Granted, a lot of you may not have heard of Balaji Srinivasan, but he’s a genuinely brilliant guy who was CTO of Coinbase, co-founder of Earn.com and Counsyl, a General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz, and an extraordinarily good angel investor.
Not only is he worth more than $200 million, but he also has an incredible understanding of technology, networks, systems, and human beings. In fact, I’d feel comfortable saying he’s one of the smartest, most original thinkers out there today. So, even if you haven’t heard of Balaji Srinivasan, you can still learn a lot from him.
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20) Democrats need to learn experts aren’t always right. Republicans need to learn experts aren’t always wrong. Libertarians need to learn that a state can succeed. Progressives need to learn that a state can fail.
19) When you launch something new, people will say, “This product sucks, this company should die, and you are a horrible person.” Actual translation? Sell more units. This is counterintuitive. Why would m…
