Ahri's unqualified thoughts #46

Random articles, quotes, videos, musings. Easy to consume content: 1 quote, 1 tweet/storm and 1 article/video.

In today's edition, we highlight a tweetstorm that dives into the journey of Synthetix's founder as an entrepreneur; it sheds light on his perspective regarding SBF/FTX's significant failure (scam), and we also feature an article about Unity’s CEO leaving the ship.

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“Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.” ― Martin Luther King Jr.

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Kain Warwick, founder of DeFi protocol Synthetix and several other ventures (see his Crunchbase profile), recently shared an extensive Twitter thread analyzing SBF's actions, answering the question, "Did SBF misappropriate funds or was it mere startup chaos?" Drawing from his personal startup experiences, some of which failed, he speculates on the happenings at FTX/Alameda:

From my side, I know that most start-ups, often driven by young, idealistic, and inexperienced individuals, are tumultuous and bound to fail more often than not for diverse reasons (operations, lack of PMF, lack of funds, luck, network, etc).

His thread offers a solid glimpse into the often unseen complexities of startup life.

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John Riccitiello is resigning as Unity's CEO shortly after the shitshow caused by the Runtime fee policy.

Despite Unity's growth under his guidance, some of his decisions faced criticism from employees and developers alike. The article captures both the highs and lows of his leadership since 2014. James M. Whitehurst will step in as interim CEO until a permanent replacement is found.

As my friend Alex tweeted – and I’m 100% behind the idea since this would be peak shithousery: