No. 140 · March 26, 2022

Jaisal Rathee

Entrepreneur focusing on a portfolio of small bets

Jaisal Rathee is an entrepreneur focusing on a portfolio of small bets. His main focus right now is Startups.fyi, a newsletter that helps you discover money-making startups and side-projects.

He’s also working on Insanely Cool Tools and Internet is Beautiful, two additional newsletters in his growing portfolio.

As you can see, he prefers to travel light with only his laptop or iPad along with some basic accessories.

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How do you spark creativity?

I find that my most creative time is between 10am - 11am in the morning. A well made flat white and some good coffee shop ambience is usually the perfect way to kickstart my creative power hour. If I’m lacking creativity or feeling a bit flat then a short walk in the woods also helps clear my head and get the creative juices flowing.

How do you keep the work-life balance?

I’m still figuring this one out, and I’m sure my girlfriend will agree. My recent improvements have included attempting a dopamine detox, and trying not to focus on any client work during the evenings and weekends. The latter has definitely helped and I find I actually get more work done during the hours I have available in the week.

Jaisal’s gear

5 items.

On the desk5

Tablet iPad Air 4th Gen
This is great for a multi purpose device.
Accessories Apple Pencil 2
Essential when doing creative work, use this for note taking and writing down ideas, and drawing website wireframes or outlining projects.
Keyboard Magic Keyboard
Perfect companion when I’m doing editing/typing work, writing email copy for clients, or just attempting lightweight work that doesn’t require me to lug around my laptop.
On 26% of the desks we’ve published
Camera DJI Pocket 2
I’ve recently started carrying this as it’s an easy to use and lightweight 4k camera with an in built gimbal, perfect for moving shots or just simple street photography.
Computer MacBook Air 2019
A more general use device that I primarily use for building websites, Webflow work or editing videos.