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Raad
by Raad ⚔
Raad on philosophy, startups, and life. On Twitter @r44d. raad.substack.com
Episodes
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How we found product market fit
A Conversation with Bryan Pham for the Asian Hustle Network podcast Bryan: At what point did you realize that you had product market fit and how did you advertise this product? Raad: It started out with my co founder and I knocking door to door with a square reader and going on Yelp. We…
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Why I Got Fired from CVS
Kamrul: Raad, I'm just curious. Why did you get fired from CVS? Raad: There was one night where someone asked me to vacuum the aisle, and I think I was the youngest worker there and I just didn't want to vacuum it. It was supposed to be an every other day thing. And they were like, you have to. I...
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Marketplaces Achieve Network Effects From Trust
EJ: Does this create any network effects, as you sell into lawyers? Obviously if they want to, they can go start their own practice and use Lawtrades. Do you see that happening? Raad: That's an interesting question. We've actually had people in both ways. We have had people on the supply side get...
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How Our Pivot Grew Revenue By 10x (But Almost Bankrupted Us)
At the end of 2019, Lawtrades’s bank balance was down to $20k. People were getting value from our platform, but we were struggling to convert that value into a healthy balance sheet. Investors were wary of our niche after Atrium shut down, so we had little choice but to go into survival...
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How I Validated My Startup Idea
EJ: I can think of how I might approach this. If I were in that position, I might try to go out and get large clients first then see if I could subcontract that work to some lawyers I knew. How did you approach validating this idea. Was was most important to validate: that lawyers would want to…
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Marketplaces bring hiring into the future
EJ: It sounds like you're creating a category. There are people who start their own law practices, but it seems like something people do later on after they have a few decades of experience. You're building awareness for lawyers that this is something they can do and then helping to create social...
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What I'm reading about now
I’m reading more on philosophy, epistemology, metaphysics, spirituality- things within the realm of ego and consciousness. Such as how your emotions work, or how you can observe them. I got into meditation over the last 2 or 3 years. Most of the reading material is based around the mind, and how…
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Why I went to law school
In undergrad, I studied Philosophy of Law, and I really liked philosophy. I like reading, and writing. I wasn't very good at the hard sciences. I originally started as a chemistry major and I just wasn't into it. It was more forced than anything. I feel that anything in life, if it is something...
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What Starting a Startup as a First-Gen American is like
Kamrul: Obviously you're Bangladeshi, but do you find yourself to be in touch with your "Bengali-ness" for lack of a better word. Are you close with your family in Bangladesh? Raad: Yes and no. I was born here in the U.S. I went back when I was really young for a year when I was one or two years...
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Why I'm Building my Life's Work on the Internet
Kamrul: I'd love to hear about how you got started. You don't have a tech background either. I know you got into one of these incubators, 500 startups. How did that come about? Raad: I've read books, essentially. There were always all these forces in my life growing up where I needed to be my own...
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How I Started a Legal-Tech Startup
Kamrul: I'd love for you to explain what Lawtrades is. You've never practiced law yourself, but you're catering to an industry of practitioners. Raad: I think in the beginning, I viewed that as a weakness. But now I think that is one of the greatest things I could have not done—worked as a...
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Life is ephemeral, waste it wisely
I think after I lost them it recalibrated what I was doing, why I was doing it, and how insanely limited our time here on Earth is- how ephemeral is is. All your accumulation and ideas can be gone just like that. After 5,000 years I don’t think anyone is going to remember me or you. That is...
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The Truth About Going Through 500 Startups
Kamrul: What are the pros and cons of going through an incubator versus friends and family, or self-funding? Raad: The incubator accelerator route is cool because they give you money. 500 Startups invested 125K into us, and they're professional investors. So there's validation because they've...
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A Startup is your own Personal Utopia
I feel like part of building a company is all of those connections that you make. Your company is this ideal utopian world that, this is how I wish the world was, and I get to create it. And in that process, you get to pick who you work with, which is essentially like picking your friends. And...
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On Startups, Life, and Philosophy
Key Takeaways: * Yes, I’ve never held a steady job...spoiler: it turned out OK. * The internet is possibly the best wealth creation tool, ever * I never grew up craving appreciation from others * Our time here is insanely limited- waste it wisely * I’m at peak creativity when I’m alone Key Books...
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🐓How can I get over my fears?
After jumping out of an airplane 13,000 feet high and falling back down to earth at 120 mph, my friends started asking me how they can get over their fears. Like the fear of quitting their job and pursuing their startup full-time. They want me to say something to make their anxiety disappear, but...
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The point of meditation
Humans haven’t evolved to be happy. Here’s how I know: See if you can pay attention to something for the next 30 seconds. Like your breath. The sound of the trees or air conditioner if you’re inside. Try reading a book without getting distracted by thought. You’ll probably find that you can’t do...
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Act like you don't need to raise money
VC's love to invest money in founders who don't need it. Universities love giving scholarships to students who don't need their help. People follow people on social media who won't give them the time of day. It's a strange but universal human behavior. If you set up your startup like you don't…
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P.S. You're going to die
No matter how much we try to suppress it, death is an indisputable part of life. Yet we still choose to maintain a state of denial to avoid getting up close and personal with it. This leads us to live a life in a default state of unconsciousness. One that’s filled with procrastination…
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Happy people don't care
Unhappiness is when you worry about not having something. Depression is realizing you’ll never have it. And freedom is understanding you never needed it in the first place. Humans are comprised of emotion and intellect, so it’s easy to think you need to change something when you’re unhappy.…
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Drift off to oblivion
Af-flu-en-za n. 1 . The bloated, sluggish and unfulfilled feeling that results from efforts to keep up with the Joneses. 2 . An epidemic of stress, overwork, waste and indebtedness caused by dogged pursuit of the American Dream. 3 . An unsustainable addiction to economic growth. Instead of our...
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Hard work is b******t
Hard work is b******t and if it feels like you’re working hard, you’re probably not interested in the thing you’re working on. After starting Lawtrades, it took 3 years to cross our first million in sales. This year, we got there in 2 months. I reflected back to see what changed. Did I work…
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Core Values
Core values guide me to finding the right people to get into relationships with. Whether that’s great coworkers, lovers, friends, or investors—when my values line up with theirs, I know I’m probably going to be around them for the rest of my life. But when they don’t match, I’m usually fighting...
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Think for yourself
It's about operating within the system without being controlled by it. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit raad.substack.com
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Raad on philosophy, startups, and life. On Twitter @r44d.
raad.substack.com
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