Co-Founder of Heights. Angel Investor in 100+ startups. Girl dad. Cat dad. English lad.

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🌍 European countries that added the most migrants (2000–2024) 1. 🇬🇧 United Kingdom: +7.1M 2. 🇪🇸 Spain: +6.8M 3. 🇩🇪 Germany: +6.4M 4. 🇹🇷 Türkiye: +5.8M 5. 🇮🇹 Italy: +4.4M 6. 🇫🇷 France: +3.0M 7. 🇦🇹 Austria: +1.4M 8. 🇳🇱 Netherlands: +1.4M 9. 🇨🇭 Switzerland: +1.3M 10. 🇧🇪 Belgium: +1.3M 11. 🇸🇪 Sweden: +1.3M 12. 🇵🇱 Poland: +917K 13. 🇮🇪 Ireland: +840K 14. 🇳🇴 Norway: +720K 15. 🇷🇴 Romania: +521K 16. 🇵🇹 Portugal: +476K 17. 🇩🇰 Denmark: +475K 18. 🇭🇺 Hungary: +393K 19. 🇨🇿 Czechia: +386K 20. 🇫🇮 Finland: +378K Europe's migrant population grew by 40.8 million between 2000 and 2024, up 67%. The UK, Spain and Germany together account for almost half of that increase. Source: UN DESA
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I officially identify as an American kid as of now.
Next year, I will give one of my SpaceX shares to every kid in America. This will be the first of many.
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Buy your coffee from the independent place this week. Small business owners are some of the hardest working people in your town, and every sale matters to them.
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Your 30s get a lot easier once you give up on impressing people you don't like.
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Social Hack: Be the friend who books the dinner, plans the trip, and gets everyone personally involved. Every group needs one, and they end up being invited to everything.
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Call your mum on a random Tuesday. It's the cheapest way to make two people's day better at once.
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Kids copy what you do more than what you say. If you want them to love their work, let them see you enjoy yours.
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Having a "Not to do list" is underrated.
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In my 30s I thought I could run several businesses at once. I did them all quite well and none of them exceptionally. Now I'm 40 and my list is short. Be a great dad, be a good husband, show up for my community and run my company properly. Simplicity is the luxury.
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The most underrated flex for a founder is being home for bath time. I'm 40, I run a company doing $40M a year, and I plan my week around bedtimes with my girls. The business is there to pay for that life. Keep it in its lane.
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Everyone who's great at something spent years being average at it. Which is really an overlooked part about self development.
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One of the easiest ways to improve your week is to text three people you like for no reason. Something like "Saw this and thought of you." Underrated
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Everyone tells you to grind through your 20s. I started my first company at 27. My second company passed 1 million orders and $40M a year What I'd tell you instead:
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