The impending Age Of Abundance was prophecied in the scriptures thousands of years ago.
Wednesday, April 02, 2025
Tuesday, March 25, 2025
How BYD Is Beating Tesla at Its Own Game
How BYD Is Beating Tesla at Its Own Game
For years, Tesla has been the undisputed leader in the global electric vehicle (EV) market. With sleek designs, cutting-edge tech, and Elon Musk’s cult of personality, the company seemed unstoppable. But fast forward to today, and a new name is dominating headlines: BYD.
BYD, short for “Build Your Dreams,” is a Chinese automaker that has quietly (and now very loudly) overtaken Tesla in critical areas. In the final quarter of 2023, BYD officially outsold Tesla in EV deliveries—a symbolic and strategic win that signals a shift in the EV power balance. But how exactly did BYD pull this off?
1. Price, Price, Price
Tesla helped make EVs cool. BYD made them affordable.
While Tesla’s entry-level vehicles remain aspirational for many middle-class buyers globally, BYD has taken a different path: mass market domination. The company produces a wide range of vehicles, from ultra-affordable models like the Seagull (priced under $11,000 in China) to high-end luxury EVs. This broad portfolio allows BYD to tap into a much larger customer base, especially in developing markets.
2. Vertical Integration with a Twist
Tesla prides itself on vertical integration, but BYD may have taken it a step further.
BYD manufactures its own batteries—thanks to its subsidiary FinDreams Battery—and has innovated with its proprietary “Blade Battery” technology. This lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery is cheaper, more stable, and safer than traditional lithium-ion alternatives. Owning the battery supply chain gives BYD greater control over costs, production, and innovation.
3. A Strong Home Base: China
BYD’s dominance in China, the world’s largest EV market, gives it a huge advantage.
While Tesla has made inroads in China through its Gigafactory in Shanghai, BYD plays on home turf. It benefits from local government subsidies, national EV mandates, and a deep understanding of the Chinese consumer. More importantly, it has built a massive dealership and service network across the country—something Tesla still struggles with in several markets.
4. Global Expansion with Local Sensitivity
Unlike Tesla’s “one-size-fits-all” approach, BYD is tailoring its expansion for each region.
In Latin America, Southeast Asia, and Europe, BYD has launched different models and pricing strategies. It’s also investing in local assembly plants, like the one announced in Brazil, and entering ride-hailing and taxi fleets to build brand visibility. Tesla, meanwhile, remains highly concentrated in the U.S. and parts of Europe and China.
5. Fleet Dominance
BYD isn’t just targeting private customers—it’s taking over public and commercial fleets.
From electric buses to taxis and delivery vans, BYD is electrifying urban transport systems around the world. Many cities have adopted BYD buses for public transit, and the brand’s electric commercial vehicles are popping up in logistics operations globally. Tesla’s commercial fleet ambitions (like the Semi truck) are still in the early stages.
6. Less Drama, More Delivery
While Tesla makes headlines for bold promises and controversial tweets, BYD just ships cars.
BYD is laser-focused on execution. While Tesla fans await new Cybertruck releases or FSD (Full Self-Driving) breakthroughs, BYD quietly rolls out new models, scales up production, and hits its targets. In a market that increasingly values stability and reliability, this difference matters.
Final Thoughts: Is This the Tipping Point?
Tesla still holds immense value as a tech innovator and brand leader. But BYD’s rise marks a new chapter in the EV revolution—one that’s less about hype and more about scale, accessibility, and pragmatic growth. In many ways, BYD is doing what Tesla set out to do: accelerate the world’s transition to sustainable energy. Only now, they’re doing it faster, cheaper, and more globally.
The EV race isn’t over. But as things stand, BYD has overtaken Tesla not just in numbers—but in momentum.
Wednesday, March 19, 2025
Tuesday, March 18, 2025
Friday, March 14, 2025
14: Robert Reich
I just saw this: https://t.co/RV5dHwg3uC Is @indiatoday interested in Lord Kalki? He is Here. I can arrange for you to interview Him.
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) March 14, 2025
महाकुम्भ में वायरल हुवे IIT बाबा क्या कल्कि हैं? #kalki https://t.co/9Fif4syyn5
1. ban bot (automated) replies. Or give the author the ability to limit replies to no bots
— CZ 🔶 BNB (@cz_binance) March 14, 2025
2. Sort replies by account followers, account age (older accounts first)
3. Sort replies by people I follow
4. Remember the last sorting preference
I see the same posts multiple times more often than I did 6-12 months ago.
— Brian Armstrong (@brian_armstrong) March 14, 2025
It seems like a post being marked as viewed doesn't get recorded/propagated in time before fresh content is requested. Tough to do at scale I imagine!
Zuckerberg needed someone who understood human behavior.
— eye zen hour (@eyezenhour) March 13, 2025
Chamath joined Facebook when it had just 50M users.
As Head of Growth, he built the strategy that scaled it to 1B users.
His secret? pic.twitter.com/Z139nDXXdm
Distribution over product.
— eye zen hour (@eyezenhour) March 13, 2025
While others obsessed over features, Chamath focused on:
• Finding what keeps users coming back
• Using data to double down
• Building unstoppable feedback loops
Virgin Galactic.
— eye zen hour (@eyezenhour) March 13, 2025
Everyone laughed at his $100M bet on space tourism.
"It's fantasy," they said.
Chamath saw a once-in-a-generation opportunity.
That $100M became $1 billion.
But his controversial moves were just beginning ⤵️ pic.twitter.com/vbSmQwjFma
Friday, February 21, 2025
Elon Musk: First Principles Thinking
Elon Musk: First Principles Thinking
Musk’s Management
Elon Musk: First Principles Thinking
Musk’s Management
Elon Musk: First Principles Thinking
Musk’s Management
@paramendrakumarbhagat Elon Musk: First Principles Thinking Musk’s Management https://a.co/d/g6J1xiu
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Elon Musk: First Principles Thinking
Musk’s Management
Elon Musk: First Principles Thinking
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) February 21, 2025
Musk’s Management https://t.co/tD7n6ZojzF pic.twitter.com/IjCSPTaw94
Elon Musk: First Principles Thinking
Musk’s Management
Saturday, February 15, 2025
Elon Musk: A Hands-On Leadership Style
This document explores Elon Musk's hands-on leadership style, emphasizing his deep engagement in the technical and operational aspects of his companies. It highlights Musk's direct involvement in problem-solving during Tesla's Model 3 production and SpaceX's rocket development, showcasing how his expertise drives innovation and ensures alignment with organizational goals. The text also addresses the balance between active involvement and empowering teams through collaboration, high standards, and fostering a culture of innovation. Ultimately, it presents Musk's approach as a model for leaders seeking to inspire excellence and achieve transformative change by staying connected to core operations while adapting to organizational growth. The piece concludes that his leadership is a powerful example of how hands-on involvement can lead to extraordinary results.
@paramendrakumarbhagat Elon Musk: A Hands-On Leadership Style Musk’s Management https://a.co/d/g6J1xiu
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Elon Musk: A Hands-On Leadership Style
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) February 15, 2025
Musk’s Management https://t.co/tD7n6ZojzF pic.twitter.com/cMm9OxBqQX
Friday, February 14, 2025
Elon Musk: Vision-Driven Leadership
@paramendrakumarbhagat Elon Musk: The Visionary Leader Musk’s Management https://a.co/d/g6J1xiu
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@paramendrakumarbhagat Elon Musk: Vision-Driven Leadership Musk’s Management https://a.co/d/g6J1xiu
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Elon Musk: Vision-Driven Leadership
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) February 14, 2025
Musk’s Management https://t.co/tD7n6ZojzF pic.twitter.com/LdHdytz8cj
Musk’s Management
Thursday, February 13, 2025
Leading Like Elon: Lessons from Musk's Management Style
@paramendrakumarbhagat Leading Like Elon: Lessons from Musk's Management Style Musk’s Management https://a.co/d/g6J1xiu
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Leading Like Elon: Lessons from Musk's Management Style
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) February 14, 2025
Musk’s Management https://t.co/tD7n6ZoRpd pic.twitter.com/KdrqHvirlZ
Musk’s Management
@paramendrakumarbhagat Elon Musk: The Visionary Leader Musk’s Management https://a.co/d/g6J1xiu
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Musk’s Management https://t.co/tD7n6ZoRpd pic.twitter.com/m2NKbq0EHq
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) February 14, 2025
Musk’s Management
Wednesday, February 12, 2025
Saturday, February 08, 2025
8: Elon Musk
Build the Wikipedia killer.
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) February 8, 2025
When a big new thing appears, we tend to think of it initially in terms of the old thing. For example, people thought of cars and trains as mechanized carriages initially, before starting to see them as their own thing. How are we doing this with AI? pic.twitter.com/WE3oAdu4jj
— Paul Graham (@paulg) February 8, 2025
The California high-speed rail project is an example of where incompetence in the limit is indistinguishable from fraud https://t.co/ni6VBpvfHe
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 8, 2025
MORE WINNING! Japanese PM Announces 1 Trillion Dollar American Investment At Trump Press Conference
— Alex Jones (@RealAlexJones) February 8, 2025
Breaking News And Reports Here:https://t.co/VcQBdHL417 pic.twitter.com/DfpHcJwFXj
Awesome 😎 pic.twitter.com/DkoZXRROuq
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 8, 2025
95%
— Sahil Bloom (@SahilBloom) February 8, 2025
By the time your child turns 18, you've spent ~95% of the time you will ever spend with them in your lifetime.
There are specific windows—much shorter than you care to imagine or admit—during which certain people and relationships will occupy your life.
You may have only… pic.twitter.com/1BbKxp6jCA
I’m a PhD student at MIT. It costs $170k a year in grants to hire me. I get paid $50k of that, and the additional $120k goes to MIT for “tuition and overhead”
— Nick Diaco (@DiacoNick) February 8, 2025
Donald Trump is making a deliberate attempt to overwhelm the system, and to overwhelm you. It can be difficult to keep up. And that’s by design.
— Cory Booker (@CoryBooker) February 7, 2025
But we can keep up – and respond. Here’s what he’s doing, and what it means for you. Just the facts. 🧵⤵️
The contest is during the duration of the game, correct?
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) February 8, 2025
Isaac Newton developed his theories on calculus and gravity in his early 20s. Young people are perfectly capable of auditing the government and untangling the flow of funds. It's not rocket science.
— Cameron Winklevoss (@cameron) February 8, 2025
This feels like a stretch. If we have a Newton on the DOGE team let's get him/her OFF DOGE and into academia! ;)
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) February 8, 2025
4 months after moving from sf to nyc and i can absolutely confirm that people in sf are constantly talking about why nyc sucks but people in nyc literally do not think about sf
— eliza (@elizalian) February 8, 2025
I found this hard to believe, but it's really true. The movement against plastic straws began with a mistaken statistic in a 9 year old boy's school project that went viral. How can plastic straws still be banned anywhere? https://t.co/szKHe1SJP3
— Paul Graham (@paulg) February 8, 2025
So @elonmusk says he’s looking for waste and fraud but the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau costs less than $1B/year and has returned $20B and counting to consumers in roughly a decade.
— Ryan Grim (@ryangrim) February 8, 2025
Friday, February 07, 2025
7: Elon Musk
Never forget the paper straw wrapped in plastic. pic.twitter.com/xzzAhpRat8
— Douglas A. Boneparth (@dougboneparth) February 7, 2025
Greatest President ever! pic.twitter.com/U8BuPVwSwd
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 7, 2025
Anyone want to create a hard-hitting show on 𝕏 called 69 Minutes?
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 7, 2025
I will actually fund it! https://t.co/ZZzgRmZeDZ
This photo is not from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. It was taken in 2017 by Caroline Power off the coast of Roatan, Honduras (you can even see land in the distance).
— Boyan Slat (@BoyanSlat) February 6, 2025
This was before @TheOceanCleanup deployed Interceptors in the region—can’t wait to see the “after” photo! https://t.co/SowhTqzI7o
I have the nagging feeling that there's going to be something very obvious about AI once it crosses a certain threshold that I could foresee now if I tried harder. Not that it's going to enslave us. I already worry about that. I mean something subtler.
— Paul Graham (@paulg) February 7, 2025
Canva is a outstanding
— Poonam Soni (@CodeByPoonam) February 7, 2025
But almost everyone's still stuck in beginner mode.
Here're 13 Canva hacks you'll wish you knew sooner:
1/ Video Editor
— Poonam Soni (@CodeByPoonam) February 7, 2025
Capture the highlights of your videos to generate short and engaging clips using new Highlights tool – perfect for snappy social content. pic.twitter.com/tseTuNvZFW
American weapons programs need to be completely redone.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 7, 2025
The current strategy is to build a small number of weapons at a high price to fight yesterday’s war.
Unless there are immediate and dramatic changes made, America will lose the next war very badly. https://t.co/wJfDROM7kz
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 7, 2025
I asked a friend who's been in the wine business for decades at what price wine quality is within a percent or two of the asymptote. He said £250 ($300). Beyond that you're just paying for brand.
— Paul Graham (@paulg) February 7, 2025
Founder Mode https://t.co/d37n12cnmJ
— Aravind Srinivas (@AravSrinivas) February 7, 2025
You can schedule your tweets. You can have a team do it.
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) February 7, 2025
Yes, Mr. President! pic.twitter.com/6bzdL218k6
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 7, 2025
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 7, 2025
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 7, 2025
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 7, 2025
Prediction: Gene editing will be huge. This is just Internet stocks in 2000. https://t.co/ORFj4YiztB
— Paul Graham (@paulg) February 7, 2025
Doesn’t that seem odd? 🤔 https://t.co/YyoEY8MvKy
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 7, 2025
The first principle is that you must not fool yourself—and you are the easiest person to fool.
— Prof. Feynman (@ProfFeynman) February 7, 2025
Doesn’t it seem odd that none of the supposed beneficiaries of USAID are complaining? Just the government-funded “NGOs”. 🤔 https://t.co/iwRtyT4rpC
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 7, 2025
Wow!! https://t.co/6hzSWWQqyE
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 6, 2025
True.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 7, 2025
Soros figured out how to leverage a relatively small amount of his money into massive taxpayer money. https://t.co/J9uO0DBRgy
Thanks https://t.co/DTvaWcqutE
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 7, 2025
I would pay money to be a fly on the Oval Office wall when Trump sees this https://t.co/czVxgQ1T42
— Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan) February 7, 2025
In 18 minutes I’ll be discussing @jellyvideochats, and now that we’re confident in what we’ll be building mvp, will touch on that too https://t.co/y3kjh99Ejp
— Iqram Magdon-Ismail (@iqramband) February 7, 2025
Big updates 👀
— JPB (@JPBweb3) February 7, 2025
Tune into my space with @iqramband at 10pm ET to hear more bout Jelly! https://t.co/MLkioTDt4y
Had a great time discussing @jellyvideochats here https://t.co/RBq8w0dicS
— Iqram Magdon-Ismail (@iqramband) February 6, 2025
She is the youngest billionaire you never heard of...
— Genius Business (@BusinessGTX) February 6, 2025
She was a university teacher who built Canva into a $40B company by 30 from her mom's living room.
Her strategy was so simple but GENIUS that Adobe executives couldn't believe it.
Here's the full story: 🧵 pic.twitter.com/TcgZ8F5vLw
Most students struggled for weeks to learn the basics. Design software was clunky, expensive, and hard to access.
— Genius Business (@BusinessGTX) February 6, 2025
Melanie saw an opportunity:
What if anyone could design anything—quickly, easily, and affordably?
@paramendrakumarbhagat SpaceX Poached 60% Of ISRO Scientists https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjGfvzMX8d8
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SpaceX Poached 60% Of ISRO Scientistshttps://t.co/w6rOyO8OUj pic.twitter.com/rWwElM56Ze
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) February 7, 2025
Are you going to tell him to apologize for saying "Normalize Indian hate" before this rehire? Just asking for the sake of both of our kids. https://t.co/7NY8m93hJa
— Ro Khanna (@RoKhanna) February 7, 2025
What is your favorite AI tool to use?
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) February 7, 2025
I want to know if you are willing to walk the walk on the Wikipedia killer idea. I already have a team gelling.
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) February 7, 2025
Thanks for the chat! https://t.co/0Ta09tKt7g
— Iqram Magdon-Ismail (@iqramband) February 6, 2025
I'm all for going after waste, fraud, and abuse. The Department of Defense spends $800+ billion a year. It's never passed a single audit. Ever.
— Rep. Jim McGovern (@RepMcGovern) February 7, 2025
USAID was audited three months ago.
Is Elon scared to lose all the defense contract money he pockets from the Pentagon?
Objective analysis. Two issues. While everything Musk does is under Trump's authority as president, they are trampling constitutional norms at the very least. 2, are these targets the mandate people voted for? Killing foreign aid and the FBI foreign interference task force? https://t.co/VroWFvJOYB
— Garry Kasparov (@Kasparov63) February 7, 2025
Eg, Trump campaigned heavily on immigration. Musk is choosing targets for his own reasons. And the precedent of destroying first and finding out what's legal later is going to be applied to much more critical institutions if it is unchallenged. That may be the point.
— Garry Kasparov (@Kasparov63) February 7, 2025
Seven points about the war over DOGE:
— Byron York (@ByronYork) February 6, 2025
1) There's no doubt the Musk team is finding indefensible spending at USAID, just like some in Congress have found the same spending at USAID, State, and other agencies.
2) Critics point out that $40 billion in foreign aid is a tiny part of a…
The UI has been updated so that you can turn it off when you want to. People love the R1 model. It's better than anything else right now for reasoning wrt latency/quality. It's fun to see what the model reasons and comes up with for open-ended stuff without using web info. https://t.co/zyQsRAxfXV pic.twitter.com/jRaPwuxB18
— Aravind Srinivas (@AravSrinivas) February 6, 2025
Congratulations, #NeZha2 https://t.co/M6zW2F8mMw
— Ambassador Chen Song (@PRCAmbNepal) February 7, 2025
Why are Trump and Elon Musk going after agencies like USAID?
— Rep. Pramila Jayapal (@RepJayapal) February 7, 2025
They’re trying to vilify foreign aid as a distraction from the enormous tax cuts Trump is trying to pass for himself and his rich buddies.
Keep your eye on the ball: Trump’s Tax Scam 2.0.
If you think of Coinbase like a bank, we now hold about $0.42T in assets for our customers, which would make us 21st largest bank in the US by total assets, and growing.
— Brian Armstrong (@brian_armstrong) February 7, 2025
If you think of us more like a brokerage, we'd be the 8th largest brokerage today by AUM.
If you think of us…
Wealth is quiet. Rich is loud. Broke is flashy.
— Wealth Director (@wealth_director) January 25, 2025
Today's Falcon 9 launch from California🚀 pic.twitter.com/i7mxyOgL71
— Lenora (@lenora_virgi) January 24, 2025
Donald Trump signs a deal to integrate $68 billion worth of $XRP into the Federal Reserve and Treasury! pic.twitter.com/qAmzWbbjfx
— CryptoGeek (@CryptoGeekNews) January 22, 2025
🚨RUMORS: Donald Trump plans to establish an altcoin strategic reserve that holds American cryptocurrencies such as $XRP, $SOL, $ADA, $HBAR, and $LINK. pic.twitter.com/OIgYln5x4g
— JackTheRippler ©️ (@RippleXrpie) January 22, 2025
Hillary laughing at Trump announcing he’s renaming the Gulf Of Mexico to the Gulf of America 😂 pic.twitter.com/UWypR7d8vb
— Adam (@AdamJSmithGA) January 20, 2025
This is Lake Michigan
— Science girl (@gunsnrosesgirl3) January 5, 2025
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In 2007, she started from her mom’s living room in Perth, Australia.
— Genius Business (@BusinessGTX) February 6, 2025
Her first idea? *Fusion Books.*
A simple tool for schools to create their yearbooks online.
It wasn’t flashy, but it worked... pic.twitter.com/Pjr2SJuHT3
In 2012, she pitched her new idea: Canva.
— Genius Business (@BusinessGTX) February 6, 2025
A platform where anyone could create professional designs—no experience needed.
But here’s the catch:
She wasn’t a tech founder. And she had no connections in Silicon Valley.
Melanie spent years refining her pitch.
— Genius Business (@BusinessGTX) February 6, 2025
She and her co-founder, Cliff Obrecht, faced rejection after rejection.
But in 2013, they finally secured funding from legendary investor Bill Tai.
Why? pic.twitter.com/yKHAvab6E7
Because Melanie’s vision was crystal clear. She wanted Canva to do for design what Google did for search:
— Genius Business (@BusinessGTX) February 6, 2025
Make it simple, fast, and accessible to everyone.
Tai was hooked—and Canva was born. pic.twitter.com/m7F8FNc610
By 2017, Canva had over 10 million users and was valued at $345 million.
— Genius Business (@BusinessGTX) February 6, 2025
But Melanie didn’t stop there.
She expanded into *team collaboration,* competing with giants like Microsoft and Google.
What happened next was shocking... pic.twitter.com/K8ASutnptz
In 2021, Canva reached a $40 billion valuation, making it one of the world’s most valuable startups.
— Genius Business (@BusinessGTX) February 6, 2025
And Melanie?
At just 34, she became one of the youngest self-made billionaires in the world.
But here’s the kicker... pic.twitter.com/929KW50Lrx
Canva didn’t just grow—it stayed true to its mission.
— Genius Business (@BusinessGTX) February 6, 2025
The company pledged to donate 30% of its wealth to charitable causes.
Melanie’s vision wasn’t just about profits—it was about making an impact. pic.twitter.com/WGeLecgfqs
Stephen Colbert Is a Little Alarmed About Trump’s Gaza Proposal
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The Trump Crisis Deepens
Goodbye Sora
— Poonam Soni (@CodeByPoonam) February 6, 2025
Meta just dropped VideoJAM, and its INSANE
13 WILD examples so far (Don't miss the 5th one) pic.twitter.com/9xLpGvW445