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Social Leverage Letter | Issue #37
Big Tech Lessons, The Luck Factor, Managing Risk, Global Macro and the Current Panic
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"Luck is a dividend of sweat. The more you sweat, the luckier you get."
READING
CNBC Make It
“Culturally, we’ve built a company that’s sort of a hybrid of all the companies I’ve worked at,” Masud tells CNBC Make It. “We’re able to take the best pieces out of the places I’ve had experiences and apply those.”
TechCrunch
According to Crunchbase, venture capital dollar volume peaked in November 2021. The pullback should not be a surprise, startup valuations have begun to fall at most stages.
From our blog
Building a risk immune system is critical for individuals and organizations; especially startups. Risk control factors like communication, narrative, action, and bias, to name a few, are all part of how well you can detect, assess, and mitigate risks.
LISTENING:
Tim Ferriss
Richard Wiseman is a Professor at the University of Hertfordshire. He has published over 100 peer-reviewed articles on the psychology of magic and illusion, the paranormal, luck, and self-help. His books on psychology include The Luck Factor: The Scientific Study of the Lucky Mind and 59 Seconds: Think a Little, Change a Lot. His psychology-based YouTube videos have over 500 million views.
Panic with Friends
David Woo is a former Wall Street Investment Strategist and now he’s the CEO of David Woo Unbound, where he’s leveling the playing field for Main Street. His blog, podcast, and YouTube are a global forum promoting fact-based debates about markets, politics, and economics. David is known for his many correct contrarian calls and he’s got some really strong opinions, ideas, and forecasts.
WATCHING
LVMH owns a total of 75 different brands ranging from Christian Dior and Celine to Louis Vuitton and Bulgari. This video explains how Bernard Arnault built LVMH and went on to become one of the richest people in the world.
WHAT WE'RE READING
Here's what caught our eye over the past week.
Mapped: Solar and Wind Power by Country
The new recruitment rules for an agile workforce
Bolt Built $11 Billion Business With Inflated Metrics and Eager Investors
After 15 Years Writing About Startups This Journalist Became An Entrepreneur
A 22-year-old TikToker accepted by MIT, Yale, and Stanford is making six figures helping kids get into their dream colleges
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