Amjad Masad
Guest on My First Million
Amjad Masad is the founder and CEO of Replit, an online coding platform that makes software creation more accessible, social, and fun. He is known for his mission to unlock a billion software creators globally and for previously serving as a tech lead on Facebook’s JavaScript infrastructure team after being the first employee at Codecademy.
Products they talk about
Pirates of Silicon Valley👍 Recommends
…discussing influential films about tech entrepreneurship
“I watched Pirates of Silicon Valley started learning about Bill Gates. This is thing they want to get after it creates this crisis of meaning in a lot of people.”
on My First Million
Steam Deck👍 Recommends
…taking mental breaks during company's darkest period before breakthrough
“I bought a Steam Deck because I just wanted something to take my mind off all the depressing stuff. They do this thing in games, it was called early preview, sort of like a beta. But the intention is that you're getting SMI broken thing, but you're expected to kind of give us feedback.”
on My First Million
The Hard Thing About Hard Things👍 Recommends
…reflecting on business biographies and sales leadership lessons
“I think Ben Harwitz and the hard things about hard things is a very good book and inspiration for especially a more sales driven business. I read it a while back and it has a lot of really interesting stories about doing deals and losing deals and hiring sales people.”
on My First Million
What the Bleep Do We Know👍 Recommends
…discussing visualization and belief systems that influenced entrepreneurial mindset
“There was a period of time where there was a lot of like pseudoscientific stuff documentaries coming out. was one called What the bleep do we know? it's like about quantum physics and visualizations. Like if you put the vibration out, the universe will reward you. I kind of believe that in a weird way.”
on My First Million