Torch @torchindex

Agency Ops & Holdings United States Joined June 2019

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Torch @torchindex

7 hours ago

There is no great prize. No pot of gold. No big reveal. Bottle runs dry and all you’re left with is glass and an echo of dopamine Stop to look for more and you wash up on the riverbank Work has no exit. The only reward is moving onto the next thing. A new chase

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Torch @torchindex

a day ago

Rules for life can only be found in the dungeons Getting burned for $50k sharpens your instincts. Soul crushing heartbreak creates emotional armor. Company imploding hardwires unforgiving judgment. Your scars are your permanent operating code. Scorched into your psyche

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Torch @torchindex

2 days ago

Hard work alone isn’t progress. It compounds into opportunities for life defining risks Investment. Pivot. Expansion. Betting the house on a single move that will either define the game or deal you a killing blow. No undo button You signed up for this

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Torch @torchindex

3 days ago

Being the scapegoat is slept on. People will pay you to do what they can already do themselves. To tell them what they already know. Everybody needs somebody to blame. McKinsey makes billions off this

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Torch @torchindex

4 days ago

“Ignore competitors, focus on building” is bad advice Every move your enemies make today is a chance to counter. Offense isn’t optional. People who mind their business get ambushed and kneecapped

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5 days ago

AI makes speed free. Great equalizer. Big risk to new founders Speed is still king. But AI slop will destroy many businesses Knowing what to blitz vs. what deserves deliberate craft will be even more of a defining trait in coming years

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Torch @torchindex

5 days ago

Hired an intern who can now lock in a senior level role in industry after 1 year When you have an unorthodox methodology, training a rookie from zero > removing a mid level hire’s bad habits

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Torch @torchindex

a week ago

Put yourself in more high stress situations. Stakes at their absolute highest. Immense weight crushing you. Catastrophic consequences. No way out except through. This is how you learn to remain calm under pressure. Freeze the ice in your veins

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Torch @torchindex

a week ago

Your job as a service provider is to give decision makers the freedom to fire people. Every useless employee and inefficiency you expose through your work increases leverage

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a week ago

Broke: begging VCs for seed money yapping about “product market fit” Bespoke: receiving investment from oligarchical families through pure aura

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Torch @torchindex

a week ago

Blurring the line between work and life isn’t free. Friends drift away. Family doesn’t get it. Girlfriends fight. “I wish you spent more time with me.” I have a mission and nothing on this Earth will stop me. Sorry, not sorry

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Torch @torchindex

2 weeks ago

Required reading for anyone in agency space Clients care more about their experience than the results, even if they say otherwise Don’t learn this the hard way

Mubbu @wizofecom

2 weeks ago

Required reading for anyone in agency space Clients care more about their experience than the results, even if they say otherwise Don’t learn this the hard way

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Torch @torchindex

2 weeks ago

You need to go down more rabbit holes. Erik Prince arms trafficking. Marc Rich embargo arbitrage. Robert Maxwell financial espionage. Guaranteed more lessons than some Twitter guru’s recycled info or normie business books

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Torch @torchindex

2 weeks ago

Eastern European dev shop > Silicon Valley engineer who believes he’s the next Steve Jobs

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Torch @torchindex

2 weeks ago

One of the biggest dangers to your biz is boredom Apathy breeds Shiny Object Syndrome. Easy to take your eye off the ball for “new opportunities” when everything’s going well Before you know it you’ve burned time, resources, and focus on a distraction. Can be fatal

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Torch @torchindex

2 weeks ago

Hiring close friends is riskier than hiring strangers

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2 weeks ago

Best part about running ads is giving your loved ones millions of Amex/Chase points because you hate traveling

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Torch @torchindex

2 weeks ago

Every industry has a gap between public perception and reality. You’re a novice if your operating lens aligns with the crowd. Reality is cloak and dagger. Asymmetric. Alpha is found behind closed doors. Not Twitter threads

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Torch @torchindex

3 weeks ago

There is no big win moment in life. No climax in the plot. Trying to create one obliterates your momentum. Basking in achievement is for people who have nothing left to achieve Declined Gratification