Big week. Just applied to @hf0. The environment they cultivate is sick, and this generated image at the end of the application is a nice touch. Raised a few days ago, things are moving, and I'm excited as hell!

This is one of the best things that happened to our team

Someone asked how to expand startups' ideas. The best way is to shrink the idea down to its essence, then ask how broadly that essential idea could be expanded. You have to shrink it first, though, or there will be random stuff left in it that impedes its expansion.

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The energy in the Gundo is stronger than ever. As @elliot_fp says to @ti_morse, the level of mission alignment and integrity of founders remains unmatched. There’s no where else to go. Join us at Discipulus.

My first interview with Elliot F. Poirier (@elliot_fp) co-founder of Watoga Watoga is building the AI operating system for the mining industry 0:26 Almost being stabbed at a mining conference 3:23 How Elliot got interested in mining 6:17 Math & divinity 11:45 Company building 17:30 Watoga, Fallout, Rockhound 19:27 Why Watoga is based in Québec 22:08 Starting Watoga 28:40 What is blasting 31:34 Building an AI operating system for mines 40:06 Building relationships in the mining industry 43:32 Going through Discipulus 48:34 First customers 51:05 Finding talent in Québec 53:35 El Segundo Airbnb story 55:22 Focus for the next year 1:00:30 Hardest thing he’s overcome

The older I get, the more I realize that success at most things isn't about finding the one trick or secret nobody knows about. ㅤ It's consistently doing the boring, mundane things everyone knows about but is too unfocused/undisciplined to do. ㅤ Get good at boring.

I asked Guillermo how can you improve your taste and he gave an answer that really resonated: just be more present and attuned to what's happening in the moment. "Presence gives you clarity of mind and allows you to capture nuances, reactions, little things about the world."

Sam Altman’s life advice:

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