Archive - Farza's Newsletter

we bought a matcha machine and im caf'd out my mind help

what the hell is going on

Nov 30, 2023 •

October 2023

put a sandwich in my pocket and tsa told me to get rid of it thats messed up

a short post about investors and getting money for what you're building.

Oct 18, 2023 •

drinking a spanish latte but i dont speak spanish is this legal

I come from a Pakistani family. Unless your new initiative is a big success, you're a big flop. As a society, no matter where you're from -- we have a…

Oct 3, 2023 •

August 2023

i ordered garlic naan but they gave me captain crunch instead what the heck man

Note: this is targeted specifically at startup founders. But, same things apply to anyone who’s brave enough to create something from nothing …

Aug 28, 2023 •

June 2023

i got suitcases full of matcha tea don't mess with me punk

Got back from Dubai a few days ago. Life has been…intense heh. In just the last 2.5-weeks: We ran a live gameshow I hosted and gave away $100,000, had…

Jun 12, 2023 •

May 2023

just drank a $4 bottle of smart water and im still dumb af someone help

Hey all, been a while. Let me tell you a story. 2022 was one of the most challenging years of my life. In 2022 — buildspace raised $10M at a $100M…

May 23, 2023 •

February 2022

just ate a croissant but then realized it was a steak what a stupid mistake

Hey all — been a while. My last newsletter was 6-months ago. In it I was telling you all that we were pivotting away from ZipSchool to this random thing…

Feb 26, 2022 •

August 2021

been playing mario kart on my tamagotchi

Hey everyone! Chilling at a little cafe right now. Got a cappuccino and a cheese danish. So, we’re working on _buildspace now and a lot of folks have…

Aug 8, 2021 •

was playing super smash melee w voldemort he mains yoshi wow

Hey everyone! Been a while :). I’ll talk more about this next time, but, we’ve decided to pivot away from ZipSchool to BuildSpace. Check it out…

Aug 1, 2021 •

June 2021

me and satoru iwata were chilling at target and bought some beef jerky

I’ve been having a ton of fun lately with ZipSchool. We’re evolving fast in terms of our understanding of the product, problem, user. We’re following…

Jun 7, 2021 •

May 2021

drinking chai with xi jinping talking about the nintendo gamecube

Obsession is a pretty powerful thing. It’s awesome how you can get obsessed with something and spend all your energy just being obsessed with that…

May 16, 2021 •

just used my car keys to lock my macbook wow 2021 is legit

Was a busy week at ZipSchool! It’s interesting, we’re quickly moving more toward an experience that the student themselves can control. This sounds…

May 9, 2021 •

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