Amjad Masad

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I landed in the United States 10 years ago with nothing but credit card debt.

After one startup exit, one big tech job, and one unicorn, I genuinely believe that it wouldn't have been possible anywhere else in the world.

Here are 10 things I love about this country:

# Work Ethic
# Lack of corruption
# Win-win mindset
# Rewarding talent
# Open to weirdos
# Forgiveness
# Basic infrastructure
# Optimism
# Freedom
# Access to capital

https://twitter.com/amasad/status/1475933656078114817
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Turning down a $1b acquisition when Replit was 6 people is the toughest decision I ever made.

As a family founding team we were struggling. Mum was dying of cancer, we were broke, and the co had little money, but somehow, we said no!

Delusion & insanity?

It worked out "Man shrugging" - https://twitter.com/amasad/status/1487521467189252097

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Building Towards a Holistic Development Service - https://blog.replit.com/holistic

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There is basically 4 ways people go about life:

- hedonist: maximizes pleasure
- ascetic: maximizes inner peace
- nihilist: maximizes comfort
- creativist: makes things

The last one is the most virtuous way to live and the most fulfilling, but it’s way rarer than it should be!

https://twitter.com/amasad/status/1524262567627042816

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