HeyJaredSilvia’s Newsletter
A newsletter where I oversimplify things so you can avoid overcomplicating them. Decoding leadership at the crossroads of tech, culture, and international trends.
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Gotta trust your gut (opens the original)
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We talk about confidence like it’s a trait. Something you either have or you don’t. I don’t think that’s right. Confidence is closer to a receipt, proof you collect after you’ve already done the hard thing, not something you’re issued in advance.Which is part of why I wanted Lex for episode two. Her career doesn’t follow the “I always knew” arc. It follows the opposite one: leave the path you’re told is smart, and go find the one that was already there.<div class="youtub
I wanted strangers to be friendlier. Then one clapped for me. (opens the original)
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People in cities do not say hi when they pass each other.I live in San Francisco, where this is true. I’ve lived in Madrid, in Berlin. I spend plenty of time in New York. It’s true there as well. I am in Sweden right now, and it turns out to be true here too.<source type="i
What If the Answer Is Ice Cream? (opens the original)
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LinkedIn reminded me that I hit one year as a founder last week. I tend to track milestones pretty religiously, and celebrating employee anniversaries is something I take very seriously. Have you ever seen someone from Pinterest post about getting a limited-edition pin and a card on their anniversary? That was my idea. So it feels a little ironic that my own milestone almost passed me by.That anniversary, coupled with a conversation with the amazing Evelyn,
Taylor Swift, Knicks in 5, and Why I Don’t Believe in Luck (opens the original)
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A few weeks ago, a few people asked me if I had paid to light up the Empire State Building in Blomma’s colors.I had not.The building was lit up in blue, orange, and yellow during our launch week, which made for an objectively ridiculous founder moment: New York, one of the most iconic buildings in the world, and a skyline that looked like it had joined our marketing campaign, right it in time for Blomma’s launch week.The only catch was that it was not for us.<a
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