For 5 years, I focused on building the business and barely shared it. Plenty of people are more visible with less leverage. From now on, I'm showing exactly what it took to build my business doing $100M+ in yearly revenue. Follow along if you want to too.

A startup isn't supposed to make money. It's supposed to grow fast and maximize the odds of returning a multiple to its investors. Once you take VC money, your job is to increase value, not generate profit. If a company in my portfolio is sitting on profits, I'm annoyed. That cash should be going back into growth. If you own 100% of your company, do whatever you want with the profits. Pay yourself a dividend. Buy a boat. Your call. With VC funding, it doesn't work that way. Dividends sometimes become acceptable after an IPO, long after anyone still calls the company a startup. Profit isn't the goal, it's what's left when you've run out of better places to put the money.

simplest way to fix your attention span is to meditate often. Force your mind to focus on your breathe for 5-10mins.

While Trump vilifies Somali Americans and dehumanizes an entire community, a young man in Minnesota risked his life to save a school bus full of children. You'd be honored to have a Somali family as neighbors. Thank you Ebro Ahmed. May Allah bless and protect you.