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It’s time to start hosting small weekend conferences on a bunch of random topics, led by scholars and online writers

Prediction: @Jack is accumulating Bitcoin so that he can buy Twitter outright, decentralize it, and gift it back to the internet. This is a long-term and likely legacy he wishes to leave for the world.

Harvard Business Review is a unicorn in disguise. - 340,000 subscribers - $262M revenue - Bigger than Forbes, Fortune, Axios It's also been around for ~100 years. Enjoyed thinking about its future, and who else could build an "HBR-style" business. https://t.co/WmajhFN4DD

If you’re looking to learn sales as a founder read these 3 books… 1. To sell is human 2. The challenger sale 3. From impossible to inevitable

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Dfinity wants to allow the creation of apps that can run on the network itself rather than on servers owned by Facebook, Google or Amazon. Can it succeed where others have failed? https://t.co/Fu3rhqQTjL

We loved space but it’s great to be home! 🌎 Incredible news on @elonmusk donation and surpassing the 200m goal for @StJude. Let’s keep it going! 🚀 On behalf of @inspiration4x - thank you all for the support and thanks to @SpaceX for bringing us home safe! Keep changing the 🌎

There are >800 privately-held, venture-backed companies worth a billion dollars. These companies are generally too big to be acquired (particularly with new antitrust rules) so they have to IPO. The public markets can only absorb 100-150 companies/year. I sense a problem.

everything is a remix everyone is a producer

.@jokowi, will you join @bankimooncentre and a coalition of Indonesian climate advocates at #GlobalCitizenLive to make a commitment to the planet? Where you lead, others will follow. 🇮🇩 💚

An exempt from PhD Diary of a survivor. Keep practicing it till you achieve you goal. If you disagree with any point. Mention in comments @PhDVoice @PhD_Genie @OpenAcademics @AcademicDilemma @AcademicChatter @PhDfriendSana @yourPhDpal @hapyresearchers #phd #phdlife #phdtips https://t.co/cyMzEWZCQB

Email Marketing Hack: Use the "Almost sold out" email. >> [Product] is almost sold out! >> Grab yours before they're gone >> Counter w/number of available products >> CTA (directly to checkout) CLEAN way to get more sales (if this is true/applicable for your brand, of course).

Freemium SaaS startup roadmap: 1. Very generous free plan helps the company reach a ton of users 2. Paid Team plan to monetize 3. Free plan becomes less generous 4. Conversion to paid goes up Result: Many competitors pop up with very generous free plan. Rinse and repeat.

If you use Google Docs, you're one of G Suite's 2,000,000,000 monthly active users. But you probably aren't using it to its full potential. So here are 6 little-known features that will save you countless hours (so you can work faster):

Unpopular opinion: Kids shouldn’t sleep in their parents beds. Ever. At any age. Even for a minute.

Adi Utarini dan timnya menyuntikkan bakteri ke telur nyamuk Aedes aegypti (yang amat sangat kecil), lalu melepaskan nyamuk-nyamuk itu dalam jumlah banyak di beberapa kawasan di Yogyakarta. Hasilnya, di kawasan itu demam berdarah turun 77%. https://t.co/Mm4X87fwHd https://t.co/OuR2f9Yy2x

“You have a degree in physics. You are now thinking of dropping out. No one will ever hire you. Don’t do this” These were the words of a friend, a friend who meant well, in Sep 2003. I had called him because he had changed careers after physics. And I thought he’d understand.

One of the easiest ways to build community as a small brand: Send a personal email (text only) to every customer thanking them for their purchase, and about who you are.

I spent a majority of my life battling bad habits, including an alcohol addiction for over 20 years. I didn't know it at the time, but it was slowly killing me.

Why are customer acquisition costs increasing for all companies, from Fortune 500 to startups? A thread.

I stand corrected. Will use Arabic’s 12 layers of friendship from now on :’) https://t.co/PcVniHWdiv

1/ Tenacity is the most important trait for building a company. It is not intelligence, creativity or salesmanship, but sheer determination. Wake up every day and push the ball forward.

6 Ways Marketing is like Dating 1. First impressions matter 2. You have a type = target audience 3. You have to differentiate yourself 4. You have to be authentic 5. Being first to mind matters 6. You don't propose (ask for the sale) on the date What would you add?

"Education isn't something you can finish." -- Isaac Asimov (1920 - 1992) https://t.co/Iv9t7HpnVP

📚 Everybody Writes: Your Go-To Guide to Creating Ridiculously Good Content 👤 Ann Handley / @MarketingProfs 🔗 https://t.co/kC7c66rcIV

Many founders think the best first step in exploring an idea is building an MVP. But often this is a waste of time and money. There's a better way - the Minimum Viable Testing framework. Really excited to share details on the First Round Review - https://t.co/msxJ6tW9VH

OK let's try something fun. I just minted a new NFT called "5 Minutes of Fame" on @opensea This is a 1 of 1. And it's not just a picture, it has actual utility built in. Here's how it works:

Every job will be automated until four remain: engineer, entrepreneur, investor, artist.

How to disrupt small business: Use Jobber, Ring Central, Salesforce, GSuite, Slack, Zoom, Docusign, and Gusto. Don’t take cash. Process quotes online. Employ a fully remote back office. That’s it. Oh and answer the phone when a customer / vendor / partner calls.

5 startup related books in my wishlist: 1. Hooked: how to build habit forming products (reading) 2. Misbehaving: The making of behavioral economics 3. No rules rules (by CEO of Netflix) 4. Shoedog (by creator of Nike) 5. Twelve & a Half (by GaryVee)