Jide

If your dream is to get rich, disappear, and flex on IG, then buy a lottery ticket and hope for the best. Real wealth comes from building something valuable within your community or becoming so skilled that others pay you to build in theirs. Wealth isn’t the destination, you get it on the journey

They put a Whole Foods at Walter Reed and South Dakota Ave got a fucking Aldi 😩😩

Hypocrisy is a privilege. It’s something to earn through building enough power to enforce your own standards. When you see the powerful switch positions without shame remember that. The ability to contradict yourself without consequences isn’t random. It’s tied to power, influence, and resources.

We’re the first generation of adults navigating digital distractions while trying to handle real responsibilities. There’s no perfect formula. The TL will still be there after you’ve done something that actually moves your life forward. Set boundaries. Take control. Watch how much more you get done

One of the biggest lessons in business? Money is a construct. We made it up. The same way you don’t shop when you’re hungry, you don’t build a business with a broken money mindset. Fix that first. Then build.

Black founders are too niche, can't scale Black investors are too niche, can't scale Black musicians, global appeal Black entertainers, global appeal Black athletes, global appeal Why do we box in talent in business but celebrate it everywhere else?

Faith builds what strategy alone cannot. Business plans mean nothing without the spiritual foundation to weather storms. Discipline. Sacrifice. Vision. As we observe Lent and Ramadan, I’m reminded that these principles transcend faith traditions. True builders understand this.

They say the doors are closing for Black founders. VCs are pulling out of Africa. DEI is dead in America. But I see windows opening. Smaller targeted funds. Tighter founder communities. A more resilient culture. I’m so excited for what we’re building. Stay the course. Keep the faith.

Tech bros in 2023: "AI will replace humans!" DeepSeek in 2024: "Actually..." Funny how quick the narrative shifted from: - Replacing workers to augmenting them - Exclusive access to open source Almost like helping humans was the point all along. The revolution will be open source.

The next move is them questioning Black History month. They will say it pushes divisiveness amongst Americans and its exclusionary to other races. Some might even argue it misrepresents history. After all we’ve come so far what’s even the need in today’s society. Schools and corp 1st, then govt.

One of my favorite things about Jeopardy is how many contestants are from the DMV

The way African food spots in DC stay packed with Caribbean, African American, and even European customers tells you everything. Our flavors are universal, we just need more people bold enough to scale these businesses beyond one location. The demand is already proven 💰

Just found out sweet sweet kitchen opened an H St location and immediately found myself in there for an order of cassava leaves. DC really is the US hq of African restaurants. I’m actually spoilt for choice it’s crazy

About time

Bluesky is just flat out not fun. I know they said there are 20M accounts on here but it just doesn’t feel like it. Tbh it looks like Threads is the best option for those trying to wean off Twitter. Hoping the experience here improves

You: Uncle Jide, I loved my visit to Africa what should I invest in? Me: BUY LAND IN AFRICA! The development pattern never changes: 1. "Smart money" quietly buys land 2. Malls and schools appear 3. Property values 5x 4. Everyone else says "who could have known?"

"$1K is too small to invest in Africa" Meanwhile you drop that same money on meme coins and watch it evaporate in real time. At least that Turkish spot you love in Accra is selling actual food to actual customers 😭

Who’s having a better year than Tiakola? Après Minuit is the smoothest track I’ve heard in a min. This will def be my go to all Detty December

I saw a discussion about how the diaspora was a dead end. Funny because I'm watching Senegalese merchants build beauty empires, Ethiopians franchise coffee shops globally, and Ghanaians turn December into a multi-million dollar festival season. Seems like some people just aren't paying attention.

The best investment to make right now is land in Africa. Go to your favorite African city and look who owns the prime spots we're paying rent to. The best time to buy was when they called it "middle of nowhere." The second best time is now.

Y'all saying "$1K is too small to invest in Africa" while Lebanese, Turkish and Indian retail investors are making real money running basic services we use every December. Simple things: hotels, restaurants and transport. No one's saving Africa, they're just doing business where we party.

We listen and we don’t judge but I think it’s crazy how we'll spend $5K on December trips to Africa but act like investing there is "too risky." Foreign companies buying up prime real estate. They're building wealth in our hotspots while we're just building bar tabs.

These 25 degree days and 4pm sunsets forced me to pay a mortgage to United airlines for a ticket outta here. My mental health specifically requires emotional support sunshine and 90 degree weather

Airlines really charging $3000 for a middle seat to Africa in December like we're flying to Mars. And still will serve us that mysterious meat with the dry rice. Tired of paying the Africa tax on everything

Ghana announcing free visa on arrival 3 days before December starts is peak African timing. Why didn’t they do this in July 😭?? Airlines are gonna act like they didn't get the memo until December 15th. Meanwhile Nigeria continues to ignore tourism money

Arguing with my wife in Costco about which brand of olive oil to get when this woman walks up and scans the bottles with her phone. She shows it to us and is like this is the one you should get. She was using Yuka app and I gotta say the immediate product market fit was impressive. Tech can be great

Kendrick album in the gym now the Wizkid album to run errands. Ancestors didn’t survive all that just for us to have mid playlists. 😤🙌🏿

Kendrick album is the first test for bluesky and blacksky in particular

Gemini commercial 1000x better than the Apple AI commercials

Been warm all season now that it’s Thanksgiving week the hawk wanna come out smh

Interesting that Druski is pushing his YT channel to distribute his new content instead of dropping on all the socials like before. I’m not a content creator but it does seem to indicate some sort of shift?

The most challenging part of building a tech product is managing the execs who have the discipline and attention span of toddlers 😭😭

I bought land in Africa this year and it changed my life. I’m pretty sure I’ll be buying a lot more land in Africa in the coming years and when I tell people this they usually have one of two reactions A. Africa? That’s far B. Tell me how I can buy land too Which one are you?

Introduce yourself with four footballers #footysky

🥹❤️Two Starter Packs full of beautiful Black people in Tech Im in love with the representation ❤️😭 Yall better follow these beautiful people (AND HIRE BLACK PEOPLE LOOKING FOR WORK!) Part one: go.bsky.app/2RAbS3g Part Two: go.bsky.app/UzrL3z4

Clone my voice for teams, Otter to record and summarize the meeting, Claude to give my point of view on each topic or issue raised. Gonna have 7 different PM jobs at the same time while living in Zaanzibar laying on the beach everyday

Realizing that the blacksky feed has to be the default tl

And I’m back 😂😂😂

Yeah I might as well shut down this account cuz I’m never coming back on here. It was a solid idea and effort though 🙏🏿

Just booked reservations for Kann restaurant and celebrated like I won the lottery. I’ve been trying for months 😭😭. Ok so now I just have to plan a decent summer weekend in Portland. Open to all suggestions

“Sports is the most important of the least important things in life” with that said here’s mine ⚽️: Chelsea 🏈: Ravens 🏀: Wizards (on strike though) 🎾: Francis Tiafoe 🏎️: Mercedes

I feel like I’ve been living a charmed social media life cuz I never know these people who y’all immediately ratio when they join this app 😂

Is crazy how quickly Knicks guys have taken over #nba bluesky

This def feels like the moment for bluesky. Holiday weekend, hot button issues in the USA and global news cycles, lots of sports stuff. Could be the tipping point but they gotta seize on it