Neil Thanedar

Hi! I'm Neil Thanedar. I’m an entrepreneur, investor, scientist, altruist, and author. This is my official website where I share my ideas, notes, podcasts, and videos.

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We need a middle class for startups

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Idea: Make Mittelstands cool in America. Rebrand the US Middle Market. Create a studio and fund to build and buy Mittelstands.

You’re not burnt out, you’re existentially starving

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“Those who have a ‘Why’ to live, can bear with almost any ‘How’.” ― Viktor Frankl quoting Friedrich Nietzsche, Man’s Search for Meaning Let me guess: Viktor Frankl calls this feeling the “existential vacuum” in his famous book Man’s Search for Meaning. Frankl was a psychologist who survived the Holocaust, and in this…