13: Ukraine

Your grasp of the NFT space is better than his.

— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) July 13, 2022

big announcement:

today jokedao officially launches.

we're excited to launch our new site where *anyone* can create voting contests.

and it means we're the only web3 platform for bottom-up, on-chain governance.

here's how it works 👇 https://t.co/Nckaj4AMSI

— jokedao (🃏,🃏) (@jokedao_) July 13, 2022

How did an eleventh hour amendment to Dodd give rise to the fintech ecosystem as we know it today?

This article, written w/@eglyman and @loganbartlett explores how Durbin has enabled much of the innovation we've seen in fintech over the last decadehttps://t.co/MJYZObh8r9

— Emily Man (@emily__man) July 13, 2022

She’s a 9.1 but you will own nothing and be happy pic.twitter.com/bDKmpJtClx

— M (@kanga148) July 13, 2022

she's a 9.1 but it's only due to inflation

— Aubrey Strobel (@aubreystrobel) July 13, 2022

She's a 9.1 but doesn't include food or energy prices. 🍻😂

— PUBLORD (@publordhodl) July 13, 2022

I could read She’s a 9.1 jokes on the toliet all day. https://t.co/Xyusyw7p2z

— irrational exuberance (@insolventgains) July 13, 2022

She’s a 9.1 #GOPTaxScam @HouseGOP @SenateGOP @FoxNews @CNN https://t.co/jdGpt5cuTQ

— Jonathan Kaney (@JakeKaney) July 13, 2022

she’s a 9.1 but only according to her own calculation https://t.co/8lotonWhPZ

— Seha Islam⚡ (@sehaislam) July 13, 2022

It’s 46 bodies now. It might be not the last number. Rescuers retrieved 46 bodies from under the rubble of a multi-story building destroyed by a Russian missile strike on July 9 in the town of Chasiv Yar, Donetsk region. #StopRussiaNOW #StandWithUkraine pic.twitter.com/oHu3uoBqv1

— Iuliia Mendel (@IuliiaMendel) July 13, 2022

History repeating. WW1 Flanders fields in Ukraine. 2022. 🇺🇦 #StandWithUkraine #StopRussiaNOW #RussianUkrainianWar https://t.co/fqaV0ePxwO

— Institute of democratization and development (@InstituteDemUA) July 13, 2022

#Mariupol: People to survive sell what little they have or have found under the rubble, old clothes, shoes, medicines, children’s toys. There is no work or humanitarian aid. UN, UNHCR where are you? #Ukraine #StopRussiaNOW pic.twitter.com/49enkwAHZ8

— Luigi Gargano 🇮🇹 (@ilsignoredibaux) July 13, 2022

❗️#Ukrainian harvest 2022 looks like this#RussiaCausesFamine #StopRussiaNOW pic.twitter.com/PktJDAYz7X

— National resistance: Ukraine (@ResistUA) July 13, 2022

Russia - Ukraine war:

Sore, Brigadir J & Kamala;

Kherson Oblast in Ukraine is trending again, thanks to Ukrainians' protector "Saint HIMARS."

Cry me a river, Russkies😭😂🤣 #Kherson #HIMARS #StopRussiaNOW #RussiaIsATerroristState #เจอซีพฤกษ์ที่บิวเทรี่ยม #حجاب_بی_حجاب https://t.co/BnmkxXpUif

— Herry (@HerryNapit) July 13, 2022

Russia is a terrorist state. Peace will come with Ukrainian victory. #StopRussiaNow#ArmUkraineNow #StrongerTogether

— Volker Straub 🇺🇳 🇺🇦 #DefendDemocracy (@life_counts) July 13, 2022

With more HIMARS, the Ukrainian army can destroy more Russian ammunition depots throughout the country, drying out Russia's weaponry stock rapidly and ending the deaths and violence much sooner.#ArmUkraineSaveLives👨‍👩‍👧‍👦#StopRussiaNOW#StandWithUkraine🌻 https://t.co/eZe9WG8eVt

— João Costa 💚🌻🇺🇦🇵🇹🇬🇧🇪🇺 (@Joao_P_Costa) July 13, 2022

Russians used a dry weather in Ukraine to shell fields of wheat in #Zaporizhzhia and #Dnipropetrovsk oblasts and set fire to them. One picture is worth hundreds of news.

Photo by Ihor Lutsenko. #StopRussiaNOW pic.twitter.com/0LwjeMC9uD

— Olena Hrazhdan (@OlenaHrazhdan) July 13, 2022

After returning from Ukraine I can tell you one thing— it’s soooo precious to sleep under a peaceful sky.. #Ukraine #war #AirRaid #closethesky #stoprussiaNow

— Oksana Barchuk 🌻 (@OksanaBarchuk) July 13, 2022

6yo Olexandra Pascal from #Odesa used to do dance & do gymnastics.
She is now learning how to sit up after she lost her leg during a #Russian attack.

Every pro-Russians supporter should watch this & understand what they are supporting!#StopRussiaNOWpic.twitter.com/dDO5Wnh48a

— News from Ukraine (@uasupport999) July 13, 2022

Head of Kharkiv RMA Oleh Sinegubov:

"Russians destroyed or damaged in Kharkiv 210 schools from 715 as well as 21 university buildings".

Illustration: School #17, destroyed 02.06 by a Russian "Iskander" missile.#RussiaIsATerroristState #StopRussiaNOW pic.twitter.com/k37l1fwaY1

— Mykola Ponomarenko 🇫🇮🇺🇦 (@NNPonomarenko) July 13, 2022

"Lesson number one for #Russia’s neighbors is that your existence can be interrupted at any moment at the whim of the #Kremlin. Lesson number two is that Russian intervention is always to your disadvantage."#StopRussiaNOW #StopPutin https://t.co/MJgFklmXaU

— Olli Nevalainen 🇫🇮🇪🇺🇺🇦 (@NevalainenOlli) July 13, 2022

Russia had 3,300 tanks before the war. Surely someone in the Kremlin must realize their special operation is unsustainable. #StopRussiaNOW #ArmUkraineNow pic.twitter.com/bvJUbkazC4

— anaklein (@apklein51) July 8, 2022

Today, the air raid started just as I pressed the "share" button. From #Odesa, reporting on another war day--take a look. More about the narratives soon... Important! #Luhansk #Donetsk #Mykolaiv #Kharkiv and more. #StopRussiaNOW #StopRussianAgression https://t.co/T7WpIfKV4h

— Zarina Zabrisky 🇺🇦 (@ZarinaZabrisky) July 13, 2022

Mass graves in village of Stary Krym near Mariupol have doubled compared to the beginning of May. #StopRussiaNow pic.twitter.com/sYTvKVNk8t

— Giorgi Revishvili (@revishvilig) July 7, 2022

Poet, screenwriter, singer, and translator Illya Chernilevskyi died defending #Ukraine. He was 30. He was great translating into Ukrainian the songs from @Disney cartoons.
We keep losing our best.#FuckPutin #StopRussiaNOW #StandWithUkraine #ArmUkraineNow pic.twitter.com/CHMqCjvGa1

— olexander scherba🇺🇦 (@olex_scherba) July 12, 2022

🦗🦗🦗
Russia: Mother Nature is active in revenge. Here a small taster: locust invasion. It´s a lot for Russia now. The plan stopped working a very long time ago.#StopRussiaNOW #RussiaIsATerroristState https://t.co/gyc0Yboss4

— lamatzi 🇸🇪🇺🇦🌻 (@lamatzzi) July 13, 2022

UK sending 30 of these Spartan APCs to Ukraine, some of which have already been deployed. They're 45yrs old and being replaced by the British Army, but they're still very capable. Solid armour, can pack a bit of a punch. Worth about 750k USD each. #StopRussiaNOW pic.twitter.com/yS8OpCw6W8

— Rod Francis (@InRodWeTrustMTL) July 12, 2022

Zelensky: I am preparing to address the participants of the forum in The #Hague in the #Netherlands, which will be held tomorrow and dedicated to the prosecution of Russian war criminals.#Ukraine #StopRussiaNOW https://t.co/onTv4DN3Ef

— The Odessa Journal 🖋⚓ (@Odessa_Journal) July 13, 2022

Ukraine's recovery plan is estimated at $750 billion. An important source is the confiscation of the aggressor's funds. This is the position of our country. russia's assets should be directed to rebuilding of Ukraine. We invite our partners to join this process!#StopRussiaNow

— Kira Rudik (@kiraincongress) July 4, 2022

"Find a way not to follow criminal orders. Sometimes saying "no" takes the most courage"- Belarusian🇧🇾 Lt. Col. #Belarus #StopRussianAggression #StopWar #StopRussiaNOW #Ukraine #UkraineRussiaWar #UkraineWar #Ukraina #RussiaIsATerroristState #RussianWarCrimes https://t.co/BbNnWrdQa8

— Milka (@Mikka323) July 13, 2022

New Kakhovka. All that remains of the ammunition depot and the Russian base. #StopRussiaNOW https://t.co/NXsM0a5htN

— Ліна Ковтун (@LinaKovtunOl) July 12, 2022

Russians are burning fields with Ukrainian harvest. The occupiers not only kill people but also fight against wheat, which feeds more than 400 million people around the world #StopRussiaNOW pic.twitter.com/AGEMriL6M1

— Oleksiy Goncharenko (@GoncharenkoUa) July 9, 2022

Interview with Pussy Riot’s Maria Alyokhina: «We have a new Hitler in Russia».
On Putin’s crimes, her years of resistance and how appeasing Russia after the occupation of Crimea in 2014 led to all-out war against Ukraine in 2022. https://t.co/M1YxTcK5Hx#StopRussiaNOW pic.twitter.com/OkSwfRZkfE

— Arne-Wigand Baganz 🇪🇺🇺🇦 (@arnewb) July 11, 2022

Avoided it for 15 years but it looks like it’s time to be a LinkedIn influencer

— Ian Kar (@iankar_) July 12, 2022

Muhammad Ali lost years of his prime due to his anti war stance and Djokovic is scared of a needle. Not the same https://t.co/mdSXtYmm4x

— Ali (@alipasha_) July 12, 2022

#AnneHathaway at the #ValentinoHauteCouture show in #ValentinoPinkPPCollection#ValentinoTheBeginning pic.twitter.com/i37qP5iQcv

— Valentino (@MaisonValentino) July 10, 2022

Anne Hathaway channeled 1997 Kate Winslet at the @Festival_Cannes. #Titanic 💎 https://t.co/0RrbNuoD7B

— POPSUGAR (@POPSUGAR) May 20, 2022

oh anne hathaway! pic.twitter.com/RbB6aiOPSS

— 2000s (@PopCulture2000s) July 8, 2022

A friend of mine just got promoted to CEO at her startup.

What podcast / newsletters / advice / videos would you have for any first time CEO?

— Alex Friedman 🤠 (@heyalexfriedman) July 12, 2022

Ask her to hire me as a coach. My rates are low right now.

— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) July 12, 2022

Not familiar with the actual proverb but I love it pic.twitter.com/I2Mzd29hrw

— Varia Bo 💙💛 (@variainayurt) July 12, 2022

https://t.co/l8Ls2IahHM

— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) July 12, 2022

12: Tucker

Here's some candid advice on this topic from my experiences bootstrapping vs raising capital with my past startups and now with @microacquire. pic.twitter.com/73az710q3S

— Andrew Gazdecki (@agazdecki) July 12, 2022

Fair Tale in Moscow :) pic.twitter.com/JXISbVYVxm

— Yulia Kapoor ॐ ASTROLOGER (@KapoorYulia) July 11, 2022

🇮🇳💪 pic.twitter.com/htFa640Q5l

— Yulia Kapoor ॐ ASTROLOGER (@KapoorYulia) June 5, 2022

Salute of Victory in Moscow 🇷🇺 pic.twitter.com/dOJOX4qesh

— Yulia Kapoor ॐ ASTROLOGER (@KapoorYulia) May 9, 2022

Interesting fact 👌 pic.twitter.com/vSAVP39OGN

— Yulia Kapoor ॐ ASTROLOGER (@KapoorYulia) April 21, 2022

pic.twitter.com/AGz8kIwQZO

— Yulia Kapoor ॐ ASTROLOGER (@KapoorYulia) April 9, 2022

Five stages of grief are :

Denial
Anger
Bargaining
Depression
Paying in rubles

— Yulia Kapoor ॐ ASTROLOGER (@KapoorYulia) April 8, 2022

😂 pic.twitter.com/7yWxJXp5Tw

— Yulia Kapoor ॐ ASTROLOGER (@KapoorYulia) April 5, 2022

Why was everyone silent when the West made wars pic.twitter.com/Pgsq3kQnFJ

— Yulia Kapoor ॐ ASTROLOGER (@KapoorYulia) April 4, 2022

Fair enough. But this is actually a case against the war in #Ukraine.

— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) July 12, 2022

😂 pic.twitter.com/Qn1Db0qFlQ

— Yulia Kapoor ॐ ASTROLOGER (@KapoorYulia) April 1, 2022

Truly impressive. Russia is an intellectual superpower. Tolstoy, @Kasparov63 etc. https://t.co/HAppdDXblh

— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) July 12, 2022

April fool is for boys,
We ladies don't lie or cheat 😁#AprilFoolsDay

— Yulia Kapoor ॐ ASTROLOGER (@KapoorYulia) April 1, 2022

You can say since you have him on mute.

— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) July 12, 2022

5/8/23 Update: Goshen (NY) puts Third World corruption to shame, thanks to greedy, corrupt, unethical lawyers like Andra Dumais. ..... I toppled a Third World dictator and German Radio called me Robin Hood On The Internet. I am not going to get intimidated by some small-town racist. Andrea Dumais is a small-town racist. ....... You are treating me worse than the people 2,000 years ago.

12: Burn

pic.twitter.com/aytLyoLznT

— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) July 12, 2022

If you don't know what a burn is, you are borderline financial illiterate.

— CZ 🔶 Binance (@cz_binance) July 12, 2022

The worst part of Twitter is it makes folks think they’re likable…when in fact they have the personality of a wet sandwich bag.

— stevieisinNYC (@steviemctweets) July 12, 2022

What do you do?

Magic internet money.

— CZ 🔶 Binance (@cz_binance) July 12, 2022

I would like to see a startup create a netflix series as a marketing strategy

— brett goldstein (@thatguybg) July 12, 2022

Boris Johnson deserves credit for leading boldly on Ukraine. It's time for a UK prime minister with no connections to Russian money, a fresh start now that everyone's eyes are wide open to the dangers.

— Garry Kasparov (@Kasparov63) July 12, 2022

Japan is a sovereign nation. We welcome whoever we want to.
If the PRC/CCP does not like it, that’s their problem. https://t.co/NmpFRtnk89

— Hyoe Nakagiri 🇯🇵 (@donbeifromkobe) July 12, 2022

A composite index measuring the peacefulness of countries by global peace index pic.twitter.com/uKssR6BlXF

— Lochan Batala ,Ph D :洛川 博士 (@batalabeijing) July 12, 2022

a strong founder/investor call typically starts with the founder giving their succinct & compelling story:

-quick personal background
-why you started the biz
-what the biz is/does

should only take 2-3 minutes to get through this

— Gale Wilkinson @Vitalize (@galeforceVC) July 11, 2022

One minute, dinner with Mr. President of a G7 country, next minute chatting with developers about hackers.

Only 1AM. 😂

— CZ 🔶 Binance (@cz_binance) July 11, 2022

I left the best job I’ve ever had, after nearly 5 years, so I can work in #Bitcoin LFG

— Martell Fox (@Martellfox) July 11, 2022

Never doubt my knowledge again.

When I sold my second company to @Yahoo for $300 million, @paraga was a research engineer there.

Given how he has handled everything, I could probably do laps around him when it comes to data analysis. https://t.co/ICmvqj5Iis

— Gurbaksh Singh Chahal (@gchahal) July 11, 2022

Bitcoin bulls beware: Wall Street expects the cryptocurrency’s crash to get a whole lot worse https://t.co/oxDTzbi5xj

— Bloomberg Crypto (@crypto) July 11, 2022

Bitcoin is more likely to tumble to $10,000 than it is to rally back to $30,000, according to 60% of the 950 investors who responded to the latest MLIV Pulse survey.

Bitcoin fell 2.4% to $20,474 on Monday morning in New York https://t.co/oxDTzbi5xj pic.twitter.com/BjnS7ZSe6k

— Bloomberg Crypto (@crypto) July 11, 2022

Retail investors were more apprehensive about cryptocurrencies than their institutional counterparts, with almost a quarter declaring the asset class to be garbage.

Professional investors were more open-minded toward digital assets https://t.co/oxDTzbi5xj pic.twitter.com/o7Tv9NTfy7

— Bloomberg Crypto (@crypto) July 11, 2022

My debut on @business markets: Bitcoin faces another 50% drop, to $10k, investors in Bloomberg survey say. https://t.co/n7riIecWBu Written by @emilyjnicolle

— Kasia Klimasinska (@kklimasinska) July 11, 2022

I've raised over $30 million in investment from angels and VCs for my start up @theriveterco. I was 37, pregnant, & leaving a career as a litigator.

I'll share my really basic playbook for those of you just starting out without an "in" with investors. 🧵

— Amy Sterner Nelson (@Amy_K_Nelson) July 11, 2022

This is an inspiring story.

— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) July 12, 2022

Yeah, actually not good. Team is assessing damage.

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 11, 2022

Germany didn’t realize its gas storage facilities were owned by Russia. Corruption or criminal neglect? https://t.co/43ia5YEn4l

— Paul Massaro (@apmassaro3) July 11, 2022

Andrew, you should consider giving me a RT! :) The Ground Floor Of A Trillion Dollar Companyhttps://t.co/P6JL1eUHvf

— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) July 12, 2022

😧 https://t.co/CfOcdhh6z7

— DNA (@leelinau) July 11, 2022

11: Investors, Marketing

SoccerDAO

— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) July 11, 2022

guy who starts a podcast instead of going to therapy

— ankit (@ankitkr0) July 11, 2022

The Founder of a startup should always be the best salesperson in the entire team.

— Anubhav Dubey (@tbhAnubhav) July 11, 2022

Don't forget the comedian. @jackmmcclelland https://t.co/5mSXqjpJyG

— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) July 11, 2022

Marketing yourself is a superpower.

Learn it and you're an unstoppable force.

Use these 9 powerful threads to master marketing in 15 minutes.

🧵

— Justin Welsh (@thejustinwelsh) July 9, 2022

He is the man with whom every politician wants to pose for a selfie. Habitually clad in a khaki T-shirt and sporting a beard, Volodymyr Zelensky has become one of the world’s most familiar figures since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine beganhttps://t.co/R3BOZpwovq

— The Times and The Sunday Times (@thetimes) July 10, 2022

His video messages to his compatriots have boosted morale during the darkest hours of the conflict, while he has drummed up international support for his country’s cause with virtual addresses to everything from the US Congress to Glastonburyhttps://t.co/BPh6K2LB2P

— The Times and The Sunday Times (@thetimes) July 10, 2022

Before that he was the Ukrainian voice of Paddington Bear on the big screen and won the country’s equivalent of Strictly Come Dancinghttps://t.co/qKghCICvrm

— The Times and The Sunday Times (@thetimes) July 10, 2022

Meanwhile, his belief that it would be possible to sit down with Putin and negotiate an end to an eight-year-old uprising by pro-Russian separatists in the Donbas in the east had come to nothing pic.twitter.com/bQGBUI8O47

— The Times and The Sunday Times (@thetimes) July 10, 2022

He famously declared: “I need ammunition, not a ride.”

He has survived no fewer than ten assassination attempts in Kyiv, according to one of his advisershttps://t.co/Lx02QzaOyC

— The Times and The Sunday Times (@thetimes) July 10, 2022

💰Here are 13 investor databases for seed stage Founders looking to raise money.

100k+ investors.

Not Techcunch. Not AngelList. These are the databases you haven't heard of.

This is to all the Founders hustling on a Saturday 🍻 Happy hunting 🎯

— Alex Macdonald (@alexfmac) August 14, 2021

Whether it’s central Punjab or north ,west & south Punjab there is only one voice #PunjabKaptaanKa pic.twitter.com/vBQAEWZu4Q

— Daud Zaman (@TheDaudzaman) July 11, 2022

This is Muzzafargarh. Look at it and weep.

Yes I mean weep. @PTIofficial will sweep Punjab Insha Allah next Sunday. Make no mistakes.

pic.twitter.com/1e5bT6yVvg

— Mir Mohammad Alikhan (@MirMAKOfficial) July 11, 2022

Absolutely

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 11, 2022

VCs as soon as an ex-Stripe engineer updates bio to “building something new”pic.twitter.com/Xks11fpgCP

— launch house 🏠 (@launchhouse) July 11, 2022

https://t.co/mQWTe8T1ir

— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) July 11, 2022

@cdixon What we need is a T100, a global conglomeration of the top 100 companies by market cap who will help legislatures around the world with crypto regulation.

— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) July 11, 2022

Ask for money, get advice. Ask for advice, get money twice.

— Max Reiff (@mreiffy) July 5, 2022

Finally some promising news re inflation https://t.co/otpdiPEJFI

— Max Reiff (@mreiffy) June 30, 2022

Baratunde Thurston Wants You to Be Part of Nature. Right Now. The author of “How to Be Black” and host of the “How to Citizen with Baratunde” podcast wants you to experience the outdoors with a new PBS television series. ........ “I got to hang out with true outdoor enthusiasts and was reminded that you don’t have to be obsessive, or particularly well-resourced, to enjoy the outdoors.” ......... I also met people just in their backyards who maybe don’t have the gear, the car rack, or a subscription to an outdoor magazine, but they know the value of putting their hands in dirt and growing food. ......... The most challenging by far: sand surfing. Walking in sand, first of all, it’s not fun. That’s a great challenge. I really toned my calves and my glutes and my thighs. ........ and when you go down a sandy hill, you have to walk back up. There’s no shortcut. It was a lot! .......

Death Valley was full of life.

It was our first shoot and pretty quickly, I was as offended as the Indigenous people by the name because it just sounds barren. .......... Of course, being with the Timbisha Shoshone members, who say this place should be called Timbisha, not Death Valley just because some white dude got lost. That’s disrupted expectations just because of what it’s called. ............ Minnesota is having mad fires now. We couldn’t see Lake Superior. I had to wear an N95 mask when we weren’t shooting, because it was burning inside. ......... The Indigenous people I spoke to have a culture of being a part of nature, as opposed to apart from nature. We got to relearn that. That was a really big takeaway for me, especially as the climate gets more volatile in the next decades. .

If you’re disciplined, 4 years of self-education will get you 10x farther than a 4-year degree.

— Dakota Robertson (@WrongsToWrite) July 10, 2022

Gas prices have dropped very day for the past 25 days.

How can I get one of those pump stickers with Joe Biden and "I did this" on them? ;)

(Not to mention: 372,000 new jobs; Unemployment at 3.6%, a fifty-year low; Hourly wages up 5.1% as unionization sweeps the country.)

— Thom Hartmann (@Thom_Hartmann) July 9, 2022

Accountable Entrepreneurs

1. They take responsibility.
2. They don't make excuses.
3. They are on time.
4. They control their own fate.
5. They own their feelings.
6. They manage expectations.
7. They collaborate.
8. They don't expect praise.

— Mehta Sanjay (@mehtasanjay) July 11, 2022

my one dating tip in life is to never be with someone who makes you feel responsible for their mood. unique and horrible form of torture

— Ava (@noampomsky) July 11, 2022

This should be fun. The prevalence of bots (Russian and otherwise) on Twitter will now be reviewed in a court of law. Thanks @elonmusk https://t.co/865MN2tz8v

— Bill Browder (@Billbrowder) July 11, 2022

We almost always stay in hotels instead of Airbnb. I’d rather pay for full @wander experience (car, snacks, gym, sauna, views, etc etc ) than an ab&b in some random neighborhood.

— Kirtan Desai (@kirtandesai) July 10, 2022

The Marketing Genius Of Lil Nas X

💡The marketing genius of Lil Nas X

THREAD ...

— Marketing Examples (@GoodMarketingHQ) February 4, 2020

1/ When Lil Nas X dropped out of college to pursue music he didn’t write many song.

His sole focus was on growing an audience.

He lived on Twitter, made friends, and got popular posting memes. Quickly his account grew to 30,000 followers.

— Marketing Examples (@GoodMarketingHQ) February 4, 2020

2/ The plan was to use his following to promote his music. But it wasn’t that simple.

“I’d post a funny meme and get 2,000 retweets. Then I’d post a song and get 10.“ — @LilNasX

— Marketing Examples (@GoodMarketingHQ) February 4, 2020

3/ So Nas got creative.

He stopped tweeting SoundCloud links and started writing a song he could promote through memes.

“It had to be short. It had to be catchy. It had to be funny.“ — @LilNasX

— Marketing Examples (@GoodMarketingHQ) February 4, 2020

4/ Old Town Road was the result.

Nas paired it with a video of a dancing cowboy and shared it with his followers: https://t.co/TOEHUbYDmj

— Marketing Examples (@GoodMarketingHQ) February 4, 2020

5/ The video went viral. So Nas stuck to this formula:

• Short viral videos
• To the tune of Old Town Road
• Full song linked underneath

As an unknown artist, it was the only way he could get the word out. And the views started piling up.

— Marketing Examples (@GoodMarketingHQ) February 4, 2020

6/ Inspired by Old Town Road's success on Twitter it spread to TikTok, and even onto Billboard’s country music charts.

Yes, the country music charts. Nas listed it as a country song aware that the charts were less competitive.

— Marketing Examples (@GoodMarketingHQ) February 4, 2020

7/ One week later Billboard removed it for “not being a country song”.

Ironically, this was the best thing that could have possibly happened.

Billboard's decision turned Old Town Road into a national talking point and two weeks later it was No. 1.

— Marketing Examples (@GoodMarketingHQ) February 4, 2020

8/ Nas wasn't stopping. He lined up remixes with some of music's biggest stars.

Billboard has a loophole where remix plays count towards the original song's chart placement.

With every remix millions more streams poured in, and Old Town Road became impossible to budge.

— Marketing Examples (@GoodMarketingHQ) February 4, 2020

9/ 17 weeks later he'd broke Mariah Carey’s record for the most consecutive weeks at No. 1.

It’s easy to forget what an extraordinary story this is.

5 months earlier, Nas was a college dropout sleeping on his sister’s couch with a negative balance in his Wells Fargo account.

— Marketing Examples (@GoodMarketingHQ) February 4, 2020

10/ “A lot of people like to say a kid accidentally got lucky. No. This was no accident.“ — @LilNasX

The more I learned about Nas the more I believed him.

— Marketing Examples (@GoodMarketingHQ) February 4, 2020

11/ A key moment in Old Town Road's rise was a video of a man standing on a galloping horse going viral on Twitter.

The audio was set to Old Town Road. Different versions of the video were viewed millions of times.

— Marketing Examples (@GoodMarketingHQ) February 4, 2020

12/ I wanted to know how the video spread, so I did some digging and found it first posted on the 24th December:

I asked the Twitter user why he made the video. He told me Nas had DM'd him the idea. But it doesn't end there ... https://t.co/BkrVe1TIrl

— Marketing Examples (@GoodMarketingHQ) February 4, 2020

13/ Aware that people watching the video would search the full song, Nas changed the song title on YouTube and SoundCloud to include the lyric from the viral video.

He also posted the lyric on Reddit which ranked on Google: pic.twitter.com/41FoqOflks

— Marketing Examples (@GoodMarketingHQ) February 4, 2020

14/ Things didn’t happen to Nas. Things happened because of Nas.

Virality is not mystical.

Take a peek behind the curtain. Nas is sitting in his underpants, on his sister's couch, iPhone in hand, making the whole thing happen.

— Marketing Examples (@GoodMarketingHQ) February 4, 2020

15/ No one knew him. No one cared about his music. No one promoted anything for him.

He made friends, made them laugh, and built an audience.

Then he packaged his song in a way that fit into their life. https://t.co/DCp02WAWfd

— Marketing Examples (@GoodMarketingHQ) February 4, 2020

“The marketing genius of Lil Nas X“ 👉 https://t.co/8HK9zf6avX

— Marketing Examples (@GoodMarketingHQ) February 4, 2020

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Over and out - Harry

— Marketing Examples (@GoodMarketingHQ) February 4, 2020

Ok, so this thread went “viral“ on Twitter.

But, let's peek behind the curtain once again.
Because it's not magic!

I have a big email list who got sent the article.
I added the pink box to the bottom of the email.

And, it seems to have worked ... pic.twitter.com/hANNgQZsqT

— Marketing Examples (@GoodMarketingHQ) February 5, 2020

Aazar Shad: Marketing

13 Marketing Threads That Will Teach You More Than Any Marketing Class 🧵

— Aazar Shad (@Aazarshad) July 11, 2022

1/ 14 Bootstrap Marketing Ideas To Grow Todayhttps://t.co/PePsRQCZXd

— Aazar Shad (@Aazarshad) July 11, 2022

2/ How to Run Facebook Ads in 2022https://t.co/sHqOhxrjig

— Aazar Shad (@Aazarshad) July 11, 2022

Who is the best salesperson you know?

— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) July 11, 2022

3/ How to Sell Effectively https://t.co/pxEynWhLN6

— Aazar Shad (@Aazarshad) July 11, 2022

4/ 10 Counterintuitive Career Lessons in Marketinghttps://t.co/GR4FCs8KAy

— Aazar Shad (@Aazarshad) July 11, 2022

5/ Marketing Books That Will Change Your Lifehttps://t.co/TT21gzQzHc

— Aazar Shad (@Aazarshad) July 11, 2022

6/ How to Use SEO to Convert Searchers NOWhttps://t.co/rByyACdfqC

— Aazar Shad (@Aazarshad) July 11, 2022

7/ Marketing Courses That Can Accelerate Your Careerhttps://t.co/D652FHqilr

— Aazar Shad (@Aazarshad) July 11, 2022

8/ How to Use Psychology To Convert Without Increasing Traffichttps://t.co/pZ2u49Fkgh

— Aazar Shad (@Aazarshad) July 11, 2022

9/ TikTok Ads to Exploit The Algorithm Right Nowhttps://t.co/9YLjF0lwhX

— Aazar Shad (@Aazarshad) July 11, 2022

10/ Don't Make These Facebook Ads Mistakeshttps://t.co/EhGNti3nYM

— Aazar Shad (@Aazarshad) July 11, 2022

11/ How to Run Affiliate Marketinghttps://t.co/3VCd5OckXg

— Aazar Shad (@Aazarshad) July 11, 2022

12/ How to Tell Compelling Storieshttps://t.co/s7SeuOYuqa

— Aazar Shad (@Aazarshad) July 11, 2022

13/ How to Build Relationships on Internethttps://t.co/JjIAGMGvKa

— Aazar Shad (@Aazarshad) July 11, 2022

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— Aazar Shad (@Aazarshad) July 11, 2022

How do you like my story? Building Credit History For Everybody https://t.co/CMscYpswVL Comments?

— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) July 11, 2022

Here's a lesson on how to do cold outreach right.

Don't ask someone for "coffee" or a "quick 20 min call"

(or worst of all - "to pick their brain". You brain pickers stay away)

Here's an example of how my cousin hustled & got connected with @chamath

— Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) February 3, 2021

A day later, @Amaansayed_ builds the website in Webflow - the site is live: https://t.co/HK937Q4Xf7

They email it to chamath & go to sleep pic.twitter.com/lEz07XT1Vy

— Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) February 3, 2021

So good!

— Nathan Barry (@nathanbarry) February 4, 2021

11: Comedian, VC, Founder

See you at 200K.

— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) July 11, 2022

Q: how is @binance doing now #bitcoin price is $20k?

Me: when @binance started, #bitcoin price was $2k.

— CZ 🔶 Binance (@cz_binance) July 10, 2022

Anti-Putin coalition, you say? Why the hell did #France allow Russian government plane fly over its territory?
I want #Russian politicians to go home by train & car, spending several days on it, as #Ukrainians, including me, are doing now to get to Brussels, Strasbourg or Berlin. pic.twitter.com/QJokTzaio9

— Inna Sovsun (@InnaSovsun) July 9, 2022

4/ Like this 'joke' that Graham posted.

Despite YC being a very innovative idea 17 years ago, this is a decidedly 'square' joke: it's punching down, insulting the diner & all of Boston.

(I live in Boston & took issue with it.)https://t.co/bLG91wYIkc

— Paul Griffiths (@paul_griffiths) July 9, 2022

8/ TL;DR
'Squareness' is bad biz for VCs to embrace, IMHO & it's not 'wokeness' to recognize historical imbalances of power still impact VC funding decisions, to everyone's detriment pic.twitter.com/YNxNAJEArt

— Paul Griffiths (@paul_griffiths) July 9, 2022

Yep, this metaphor checks out.

And having bartended at a comedy club in undergrad, I’d also add that the funny comedians were super humble, and the unfunny comedians thought they were killing it. I think there’s a parallel there too 💀

— Rebekah Bastian (@rebekah_bastian) July 9, 2022

A founder, a VC, and a comedian show up at the bar. The comedian hops onto the other side for the evening shift. The founder grabs the mic instead. The VC tips.

— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) July 9, 2022

IMO too.

— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) July 9, 2022

👏

— Amy Goldfarb (@IsaidSoDidntI) July 9, 2022

Only married people understand the joy of shopping for supplies for their own surprise birthday party.

— Anshumani Ruddra (@baboonzero) July 9, 2022

End Russo-centrism

— Paul Massaro (@apmassaro3) July 9, 2022

During the Cold War, if you were found to be taking Soviet money, you’d be labeled a traitor. Now, former officials and security elites take money from foreign adversaries shamelessly

— Paul Massaro (@apmassaro3) July 8, 2022

The world if junior VCs never gave advice and only made intros pic.twitter.com/F5wi4Us6Be

— Samuel Spitz ✈️ NYC (7/11 - 7/18) (@samuel_spitz) July 8, 2022

We have more Americans working in the private sector today than any day during the former president's time in office.

In the second quarter of this year, we created more jobs than in any quarter under any of my predecessors in the nearly 40 years before the pandemic.

— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) July 8, 2022

Yes!

— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) July 9, 2022

A pregnant woman drove in the HOV lane alone in Texas and is arguing she can’t be ticketed because the Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade… and now Texas law says that a fetus is a person 😂 pic.twitter.com/7kPkWIDUxa

— Lucy Guo (Hiring Engineers & Designers) (@lucy_guo) July 9, 2022

pictured: everyone who was married in San Francisco City Hall, from 10am to 2pm, July 8th, 2022 and also myself pic.twitter.com/yFEZ3ZlgKN

— Vincent Woo (@fulligin) July 9, 2022

this week I accepted a 100% remote offer as a Healthcare Business Analyst/Tech Writer, doubling my salary + a fully funded relocation I want 🥺 I’m officially a #blackwomanintech y’all

— 💫 (@kearaplease) July 8, 2022

If Elon Musk can afford to pay $1 BILLION to NOT buy Twitter, he can afford to pay his fair share of taxes.

— Jack Cocchiarella (@JDCocchiarella) July 8, 2022

Everything in our condo is gorgeous. Marble everywhere, Sub-Zero, Siberian Oak floors... but the interior doors and closet doors are flimsy as can be.

— Rakesh Agrawal (@rakeshlobster) July 9, 2022

(1/5) Looking to start a #biotech ? Here are the most active investors by stage - Seed, Series A, Series B

With our commentary of course! 🧵👇 pic.twitter.com/RL1ug6Miu3

— BowTiedBiotech 🧪🔬🧬 (@BowTiedBiotech) July 9, 2022

not many think pieces on sri lanka just yet. the problem is our writers have to google the country, first, and figure out how to graft their politics into the u.s. culture war. give it until monday, i think.

— Mike Solana (@micsolana) July 9, 2022

As someone who has worked with over 1,000 startups, 500 angel investors, and now $2 billion in PE deals, I’m really excited to see what @agazdecki is building with @microacquire. A thread 🧵👇

— Mark Thorsen (@markthorsen_) July 8, 2022

I think you and I could treat this as a business challenge and bring World Cup to India by simply investing in a team/league (Calcutta) that scoops up talent across the country. #possible

— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) July 9, 2022

Streamlining the investment process will lead to faster closes and avoid unnecessary delays ("time kills all deals").

— Mark Thorsen (@markthorsen_) July 8, 2022

@AngelList proved out angel syndicates. An equal or greater opportunity exists for micro PE syndicates.

And, it's an opportunity to leverage @Angelist's experience setting up angel syndicates for micro PE syndicates (pretty cool that @naval is a @microacquire investor).

— Mark Thorsen (@markthorsen_) July 8, 2022

I think the biggest money might be in small, innovative products that are not making money but would be great innovation gene slices to plant into stale Fortune 500 companies.

— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) July 9, 2022

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— NoCodeDevs ✪ (@nocodedevs) July 9, 2022

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— NoCodeDevs ✪ (@nocodedevs) July 9, 2022

Losers on #TruthSocial ... again: pic.twitter.com/HPKHdgnQvw

— ava anderson🌊🌊🌊 (@avaanderson87) July 9, 2022

Honestly, I never understood why they named it Truth Social when it actually bans the truth. Why not name It Lie Social since you can't event tell the truth about how the #GOPDomesticTerrorists and Trump were behind January 6th on there?#TruthSocial pic.twitter.com/M1og1Vrhif

— King Leloge V. Roachia - #IStandWithUkraine (@RoachKing6) July 9, 2022

Lolol. Don Jr and MAGA losing it over Elon Musk not buying Twitter. Jr should focus on the Trump Truth Social investigation 😉😂🤣😅#TruthSocial pic.twitter.com/L9gjz1HAeZ

— 🌻🦋💙Alex💙🦋🌻 (@AlexButterfly01) July 9, 2022

Afore 1M

I am counting on becoming Afore Capital's next 1M investment. They are rocking it. @anamitra @ekaurghar @kaylakav @venkateshkr @rileyfinch13 @gjain @AforeVC https://t.co/CMscYpswVL

— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) July 10, 2022

Woman I met recently told me she wouldn’t stop until she was a billionaire. Or even after that. Have never heard a woman say that. Smiled and said me too.

— Nichole Wischoff (@NWischoff) July 10, 2022

A Next-Generation Social Network https://t.co/q9VL1F1f3p @Hadley

— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) July 9, 2022

I am sorry but you seem to have fallen for the caricature. Woke is about facing the fact of the traditionally marginalized. And bringing them on board. Getting them to participate. Breaking the glass walls and ceilings that hold them down. People of all backgrounds want a seat.

— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) July 9, 2022

In lieu of @ElonMusk walking away from @Twitter's transaction, my team did an analysis on Twitter's user base as of this morning. The last two stats are the most "telling." pic.twitter.com/oKlJB5GDpT

— Gurbaksh Singh Chahal (@gchahal) July 9, 2022

🔺 EXCLUSIVE: Ukraine is massing a million-strong fighting force equipped with western weapons to recover its southern territory from Russia, the nation’s defence minister has revealed to The Times https://t.co/it1vJpDzpq

— The Times and The Sunday Times (@thetimes) July 10, 2022

In his first interview with a British newspaper since the invasion began, Oleksii Reznikov said President Zelensky had ordered Ukraine’s military to retake occupied coastal areas which are vital to the country’s economy

— The Times and The Sunday Times (@thetimes) July 10, 2022

🗣️ “We understand that, politically, it’s very necessary for our country. The president has given the order to the supreme military chief to draw up plans. After that the general staff are doing their homework and say to achieve this goal we need XYZ,” he said

— The Times and The Sunday Times (@thetimes) July 10, 2022

🗣️ “It was a long process, a month and a half, but we got a result. Ukraine had a Soviet-era armed forces with thirty-year-old weapons. We changed this in three months,” Reznikov said

— The Times and The Sunday Times (@thetimes) July 10, 2022

The minister, 56, said he was satisfied with the support Ukraine was receiving from Nato partners but not the pace of deliveries.

🗣️ “We need more, quickly, to save the lives of our soldiers. Each day we’re waiting for howitzers, we can lose a hundred soldiers”

— The Times and The Sunday Times (@thetimes) July 10, 2022

I am counting on becoming Afore Capital's next 1M investment. They are rocking it. @anamitra @ekaurghar @kaylakav @venkateshkr @rileyfinch13 @gjain @AforeVC https://t.co/CMscYpswVL

— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) July 10, 2022

Building Credit History For Everybody https://t.co/CMscYpswVL

— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) July 10, 2022

Alibaba used a person’s e-commerce activities on its very website to vouch for their creditworthiness. And it has worked like magic. https://t.co/CMscYpswVL

— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) July 10, 2022

I also want to build credit histories for people who might have social capital and no other capital at all. https://t.co/CMscYpswVL

— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) July 10, 2022

My company would want to provide an e-Estonia for countries like Nepal. For 10% of the cost, you will get 100 times better government services. All you have to do is agree to switch. https://t.co/CMscYpswVL

— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) July 10, 2022

My revenue is going to come from the US government which makes it rain for the defense contractors. https://t.co/CMscYpswVL

— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) July 10, 2022

I am going to do Kiva times a million, P2P, ordinary person to ordinary person. Velocity can be magic: money at the speed of light. https://t.co/CMscYpswVL

— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) July 10, 2022

Building credit histories for the people who are officially the most creditworthy people, dollar for dollar, should be easy peezy squeezy. https://t.co/CMscYpswVL

— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) July 10, 2022

They pay back better than anyone else.

— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) July 10, 2022

I know Moscow feels like the heart of evil right now, but it’s also a real place where there are parks and summer and people contemplating how to live now… Here, Patriarch’s Pond today, straight from Bulgakov. pic.twitter.com/PjJgbaZ0Rt

— Sasha Vasilyuk (@SashaVasilyuk) July 10, 2022

Yes!

— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) July 10, 2022

Ukraine must be allowed to strike military sites in occupied Belarus, occupied Crimea, and Russia

— Paul Massaro (@apmassaro3) July 10, 2022

I used to push off important non-career things.

I’ll do X after I leave Wall Street, finish my MBA, raise a fund, etc.

I’ve been able to exercise consistently in 2022, but now it’s time to eat healthy and get more organized.

No more excuses - the time is now.

— Jarrid Tingle (@jarridvtingle) July 10, 2022

Afore 1M https://t.co/RCWwB1wdiL @anamitra @ekaurghar @kaylakav @venkateshkr @rileyfinch13 @gjain @AforeVC @jackmmcclelland @elonmusk @gchahal @cz_binance @brian_armstrong @Hadley @nihalmehta @Aroosh_ND @vkhosla @wadhwa #blockchain #cryptocurrency #Ukraine #UkraineRussiaWar

— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) July 10, 2022