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Florence
@florencehinder
Optimist. Explorer. Curiosity driven. Eager learner. Sunshine, People, Community and Micro-mobility appreciator. Previously worked on
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I'm 30 and have raised $100m+ for startups I've founded. Here's how: - raised $250k angel round to get started - pivoted to AI 4 weeks later and raised a $100m seed round Follow me for more entrepreneurship and fundraising advice
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Other people also buying that item is validating that you made the right choice. So instead of asking "What are your best purchases?" I want to know... What purchases do you most regret?
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People always talk about things they've purchased like man I bought these headphones they are the best ever, you should totally buy them too. I think this is somewhat because we like to justify our decisions and feel like we've made the best decision ever.
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A receptionist asked me "What's your first name?" I said "Florence" They asked me "What's your date of birth?" ... I replied "Hinder" 🫣
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I have a friend who makes like high six figures as an engineer. I once asked him his secret and he was like, “honestly man, I just read one engineering textbook every year, which is one more book than everyone else I know reads.”
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If you read 1 serious book on any topic, and you take good notes—really digesting—you are smarter than 90% of people on that topic. If you genuinely read 3 serious books on a topic, you are smarter on that topic than virtually *everyone* except a few professional experts.
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4/ Regular Text to speech doesn’t solve this problem, it’s too robotic and doesn’t work if you want to speed it up to >3x speed. It also just doesn’t sound nice, which means your learning experience is less pleasant. Something I try to encourage/make more pleasant!
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What is your preferred method of consuming books?
  • Reading a physical book
    51.7%
  • Reading a kindle
    20.7%
  • Listening to an audiobook
    27.6%
29 votesFinal results
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Some of the most memorable gifts I've received or that I have fondest memories of have been books. It's one thing to recommend a book to people, it's another to be like "this book reminded me of you and I thought you'd like to read it so I went out of my way to get it for you!"
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4/ That’s the power of having a thriving, positive sum startup community. That’s the power of SF. It's not everywhere in the world that successes are multiplied. Are there other places comparable to SF like this?
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3/ Being around people also trying to start their own thing gives me the most energy. I get to hear about their trials and tribulations, and rejoice in their successes. If they succeed, I succeed. If I succeed they succeed. The forward momentum of others can propel you forward.
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2/ But recently in a conversation with a friend I realised that actually it goes further, being around positive people, those with a “yes and” mindset gives me even more energy!
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A few recent thoughts I've had on motivation, momentum and energy. 💪🏃‍♀️ 1/ I’ve always known that being around people generally gives me energy, I’m an extrovert.
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What percentage of your followers are bots or seem like bots?
  • 1 - 5%
    44.1%
  • 5 - 10%
    29.4%
  • 10 - 20%
    8.8%
  • +20%
    17.6%
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I'm not sure this is what people mean by "finding your people" 😅
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asked my roommate Kyle what he did over the weekend and this man tells me he's been to the Kyle Convention as in 1,000 people named Kyle showed up to a town named Kyle and hung out
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Direction is always more important than speed. Figure out who you want to be and how you want to live before figuring out what you have to do. In retrospect, I feel like most of college was me rushing to get somewhere without ever stopping to think what that is or why I want it:
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