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3 years

I just landed a major deal after messaging the CEO 15 times with no answer. Instead of assuming they’d get upset, I assumed they were busy. Being shameless pays.

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The biggest lesson I’ve learned in building a $4B company: It’s all about the people. I’m thrilled to announce today that Bolt is the first tech unicorn to officially shift to a 4 day work week. Here’s why we did it and how we came to the decision 👇👇👇

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It’s official: Bolt is now the first tech unicorn to permanently switch to a 4 day work week 🚀⚡️🔥 Our 3 month experiment proved every core thesis: Heightened 1/ Productivity 2/ Engagement 3/ Wellness We’re never going back and here’s why 👇

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The CEO’s job, a thread:

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People ask how I’m so productive. The secret: productivity is a process of REMOVAL. Time is such an easy thing to waste... Here’s what you can remove from your life to save up to 60 hrs/week 👇👇👇

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I'm convinced that Twitter is the ultimate personal development tool. Follow the right people, and it can change your life. It certainly has changed mine. Here are the accounts I learn from most, including recent threads 👇

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I strongly recommend not drinking alcohol anymore 🚀🚀🚀

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Over the last 5 years, I built a $4B company. Sounds awesome right? Not until recently. I made every mistake imaginable. The toughest part was getting my head right. Here are the 12 mindset rules that I’ve developed.

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How to run a company (in priority order):

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How to build a sales team:

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Alcohol is to gen z what cigarettes are to millennials.

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How to start a company:

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10 sales tactics that work:

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We're going through one of the biggest shifts in the history of the world: The businesses of yesterday consolidated power. The businesses of tomorrow distributes power. Understand this and the future is yours. Need help? Let's dive in with examples 👇👇👇

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At Bolt we grew from $400M to $4B in the last 10 months. That's a 10x in 10 months. This wasn’t an accident, but it also wasn’t a given. The shift? We started making EVERY day count. What exactly does that mean? Let's break it down 👇👇👇

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At Bolt we’ve experimented with 1000s of interview questions. It’s been trial by fire, but the result is we’ve now hired 300+ amazing people. For 5+ years, I interviewed every single candidate. Here are my 15 highest impact questions to include in your hiring process 👇

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ALL companies, large and small, are messy. Like, REALLY messy. And we all learn WAY more from sharing the mess than the success. Yet so few do. Here’s our TOP 10 mistakes at Bolt over the last eight years, and our learnings from each one:

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How to build company culture:

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99% of people blame 1% of people fix

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If your company has a meeting culture it will never retain top talent.

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Average companies spend all their time thinking about competitors. Great companies spend all their time thinking about customers.

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Over the last 7 years I’ve built 2 multi-billion dollar companies. It’s been grueling. We don’t share these lessons enough. So I decided to do that over the last month. The feedback has been awesome - 25k new followers in 1 month. Here’s a roundup of all of the threads 👇

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For the last 4 months, I took everything I learned in business and wrote threads. The result: 4k to 104k followers 🚀🚀🚀 I love this place! Here are ALL MY THREADS in order of popularity 👇👇👇

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Long-term thinkers get criticized in the short-term. Short-term thinkers get crushed in the long-term.

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Twitter family — For 8 yrs I stayed low profile building (3+ companies worth $10b+). In the last year, I wrote for 100s of hours, compiling every learning. 2 books, 75+ threads, 190k+ followers. Here’s a massive thread roundup, and everything you need to build your startup:

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In the last 90 days, we’ve closed more deals than ever before in Bolt’s history. These deals alone have added billions to our valuation This wasn't an accident. We completely changed how we negotiate deals. Here are 10 tactics we use today to negotiate Bolt’s best deals:

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Hire great people and get out of the way.

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There is nothing more powerful than a team where every single person is all-in.

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The ACTUAL reasons why Fast failed 🔻

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10 more mega trends that are about to change our future 👇👇👇

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At Bolt, we’ve hired 400+ exceptional people. Even in our earliest days, we were hiring out of Facebook, Twitter, and Google. The secret? Let’s dig in:

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It’s shocking to me how few founders, investors, and employees use their own product.

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Great hires will demonstrate impact within the first 30 days. Good hires will demonstrate impact within the first 90 days. Bad hires will forever tell you they need more time.

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There will ALWAYS be people who don’t like you or what you’re doing. Doesn’t matter if you’re Oprah or Elon Musk. Accept that and keep charging.

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Yoga every morning right when you wake up will change your life.

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🚨Big announcement today: Bolt raises $393M. Wow. A couple years ago, I didn’t know if we were going to make it. Now we have $500M+ on the balance sheet. I wanted to share a bit more about where we've been, but more importantly where we're going 👇👇👇

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A startup is a belief relentlessly pursued until proven true.

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Product market fit, a thread:

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What to look for in a cofounder:

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How I’ve focused my time and energy scaling Bolt from 1 to 400 people:

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Hire uncomfortably good people

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The spiritual path, a thread:

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ATTN ALL FOUNDERS Please read this important PSA. How to protect your company from hostile takeover ↓↓

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Fundraising I have helped 100+ founders collectively raise $5B. The biggest insight: fundraising is a game. If you know how to play, you can do well. Here are the 10 most common mistakes founders make 👇👇👇

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The toughest and most important part of company building is undoubtedly Recruiting. And yet, there is so little written on it. Introducing Recruiting, my new book. And... I'm giving 100 away! RT, Like, and Comment to enter into the raffle. LFG 🔥📘🖖

Recruiting

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I strongly recommend sleeping more 🚀🚀🚀

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Decisions where everyone agrees are generally mediocre decisions.

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Smart storytelling is the founder’s ultimate weapon.

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How to design your company to be Founder-Led:

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I strongly recommend not drinking coffee anymore 🚀🚀🚀

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Hire people who have inherent urgency.

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There is only one thing that separates good from great companies: Urgency

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Do not fear hard conversations.

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The CEO only has one job: make the company successful.

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Startups are all about momentum. Period. The best founders know how to take momentum and turn it into lightning in a bottle. Over the last 18 months, we have done that at Bolt - our valuation has gone up by 1600%. Here are 10 practical tips on how to multiply your momentum 👇

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If it’s not worth going all-in, it’s not worth doing.

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But what if we worked like lions? Short bursts of energy, high intensity and then rest and recover for the next sprint. High performance isn’t about how much you put in; it’s how much you get out. Cue: the 4 day work week.

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No one is going to care about a company’s culture until the CEO does.

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Hard conversations are the ultimate indicators of progress.

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Negative energy is cancer to an organization and must be extracted before it spreads.

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Treat your employees how you want to be treated.

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Rule 1: Get Started If you tell 10 people about your idea, it’ll go something like this: - 5 will say it won't work - 3 will say you're crazy - 2 will be indifferent The best part? None of these people's opinions matter. Just get started. It’ll be the hardest thing you do.

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I think future generations will be so shocked that we drank alcohol.

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Over the last 72 hrs, countless founders reached out in private to thank me for standing up. My realization: VCs don’t just dominate the capital, they also dominate Twitter. We need to balance the scales. For founders, here’s how I’ve grown my Twitter with minimal time 👇👇👇

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@naval has a philosophy on work that describes it best - Work like a lion, not a cow. What does that mean? Cows graze all day - slow pace, same activity, day in and day out. This is how most jobs are set up.

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How the universe works part 1: literal manifestation

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7 years ago, @balajis was my professor at Stanford. He developed an insight nearly a decade ago which looks more obvious by the day. "Unlocking individual potential is the key to unlocking the world's potential." This is playing out in real time across every industry.

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Rule 2: Never Stop The leading cause of startup failure is founders giving up. If you don’t give up, you can’t fail. Easier said than done, I know. Some days you’ll feel on top of the world, some days you’ll feel like everything is breaking. Whatever it is, never give up.

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Now imagine a company with: 1/ A clear north star 2/ Exceptional people 3/ Urgency at every corner 4/ Empowered teammates 5/ Fearless risk taking 6/ And a great attitude … that’s a WINNER!

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~~Snacking on work~~ It’s incredibly easy to “work and chill”. This self-deception is horribly unproductive. When you work, work like a lion 🦁 Have a pile of tasks? Don’t do them while watching Netflix… Focus and get the job done. Savings: 5-10 hrs/wk

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I think this might be my favorite headline yet 😄

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Everything can change in a very short amount of time. In 1 year we: - Nearly 10Xd our sales at Bolt - Launched Conscious Culture - Wrote the Fundraising Book - Started my dream dance nonprofit The Movement There are no accidents. Here’s how I changed my life:

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And most importantly, No multitasking. Focus focus focus… it’s everything.

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When you become successful, don’t become a sell-out.

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Elon is giving everyone a ridiculously awesome master class at rapid iteration.

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Any business that relies on consultants for decision-making will die soon.

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Inflation is one of THE most important topics there is. And yet, it’s probably one of the most misunderstood. What we don’t understand, we cannot fix. This is Inflation 101, a thread ⬇⬇⬇

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I strongly recommend drinking more water 🚀🚀🚀

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Loneliness is without a doubt the hardest part of being a founder.

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Bolt has never done things the way others do. We embrace fearless decisions and ignore stigma. Today we are excited to announce yet another fearless decision. Maju Kuruvilla is Bolt’s new CEO. 👇👇👇

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Before we dive in, an overarching comment. The CEO only has one job: make the company successful. Great CEOs realize this and operated knowing that long-term success is what they’ll be judged on. Bad CEOs get caught up in how they “appear” short-term.

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Today, the NYTimes wrote a hit piece on Bolt. The part they missed: everything about our business. Here’s why Bolt is going to win:

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Rule 3: Hire Uncomfortably Good People I started Bolt as a 19 year old college dropout. On paper, I was nothing. Most people think they should hire people they can one up. I did the opposite: I hired people WAY out of my league. It was a forcing function to mature fast.

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I'm new to this Twitter thing. But so far so good. 1k followers per day for 70 days. Here's a roundup of my 10 latest threads:

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2: Hire uncomfortably good people Ah, my favorite line! Hire people you have no right to hire. Who are so good it makes you nervous. Who force everyone to step up their game. Always level up 🦾

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Commit. Then do whatever it takes to make it happen.

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I strongly recommend daily journaling 🚀🚀🚀

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Here are some other quick tips: 1. Sleep at the same time every night 2. Audit your calendar daily 3. Prepare food in bulk 4. Automate everything

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Before we dive in, a point on the nature of work. Many companies are plagued with “theatre work”… ie work designed to “look” good vs actually move the needle. Countless meetings, confusing presentations, constant banter 😩 The worst! We reject theatre work at Bolt.

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At Bolt we've done 10,000+ reference checks. Crazy right? Not really. We’ve found them to be the most powerful tool in our talent arsenal. Here’s the playbook on how to do an A+ reference check 👇👇👇

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Dissapear and do work. When you’ve accomplished something significant, talk about it briefly. Then disappear and do more work.

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Principle #1 : Increased Balance Leads to Increased Output The biggest problem with remote work wasn’t people working less. It was people working WAY too much. We flipped the script. Why? Because when your team is healthy, your organization is healthy.

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Rule 5: Be OK with Failure I've studied 100s of successful startups. Lots of differences between the lot, but one commonality: they all have risk-seeking cultures. To get 10x outcomes, you have to take 10x risks. If you fail, do it fast, and move on.

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Rule 6: Don’t Be OK with Too Much Failure Embracing failure is important but don't fall in love with it. This is one of Bezos' iconic leadership lessons from Amazon: "Be right, a lot." People who are right = people who listen + people who change their mind.

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~~Perpetual phone use~~ This one is hard; these days we’re wired to our phones. Start to cut the cords ✂️ Have certain hours of the day designated to bulk reply to messages. When you're not on 24/7, your network stops messaging you 24/7. Savings: 5-15 hrs/wk

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Rule 4: Get Your Sh*t Together It took me A LOT of inner work to get this one. Early on, I was operating from a place of insecurity and fear. Productive in the short term, destructive in the long term. Preparation builds confidence. Do the work and trust your instincts.

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Not taking risk is the riskiest thing you can do.

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Rule 10: Don’t Let People Get Too Creative Creativity pushes you to think outside the box. But here's the thing - a lot of building a company is blocking and tackling. Boring is good - it creates predictability and durability. Be creative in planning; boring in execution.

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Choosing the right cofounder is absolutely CRUCIAL. And there’s a smart way to do it. Here’s everything you need to know about bringing on a cofounder (and staying safe):

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~~Unnecessary meetings~~ My estimate is that 75% of meetings in your average corporation are unnecessary. Question ALL meetings. At Bolt, we love Writing > Talking. Anything that can be done in writing, should be. Asynchronous collaboration FTW. Savings: 5-20 hrs/wk

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