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Pablo Villalba

@micho

3 years

Years ago I pitched a German VC. During my presentation, 3 white men in suits kept insulting me with stereotypes about Spanish laziness disguised as jokes. I left the room feeling humiliated, with my team's achievements ignored. @8fit later closed a great Series A & B. 🧵👇

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Pablo Villalba

@micho

10 years

Awesome UX detail from ReadMe.io http://t.co/KjiWMQQ3cK

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Pablo Villalba

@micho

11 months

An 32 ETH Ethereum validator is now $75k and yields ~$3k/year (up from $50k and $1.5k/year before) If you're in, congrats on the gains! If you're priced out, keep an eye on @divastaking which will soon lower the barrier to run a node to 1 ETH :)

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Pablo Villalba

@micho

3 years

My favorite health tech company acquired my startup @8fit – another exit for the EU ecosystem!

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@TechCrunch

3 years

Withings buys workout app, 8fit by @bheater

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Pablo Villalba

@micho

8 years

Hoy somos la cuarta app más descargada en España, por encima de Instagram 🍒 En España tenemos ganas de comer sano y ponernos en forma ;)

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Pablo Villalba

@micho

4 years

Here's an optimization problem (Source: Die With Zero)

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Pablo Villalba

@micho

10 months

Another Christmas miracle – after nearly a decade!

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Pablo Villalba

@micho

3 years

Closing a chapter with @8fit 👋❤️

Withings

@Withings

3 years

Welcome to the team, @8fit . Today we’re announcing the acquisition of leading health & fitness app 8fit as part of our commitment to invest over $30 million in the next 3 years to combine cutting edge medical devices with personal health & wellness plans.

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Pablo Villalba

@micho

9 years

Downloads aren't signups. Signups aren't actives. Actives aren't revenue. And revenue isn't profits.

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Pablo Villalba

@micho

3 years

@jmculling @noclador Except he didn't. They are asking you to purchase a new $500+ dish. Stop giving him positive PR for something he didn't do

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Pablo Villalba

@micho

9 years

Moving to a new office soon, just by the canal – my favorite part of Berlin :)

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Pablo Villalba

@micho

10 years

We raised $200k for @8fit_app a month after launching http://t.co/BgHi3ztxjx The post has the full pitch deck and metrics we used

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Pablo Villalba

@micho

1 year

Got ETH or stETH? Here's a dead simple way you can help revert the centralization of Ethereum and get DIVA tokens: 1. Go to 2. Deposit ETH or stETH 3. Sit back and relax :) All ETH gets staked into Diva once it launches, you get DIVA allocations 💯 👇

Diva Staking

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@enzymefinance

1 year

Enzyme is thrilled to support @divastaking , an Ethereum Liquid Staking Protocol. Diva’s Pre-Launch TVL Vaults are live! These Enzyme vaults enable Early Stakers to deposit $ETH or $stETH to earn DIVA rewards, as proposed by @Avantgardefi . Learn: (1/6)

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Pablo Villalba

@micho

3 years

While the European VC ecosystem at large keeps talking about values, diversity and "building a better future", the truth is that it's mostly white / cis-male / business-school / rich-country decision makers backing others like them

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Pablo Villalba

@micho

7 years

Code like no one's testing

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Pablo Villalba

@micho

11 years

I decided to leave Teambox (now @RedboothHQ ) to start something new. Here's the story: http://t.co/FO7Li7V1M3

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Pablo Villalba

@micho

3 years

@javilop Qué hacemos con esto?

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Pablo Villalba

@micho

11 months

Been wanting to set up your first @divastaking DVT node from only 1 ETH? Sign up for this pilot course! You’ll be learning staking 101 and get a grant to buy hardware 💻 @divastaking 🤝 @ethStaker 🤝 @stakesaurus , now accepting applications 👇

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@ethStaker

11 months

DVT enables lower-bond validators but it doesn't address the fact that hardware is still too expensive to justify buying a computer to earn rewards on a 1 ETH DVT validator EthStaker, with @divastaking and @stakesaurus is running a 10-week pilot program to subsidize hardware for

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Pablo Villalba

@micho

3 years

✨Preparing my talk at @0xliscon , today at 2pm ✨ Come learn how to run crypto & DeFi on institutional traditional finance rails

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Pablo Villalba

@micho

7 years

"Like" (and feel old) if you remember what these numbers mean: 14.4, 28.8, 56

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Pablo Villalba

@micho

10 years

Our first 5 months at @8fit_app : $20k in expenses, $5-6k in revenue, 30-50%/mo (profitable) customer growth http://t.co/I4efUgWMiF

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Pablo Villalba

@micho

9 years

. @8fit , after 1.5 years, has a run-rate of several millions in revenue and over 2 million downloads. We're excited about 2016! :)

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Pablo Villalba

@micho

2 years

Gas is ridiculously cheap right now. Good moment to move ERC20s into @gnosisSafe

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Pablo Villalba

@micho

7 years

If you put 2 hours into learning something niche, you'll be better at it than 90% of the population

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Pablo Villalba

@micho

3 years

So where to start? Here are some ideas: 1) VCs, stop hiring people like you. Bring diversity to your DECISION MAKERS and INVESTMENTS, not just to your office mgr, website and deck. Stop the cycle and choose someone non-white, LGBQT+, etc as your next partner / decision maker

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Pablo Villalba

@micho

6 years

One cool thing about being the CEO in a mid-sized startup is the constant learning you get outside your core field of competence. Interviewing and working with smarter-than-you specialists gives you expertise from the trenches. No blog post, course or book can offer that.

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Pablo Villalba

@micho

3 years

Discord allowing Web3 logins with an ETH wallet? You know where this is going

Jason Citron

@jasoncitron

3 years

@packyM @mariogabriele @discord probably nothing

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Pablo Villalba

@micho

3 years

When done properly, inclusion & diversity make for a rich ecosystem with stronger ideas, better skills and execution.. which ultimately translates into % performance and that "better world" you keep talking about. Thanks for listening 🌈

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Pablo Villalba

@micho

1 year

Good thread on the risk thresholds of centralization. @DAppNode @divastaking @ethStaker all part of the solution, helping more home stakers come online

griff.eth - $GIV Maxi

@thegrifft

1 year

@sobylife Lido is good, but Lido at 33% is bad They could stop the network from finalizing & that's a bad look for Ethereum Bitcoiners have said forever that ETH is centralized, at 33% they have a point At 66% they can reverse txs Where do we draw the line? 33% is where IMO.

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Pablo Villalba

@micho

4 years

What if the next reserve currency is not owned by a country?

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Pablo Villalba

@micho

3 years

This morning I shared a personal story and have been impressed with the support. Many people reached out to me publically and personally. I hope the thread reaches the right people. I've been out of Twitter for a while. I guess it's time to come back.

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Pablo Villalba

@micho

3 years

The Asus Zenscreen is the extra travel display I was looking for – compact and powered by one single usb c cable ❤️

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Pablo Villalba

@micho

1 year

Something that had been in my mind and somebody finally put in words: “For open source contributors, showing support and acknowledgement is a form of caring, like you do for friends or family” at #devconnect #dreamworld

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Pablo Villalba

@micho

10 years

Wow: "Arabic numerals were originally designed so number of angles on a symbol equals the number" http://t.co/LSiUob9TmO

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Pablo Villalba

@micho

9 years

"Thank you 8fit for giving me a second chance at my life" http://t.co/34lpiOIWAY

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Pablo Villalba

@micho

11 months

My talk about Impact Staking at @ETH_dreamworld @EthPrague , feat. @OctantApp Anyone interested in seeing it? If so I'll share video, slides & writeup. Lmk!

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Pablo Villalba

@micho

3 years

I had forgotten about this story until today, speaking to another successful Spanish entrepreneur who moved to Germany. I was surprised to hear he had exactly the same experience of disguised discrimination and racism.

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Pablo Villalba

@micho

3 years

The VC model is being disrupted and no one's crying

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Pablo Villalba

@micho

10 years

This. http://t.co/spL1d8SLoU

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Pablo Villalba

@micho

9 years

We just crossed one million @8fit users. That's almost the population of Estonia. Now for the next 9 million :)

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Pablo Villalba

@micho

9 years

More than 25% of all @8fit_app customers were acquired in the past 14 days. And we're a +$1m/y company :)

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Pablo Villalba

@micho

11 months

Wow it's been 10 years

Pablo Villalba

@micho

11 years

I wonder how many of the journalists writing about bitcoin have even used bitcoin to pay for something

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Pablo Villalba

@micho

7 years

Moving to a new office.. goodbye, Kreuzberg, you’ve been good to us!

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Pablo Villalba

@micho

9 years

New office for @8fit_app . We'll be happy here :) http://t.co/UfFsBy8wJD

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Pablo Villalba

@micho

10 years

SaaS tools come and go, but spreadsheets are forever

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Pablo Villalba

@micho

11 years

My first post on @Forbes : Five co-founder stories, five different results http://t.co/Fu49wM8lZf

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Pablo Villalba

@micho

7 years

Once again we've had @8fit cloned word by word by a competitor. I'm surprised Apple and Google are allowing this.

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Pablo Villalba

@micho

2 years

🤖 I love the idea of AI bots starting to apply for online jobs, passing as humans, figuring out competitive rates, getting paid in crypto, subcontracting humans, learning how to reinvest their earnings.. where does it end?

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Pablo Villalba

@micho

10 years

. @RedboothHQ , the company I founded, raises an $11m Series B to a total of $17.5m in funding... an impressive number for a Spanish startup!

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Pablo Villalba

@micho

10 years

My startup @8fit_app is at ~$10k/month with 40% MoM growth avg. Would you invest $10k+ in our Series A through @AngelList if we opened it?

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Pablo Villalba

@micho

3 years

Fun analysis from @EcoWatch on the estimated CO2 impact from billionaires. Yachts as the biggest polluters. Observation: geeks don't like yachts.

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Pablo Villalba

@micho

1 year

Thank you @CryptoCanal for an amazing #ETHdam event! Was great to share a cozy couch with the giants of staking @DAppNode 's @Pol_Lanski , @LidoFinance 's @IsdrsP and @Figment_io 's Nikhil. It's the year of Liquid Staking! 🚀🚀🚀

Alina Latinina

@alinalatinina

1 year

ok but why are y’all are on the same couch

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Pablo Villalba

@micho

6 years

First customer! Thank you. So it starts.

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Pablo Villalba

@micho

8 years

I added "be frugal" to our values, and now I feel great about being cheap ^^

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Pablo Villalba

@micho

1 year

“Don’t let staking become the next DAO” — Ethereum core dev @dannyryan

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Pablo Villalba

@micho

9 years

This is probably the coolest research article about neural networks I've read in years http://t.co/xKNkbitGKq

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Pablo Villalba

@micho

7 years

Great advice for CEOs from seed to Series B

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Pablo Villalba

@micho

11 months

The equilibrium doesn’t have to be winner-takesaall like they want us to believe. Look at stablecoins, look at AMMs. That’s why they’re pushing so hard for irreversible dominance.

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Pablo Villalba

@micho

7 years

If you live in your calendar and use a Mac, download this

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Pablo Villalba

@micho

1 year

A large validator queue is a centralizing force for stETH. Why? If Lido receives +100k ETH ($150m) new deposits, its yield comes from 99% staked ETH + 1% ETH waiting. But for a smaller LST with 100k ETH TVL, the yield can drop to half for weeks, severely handicapping growth!

Christine Kim

@christine_dkim

1 year

@dapplion One caveat to note about future churn limit increases and projections on validator set size growth is the fact that the Ethereum entry queue has been steadily *decreasing* since its peak on June 10. H/t: @ZackPokorny_

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Pablo Villalba

@micho

9 years

"It's a blue ocean", a note I sent to the @8fit_app team on creating our own market space. http://t.co/XPxepDzv5v

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Pablo Villalba

@micho

1 year

Congrats Aragon team, loving how you just shipped my #1 wishlist feature for @divastaking ❤️ L2 next? 👀👀

Aragon 🦅

@AragonProject

1 year

Delegate voting is now available on the Aragon App! 🗳️ Any token-based DAO can start delegating today to improve decision-making, enhance security by increasing participation, and save on gas fees. Learn more here ➡️

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Pablo Villalba

@micho

7 years

If you think you're done after finding product-market fit and funding, wait until you get to scaling recruiting, facilities and HR

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Pablo Villalba

@micho

8 years

We're looking for a PM in Berlin. Nutrition Fitness Real people Millions of users $$m in revenue Apply here:

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Pablo Villalba

@micho

7 years

Water contained by food allows bacteria to grow. Sugar, salt, acids and dehydration help. So pick two: - Tasty and healthy? Can’t be stored - Packaged and healthy? Too dry (“tastes like cardboard”) - Packaged and tasty? Expect tons of sugar and salt So eat fresh ;)

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Pablo Villalba

@micho

3 years

Put those "Values" up in a website, sell that your LPs. ESG-washing has come to startups too. A likely facade for those using offshore jurisdictions as tax havens.

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Pablo Villalba

@micho

10 years

Apple, at $171 billion in revenue last year, made about $25 per person in the *planet* (7 billon people)

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Pablo Villalba

@micho

9 years

Classic startup day: new office, 3 new team members, +30% conversions, record sales, 2 interviews, 1 hire, 9 bugs fixed, 54 videos recorded

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Pablo Villalba

@micho

10 years

What a great month for @8fit_app . At this track we'll be at $1m/year in revenue by the end of summer. http://t.co/80IPuKqoii

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Pablo Villalba

@micho

10 years

As an entrepreneur, I feel closer to an artisan than to a manager

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Pablo Villalba

@micho

7 years

Iterating on a live product is like fully rebuilding a block of apartments while the tenants live inside

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Pablo Villalba

@micho

7 years

Hi Jessica, what a beautiful story! I'm glad we could help, and hope you had the wedding of your dreams ✨

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Pablo Villalba

@micho

7 years

Buscas local / oficina en Madrid? 500 m2 disponibles entre Principe Pío y Plaza España, con posibilidad de reformas a medida. Compártelo con alguien que lo necesite (alguna startup?), o pídeme más detalles :)

C/ de Ilustración, 4 · C/ de Ilustración, 4, Moncloa - Aravaca, 28008 Madrid, Spain

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Pablo Villalba

@micho

10 years

Use this to spoof your MAC and renew that "30-min free wifi" http://t.co/s6iEM9IHH1 Simple as `sudo spoof-mac.py randomize en0`

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Pablo Villalba

@micho

11 years

Finally watched @janaboruta 's talk "Marketing isn't Bullshit". http://t.co/gTU8iSzLjz. Invaluable for anyone launching a new app!

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Pablo Villalba

@micho

3 years

2) Founders, stop putting up with this and call out being discriminated against behind closed doors. I wish I had shared this sooner, but even I had convinced myself that it was just innocent misguided humor. It wasn't, it was racism and discrimination, and that's never ok.

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Pablo Villalba

@micho

7 years

User acquisition is your army, product / tech is your industry and monetization is your economy

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Pablo Villalba

@micho

10 years

Featured by Apple in 66 countries for @8fit_app 😃

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Pablo Villalba

@micho

6 years

A beautiful visualization of the S&P 500 (via )

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Pablo Villalba

@micho

10 months

Welcome to @divastaking , @HashKeyCloud ! This brings your regulatory & staking expertise on the Asian side – further diversifying the ecosystem

HashKey Cloud

@HashKeyCloud

10 months

Excited to be part of the Diva Testnet operator community! 🚀 Let's keep building on #DVT and growing together! 💪🏽🛠️ @divastaking

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Pablo Villalba

@micho

7 years

Live close to your work for a potential +5% life bonus. Get a cleaner for a potential +7% bonus (trade money for time).

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Pablo Villalba

@micho

10 years

startup.results = opportunity.size * Math.min(skills.product, http://t.co/NWEdoQftTL, http://t.co/JAQBEvWo5l, skills.hr, skills.legal)

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Pablo Villalba

@micho

10 years

"Most bars have more revenue than your typical startup"

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Pablo Villalba

@micho

9 years

Excited about having setting up a US office soon!

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Pablo Villalba

@micho

3 years

I realize that a lot of us are in a position of incredible privilege – but that doesn't mean that we can't call for positive change. In fact, it is BECAUSE of that privilege that we should be standing up to others, and redistributing the opportunity we've been given with others.

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Pablo Villalba

@micho

8 years

We just shipped a new design for

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Pablo Villalba

@micho

7 years

Start using 45 minute meetings (instead of 1h) for a +25% gain in productive time

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Pablo Villalba

@micho

9 years

1) Pick one your problems. 2) Read lots of articles about it. 3) Walk, work out, sleep. 4) Solutions will magically come to you.

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Pablo Villalba

@micho

9 years

Life after leaving your startup, from @notch http://t.co/98qXSdD2ck

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Pablo Villalba

@micho

8 years

Writing on a whiteboard

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Pablo Villalba

@micho

3 years

How it started vs how it’s going

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Pablo Villalba

@micho

6 years

If you've been wondering how the Fed works, @khanacademy has a fascinating 3 hr course about it! I can finally make sense of graphs like this one Course:

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Pablo Villalba

@micho

9 years

I love visualizing the progress of @8fit users: 17 kg lost since xmas by exercising and eating healthy with us :)

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Pablo Villalba

@micho

8 years

Another @blackmirror prophecy coming true: China's social credit app via @Thomasbcn (check the video)

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Pablo Villalba

@micho

9 years

CEO is for Chief Email Officer

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Pablo Villalba

@micho

3 years

Over the last days the European community (web3 and not) has truly built a network of autonomous support groups, open source intelligence, financing, logistics and physical resources. Feels like a shadow state in the making 🌱

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Pablo Villalba

@micho

8 years

Just another day at @8fit