Ohad Samet | Writing

Don’t do jiujitsu.

Don’t do jiujitsu.

A few years ago I fired myself from the day to day management of TrueML.

A few years ago I fired myself from the day to day management of TrueML.

My name is Ohad, and I’m a board member.

My name is Ohad, and I’m a board member.

I’ve been thinking about why I was so intrigued by the C-levels who decided to ban committees.

I’ve been thinking about why I was so intrigued by the C-levels who decided to ban committees.

If you’ve spent any time watching high-level Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu competition, you’ve likely come across Gustavo Batista.

If you’ve spent any time watching high-level Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu competition, you’ve likely come across Gustavo Batista.

I’ve started getting Linkedin messages again, congratulating me on my work anniversary.

I’ve started getting Linkedin messages again, congratulating me on my work anniversary.

When the Nazis came, Bronislava and Herman’s lives would never be the same.

When the Nazis came, Bronislava and Herman’s lives would never be the same.

The most common refrain among older beginners practicing any hobby is “I wish I had started earlier”.

The most common refrain among older beginners practicing any hobby is “I wish I had started earlier”.

Scorpion (stylized as </SCORPION> because hAckERs or whatever) was a bad TV series, a knockoff of Lie to Me which was a knockoff of House MD which… You get it.

I often describe the evolution of a company as an upwards spiral: you keep progressing and you’re also on a continuous cycle of having to re-evaluate parts of the company for the next level.

Scorpion (stylized as because hAckERs or whatever) was a bad TV series, a knockoff of Lie to Me which was a knockoff of House MD which… You get it.

I often describe the evolution of a company as an upwards spiral: you keep progressing and you’re also on a continuous cycle of having to re-evaluate parts of the company for the next level.

True story: in my 20s I thought teaching martial arts was going to be my career.

I’ve recently started helping a small team working on an early stage product.

Ever wondered why CEOs aren’t more visible outside of their formal commitments?

Here’s a video of my talk from Fintech Devcon: why experienced founders should try to solve Really Hard problems, and my playbook for doing so.

There’s a Tai Chi master in Israel, called Nir Malkhi.

This is the moment that broke my heart in The Godfather part 2.

Nothing matters.

One surprising thing that I learned about martial arts is that at the highest levels, it is about conservation of energy and well timed exertion more than giving it all you have and winning with a single motion.

Content rules.

Growth is cool, but also exhausting.