What's up everyone? Welcome back to another episode of Founders Journal. I'm Alex Lieberman co-founder and Executive Chairman of Morning Brew.

As I've mentioned with the new and improved Founders Journal, I'm going to act as your startup Sherpa

curating the best content for entrepreneurs in the world,

summarizing it so you don't have to read it yourself, and analyzing it so you have actionable

takeaways to apply to your business and your life.

For today's episode, I'm going to be reading quite possibly the most viral Twitter thread in the world of business ever.

In 2018, Naval Ravikunt wrote,

How to Get Rich Without Getting Lucky,

which is a 40 tweet thread

that covers everything from what wealth is and what it isn't,

to the power of leverage,

to finding your specific knowledge, to the power of leverage to finding your specific knowledge to the power of optimism and

for those of you who don't know him

Nival is the founder of Angel List as well as a prolific angel investor and writer.

I'm going to read through this tweet by tweet,

stop and analyze a select few that struck me as particularly interesting,

and then continue on with the threat.

So let's dive in. Entrepreneurs know that after end of year starts yet another crucial season beginning of year.

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hard-earned profit on transaction fees. Avoid expensive payment processors and

start off 2024 strong with a little help from Finley.

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