Hello friends, I know it's been a while and I'm sorry but long story short I hurt my forearms which prevented me from typing, and because of this, I began to feel hopeless. They still hurt, however, I decided just to start doing voice typing because my situation might not change, but that doesn't mean I can just give up on life.
I also decided to move my newsletter to substack, mostly because people were asking if they could see old newsletters, hopefully, it's the right choice.
🖊 Quote of the Week
"The future is already here, it's just not evenly distributed yet" - William Gibson
📚 Books I'm currently reading (Highly Recommend Both!)
Show your Work by Austin Kleon -> For people who are scared to put themselves out on the internet.
Company of One by Paul Jarvis. -> For new or experienced entrepreneurs.
🌟 What’s New
I've officially moved from brainstack.so to dantekim.com! Websites super clean, let me know what you think! (Built it myself of course)
I'm teaching myself react native so I can build the Android version of focusbyte. Currently still in the process of making the iOS version for focus bite profitable, currently experimenting with Tik-Tok will let you know how it goes.
Check out my 2020 Yearly Review and Goals for the New Year
📸 David Dobrik's $200 million Photo App Dispo
Dispo, a new social media app that aims to “restore joy and authenticity to social media,” announced Thursday it closed on a $4 million seed round led by Alexis Ohanian (Reddit founder).
Dispo is designed to simulate a real disposable camera. Users take a picture on the app and then have to wait until the next morning for the photo to develop, recreating the “delightful nostalgia” and “delayed gratification” of the days before smartphone cameras and Instagram.
The app is invite-only, following in the steps of Clubhouse.
David Dobrik truly displays the power of the personal brand. When I first began following him one year ago I wrote him off as just another youtube, but as his popularity exploded I began to see the influence he has on the Millenial and Zoomer cohort. Even though he has no business experience his loyal fan following was enough for investors to whip out their checkbooks. Other influencers that have billion-dollar personal brands I can think of: Mr.Beast, Gary Vaynerchuck, and Kylie Jenner.
⏰ The power of time preference
Larry spends 8 hours catching fish with his bare hands, Sandra spends 6 hours a day catching fish with her bare hands, and spends the other two hours trying to make a fishing pole, Larry catches 8 fish per day and Sandra only catches 6. She does this routine for one month, and after completing building her fishing rod is able to catch eight fish in 4 hours. So for the next couple of months, Sandra spends 4 hours a day fishing and is able to catch 8, she then spends the other 4 hours beginning to build a fishing boat... (From The Bitcoin Standard)
You get the idea. Always be thinking long term, and work towards honing skills that will be of useful 50 years from now and get exponentially more useful.
Tidbits
🌾 Bill Gates is now apparently America's largest farmland owner.
🪙 Bitcoin prices decreased by 13% after Elon Musk tweeted that they "seem high."
🎨 Two-thirds of NYC’s arts and culture jobs vanished last year from 2019, a new report showed.