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amit

23 days

i've just applied to @_nightsweekends s5. come build w/ me:

buildspace is a school for people to work on their own ideas. our online school, nights & weekends is 6 weeks long and completely free. build any idea -- art, music, code, ai, web3, whatever. give it...

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amit

@amit_ajwani

9 months

@CarlGartley @latestinspace sir, are you aware of the concept of averages?

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@amit_ajwani

8 months

started from the bottom now we here @_buildspace

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amit

@amit_ajwani

9 months

When choosing the idea to build @_buildspace , I had over 30 to choose from. I knew I wanted to build a business, but that’s about it :) To narrow it down to 1 idea, I wrote out a checklist to figure out which one to choose.👇 — 1. I’m super excited to work on it. ☑ I want…

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@amit_ajwani

5 months

as promised... a google sheet of 100 flexible + affordable housing options in sf: or you can view by location on this google map: huge ty to @jamesmurdza a kind, internet stranger that replied to my og post. he put all of this…

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@amit_ajwani

11 months

@mezaoptimizer My Uncle who was born in India told me this crazy story once where he was watching a film in Delhi, and police swarmed the theater in the middle to round up all the men for sterilization! He hid and escaped and luckily I now have cousins.

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@amit_ajwani

11 months

DJI drones pose the national security threat of TikTok, but with wings. — Congresswoman Elise Stefanik Well, thank Gov for letting Jason H. Lu immigrate to America then. Jason is Co-Founder of Flyby, a company building American-made drones. Why is that an important…

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@amit_ajwani

6 months

i’m looking for my right hand woman or man to help make @_buildspace sf campus a warm and inviting home for our students, our guests, and our team. we are truly blessed to have one of the most beautiful spaces in san francisco that i and many others have ever spent real time in.…

Farza 🇵🇰🇺🇸

@FarzaTV

10 months

Today, we're opening our first @_buildspace campus. A physical school for you to go all-in on your ideas. No matter how big, or how small.

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@amit_ajwani

9 months

this was my idea slide for @buildspace s3. but, here's the exercise i did first to get clarity on what i'm trying to build, then i just simplified it for my slide 👇 IT'S A ... website anime chrome extension short film youtube channel music album iOS game what ever! DON'T use…

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@amit_ajwani

1 year

Elon literally shipped an MVP of the largest rocket ever made that got off the pad then exploded mid-flight. So you can probably ship your SaaS tool now. @_buildspace

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@amit_ajwani

9 months

esther designed her new website on paper in < 1 hour and then asked me for feedback. now she’s building it in framer. probably saved herself days of needless work by building too far along before showing it to someone. this is the way 🌀

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@amit_ajwani

2 months

My worst fear as a teacher to many @_buildspace is to become a shining example of the phrase: Those who can’t do, teach. Fuck that. Every day I teach my students that they should be embarrassed to launch their ideas. That being embarrassed is actually a sign they’re doing…

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@amit_ajwani

1 year

this is the real @_buildspace effect btw

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amit

@amit_ajwani

5 months

after 1000+ conversations with builders @_buildspace and watching 35 students go from nothing to something in 3 months, the singular most important thing you can do is show up every day. but since that part is obvious af and cliché at this point i’ll take it 1 step further.…

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@paulg

5 months

How many people make it through each day of Replit's online 100 Days of Code tutorial.

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@amit_ajwani

8 months

the student has become the teacher @_buildspace

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amit

@amit_ajwani

4 months

I hate New Year’s resolutions and I don’t think I’ve made one in my adult life. But this year I wanna try something different. By all accounts, 2023 was the most ruthlessly challenging period of my existence. I lost one of my best friends to cancer. This happened while I was…

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amit

@amit_ajwani

1 year

My mom single-handedly raised me and my brother. She came from India with $20 in her pocket (though every immigrant says this so I don’t know what’s true anymore, but she def had very little money lol). She first worked at a grocery store in Nova Scotia where her boss called…

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amit

@amit_ajwani

11 months

Talking about e-waste at parties isn’t cool. You know what’s cool? Doing something about it. Nikhil Gupta, Founder of Determinant Materials, sees the fastest growing waste stream in the world as the fastest growing opportunity. Tens of billions of dollars of gold, platinum,…

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@amit_ajwani

8 months

it’s notes like these from my friends in @_buildspace sf1 that make it all worth it. thank you @dillionverma

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amit

@amit_ajwani

9 months

feel free to share your toy in my comments below and i’ll tell you my thoughts :) @_buildspace

nights & weekends

@_nightsweekends

9 months

how to build a "toy" version of your idea 🧵

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@amit_ajwani

9 months

i like to fantasize about leaving society behind, but for now, it's just my @_nightsweekends project lol. as a kid, i used to get physically ill being away from home for a night. now, i'll backpack for weeks to get 1 photo. 13 yo old me would be bewildered + proud.

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@amit_ajwani

8 months

most men don’t get flowers until their funeral or the end of nights & weekends season 4 of @_buildspace ty @seemcat

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@amit_ajwani

9 months

my feedback for @michwirantono :) good idea! sounds kinda like @_buildspace but targeted to ppl who already have a job. > i would say the specific type of 9-5ers you're targeting. some ppl will be easier to convince, find it more easily affordable, have personalities more…

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@amit_ajwani

8 months

we’re hosting our final exam day irl at the @_buildspace sf campus this week. this is where our first cohort of 30 students show you what they built full-time over the last 3 months. should be about 80-100 people coming, from investors to founders + friends. i want to invite…

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amit

@amit_ajwani

27 days

After being home in Toronto for 6 days and counting, I feel so incredibly grateful to live in San Francisco and be a resident of California. Probably the best thing I ever did for myself. Don't underestimate the impact of your environment, and your ability to change it.

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amit

@amit_ajwani

6 months

day out with the @_buildspace lads

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amit

@amit_ajwani

9 months

happy bday bab.

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amit

@amit_ajwani

11 months

I’m about to make a whole lotta enemies… :) I think too many Founders are working on problems that don’t matter. We’re building things that are fleeting, not that useful, and don’t add that much value to the world. And that number grows exponentially with each passing day.…

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amit

@amit_ajwani

5 months

i’m just gonna start sharing my random business ideas here in hopes someone @_buildspace steals them.

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amit

@amit_ajwani

3 months

yo, i was inside our router fixing the internet.

Farhaj Mayan 🏛️

@farhajmayan

3 months

@_buildspace @amit_ajwani with the vision pro 😭😂

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amit

@amit_ajwani

3 months

come build the future of education w us🫡

Farza 🇵🇰🇺🇸

@FarzaTV

3 months

buildspace v0. find and be found. summer 2024.

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amit

@amit_ajwani

1 month

this friday eve is @_buildspace sf2 demo day. 37 builders picked from 20,000 will show what they built + how far they got in just 3 months. i wanna invite a few ppl to come to our hq in the marina to watch and meet them. drop what you're building below and i'll hit you up (:

buildspace

@_buildspace

2 months

this is declan + derrick. they went from a joke -- to $25K MRR. here's their story in 40 seconds.

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amit

@amit_ajwani

7 months

since the beginning @_buildspace

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amit

@amit_ajwani

8 months

a lil window into office hours at the @_buildspace sf campus yesterday. this is where i / @FarzaTV host a group of students and do a more interactive talk in the zen garden. messed up the mic so it's a bit hard to hear others, but easy enough to follow along. enjoy!

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amit

@amit_ajwani

8 months

at the point where i spot someone from @_buildspace in @bentossell ’s newsletter almost daily. today i spotted 2! @wuweiweiwu @shariexyz

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@amit_ajwani

9 months

i’m leading my first expedition tour to a remote + spectacular wilderness in the south western united states in mid-2024 and im offering 1 free spot. this expedition could be to the forest, the desert, the mountains, or a combination. the trip will span 5-7 days, with a small…

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@amit_ajwani

2 months

Taught a lecture @_buildspace yesterday called: How To Make Good Decisions. And I came up with 8 Principles to help my students do that using their own questions as examples. Let me know what you think:

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@amit_ajwani

8 months

ty @esther_vibes for leading us on the garden adventure. this gonna be my new hiding i mean hanging spot.

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@amit_ajwani

1 month

Building an adventure brand on a few spare hours a week — day 3! Decided on a name, or at least a temp one. I’m calling it mo’ai. It means "meeting for a common purpose" in Japanese. Apparently not that common a word in Japan, a/c to my friend Taishi, who’d never heard it haha.…

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amit

@amit_ajwani

8 months

solid day out with some o the @_buildspace sf1 lads

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@amit_ajwani

9 months

last year i spent 3 weeks off grid in the fiords of patagonia, exploring places few ppl have been with a group of photographers. none of us knew each other. my daily energy + sleep + happiness were 10/10 consistently despite the arduous trekking and hostile natural environment.…

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@amit_ajwani

8 months

gonna be better than christmas morning

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@_buildspace

8 months

setting the stage for s4 irl.

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@amit_ajwani

9 months

guess what our new podcast is about

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@amit_ajwani

9 months

patagonia, chile.

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amit

@amit_ajwani

4 months

too late.

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@_buildspace

4 months

okay. don't cry.

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@amit_ajwani

8 months

my pic is after i read @FarzaTV ’s plan for sf2

nights & weekends

@_nightsweekends

8 months

we've arrived in dubai.

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amit

@amit_ajwani

6 months

keep education free. buy a hoodie.

Farza 🇵🇰🇺🇸

@FarzaTV

6 months

For the first time in this company's history... We're selling something. Here's hoodie_01. the best hoodie for builders makers hackers painters you. 240 available.

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@amit_ajwani

8 months

just spectreseek things @_buildspace

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amit

@amit_ajwani

6 months

it still boggles my mind how many new things were put out in the world in 6 weeks.

Farza 🇵🇰🇺🇸

@FarzaTV

6 months

It's time for the next chapter.

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amit

@amit_ajwani

8 months

excerpt from my journal from when i was 14 lol. we did it, smol amit.

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amit

@amit_ajwani

8 months

wednesday design lectures at @_buildspace sf1 /w the guru himself @stavanpatel

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amit

@amit_ajwani

10 months

This hilarious photo of my bro is from May 2020. The production company we started 4 years prior was suddenly down 95% in revenue in 1 month. Clients ghosted, projects disappeared from the pipeline, and we had 20 employees who were like family that we refused to lay off. We…

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@amit_ajwani

9 months

I will do this 1 day.

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@amit_ajwani

10 months

miss ma babe thas about it :(

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@amit_ajwani

9 months

plz internalize k thx

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amit

@amit_ajwani

5 months

lol @ his email to a16z

Farza 🇵🇰🇺🇸

@FarzaTV

5 months

A lot of ppl ask me about how @a16z ended up investing in us.. So I wanna share it for the first time. Here's the story of a kid who had no idea what the hell he was doing. Few things: 1) I'm a solo founder. 2) I had never raised money before. 3) I had been building companies…

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amit

@amit_ajwani

8 months

i’ve seen so many mind blowing projects, and we’re only halfway through.

Farza 🇵🇰🇺🇸

@FarzaTV

8 months

The biggest irl demo day in @_buildspace history. 400 builders from all over the world. If you're in SF --- come and spectate, some insane cos/projects. We'll be here until 6PM at Herbst Pavilion at Fort Mason.

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@amit_ajwani

9 months

may as well hit my pr while i’m on a roll. 235 🎉

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amit

@amit_ajwani

9 months

feel free to drop your slide below and i'll give you some feedback :)

amit

@amit_ajwani

9 months

this was my idea slide for @buildspace s3. but, here's the exercise i did first to get clarity on what i'm trying to build, then i just simplified it for my slide 👇 IT'S A ... website anime chrome extension short film youtube channel music album iOS game what ever! DON'T use…

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@amit_ajwani

8 months

this is the productivity system for my entire life. ranked by priority + update it daily. rarely misses.

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amit

@amit_ajwani

9 months

there’s a few ways i like to come up with business ideas: 1) i ask myself what i really want that i can’t get. i could then build something that helps me get that thing. chances are, other ppl want that too and will pay for the help. 2) notice the problems you have on the…

Jan Schwoebel

@MindTheVirt

9 months

@amit_ajwani @_buildspace Great write up Amit! How did you come up with your idea/identified the problem?

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@amit_ajwani

9 months

couldn't really ask for a better group of ppl to do expedition 1 with. i'm offering one final spot on my guided adventure of the american southwest. once booked, i will be waitlisting for expedition 2.

amit

@amit_ajwani

9 months

i’m leading my first expedition tour to a remote + spectacular wilderness in the south western united states in mid-2024 and im offering 1 free spot. this expedition could be to the forest, the desert, the mountains, or a combination. the trip will span 5-7 days, with a small…

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amit

@amit_ajwani

9 months

and these were some of my shots from the real camera :)

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@amit_ajwani

1 year

He's going to think I'm just bigging him up, but... One of the highlights of my last month @_buildspace was Stavan showing me how he made these with some off-the-shelf AI tools. Even @sharifshameem was in some sort of trance watching these unfold with me. This guy has fully…

stavan

@stavanpatel

1 year

@charliebholtz @_buildspace

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@amit_ajwani

6 months

ayo this trip is a go. and i have 1 spot left in my group of 7. april 15-20, 2024. 6 days, 5 nights. fly in + out of vegas. $2,395 inclusive of group transport, stays, meals, excursions + me as your guide. $500 deposit to secure your spot. all deets in the comments :)

amit

@amit_ajwani

9 months

i’m leading my first expedition tour to a remote + spectacular wilderness in the south western united states in mid-2024 and im offering 1 free spot. this expedition could be to the forest, the desert, the mountains, or a combination. the trip will span 5-7 days, with a small…

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@amit_ajwani

2 months

I genuinely think a great way to start a company is with a joke.

buildspace

@_buildspace

2 months

this is declan + derrick. they went from a joke -- to $25K MRR. here's their story in 40 seconds.

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amit

@amit_ajwani

5 months

ty @MobiusCoffee for the books :) this guy wrote an entire novel in 6 weeks in @_nightsweekends my fav additions to the @_buildspace campus library

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amit

@amit_ajwani

6 months

direction is often more important than speed.

alec

@alec_dilanchian

6 months

Tbh -- the "24/7 grind" mentality ain't it. Your best ideas come to you when you start living your life. This is exactly what our team did the last 2 weeks. I cooked a lot. I watched some movies. And probably played too much COD lol. Everything that I'd done the month before…

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@amit_ajwani

6 months

you need less than you think.

Sheel Mohnot

@pitdesi

6 months

The website for the band "Portugal, The Man" is a Google Sheets document

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@amit_ajwani

9 months

didn’t know what i was getting myself into by ordering a siphon coffee but hey i’m happy to be here

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@amit_ajwani

9 months

i’ve seen smaller airport terminals

Farza 🇵🇰🇺🇸

@FarzaTV

9 months

just secured the venue for s4 irl in sf — rsvps open next week. p.s: it’s massive lol.

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amit

@amit_ajwani

1 year

Let's go to the Winchester, have a nice cold pint, and wait for this all to blow over. - Amit after reading enough about AI this week Good eve!

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@amit_ajwani

9 months

i turn my back on the buildspace campus for ONE minute and …

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@amit_ajwani

2 months

buildspace

@_buildspace

2 months

how to make fewer dumb decisions: 1. when the long term is unclear, just make good short term decisions. 2. quickly weigh the potential upside vs. downside. 3. if your decision is emotional, don’t pretend it’s logical. 4. when in doubt, just do the math. 5. deciding to do more…

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@amit_ajwani

9 months

truly humbled by the response to this. thank you for putting your trust in me. i will work insanely hard to make this one of the most memorable trips you ever take in your life. only 2 spots left 🤯

amit

@amit_ajwani

9 months

i’m leading my first expedition tour to a remote + spectacular wilderness in the south western united states in mid-2024 and im offering 1 free spot. this expedition could be to the forest, the desert, the mountains, or a combination. the trip will span 5-7 days, with a small…

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@amit_ajwani

5 months

@FarzaTV @a16z the best way to raise money is to not need to raise money.

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@amit_ajwani

10 months

When your brand isn't that good, lean hard into your personal story. When your product isn't that good, lean hard into personal service. When your distribution isn't that good, lean hard into personalized messages. When you're not that good, do @_nightsweekends

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@amit_ajwani

4 months

killer opportunity to be honest. come work beside us and our full time campus students building the craziest shit @_buildspace

Joshua Bonzo

@wordisbonz

4 months

looking for a videographer/editor to join me on this adventure @_buildspace in sf we'll do skits, long form, short form content, mini docs, all types. full-time pay. 3-4 mo's. we'll even cover ur airbnb. show ur work, dm, comment, or share. if you're them. i'll respond.

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@amit_ajwani

1 year

hiking at sunrise with ppl u love >>

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amit

@amit_ajwani

8 months

the trick to cooking well is to gather the best ingredients.

Andrew Gazdecki

@agazdecki

8 months

1st time founders focus on product. 2nd time founders focus on distribution. 3rd time founders focus on team.

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amit

@amit_ajwani

7 months

@joaoreynolds @BryceCanyonNPS it looks like the canyon was shot when the sun was outside and to the left of the frame. then as the sun passed through the field of view, each shot was exposed for the sun and not the canyon. then each sun was blended in to the initial shot.

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amit

@amit_ajwani

10 months

This is crazy. So many brands will soon be able to 10-100X their audience overnight.

Prady

@therealprady

10 months

I built the simplest way to convert your video to other languages. all you need is a youtube link. no install required. curious? check out @lexfridman + zuck talking about @elonmusk in hindi.

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@amit_ajwani

9 months

tbh always feels like the first day of class @_buildspace

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@_buildspace

9 months

first day of class w/ farza.

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@amit_ajwani

3 months

can't wait to see jeffrey's face when we hit 2 figures.

buildspace

@_buildspace

3 months

we're off zero on youtube. we're working hard on making our campus lectures public for y'all. also, it has made us $8.84 😂 p.s. shoutout to all the homies watching our lectures. cc. @_nightsweekends

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@amit_ajwani

10 months

wya

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@amit_ajwani

5 months

anddddddddd it's gone. tysm for your support. free education 5eva?

Farza 🇵🇰🇺🇸

@FarzaTV

6 months

Nearly sold out in 10-hours wtf.

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amit

@amit_ajwani

10 months

wild lol

Arib 🇺🇸🇵🇰

@aribk24

10 months

we just passed 1 million users

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amit

@amit_ajwani

2 months

And this is the man to do it.

Lucas

@aaronlucas21

2 months

Competitive robotics creates the most cracked engineers. And China is cooking the rest of the world: DJI runs a comp for uni students + uses it as a hiring funnel. Millions of people watch. Robotics engineers are superstars there. US needs this, so I’m building it.

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@amit_ajwani

10 months

🥺 @_buildspace

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@amit_ajwani

11 months

Every wildfire starts small. Rain Industries contains wildfires within 10 minutes of ignition with autonomous drones. 1/

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@amit_ajwani

10 months

@BrianGitt @nrg91720 Similar to cars, jet engines are very inefficient. 50% of fuel is wasted. Compare to EVs at 97%. That means you need half the energy. Jet engines are 20% the weight of a plane. An electric engine design should be lighter as there’s a lot less parts and you won’t need as many…

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@amit_ajwani

9 months

people who have figured it out. 1) bezos 2) bonzo etc.

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@amit_ajwani

9 months

i remain a proponent of human generated art

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@amit_ajwani

9 months

patagonia, chile.

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@amit_ajwani

9 months

two of the boldest founders with the track record + skills to back up their claims that i’ve ever met.

Jesus A. Castillo F.

@jecastillof

9 months

We are building the most revolutionary technology for Latam financial system. Did you know that 70 out of 100 citizens in Latin America can't access credit? (652 million population). Get ready.