Naval Ravikant's tweetstorm: A series of short essays in response
A new weekly series of micro-essays, each one in response to one of the most influential moments in the social media age.
The Naval Ravikant tweetstorm series links
More to follow — bookmark this post and return to it every week to read the latest essay, or subscribe to Fee Sheet here.
Who is Naval Ravikant?
First off, in case you’re wondering who Naval Ravikant might be, a short intro.
Born: New Delhi, India
Lives: Palo Alto, California, USA
Business: Co-Founder of multiple companies, including Epinions, AngelList, AirChat
Investor: Co-Founder of investment vehicles MetaStable Capital and Spearhead. Early-stage investor in multiple companies, including Uber, FourSquare, Twitter, Wish.com, Poshmark, Postmates, Thumbtack, Notion, SnapLogic, Opendoor, Clubhouse, Stack Overflow, Bolt, OpenDNS, Yammer, and Clearview AI
Net worth: If you believe Google Rich Snippets, $60 million
Family: Brother of Kamal Ravikant, entrepreneur, investor and author of the 2020 bestseller Love Yourself Like Your Live Depends On It
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Naval’s “How to Get Rich (without getting lucky”) tweetstorm was a long Twitter thread from the time when both Twitter and threads were a thing — the renamed X social network now allows subscribers to write posts much longer than the old 280-character limit.
His social media profiles are all @ naval, and his website is nav.al. To many people, Naval Ravikant will always be known simply as Naval.
Why I’m writing this essay series
Three things I won’t be doing:
I won’t pretend to add to or supplement Naval’s wisdom.
I won’t be trying to piggyback on Naval’s teachings for my own gain.
I won’t be extrapolating any odd interpretations from Naval’s tweetstorm.
What I will be doing, in one short essay posted each week, is to respond, offering my own personal thoughts, experiences and insights to each of the 39 tweets in turn.
My main goal is a selfish one.
I want to assimilate this knowledge, which I believe carries the essence of a successful life by any measure, but which, through the format of the tweet, might sometimes be seen as too brief, throwaway and easily overlooked.
And if by doing so I can help others do the same, then everyone wins.
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