A Boston nurse was injured after driving off the top floor of a parking <strong>garage</strong> earlier this month.

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Nurse seriously injured after she drove off top floor of Faulkner Hospital parking garage, officials say

A Pennsylvania man died after he fell into a hole in his garage and couldn’t get out, according to officials. The York County Coroner’s Office was called out to a home in Washington Township around 3:30 p.m. Oct. 31 to investigate a reported death.

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Looking at the ofrenda in her daughter’s garage, Joann Gomez gets sentimental. “There’s my father-in-law,” she says, pointing to one of the many photos resting on the ofrenda — or altar in English — a staple of Día de los Muertos activities.

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HackerNoon Reporter: Please tell us briefly about your background. Hello, my name is Grant Michael Leingang. I am 28 and currently reside in Portland, OR. I have an extensive history in advanced arts, design, and programming. What's your startup called? And in a sentence or two, what does it do? BLVCK DIVMOND is a digital design and programming firm for entrepreneurial ventures looking to succeed in a highly competitive environment. What is the origin story? BLVCK DIVMOND was created and founded in my father’s garage when I was 23. The concept was to establish a company that focused on original creative designs and to use digital guerilla marketing tactics that caught people’s attention and to generate new leads. At the moment, how do you measure success? What are your core metrics? I define success as anything you personally desire becomes a reality. What’s most exciting about your traction to date? Creating a “word” and company that completely changed the marketing and advertising world. What technologies are you currently most excited about, and most worried about? And why? I’m currently excited about new and upcoming VR headsets. Software developers have been providing new internet browsers/applications, for example, Quest OS, for users to experience a revolutionary way to interact with websites, games, and TV. I’m not really worried about anything in particular when it comes to new technology being developed. What advice would you give to the 21-year-old version of yourself? Buy. More. Bitcoin. What is something surprising you've learned this year that your contemporaries would benefit from knowing? Create what you love. Do what you love. Do not let anyone ever tell you what you can and cannot do. Save your money - jealousy makes people act in weird ways and triggers psychological behavioral patterns that you would not normally be able to predict. _ As an entrepreneur the rules of life are: _ Don’t trust anyone other than yourself. Save your money Lie about your income. Don’t flaunt your money. Live with little. Have a lot. Focus on digital assets. Become friends with lawyers. Pay attention to those who are succeeding. Hide your laptop. Vote for BLVCK DIVMOND for Startup of The Year in Portland at https://startups.hackernoon.com/us/portland

Grant Michael Leingang founded BLVCK DIVMOND in his father’s garage when he was 23

When we think of the world's most successful companies, we think about large offices and employees that were there from the very beginning. In fact, many companies started their business in the founder's bedroom or garage. The fact that some of the most prosperous and highest rated companies in the world began in a garage, a room that is so small and unimportant that most of us have access to something, is inspirational. In fact, the following stories are so inspirational that a lot of startups with little or no funds launched their businesses from their own garages. Mark Rodney of explains how many new business owners require garage door upgrades, insulated garage doors, and even garage door repairs because they want to use their garages as a launchpad for their new business. A1garages If you need objective evidence, here are some of the largest companies in the world, all of which started out in garages. 1. Google Yes, the most famous search engine in the world was . launched in a garage Stanford University graduates, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, used Susan Wójcicki’s garage, in September 1998. They worked day and night for several months and developed what we know today as Google. The main purpose of Google was to organize and maintain information on one platform so that it is available to ordinary people around the world. Today, Google is the most-used search engine in the world and has launched other useful sites and applications. 2. Apple Apple is one of the most valuable brands today and often surprises people who find out that the first Apple computers were built in a small garage in Cupertino, California. In 1976, Steve Woźniak created the first Apple computer. He then partnered with the late Steve Jobs and Ronald Wayne (another partner) to launch Apple Computer Co. from Jobs parents' garage. One of the first large orders came from a local vendor who ordered 50 computers for $ 500 per unit, which they were able to produce in just 30 days. Today, the story of Apple as a global brand is known worldwide and no one remembers their modest inception. 3. Amazon In 1994, Jeff Bezos founded Amazon as an online bookstore. At that time, his garage in Bellevue, Washington was his office, warehouse, and everything else. He sold his first book in July 1995, and two years later in 1997. Today Amazon is the world's largest online retailer. 4. Microsoft is another technology giant that began small. When Bill Gates and Paul Allen founded Microsoft, they had very little money and worked out of a small garage. Microsoft However, they had a lot of programming skills that they used to build their first operating system which they licensed for $80,000. Windows was born a few years later and we know how it went. With a value of over $ 400 billion, Microsoft has dominated the PC market for over two decades, making Bill Gates the richest man in the world. 5. Dell Michael Dell is another well-known entrepreneur who dropped out of college. He began building custom computers in his garage in 1984, but it wasn't until a year later that he decided it was time to leave college and move to North Austin to grow the company from a small office. Since then, Dell has become one of the strongest competitors on the  market and one of the most successful companies. 6. The Walt Disney Co. It's the world's largest media conglomerate, and it all began in the summer of 1923, in a garage belonging to Robert Disney, Walt Disney’s Uncle. In this small space, the company made Alice comedies that will later inspire the version of Alice in Disney Wonderland. A few months later, Disney and his brother Roy moved to a larger spot near their uncle's house. There Disney signed a contract with Universal Studios for the distribution of the comedy Alice. The rest, as the saying goes, is history. 7. Mattel Not every garage business is tied to the world of technology. Some had a different market niche. was one of these exceptional ventures and phenomenal success, as are many others. Mattel In 1945, Elliot Handler and his wife Ruth partnered with Harold Matson and began building photo frames from their workshop. While frame making was successful, they decided to add doll furniture by using the remaining materials from picture frames. What originally began as a side business soon developed into one of the biggest doll-making companies world known today.

7 Giant Businesses That Started in Garages and Basements 

A version of this article previously appeared in . Forbes I recently interviewed Bruce Heavin, Co-Founder and Head of Innovation at Lynda.com, as part of . Bruce, along with his wife Lynda, created a learning company from their garage, initially by holding in-person classes and later selling VHS tapes via mail order. Under Bruce’s innovative guidance, the company was an early adopter of the Internet, creating online videos long before platforms such as YouTube became ubiquitous. UC Santa Barbara’s Innovator Stories series Bruce and Lynda eventually grew their into a global powerhouse, offering 5,700 classes and 255,000 video tutorials to over 4 million users. startup In 2015, LinkedIn purchased Lynda.com for $1.5 billion, making it a bonafide . The outcome was especially impressive, as the company was entirely self-funded for its first 17-years. unicorn You can listen to our discussion in the background, while you work, run or play. If you’d rather download my talk with Bruce for free on iTunes, you can do so . here For those who don’t have the time to listen to our entire talk, I’ve highlighted several key takeaways below, along with the corresponding video timestamp, to facilitate quick access to issues of interest to entrepreneurs. Frustrated Students Create A New-Fangled Learning Company The book greatly impacted Lynda as a child. Like a true entrepreneur, even though she was young, she took control of her life and pursued an alternative education. Summerhill School Bruce also experienced a challenging time at school, struggling with the limitations of a 1970’s public school education which emphasized conformity over creativity. [3:27] “I had all kind of disabilities that I didn’t understand and I was failing in third grade. I had problems with reading and writing and comprehension and a lot of social abilities. While the kids played in the playground, I was in the trailer learning speech, how to write my letters the right way right and that was really hard because I did really well at everything, but then there are areas where, no matter how hard I work, I’d I’d fail and… it just made me really hate going into the school every day. I would go there knowing that I can’t get through certain things and that was very frustrating.” Because of their unsatisfying academic experiences, Bruce and Lynda shared a desire to create an alternative learning organization by which students would only answer to themselves. In 1995, Lynda wrote one of the first books on web design, Designing Web Graphics. The success of her initial book established her as a thought leader and made it clear that a sizable market existed to educate non-technical enthusiasts about the then-emerging Internet. [04:29] “What I’ve learned, in time, is that there are different ways and styles of learning. We don’t have any units, we don’t have any credits, we didn’t have any tests. It’s just like, ‘Oh, I’ll learn something, I’ll learn it for the sake of learning.’ You don’t have to prove to anyone else but yourself.” Lesson: Identify a problem that you passionately want to solve. Self Taught Is Well Taught Both Bruce and Lynda were both self-educated technologists. In Bruce’s case, he was fortunate that his father was a rocket scientist, which afforded him access to computers at an early age. [8:54] “My dad was literally a rocket scientist. He worked for Boeing… I had access to computers in 1977 in (my) home. They wouldn’t let me have video games, so I’d program my own. I learned programming, Basic and, God forbid, COBOL and later Fortran. These really were things I did that built the bedrock for going in other directions and understanding computer graphics, even when they weren’t that great. Just understanding these things early… (was important because) when they started coming out on the consumer level it was a lot easier to explain to the consumers what they’re getting into.” Lesson: Be curious and never stop seeking new knowledge. The Failed Knife Salesman Bruce attempted to pay his way through art college by selling knives. He didn’t last long. Interestingly, when she was a teenager, Lynda worked at a hotdog stand, making $80/month. , she told me that this failure taught her, In this interview “That doing something you hate makes for an unhappy life. That there is always a way to get what you want, for me, it was to pay for a private education, even when it seems like there is no possibility.” Similarly, Bruce’s short-lived career in sales reinforced that his talents were better applied creating technology, rather than trying to sell it. [10:10] “I completely failed. I did not do well. I lasted about two weeks doing it and I just learned I was a horrible salesperson. I don’t have it in me to pressure people. I’m not a high-pressure person. I don’t push myself on people and what they wanted out of me is not who I was. It’s very important to understand what you are not… (it) is one of the hardest things as our company is growing. When you start your own company, you do everything. You take out the trash, you wash the windows, you go buy office supplies. If it’s just you and your wife, or you and five others, there’s almost no organizational level with that small size. You’re doing everything. You have to keep giving your jobs away as you get bigger and bigger and bigger, but it’s understanding how to surround yourself with the people that are really smart that can help you with your deficiencies.” I then pointed out the obvious fact that you must be self-aware to recruit people who can shore up your weaknesses. Bruce agreed, stating, [11:29] “It’s painfully hard (to be self-aware). I just thought I was good at everything but it’s horrible how many things I just couldn’t do. Certain things like sales was a good example. I am NOT the salesperson.” Lesson: By understanding what you are not, you’ll get one step closer to discover what you are. The Opposite Of Work Is Boredom Bruce also shared that he was taken aback by how quickly the deal came together, causing him to initially become bored, once the sale was consummated. [15:30] “(Initially) there’s a lot of boredom, not as much now, but you know, I didn’t have a plan B and I didn’t think the company was going to sell so fast. From the initial, ‘Maybe we’ll buy you’ to, ‘we’ll buy you’ was under a month and, when they said they would buy us to when it sold, was under a month. Things went by very fast, so even up to the last minute I’m like, ‘I don’t think this is going to happen.’” We then explored how Bruce initially dealt with the company’s sale. Given the rapidity with which the deal closed, he didn’t have enough time to consider what life after Lynda.com would entail. Per Bruce, the day after the transaction closed, [16:50] “I just sat home on the couch. I was kind of dumbfounded. It wasn’t my goal, it wasn’t my endgame. I thought there’s some bigger goals within what I was doing. I thought I could take this much further, so I was just kind of shell-shocked, to be honest. You know it’s a first-world problem when you actually sell. I had a lot of self-worth in what I was able to do there. I’m more of a maker and a creator, so I am more happy when I am doing it, when I’m making, and when I had that taken away from me, I was like, ‘Wow.’ I think I just invested so much in that company that when I left it, I didn’t know what I had, so it took a little while for me the kind of find my feet.” Lesson: Don’t dwell on your potential exit, but invest enough time to thoughtfully consider life after your venture. You can follow John on Twitter: @johngreathouse .

An Unlikely Unicorn: Lynda.com’s Journey From Garage To $1.3B Sale

A short overview of the recent pilot, where 19 investors from 4 different continents invested in a single tokenized real estate asset. When we posted news in that the pilot project would involve a garage parking in Tech Park Ljubljana, one of our active community members inventively commented: ”Well, many successful companies started their in a garage, why should Blocksquare be any different,” with the below picture following shortly after. Blocksquare’s Telegram group tokenization business Small garage projects turning into international success stories are rare, but stories we’ve all heard of. They show us that e strong idea is not worth much without focus, determination, and perseverance. At Blocksquare we aspire to these garage stories and strive to deliver the best blockchain-based tools for real estate businesses. Blocksquare’s vision is simple — to make real estate investing accessible, digital and global — and the recently concluded pilot proves our team is on the right track! While the full pilot report can be found here , this short review will focus mainly on the execution part, how it applies on BST token holders and how established real estate businesses can benefit from our technology. About Blocksquare For those who are not familiar, Blocksquare is a startup developing the world’s leading blockchain-based tokenization system for commercial real estate properties. With a team of dedicated professionals and digital currency enthusiasts based in Ljubljana, Slovenia (EU), Blocksquare is on a mission to bring real estate investments to anyone with an internet connection. The project At Blocksquare we’re creating an out-of-the-box solution for more or less established businesses like real estate crowdfunding platforms, asset management companies, real estate developers and other similar players. Each of these businesses is by itself already a working platform — they source real estate investment deals in their region to a pool of investors. What these businesses don’t have is the tools to offer a new emerging asset class — tokenized real estate investments. And that is where Blocksquare comes in! A local asset management company NDP successfully tokenized a small real estate property in Slovenia — an underground garage parking space located in Technology Park Ljubljana. This Minimum Viable Property (MVP) attracted small investors from all around the world that participated through a 16 days long crowdfunding cycle. Technology park in Ljubljana Our primary goal was to test the beta version of the PropToken system in the everyday environment. The small size of the property, a single garage parking space in Technology Park Ljubljana gave the opportunity to our team to mainly focus on execution, rather than investor relations. Digital Shares Digital shares — or PropTokens (BSPT), how we call them at Blocksquare — were distributed to 19 investors from 8 different countries. BSPT stands for Blocksquare Property Tokens, and they are distinguishable to 100,000 digital shares that represent a 100% stake in a given property. Each set of digital shares is managed by a separate smart contract deployed on the Ethereum blockchain, meaning 100s or even 1000s of users can now become invested in a single property without the downsides of other co-investment models that bound investors to the decisions of others. Source: Etherscan The maximum purchase in the garage was limited to 30,000 BSPT or 30% of the tokenized property, resulting in a fair distribution of stakeholders. The PropToken system automatically tracks and records stakeholders even on the secondary market. The fact that every transaction is recorded on the Ethereum blockchain gives investors ultimate transparency and insight. Rent distribution Every property has its own unique smart contract address used by the certified partner when specifying a deposit made to the PropTokenRENT contract. Looking at this contract address on a blockchain indexing platform like Etherscan, anyone can verify the total amount of BST bought from generated rent, as well as the amount of BST already claimed by stakeholders. Source: Etherscan As all addresses are public, we also know the certified partner’s main address that is used by NDP Asset Management to tokenize new properties and make rental yield deposits. Taking a closer look at the address, we see that NDP sent 0.58 ETH (or approximately 100€) on the 14th of September to — an exchange where BST trading is currently available. IDEX Source: Etherscan A subsequent incoming transaction of 3,622 BST from IDEX to NDP’s Ethereum address clearly shows that BST was bought by NDP and later deposited to the PropTokenRENT smart contract. Everything is TRANSPARENT and publicly auditable! Source: Etherscan NDP will continue to make these distributions on a monthly basis, usually around the 15th of each month. Other Certified Partners and tokenized properties may need a different distribution schedule, and Blocksquare is built to allow any distribution schedule. On the investor’s side, stakeholders need to withdraw their rent appropriations either using one’s Blocksquare account or directly by interacting with the PropTokenRENT contract. Stakeholders can do so more or less regularly, resting assured they are the sole beneficiaries, and their total unclaimed share is cryptographically secured and always available for withdrawal. BST liquidity This first tokenized real estate property sets a clear example of how a rent-generating property increases liquidity of BST. The garage parking adds demand for BST of about 1200€ on an annual basis. Not much, but the fact that this liquidity is provided by fresh capital and not artificial market making is a very important consideration — with new Certified Partners the number of properties under tokenization will increase, subsequently influencing BST liquidity levels. BST utility First Buyers are investors who participate in a PropToken Generation Event to purchase PropTokens (BSPT) directly from a Certified Partner and not later on when digital shares are trading on the secondary market. First Buyers of a specific PropToken are permanently recorded on the blockchain and will split 0.3% transaction fee each time the specific digital shares change hands. An investor’s First Buyer share of the transaction fee is calculated based on: (a) the amount of BSPT the investor purchased, and(b) the amount of BST the investor holds at time of purchase. The higher an investor’s First Buyer Power (FBP), the more significant the transaction fee share. The below table displays a simplified example of FBP calculation with only 4 participants in a PropToken Generation Event: Simplified FBP % share calculation example Grow with us Tokenization of commercial real estate properties enables and similar real estate business, to increase the number of deals, expedite deal flow, expand operations into new markets and exponentially grow their business. asset management companies, real estate crowdfunding platforms, multi-family offices, real estate developers We offer a global solution to a local problem. We understand that it is not about who your consumers and employees are today… but who your consumers and employees are tomorrow! Any established real estate business should the business model offered by tokenization of real estate properties. with Blocksquare will allow you to as NDP Asset Management did by working with us on the garage parking pilot. embrace and understand Engaging experiment and learn We love creating win-win situations — collaborating with us will your company’s capabilities and value propositions, both internally and externally, enhance encouraging innovation preparing your today’s employees for your future customers! Get in touch: join our telegram group • follow us on twitter • like our facebook page …or simply email us at future@blocksquare.io ;) Fusion accelerator program in Geneva, Switzerland The pilot proved to be even more important for Blocksquare Our hard work placed us amongst the top from 100s of startups world-wide, and we are looking forward to starting the fellowship, learn from the best and shape our product to best fit today’s market. — we got accepted into Fusion PropTech !

The World’s First Tokenized Garage

The Garage under SQ5 is outlined with a rectangle Disclaimer: This work was done as part of a class assignment for Georgia Tech’s CS4464/6465 Fall 2016 (https://github.com/jacobeisenstein/gt-compj-class/). The opinions expressed here, if any, are solely those of the students working on this assignment and not of the Instructor or Georgia Tech. Startup Exchange Startup Exchange held its first meeting of 2016 at The Garage under SQ5. People from all over the Georgia Tech community were invited to start the semester off with light refreshments, industry talks, and entrepreneurial workshops — and of course to see what Startup Exchange has planned for the coming weeks. What is Startup Exchange? From their : website Startup Exchange is the entrepreneurial community that empowers students to support and inspire each other to build their dreams and live an alternative lifestyle. To be less hand-wavy, Startup Exchange is a club run by Georgia Tech students that aims to connect people interested in entrepreneurship and to help them hone their craft. , a student at Georgia Tech studying Computer Science, said “The club offers a space for members to socialize and learn from the other members. The club brings in guest speakers with a wealth of experience who can provide guidance. Most important, the club puts you in contact with other students who have similar goals and aspirations which facilitates finding the right people to grow your startup.” Brett Garcia As for why people come to these meetings, — another Computer Science student at GT — says it’s about “the motivation and wisdom of the people that attend the sessions”. He continues: “They say in order to better yourself, you should surround yourself with people that are better than you but have like-minded interests — that’s exactly what I’m attempting to do.” Naveen Chandran The club hosts weekly meetings where attendees can share their ideas, stories, and struggles in the space. Startup Exchange Logo. Source: https://www.facebook.com/StartupExchange/ The Event The 2016 inaugural event kicked off with attendees introducing themselves to the crowd. Each person stood up, was given a microphone, and answered the prompt: What is your name? What is your major? (If you’re still in school) Why are you here/why are you interested in Startup Exchange? If you have a startup, pitch it to us in 60 seconds. If not, what is your favorite startup? Of those in attendance, a vast majority were current students at Georgia Tech. Others were recent alumni or people who worked in and around Tech Square. Surprisingly, only about 1 in 5 people shared that they were currently building a startup. Unsurprisingly, the unanimous answer to “Why are you here?” was something along the lines of learning more about entrepreneurship, finding a place/people to bounce ideas off of, and connecting with people who are also interested in creating their own company. The Keynote “Whatever you do, do the shit out of it” After the introductions, , the CEO of , took the stage. Kyle is a GT Alum (MGT-2004) who started out under the College of Engineering before jumping on the M-Train. He told his story of evolution from living the college life party to party to CEO of a company rated by the Atlanta Business Chronicle. Kyle Porter SalesLoft #1 best place to work for midsize companies Along the way, he shared some advice that he’d gained in his time building his company such as: “Whatever you do, do the shit out of it” Enmesh your core values into your business at every level Figure out what you’re good at and partner for the things you aren’t Have a clear vision of what your business’ purpose is, how you’re going to accomplish it, and why you’re going to accomplish it. The Alumnus The next speaker to take the stage was Hunter Rosenblume, CEO of Cosmos Labs and past director of Startup Semester at Georgia Tech. He began by saying he was part of the crowd listening to speakers talk at Startup Exchange just a year ago and now he’s CEO of his own company. Hunter shared his own advice about being an entrepreneur: “Be around people doing cool shit all the time.” “Pickup side projects you don’t have time to do”, especially those that look cool or that will make you learn a lot. The Garage The Garage The last speaker to take the stage was , CEO and Co-founder of Sandbox Communities. Around Tech Square, he’s most known for the Atlanta division SandboxATL — a company that “connect[s] you to events, media content, and collaborative spaces at the heart of Atlanta’s tech scene.” They host events at various tech spaces around the city that encourage members to mingle and share ideas. Scott Henderson The Garage’s location. Source: http://startupexchange.gatech.edu/ The Garage is a new event space under the Square on Fifth (SQ5) tower that is run by SandboxATL. Scott pitched it as a clubhouse for “people creating the of tech.” The space is aptly named, evoking a no-frills, functional vibe with exposed concrete walls, bare wood, and metal components. future It’s split into two levels. The top floor has three medium-sized areas with desks along the railing overlooking the bottom floor and stage. Along the interior wall, it sports a few break-out rooms furnished by a small desk and door, providing some privacy in an otherwise communal space. The bottom floor has an open floor plan with an overhang under the cover of the second story as you first walk in. The check-in desk sits nestled against the stairs that curl up to your left. Further in, the space opens up around the stage — a raised platform where audience seating (accommodating up to 250 guests, according to the ) can be arranged. website Startup Academy The last piece of programming for the night was the first instance of Startup Academy. Startup Academy is the educational offshoot of Startup Exchange that provides workshops and other interactive activities for club attendees. ever The first lesson was on Ideation — or the process of coming up with ideas for start ups. It involved a short presentation introducing the concept followed by an interactive portion grouping people into teams to brainstorm and categorize on the fly using of sticky notes. lots Startup Exchange meets weekly on Fridays from 4–6PM at The Garage with Startup Academy directly after semiweekly. Hamilton Greene is a current student at Georgia Tech studying Computer Science. If you liked this post, consider clicking the heart icon or following him on Medium. For more info, visit his website at http://sirhamy.com .

The Garage hosts Startup Exchange in 2016

The $30K Marketing Budget Syndrome aka “We’re building the future of finance, but let’s market it like a lemonade stand.” The $30K Marketing Budget Syndrome aka “We’re building the future of finance, but let’s market it like a lemonade stand.” aka “We’re building the future of finance, but let’s market it like a lemonade stand.” We’re here again. The startup is gorgeous: Founders with MBAs and matching hoodies. The roadmap looks like it was forged by Vitalik and Steve Jobs in a co-working space on Mount Olympus. The pitch deck? Sexy. You almost want to mint it. Tokenomics? Audited by someone who definitely knows how to spell “solidity.” Team? Fully doxxed, LinkedIn-ready, and grinning on their team page. And then... “We’ve got $30,000 for marketing!” “We’ve got $30,000 for marketing!” Thirty. Thousand. Dollars. To change the world. To conquer the DeFi jungle. To_beat_the ZK narrative. To survive the attention span of a crypto Twitter user (roughly 1.4 seconds). Let’s say it louder for the DAO in the back: You cannot market a revolution with the same budget used to sponsor a garage band. You cannot market a revolution with the same budget used to sponsor a garage band. You cannot market a revolution with the same budget used to sponsor a garage band. “But it’s just the beginning, bro.” Oh really? So let me guess: we’ll runTwitter ads with a $50/day budget, spend $3K on a couple of newsletters nobody reads, and throw the rest into a Twitter ads a A Medium article and a meme contest? A Medium article and a meme contest Welcome to the Web3 marketing plan: Welcome to the Web3 marketing plan: Pretend virality is a strategy.
Pray someone tweets about you for free.
Call it “organic growth.” Pretend virality is a strategy. Pray someone tweets about you for free. Call it “organic growth.” Let’s point some fingers, shall we? VCs who throw $2M checks like confetti, then act shocked when nobody shows up to the token launch.
Founders who burn $100K on DevRel swag but negotiate down the marketing team’s rate like we’re selling tomatoes at a local market.
CTOs who think “marketing is easy” because their intern got 200 likes on a meme last week.
Agencies promise “KOL support” and end up paying the same three influencers with fake followers and zero conviction. VCs who throw $2M checks like confetti, then act shocked when nobody shows up to the token launch. VCs Founders who burn $100K on DevRel swag but negotiate down the marketing team’s rate like we’re selling tomatoes at a local market. Founders CTOs who think “marketing is easy” because their intern got 200 likes on a meme last week. CTOs Agencies promise “KOL support” and end up paying the same three influencers with fake followers and zero conviction. Agencies Do you want actual growth? Do you want real community? actual growth real community Then stop treating marketing like an afterthought. It’s not_what_ you’re building — it’s who hears about it and why they should give a damn. who hears about it why they should give a damn Let’s talk about timing, luck, and the DM gods Here’s the inconvenient truth: Sometimes it’s not the money. It’s timing, luck, and being one step ahead of everyone else. timing luck Sometimes, it’s the fact that one person — just one — saw your project, liked your vibe, and gave you a retweet. Sometime,s it’s that your competitor fumbled a partnership and the space was yours for the taking. Sometimes, yes, it’s just the algorithm choosing to bless your shitpost over someone else’s product update. You can’t budget for that. You_can_ be ready for it. Audentes Fortuna Iuvat. Audentes Fortuna Iuvat. Fortune favors the bold — and punishes the passive. Fortune favors the bold — and punishes the passive. Stop blaming marketing when the token flops We’ve all been there. The market was cold. The devs were slow. The KPIs were made up. But what do we blame first? “Maybe the marketing wasn’t strong enough.” “Maybe the marketing wasn’t strong enough.” Nah. The marketing team did more with less than a DJ at a child’s birthday party. So, next time you plan your budget, ask yourself: Do we want to launch a project… or just announce it and pray? Do we want to launch a project… or just announce it and pray? Do we want to launch a project… or just announce it and pray? launch announce Because if you’re serious about making noise in Web3, $30K is not a marketing budget. It’s a red flag with a whitepaper attached. a red flag with a whitepaper attached.

The GTM Budget Struggle

জিটিএম বাজেট সংগ্রাম

GTM-budgetkampen

Der GTM-Budgetkampf

La lucha por el presupuesto del GTM

مبارزه با بودجه GTM

La lutte budgétaire du GTM

GTM बजट की लड़ाई

A GTM költségvetési küzdelme

GTM予算戦

Бюджеттік қаржыландыру бағдарламасы

GTM 예산 문제

Perjuangan Belanjawan GTM

De GTM-begrotingsstrijd

Ntwa ya Tekanyetšo ya GTM

A luta pelo orçamento do GTM

Бюджетная борьба GTM

Boj o rozpočet Správcu značiek Google

Mapambano ya bajeti ya GTM

GTM Bütçe Mücadelesi

Cuộc chiến ngân sách của GTM

GTM预算斗争

Coding Without the Sweat…Yikes!!!! Coding Without the Sweat…Yikes!!!! Just picture this: you’re sipping your daily doze of caffeine and casually telling your computer, “Design and build an app that tracks my team’s weekly tasks,” and, boom, it’s done. No semicolons, no syntax errors, just pure vibes. Welcome to “vibe coding”, the hottest trend in 2025’s tech scene and the place where AI turns your ideas into code faster than you can say “Stack Overflow.” vibe coding” This cool term has been coined by the AI guru Andrej Karpathy earlier this year, where vibe coding is less about grinding through lines of code and more about flowing with your creative instincts. And guess what???? It’s slowly sneaking into enterprise platforms like ServiceNow, making even the suits jump on the bandwagon. It’s time to dig in to the ‘vibe’ of this revolution and see how it’s shaking up ServiceNow’s world. What is this Vibe Coding, Anyway? What is this Vibe Coding, Anyway? Vibe coding has been recognized as the ultimate “go with the flow” approach to programming. Instead of wrestling with Python loops or debugging JavaScript promises, you chat with an AI, let’s say with Grok 3 or GitHub Copilot, and then you describe what you want in simple, plain English.For instance, “Make a website that shows cat memes” or “Fix this bug” or maybe, “Automate my inbox.” The AI just spits out the code, you run it, and if it flops, you tweak it with another casual prompt. It’s experimental, it’s messy(for sure) but it’s fun. Mr. Karpathy calls it “forgetting the code even exists”, a mindset where your ideas take the center stage whereas the tech fades into the background. A rare sight, for sure! fun And woah, look at these! The stats actually back up the hype. Y Combinator reported in the March of 2025 that twenty five percent of its Winter 2025 startups had codebases that were ninety five percent AI-generated.Multiple tools like Cursor and Replit Agent are powering this shift and turning non-coders or low-coders into creators overnight. But it’s not just for startups.Even the big players like ServiceNow are catching the wave, blending vibe coding into their enterprise-grade ecosystem. How? Let’s explore. ServiceNow: The Unexpected Vibe Coding Playground ServiceNow: The Unexpected Vibe Coding Playground ServiceNow won’t be the first name that you’d associate with a boiling coding trend. It’s the platform for IT workflows, HR automation, and corporate efficiency and not exactly a hacker’s garage. But dig into the platform a little deeper, and you will find a vibe-coding paradise hiding in plain sight. With its low-code or the no-code roots and a hefty dose of AI capabilities , ServiceNow lets you build apps and workflows by vibing your way through it. vibing Here’s where the magic happens: ServiceNow’s App Engine and Now Assist (its AI sidekick) let you talk to the platform like it’s your very own buddy. Let’s assume that you’re an HR manager who wants to automate the onboarding process.You will tell Now Assist, “When a new hire starts, send them a welcome email and order their laptop.” The AI doesn’t think, doesn’t blink.All it does it that it spins up a workflow in Flow Designer, complete with triggers, email templates, and IT catalog requests. You test it(ofcourse), you tweak it (“Add their start date to the email”), and then deploy it, and all this without touching a line of JavaScript. ofcourse That’s vibe coding in a corporate suit! Let’s give you another example here - A Real-World Vibe: Dunder Mifflin’s Onboarding Glow-Up A Real-World Vibe: Dunder Mifflin’s Onboarding Glow-Up Let’s get concrete with Dunder Mifflin,our fictional paper supply chain. Their HR lead, Toby, vibes out an onboarding process in ServiceNow.He isn’t a coder(definitely) but knows the drill: new hires need gear, approvals, and a warm welcome. Armed with ServiceNow, Toby vibes it out: definitely Step 1: Toby tells Now Assist, “Build me an onboarding flow - email the new hire , request a laptop and ping the manager.” The AI capabilities map it to ServiceNow’s data model, pulling employee details and IT catalog items like it’s reading Toby’s mind.
Step 2: The first test run works, but Toby wants more. “Add a monitor to the request.” The Flow Designer adjusts it on the fly.
Step 3: Deployed. Dunder Mifflin’s onboarding is now a slick, automated machine. Toby never sees the backend Glide API or wrestles with database schemas, but just pure, creative flow. Step 1: Toby tells Now Assist, “Build me an onboarding flow - email the new hire , request a laptop and ping the manager.” The AI capabilities map it to ServiceNow’s data model, pulling employee details and IT catalog items like it’s reading Toby’s mind. Step 1 Step 2: The first test run works, but Toby wants more. “Add a monitor to the request.” The Flow Designer adjusts it on the fly. Step 2 Step 3: Deployed. Dunder Mifflin’s onboarding is now a slick, automated machine. Toby never sees the backend Glide API or wrestles with database schemas, but just pure, creative flow. Step 3 Here’s what the Flow Designer workflow looks like: Flow Designer workflow Trigger: “New Employee Record Created” (Table: sys_user, Condition: employee_number is not empty).
Action 1: “Send Email”
To: ${new_employee.email}
Subject: “Welcome to Dunder Mifflin!”
Body: “Hey ${new_employee.first_name}, your start date is ${new_employee.start_date}. Welcome to the company!”
Action 2: “Create Catalog Request”
Item: “Standard Laptop” + “Monitor” (bundled via AI suggestion).
Requested For: ${new_employee}.
Action 3: “Approval”
Approver: ${new_employee.manager}.
Details: “Approve ${new_employee.first_name}’s gear.” Trigger: “New Employee Record Created” (Table: sys_user, Condition: employee_number is not empty). Trigger Action 1: “Send Email” Action 1 To: ${new_employee.email} Subject: “Welcome to Dunder Mifflin!” Body: “Hey ${new_employee.first_name}, your start date is ${new_employee.start_date}. Welcome to the company!” Action 2: “Create Catalog Request” Action 2 Item: “Standard Laptop” + “Monitor” (bundled via AI suggestion). Requested For: ${new_employee}. Action 3: “Approval” Action 3 Approver: ${new_employee.manager}. Details: “Approve ${new_employee.first_name}’s gear.” Toby tests it, adds the monitor with a quick “vibe tweak,” and deploys it .No code, just flow. What’s Under the Hood? A Peek at the Code What’s Under the Hood? A Peek at the Code While Toby didn’t write it, here’s a snippet of what ServiceNow’s AI might generate in the background (e.g., a Business Rule to enhance the flow): (function executeRule(current, previous /* null when async */) {
    var empName = current.first_name;
    var startDate = current.start_date;

    var email = new GlideEmailOutbound();
    email.setSubject("Welcome to Dunder Mifflin!");
    email.setBody("Hey " + empName + ", your start date is " + startDate + ". Get ready!");
    email.addRecipient(current.email);
    email.send();

})(current, previous); (function executeRule(current, previous /* null when async */) {
    var empName = current.first_name;
    var startDate = current.start_date;

    var email = new GlideEmailOutbound();
    email.setSubject("Welcome to Dunder Mifflin!");
    email.setBody("Hey " + empName + ", your start date is " + startDate + ". Get ready!");
    email.addRecipient(current.email);
    email.send();

})(current, previous); This runs when a new employee is added. Toby didn’t touch it, but a developer sure can tweak it later for any supported edge cases. This isn’t hypothetical fluff. Companies like Bayer have actually used ServiceNow’s low-code tools to automate 80% of their legal processes, and with further AI enhancements rolling out in 2025, the vibe-coding potential is skyrocketing. Why It Works on ServiceNow? Why It Works on ServiceNow? ServiceNow’s secret lies in its mix of structure and freedom. Prebuilt components (like email actions, approvals and workflows) give you guardrails, while AI capabilities help you to fill in the blanks. Generative AI in Flow Generation or even the text-to-code capabilities take your vague prompts and turns them into functional logic. It’s not pure chaos like some vibe-coding experiments, you’re still in an enterprise sandbox, but it’s close enough to feel liberating. Additionally,ServiceNow’s wide suite of offered integrations means that your vibes can stretch across systems without breaking a sweat. The Catch: Vibes vs. Reality The Catch: Vibes vs. Reality Before you ditch your IDE, a word of caution: vibe coding isn’t flawless. Even on ServiceNow, simple automations are like a breeze, but complex apps still need a developer to tweak the JavaScript under the hood. Security is often another vibe-killer.AI-generated code can eave vulnerabilities or miss edge cases if you don’t double-check. Simon Willison, nails it, “It’s perfect for prototypes, but production? You’d better know what’s running.” a word of caution The Future: Vibe Coding Goes Corporate The Future: Vibe Coding Goes Corporate As of April 2025, vibe coding’s footprint is definitely growing. ServiceNow’s latest releases double down on AI Agents, with smarter flow suggestions and voice-driven development. Imagine telling your laptop, “Fix my ticket system,” and watching it happen—that’s the vibe horizon. Infact, apart from ServiceNow, the trend is crawling into everything from indie apps to trillion-dollar firms. It is not just coding,it’s a mindset shift- less gatekeeping and more creating. Conclusion Conclusion Vibe coding isn’t just a trend, it’s a power move. It’s gives the HR rep the power to building apps just like a DJ dropping beats or the IT admin automating workflows just like it’s a freestyle rap. Forget the old rules of coding(but not all of them, please) this is creation unchained. So refill your coffee, tell ServiceNow your wildest idea, and let the AI capabilities spin it into gold. but not all of them, please

This 2025 Coding Trend Claims to Solve Your IT Nightmares—But Is It Too Good to Be True?

How much for that shiny digital gold?Depends; who’s asking and how much you got? How much for that shiny digital gold?Depends; who’s asking and how much you got? How much for that shiny digital gold?Depends; who’s asking and how much you got? The foundation of commercial activity is trading (buying and selling).The foundation of trading is the dynamics between supply vs demand.And the foundation of supply vs demand is pricing. (buying and selling) Prices of goods on the open markets are defined by producers based on a multitude of factors, including the raw costs of their product, the logistics, labor, and tax laws, and the willingness/capability of consumers. The long and short of it is that Something costs as much as somebody is willing to pay for it. Something costs as much as somebody is willing to pay for it. Something costs as much as somebody is willing to pay for it. This leads us to ask: how do we figure out what somebody is willing to pay? The only way is through trial and error. Create something, post it for sale, and collect feedback. The key here is in the feedback part. The quicker you can collect feedback from as wide of an audience as possible, the sooner you will arrive at an accurate pricing model (sustainable for growth while having the consumer's needs satisfied). (sustainable for growth while having the consumer's needs satisfied). This works for businesses, commodities, and crypto assets alike. Therefore, prices are not set; they are determined through discovery. discovery Thus, we stumble upon one of the greatest impacts of crypto on society. Transactions have become frictionless,commerce has become borderless,and markets have become timeless. Open 24/7, 365, and accessible by people of varying social castes and cultures from anywhere in the world at any time; crypto is a tool of social coordination and capital formation, which, in turn, makes it the ideal instrument for the discovery of prices and development of fair markets. The open and digital nature of crypto, which leverages a slew of novel paradigms rooted in trustlessness, enable rapid experimentation and iteration; two powerful driving elements in building these pricing markets. However, the speed and novelty of crypto bring with it extremely chaotic creative side effects. Even though it has birthed an entirely new industry now worth multiple trillions of dollars and expanded the horizons of existing markets, it has also brought with it a ton of undesirable outcomes, such as the dearly PumpFun (a mechanism for bootstrapping and launching new assets). The PumpFun System We are not going to get into the moral conversations about Pumpfun here. We are not going to get into the moral conversations about Pumpfun here. Pumpfun has been securitized by crypto natives as the engine powering the grifty memecoin “Supercycle” on Solana; and on the surface, it may be so, however, noise aside, under the hood, Pumpfun is actually a brilliant mechanism. As a platform to create custom tokens without the need for any technical skills, the brilliance is in how efficiently it compartmentalized previously complex processes into a simple, intuitive system. Before Pumpfun the complexity of launching a token was modest. Some degree of knowledge in programming/computer science and/or economics was a basic requirement. Yes, it was able to take advantage of the performance of the Solana blockchain, which kept fees and processing times extremely low, but beyond simply deploying smart contracts, pumpfun took it a step further by integrating a handful of subtle social elements (Leaderboards/King of the Hill and followings of deployer accounts), financial elements of bonding curves for pricing and automating the deployment of liquidity pools. The most interesting elements of all their synthesis is found in the deployment of liquidity pools. By having a module to bring a token into circulation on DEX’s, Pumpfun acted as an abstract auction house where buyers and sellers competed against one another to achieve (or fail) a certain price/marketcap for an asset. It actually highlighted the incredible opportunity and need for novel mechanisms and novel applications of existing mechanisms that transform how markets operate. The pinnacle of all markets hinges upon a single concept: Auctions. Auctions Existing for thousands of years, auctions are gamified mechanisms for offering/acquiring goods or services. They are the models through which buyers and sellers negotiate to discover prices and the atomic economic primitives upon which human trade has evolved. Even though we continue to use them for real estate, fine art, livestock, government contracts, and other unique situations, auctions are predominately left out of the public conscious due to the added complexity of utilizing conditional frameworks. Typically associated with prolonged, complex, multi-party processes, auctions are the defacto methods of conducting trade activities in markets that have no history, universal reference point, or liquid index. The purpose of holding an auction is straightforward:- To get thesellerthe best possible price- To get thebuyer the best possible price seller buyer There are three general participant model types: Forward Auctions \ One Seller, multiple buyers. Forward Auctions \ One Seller, multiple buyers. Effective for the sale of fine art / collectible cars. Here, multiple buyers are competing with other buyers for the object/service/good the seller is presenting. Typically entertaining due to the thrill factor. 2) Reverse Auctions \ One buyer, multiple sellers. Effective for private enterprise competition for government contracts. Here, multiple sellers are competing with each other for the money/to secure the deal that the buyer is willing to wager. 3) Double Auctions \ Multiple Buyers, Multiple sellers. Effective for markets where prices are somewhat expected, things such as a crypto/stock/commodity exchange’s orderbooks. Here, both sides place bids/asks simultaneously. Usually, these are higher frequency and less contingent on hype. Auction Models There are different auction models individually designed to fulfill their own unique purposes based on the nature of circumstance and industry. English Auction (ascending-bid auction) Commonly used for art, these are the most popular form of auction that is seen in movies where prices start low and rise in a step-by-step fashion as people bid in order of who is willing to pay higher than the last bidder. Example: Tony is selling his vintage car. A group of three people gather at his garage. Alex says he will pay $1,000. Barney then says he will do $1,100. Charles comes in at $1,200. This goes on until Alex says he will pay $5,000. Barney and Charles do not want to pay more than that, and the auction ends. Alex gives Tony $5,000 and takes the car home. Example: Example: Tony is selling his vintage car. A group of three people gather at his garage. Alex says he will pay $1,000. Barney then says he will do $1,100. Charles comes in at $1,200. This goes on until Alex says he will pay $5,000. Barney and Charles do not want to pay more than that, and the auction ends. Alex gives Tony $5,000 and takes the car home. Penny Auction (ascending-bid auction) Pay-per-Bid. similar to English auctions, where prices start low and rise as more bids come in, the unique element of a penny auction is that each incoming bid requires the bidder to pay to submit a fee. Technically, in a regular English Auction, each incremental bid can be a penny above the previous one; which can result in necessary delays. By imposing the fee, abusive nonsense is deterred, and the fees can potentially be used to subsidize operational costs or donations. Dutch Auction (descending-bid auction) First come, first serve. Also known as a descending bid auction, Dutch auctions start at a high arbitrary price and incrementally decrease until somebody accepts the bid. Example: Larry is selling all of his Pokemon cards. All his neighbors come to the house want to buy it. He says he wants $10,000. Nobody responds. He says $9,800. Nobody responds. Every 15 seconds, he lowers the price by $200; until at $8,000, somebody says they will take it. Larry then collects his cash and hands over the cards. Example: Example: Larry is selling all of his Pokemon cards. All his neighbors come to the house want to buy it. He says he wants $10,000. Nobody responds. He says $9,800. Nobody responds. Every 15 seconds, he lowers the price by $200; until at $8,000, somebody says they will take it. Larry then collects his cash and hands over the cards. First-price, Sealed Bid Auction Exactly what they sound like, participants signal their willingness to pay through a method that does not reveal it to others. Participants register their bids, sellers collect the offers and, after collection, they are all opened simultaneously. The highest bid wins and pays his price. Great for preserving bidder privacy (so counterparties don’t know what other bid), and avoiding redundancy. Vickrey Auction (Second-price, Sealed Bid Auction) An adaptation of the regular sealed bid auction, only here, after all bids are collected and opened, the winner (highest bidder) pays the second highest bidder price. (this encourages honest bidding and minimizes the potential for extreme overpaying) These are just a few of the more popular models. There are numerous nuances and modifications of models that either mix/adapt elements of the above-listed ones or introduce other factors such as timing, bid privacy, settlement prices, and reserve thresholds to augment the outcomes. But this isn't an educational post on different auctions. The purpose is simply to illustrate that auctions are flexible mechanisms that can be integrated into nearly any situation where buying and selling occurs. Which brings us back to Crypto. Auctions in Crypto: From Parachain Slot auction held by Polkadot, to the multitude of projects that conducted ICOs/IDOs/IEOs, to the CEX stake-to-earn programs, the validator competitions in consensus mechanisms, and everything in between, auctions have been the breeding ground of experimentation in crypto. Parachain Slot However, the vast majority of these experiments have been heavily skewed toward users deeply familiar with technology or finance, leaving the vast majority of market participants sidelined. Besides Pumpfun, retail has only really had a chance to interact with crypto native auctions in the more traditional sense, predominately in the NFT segments for PFPs, art, gaming material, and other strange (arguably worthless) digital objects on platforms such as Opensea. Perhaps this was for good reason. As can be seen by the amount of capital destruction that took place in the 2022–2023 NFT bear market, the timeless wisdom of price not always being equal to value and the inevitable reality that prices will always return to their “real” value over the course of time is a bi-product of market forces. On the fungible side of things, we arrive at the same conclusion after witnessing the memecoin and AIAgent mania of 2024. Hundreds of billions of dollars in market capitalization arrived and disappeared within mere months. Maybe there was no genuine innovation behind bidding below the floor price on collections of monkey pictures or live-streaming crude content in an attempt to pump a token’s price. BUT! Both things have a common thread between them. Auctions. Auctions invited massive speculative capital which propped up markets.Auctions gave people a chance to become a part of something.Auctions brought thousands of new users into the space.Auctions distilled the valueless from the valuable. As a matter of fact, auctions (double-sided) have been, and continue to be, the drivers of all crypto markets today! Yet, we still can't seem to figure out a fair price for things… Volatility continues to consume the industry, and there seems to be no cure. That is because there is no problem to cure. Price is relative.Price is discovered over time.Things change over time.Thus, prices change over time. If we want/expect crypto to achieve its ultimate promise of a form of value and for blockchain to truly become the rails of truth upon which the world’s value transacts, we must push forward with more experimentation. More Experimentation Please Markets are the most efficient they have ever been. The very definition of commerce is evolving, and the form factor is becoming all the less traditional. As we continue to accelerate into a more digital and connected world with a geopolitical shift that is redistributing power and transforming how value is ascribed, we will constantly require novel mechanisms upon which to develop markets and establish prices. We may not know how exactly the future will play out…But there is one way to predict it most accurately… By building it ourselves. So, let’s go out there and experiment like never before!

Crypto Prices Are Chaos, But Maybe That’s a Feature, Not a Bug

Kripto-pryse is chaos, maar miskien is dit 'n kenmerk, nie 'n fout nie

Крипто цените са хаос, но може би това е функция, а не грешка

Cijene kriptovaluta su haos, ali možda je to karakteristika, a ne greška

Los precios de las criptomonedas son un caos, pero tal vez sea una característica y no un error

Les prix des crypto-monnaies sont chaotiques, mais c’est peut-être une fonctionnalité, pas un bug

Cijene kripto su kaos, ali možda je to značajka, a ne greška

Pri Crypto yo se dezòd, men petèt sa se yon karakteristik, pa yon ensèk

暗号通貨の価格は混乱しているが、それはバグではなく機能なのかもしれない

តម្លៃ Crypto មានភាពច្របូកច្របល់ ប៉ុន្តែប្រហែលជានោះជាលក្ខណៈពិសេស មិនមែនជាកំហុសទេ។

Kripto cenas ir haoss, bet varbūt tā ir funkcija, nevis kļūda

Ny vidin'ny Crypto dia korontana, fa angamba izany dia singa iray, fa tsy bibikely

Kryptopriser är kaos, men det kanske är en funktion, inte en bugg

The Harsh Truth About Crypto: Demand Is Everything, and You’re Probably Losing

Cripto tuqit qhuru chiqa: Demandax Taqi kunawa, ukat Inas Chhaqt’asksta

Суровая праўда пра крыптаграфію: попыт - гэта ўсё, і вы, верагодна, прайграеце

Surova istina o kripto: potražnja je sve, a vi vjerovatno gubite

La dura verdad sobre las criptomonedas: la demanda lo es todo y probablemente estés perdiendo

क्रिप्टो के बारे में कठोर सच्चाई: मांग ही सब कुछ है, और आप शायद हार रहे हैं

Surova istina o kripto: potražnja je sve, a vi vjerojatno gubite

Kebenaran Pahit Tentang Kripto: Permintaan Adalah Segalanya, dan Anda Mungkin Kalah

暗号通貨の厳しい真実：需要がすべてであり、あなたはおそらく負けている

ការពិតដ៏អាក្រក់អំពី Crypto: តម្រូវការគឺអ្វីគ្រប់យ៉ាង ហើយអ្នកប្រហែលជាបាត់បង់

Xaqiiqda Adag ee ku saabsan Crypto: Baahidu waa wax walba, waxaana laga yaabaa inaad lumiso

Жорстока правда про криптовалюту: попит — це все, і ви, ймовірно, програєте

INyaniso eNcinci malunga neCrypto: Imfuno yiyo yonke into, kwaye mhlawumbi ulahlekile

You Think Growth is Expensive? Try Staying the Same People avoid investing in growth because they think it costs too much. A gym membership, a course, starting a business—it all feels like a financial drain. But do you know what costs way more? Not growing at all. If you don’t invest in your skills, you don’t stay the same — you shrink.


If you don’t improve your health, you pay for it later in medical bills and lost energy.


If you don’t grow your income, inflation erodes your lifestyle. There is no neutral in life — everything is either growing or decaying. So being stagnant (in the most generic sense) means you’re growing at the same rate the world moves. Anything less is dying. Look at businesses: the ones that stop innovating? They die. Blockbuster, Kodak, MySpace—they all refused to grow. They paid the price. Look at people: The ones who settle for comfort? They get weaker, slower, and less relevant. Growth isn’t an expense. It’s an investment. The only way to guarantee your survival—financially, mentally, and physically—is to keep expanding. Growth is always cheaper than dying. The Cost of Short-Term Thinking Most people underestimate how much they trade long-term growth for short-term comfort. The small, daily decisions that seem harmless—grabbing a quick dopamine hit, skipping a workout, avoiding a difficult task—compound over time into stagnation. If you’re in Nigeria, a bottle of soft drink is more or less the price of a bag of sachet water. Properly hydrating yourself for sustained energy for at least 3 days is the same price as flooding your system with dopamine and energy that lasts for about an hour and leaves you more drained. This cuts across other areas of your life. Growth is cheaper than dying. The problem isn’t the cost—it's the mindset. We get used to prioritizing what feels good now over what keeps us strong later. And before we realize it, our daily indulgences become our greatest limitations. The Two Paths of Growth There are two types of growth: Linear Growth: Climbing the Ladder
Exponential Growth: Leveraging Multipliers Linear Growth: Climbing the Ladder Linear growth is when the value of leverage is 1. Most people grow linearly. Climb the corporate ladder.
Add one rung at a time.
Earn +1 more each year. Linear growth is predictable. Input X → Output X.


Input 2X → Output 2X. The problem? You always have to push. If you stop, you die. Linear growth works for specialists—surgeons, lawyers, and pilots. They’re expensive because they provide immense value. But their value depends on them showing up. No surgeon, no surgery. If your goal is to build something bigger than yourself, linear growth won’t cut it. Exponential Growth: Leveraging Multipliers Exponential growth is where the magic happens. Here, leverage skyrockets. You can work for five years and see nothing, then one weekend in a garage changes everything. Exponential growth is uncomfortable because it’s not easy to predict. In linear growth, you can predict success because you’re following a known path. 1+1 will always equal 2.


In exponential growth, you will fail 99% of the time—but the 1% that works overshadows all failures. Thomas Edison, the Wright brothers, Elon Musk, Mr. Beast—they all looked like failures until they didn’t. The only thing that matters is the big win at the end. Linear thinkers are 99% right but 100% wrong—because they never reach the game-changing breakthrough. Exponential growth rewards patience, persistence, and adaptability. Every failed iteration builds the foundation for eventual success. Start Young, Start Small, Start Now The earlier you start chasing exponential growth, the easier it is. A small example: If you earn $500/hour, risking 100 hours feels like losing $50,000.
If you earn $50/hour, those same 100 hours only risk $5,000.
If you earn $0/hour, you have nothing to lose. The Best Investment? Yourself. People love to talk about investing in crypto, stocks, startups. But the best investment? You. Because: Other people’s mistakes can tank your investments.


Their limitations become your limitations.


Their failures become your failures. When you invest in yourself, you own the wins and the losses. Would you rather trust a stranger’s competence—or build your own? Milk that rots in a controlled way becomes yogurt.
A grape that rots in a controlled way becomes wine. Controlled mistakes bring growth. Use your failures. MAKING NO MISTAKES IS THE WORST MISTAKE Some people fear doing the wrong thing, so they do nothing. This is a reminder: Doing nothing is wrong. How to do nothing wrong: Make the most of your mistakes. If you try once, mess up, and quit—you're the guy who failed. If you keep iterating, people will eventually recognize you as the O.G. who gets things done.


Control your failures. Don’t let mistakes ruin you—channel them into growth. The world doesn’t wait for you to catch up. Every moment spent hesitating is a moment lost to those who take action Final Thought: Grow or Die The stock market grows by 7–10% every year. Inflation is rising. The world moves forward no matter what. If you’re stagnant, you’re already falling behind. You either grow—or you die. And the price of dying is much higher. Enjoy the rest of your day. ~ Praise Join my newsletter. where I break down high-performance strategies for creators, indie hackers, and anyone tired of being stuck. No fluff. No recycled self-help nonsense. Real insights to help you outperform, outlast, and outgrow the competition. 📩 Subscribe now (or click the subscribe button on Hackernoon and I’ll add you). You Think Growth is Expensive? Try Staying the Same People avoid investing in growth because they think it costs too much. A gym membership, a course, starting a business—it all feels like a financial drain. But do you know what costs way more? Not growing at all. Not growing at all. If you don’t invest in your skills, you don’t stay the same — you shrink. If you don’t improve your health, you pay for it later in medical bills and lost energy. If you don’t grow your income, inflation erodes your lifestyle. If you don’t invest in your skills, you don’t stay the same — you shrink. If you don’t invest in your skills, you don’t stay the same — you shrink. If you don’t improve your health, you pay for it later in medical bills and lost energy. If you don’t improve your health, you pay for it later in medical bills and lost energy. If you don’t grow your income, inflation erodes your lifestyle. If you don’t grow your income, inflation erodes your lifestyle. There is no neutral in life — everything is either growing or decaying. So being stagnant (in the most generic sense) means you’re growing at the same rate the world moves. Anything less is dying. Look at businesses: the ones that stop innovating? They die. Blockbuster, Kodak, MySpace—they all refused to grow. They paid the price. Look at people: The ones who settle for comfort? They get weaker, slower, and less relevant. Growth isn’t an expense. It’s an investment. The only way to guarantee your survival—financially, mentally, and physically—is to keep expanding. It’s an investment. Growth is always cheaper than dying. Growth is always cheaper than dying. The Cost of Short-Term Thinking Most people underestimate how much they trade long-term growth for short-term comfort. The small, daily decisions that seem harmless—grabbing a quick dopamine hit, skipping a workout, avoiding a difficult task—compound over time into stagnation. If you’re in Nigeria, a bottle of soft drink is more or less the price of a bag of sachet water. Properly hydrating yourself for sustained energy for at least 3 days is the same price as flooding your system with dopamine and energy that lasts for about an hour and leaves you more drained. This cuts across other areas of your life. Growth is cheaper than dying. The problem isn’t the cost—it's the mindset. We get used to prioritizing what feels good now over what keeps us strong later. And before we realize it, our daily indulgences become our greatest limitations. The Two Paths of Growth There are two types of growth: Linear Growth: Climbing the Ladder Exponential Growth: Leveraging Multipliers Linear Growth: Climbing the Ladder Linear Growth: Exponential Growth: Leveraging Multipliers Exponential Growth: Linear Growth: Climbing the Ladder Linear Growth: Climbing the Ladder Linear growth is when the value of leverage is 1. Most people grow linearly. Climb the corporate ladder. Add one rung at a time. Earn +1 more each year. Climb the corporate ladder. Add one rung at a time. Earn +1 more each year. Linear growth is predictable. Input X → Output X. Input 2X → Output 2X. Input X → Output X. Input X → Output X. Input 2X → Output 2X. Input 2X → Output 2X. The problem? You always have to push. If you stop, you die. You always have to push. Linear growth works for specialists—surgeons, lawyers, and pilots. They’re expensive because they provide immense value. But their value depends on them showing up. No surgeon, no surgery. If your goal is to build something bigger than yourself, linear growth won’t cut it. linear growth won’t cut it. Exponential Growth: Leveraging Multipliers Exponential Growth: Leveraging Multipliers Exponential growth is where the magic happens. Here, leverage skyrockets. You can work for five years and see nothing, then one weekend in a garage changes everything. one weekend in a garage changes everything. Exponential growth is uncomfortable because it’s not easy to predict. In linear growth, you can predict success because you’re following a known path. 1+1 will always equal 2. In exponential growth, you will fail 99% of the time—but the 1% that works overshadows all failures. In linear growth, you can predict success because you’re following a known path. 1+1 will always equal 2. In linear growth , you can predict success because you’re following a known path. 1+1 will always equal 2. linear growth In exponential growth, you will fail 99% of the time—but the 1% that works overshadows all failures. In exponential growth , you will fail 99% of the time—but the 1% that works overshadows all failures. exponential growth 99% of the time—but Thomas Edison, the Wright brothers, Elon Musk, Mr. Beast—they all looked like failures until they didn’t. until they didn’t. The only thing that matters is the big win at the end. the big win at the end. Linear thinkers are 99% right but 100% wrong—because they never reach the game-changing breakthrough. 99% right but 100% wrong—because Exponential growth rewards patience, persistence, and adaptability. Every failed iteration builds the foundation for eventual success. Exponential growth rewards patience, persistence, and adaptability. Start Young, Start Small, Start Now The earlier you start chasing exponential growth, the easier it is. A small example: If you earn $500/hour, risking 100 hours feels like losing $50,000. If you earn $50/hour, those same 100 hours only risk $5,000. If you earn $0/hour, you have nothing to lose. If you earn $500/hour, risking 100 hours feels like losing $50,000. If you earn $50/hour, those same 100 hours only risk $5,000. If you earn $0/hour, you have nothing to lose. The Best Investment? Yourself. People love to talk about investing in crypto, stocks, startups. But the best investment? investing in crypto, stocks, startups. You. You. Because: Other people’s mistakes can tank your investments. Their limitations become your limitations. Their failures become your failures. Other people’s mistakes can tank your investments. Other people’s mistakes can tank your investments. Their limitations become your limitations. Their limitations become your limitations. Their failures become your failures. Their failures become your failures. When you invest in yourself, you own the wins and the losses. Would you rather trust a stranger’s competence—or build your own? Milk that rots in a controlled way becomes yogurt. A grape that rots in a controlled way becomes wine. Milk that rots in a controlled way becomes yogurt. Milk that rots in a controlled way becomes yogurt. A grape that rots in a controlled way becomes wine. A grape that rots in a controlled way becomes wine. Controlled mistakes bring growth. Use your failures. Use your failures. MAKING NO MISTAKES IS THE WORST MISTAKE Some people fear doing the wrong thing, so they do nothing. This is a reminder: Doing nothing is wrong. Doing nothing is wrong. How to do nothing wrong: How to do nothing wrong: Make the most of your mistakes. If you try once, mess up, and quit—you're the guy who failed. If you keep iterating, people will eventually recognize you as the O.G. who gets things done. Control your failures. Don’t let mistakes ruin you—channel them into growth. Make the most of your mistakes. If you try once, mess up, and quit—you're the guy who failed. If you keep iterating, people will eventually recognize you as the O.G. who gets things done. Make the most of your mistakes. If you try once, mess up, and quit—you're the guy who failed. If you keep iterating, people will eventually recognize you as the O.G. who gets things done. Make the most of your mistakes. Control your failures. Don’t let mistakes ruin you—channel them into growth. Control your failures. Don’t let mistakes ruin you—channel them into growth. Control your failures. The world doesn’t wait for you to catch up. Every moment spent hesitating is a moment lost to those who take action Final Thought: Grow or Die The stock market grows by 7–10% every year. Inflation is rising. The world moves forward no matter what. If you’re stagnant, you’re already falling behind. If you’re stagnant, you’re already falling behind. You either grow—or you die. And the price of dying is much higher. Enjoy the rest of your day. ~ Praise Join my newsletter. where I break down high-performance strategies for creators, indie hackers, and anyone tired of being stuck. No fluff. No recycled self-help nonsense. Real insights to help you outperform, outlast, and outgrow the competition. Join my newsletter. where I break down high-performance strategies for creators, indie hackers, and anyone tired of being stuck. No fluff. No recycled self-help nonsense. 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