Author: tremendousblog
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When I was a kid, my family was on food stamps. But sometimes, what we really needed was money to pay the light bill. Why not just give people cash? Right now, Congress is voting on Medicaid cuts in the hopes of balancing the budget. I have a much easier…
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+ Politics+ Congress, Federal government, Government, Medicaid, News, Politics, SNAP, Trump, Washington, Welfare+
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Pat Tillman walked away from a $3.6 million NFL contract to join the Army after 9/11. What makes a man do something like that? As I headed off on vacation a couple of weeks ago, I cracked the book Where Men Win Glory to find out. Tillman was one of…
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“The initial idea doesn’t matter — most companies pivot.” I’ve heard that 100 times. But is it really true? Today, I dug into my portfolio to find out. I looked at investments at least a year old. This way, they’ve had time to pivot. Here’s what I found… Of 29…
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+ Business, Entrepreneur, Finance, Investing, Money, Personal finance, Silicon Valley, Startups, Stocks, Venture Capital+
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I lost my entire investment. Twice. These are my worst losses as an angel investor. Everyone online wants to talk about their wins. But you really want to learn something? Lose some money and feel the sting. Here’s the mistake I made and why I’ll never do it again… Two…
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+ Angel, Angel Investing, Business, Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurship, Finance, Founders, Investing, Money, Stocks, Tech, Venture Capital+
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Yesterday morning, I didn’t want to get out of bed. I was on 4 hours sleep. But then I thought, “Jimmy needs me”. Who’s Jimmy? Jimmy is the name I’ve given to that anonymous founder out there who needs help. Jimmy is just starting out. Nobody believes in him, but…
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+ Business, Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurship, Finance, Investing, Money, Silicon Valley, Small Business, Startups, Tech, Venture Capital+
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“Should we keep selling to the mid-market, or go after the whales?” a founder recently asked me. Instead of giving her an answer, I asked her a question… “What’s the difference in sales cycles between the two?” I asked. “That’s just it!” she responded. “The sales cycles are basically the…
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+ Business, Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurship, Finance, Investing, Money, Startups, Tech, Venture Capital+
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I’ve never been a founder. This gives me one advantage: I’m never tempted to tell founders what to do. The Problem Board Member A while back, I was chatting with a great entrepreneur I know. We’ll call him Hal. Hal is crushing it. His SaaS company is growing rapidly with…
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+ Business, Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurship, Finance, Founders, Investing, Money, Silicon Valley, Startups, Tech, Venture Capital+
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If you want to know where technology is headed, look at what the smartest founders use. Here are the tools my startups are loving right now: Delve Delve automates compliance for SOC 2, HIPAA and more. Delve can get you compliant and ready to close big deals. I first heard…
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+ Business, Compliance, Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurship, Founders, HIPAA, SaaS, SOC 2, Startup, Startups, Venture Capital+
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Everybody forgot about Mistral. But I just used their new model and let me tell you: don’t sleep on these guys. This morning, Mistral released its most powerful model yet: Magistral. Today, I took it on a test drive. I asked 3 questions using Magistral Medium via Mistral’s Le Chat.…
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+ AI, Artificial Intelligence, ChatGPT, Entrepreneur, France, LLM, Mistral, Startups, Tech, Technology, Venture Capital+
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Can AI help us live decades longer? How should businesses adapt to AI? I dug into that and more on a panel at the Single Family Office Summit in New York City. Here are some of my favorite moments: 8:07: How AI plus biotech will change human health: KJ’s story.…
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Tremendous 