Naval Ravikant (@naval) is the CEO and co-founder of AngelList. He has invested in more than 100 companies, including Uber, Twitter, Yammer, and many others.
AngelList is a social media site whose mission is to connect startups with investors and investors with each other. The site makes money by taking a carry on all profits from the syndicate.
Naval has invested in Twitter, FourSquare, Docverse, Mixer labs, Jambbol, SnapLogic, PlanCast, Stack Overflow, Heyzap and Disqus.
How to Get Rich (without getting lucky):
— Naval (@naval) May 31, 2018
How to Get Rich (without getting lucky):
— Naval (@naval) May 31, 2018
You’re not going to get rich renting out your time. You must own equity – a piece of a business – to gain your financial freedom.
— Naval (@naval) May 31, 2018
Pick an industry where you can play long term games with long term people.
— Naval (@naval) May 31, 2018
Play iterated games. All the returns in life, whether in wealth, relationships, or knowledge, come from compound interest.
— Naval (@naval) May 31, 2018
Pick business partners with high intelligence, energy, and, above all, integrity.
— Naval (@naval) May 31, 2018
Arm yourself with specific knowledge, accountability, and leverage.
— Naval (@naval) May 31, 2018
Specific knowledge is knowledge that you cannot be trained for. If society can train you, it can train someone else, and replace you.
— Naval (@naval) May 31, 2018
Learn to sell. Learn to build. If you can do both, you will be unstoppable.
— Naval (@naval) May 31, 2018
Fortunes require leverage. Business leverage comes from capital, people, and products with no marginal cost of replication (code and media).
— Naval (@naval) May 31, 2018
An army of robots is freely available – it's just packed in data centers for heat and space efficiency. Use it.
— Naval (@naval) May 31, 2018
If you can't code, write books and blogs, record videos and podcasts.
— Naval (@naval) May 31, 2018
SOURCES – Naval Ravikant, Twitter, Youtube
Brian Wang is a Futurist Thought Leader and a popular Science blogger with 1 million readers per month. His blog Nextbigfuture.com is ranked #1 Science News Blog. It covers many disruptive technology and trends including Space, Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, Medicine, Anti-aging Biotechnology, and Nanotechnology.
Known for identifying cutting edge technologies, he is currently a Co-Founder of a startup and fundraiser for high potential early-stage companies. He is the Head of Research for Allocations for deep technology investments and an Angel Investor at Space Angels.
A frequent speaker at corporations, he has been a TEDx speaker, a Singularity University speaker and guest at numerous interviews for radio and podcasts. He is open to public speaking and advising engagements.