentence 16/ can’t stop talking to customers If you hit a good chunk of these, tell me what you are building