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Welcome to the thirty-seventh edition of '3-2-1 by Story Rules'.
A newsletter recommending good examples of storytelling across:
Let's dive in.
This is such a stunning visual. The impact of those two mighty rivers!
Tell me you love your job without telling me you love your job!
Tim Ferriss with some encouraging advice on writing.
a. India's Sell-Side Researchers Should Say What They Mean
Bloomberg columnist Andy Mukherjee displays some sharp wit in this piece where he implores equity researchers to tell it as they see it and not sugarcoat bad news.
I chuckled at this opening para:
This part is priceless:
'Addition of employees turns negative', hehe.
b. 'Relax, Pakistan have got this' by Osman Samiuddin
This is not schadenfreude on Pakistan's defeat to Afghanistan in the Cricket World Cup, but appreciation for a gem written by Osman Samiuddin on ESPNCricinfo. This was a game where most bets would have favoured Pakistan before the match.
And even if they lost, it was expected to be due to the individual brilliance of one or two mercurial Afghan talents - not due to a calm, collected and professional performance by the whole team.
But Afghanistan has grown leaps and bounds this World Cup - and Samiuddin does a brilliant job of translating the undying hope and angst of the Pakistan cricket fan into biting dark humour.
I love how he ends with a brutal twist of the knife in the last line (which is also a neat callback). You have to read it to enjoy it.
a. Reflections on Completing Five Years in Venture Capital
When Sajith Pai writes a long-form piece, you 'DEAR' (Drop Everything And Read).
The essay is perhaps the most comprehensive (and insightful) window into the life of an early-stage VC. If you're considering a job in the space (or are working with a VC) you'll be much better informed by the end of it.
I loved this analogy of a 'postcard from the future':
This one surprised me (emphasis mine):
Insightful reference to the Uncertainty Principle:
Nice framing to describe the 'repeat founder' market:
Being a VC is not an easy life! (emphasis mine):
That's all from this week's edition.
Ravi
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