Top Twitter Threads on Startups & Entrepreneurs

Greg Isenberg interviewed five billionaires.

Their lessons on life, startups, and entrepreneurship:

Vitalik Buterin created the Ethereum platform when he was just 19.

Incredibly, by that age he already had deep knowledge of crypto and had plenty of work experience.

Lesson: start early.

Dan Rose on his experiences working under both Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg.

Very different styles and cultures, but both deeply inspiring:

Brian Bourque on the adventures of joining a startup and its journey to being a $1 billion company.

Lesson: never quit:

Sam DeBrule on the story of Figma, which went from startup to $20 billion company after its purchase by Adobe.

Lessons:

1. Startups are messy 2. There's no "overnight success"

Frederick Gieschen on the rise and rise of Bernard Arnault and LVMH.

He became King of Luxury via brilliant acquisition and understanding of how creativity meets commerce:

Peter Diamandis on Elon Musk, arguably the greatest entrepreneur of our era.

Shreyas Doshi on how to execute.

Ideas are cheap, but execution separates average companies from great ones.

StartupStories on the origin story of Netflix and the case of the $40 late return fine from Blockbuster.

Jesse Pujji on the emotional cost of working in a startup.

"40 learnings about entrepreneurship I wish I knew sooner":