Takeoff #5: The genesis of YouTube, Mar's pet endeavors and much more...
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We believe this reaction by Michael Scott is enough to summarize our week so far 😵💫
We know it’s been such a tiring week for you all - we hope the mid-week Ganpati holiday helped recharge your batteries.
But now that we are here 😎
Give us a chance to delight you all for the next few minutes 😉
🤔 At least someone got some closure
📻 Codename “Video” led to the foundation of YouTube
Look what we found 🤯
We came across this screenshot of an email conversation between the co founders of YouTube in 2005. Jawed Karim’s conviction and vision for video taking over as a medium and becoming HUGE has been fulfilled.
We are still amazed at how that one meeting at Chad’s ultimately led to the birth of YouTube.
📕 Book of the week
Recently, Nitin Kamath, co-founder of Zerodha, tweeted about this book called “Freedom from the known” by Jiddu Krishnamurti. We got some time to read this fascinating piece over the week and we are still spellbound.
In this book, Krishnamurti showed how people can free themselves radically and immediately from the tyranny of the expected, no matter what their age is.
You should give it a read if you are looking for some light and peaceful reading.
📖 An interesting article for your tranquil Sunday evening
What it takes to become a Great Product Manager
“The best PMs have mastered the core competencies, have a high EQ, and work for the right company”
In this article, Julia Austin shares her insights about the three primary factors like core competencies, emotional intelligence (EQ), and company fit that must be considered while evaluating a role for aspiring PMs.
💫 A recent discovery we found fascinating
This tweet took our attention this week.
All our life we believed that Mars is a chocolate maker solely but in reality, Mars is an animal nutrition company whose major revenues come from selling pet food.
Mars is way ahead of Coca-Cola and has already outstripped revenue growth reported by other global consumer goods companies such as Nestlé, Unilever or Mondelez.
😂 Meme of the week
This meme helped lift our spirits this week. 😆
✨ Signing off with some wisdom
"Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing." - Helen Keller
Remembering Helen Keller through this beautiful and daring quote by her.
Something for you all to ponder upon!
Alright folks, that’s enough for this week, see you again next week. Thank you so much for reading.
Until then….