Building a marketplace for mentorship and serendipity
Introducing our latest B2B partner - Anyone
Dear readers,
Hope you’re doing well! In the past two days Network Capital members in Delhi and Mumbai meet, and a bunch of us discussed a16z’s latest tech-manifesto in our monthly NC Salon.
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On Network Capital, we have loved the idea of studying the impact of luck-surface area and serendipity in augmenting career progression.
Why bad luck set us up for success
American Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts delivered an unusual commencement address at his son’s ninth-grade graduation. Among other things, he wished the students bad luck and hoped that they fail enough to learn from their misfortunes. It turns out that bad luck and early failures set us up for success.
PS Ratio: Balancing Serendipity and Productivity
Productivity is getting stuff done. Serendipity is the joy of discovery. Both are important for meaningful work. These days we are all stuck at home taking calls and attending meetings online. If we are looking for new opportunities, there is an additional pressure of looking our professional best, seeming excited by the uncertain future ahead and carin…
Last week we hosted the team at Anyone, to discuss their philosophy suite and why they think a five minute conversation can change your life. Like for many of our other B2B partners, we realised that there is a fundamental alignment in the way both companies have looked at curating human professional connections.
Let’s take a look at that.