Author: tremendousblog
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Less than 4 miles from where I sit, UnitedHealth CEO Brian Thompson was murdered with a ghost gun. So I wondered, how big of a threat are 3D printed firearms? A Rapidly Advancing Technology Unfortunately, 3D printing firearms has become increasingly easy. There are entire YouTube channels devoted to it.…
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+ 3D Printing, Crime, Firearms, Government, Law, luigi-mangione, Murder, NYC, Public Safety, shooting, Tech, Technology+
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If you trade on inside information in the public markets, you go to prison. In the private markets, all we do is trade on inside information. Here’s how to do it… How to Get Exclusive Startup Data Last year, I met with an amazing founder we’ll call Jim. The company…
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Are you sick of getting those automated messages on LinkedIn? So am I. AI Sales Development Reps is one of the 5 hot categories I’ve never invested in. Each cycle has a hot idea that 100 startups pursue. Most of the time, they all flame out. Here are the hot…
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+ AI, Artifcial Intelligence, Artificial I, Artificial Intelligence, Business, ChatGPT, Entrepreneur, Finance, Investing, Money, Silicon Valley, Startups, Tech, Technology, Venture Capital+
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Did you know Amazon has its own AI models? Until yesterday, neither did I! This morning, I took them on a test drive. Amazon’s models are called Nova. They can output text or images and even run workflows for you. The Nova models are designed to use within applications running…
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+ AI, Amazon, Anthropic, Artificial Intelligence, AWS, ChatGPT, Grok, LLM, OpenAI, Silicon Valley, Startups, Tech, Technology, xAI+
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DeepSeek just dropped a new model, R1-0528. Has China leapfrogged the US? This morning, I tested the model to find out. DeepSeek shocked the world with its R1 release in January. But when I put it up against the best from Gemini, DeepSeek lost. Let’s see how DeepSeek’s latest release…
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+ AI, Artificial Intelligence, ChatGPT, China, DeepSeek, LLM, OpenAI, Silicon Valley, Startups, Technology, Venture Capital+
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China is building bridges with massive robots. Is America hopelessly behind? This weekend, I heard about China’s bridge building robot on The All-In Podcast. The idea of building a bridge at warp speed with robots intrigued me. So this morning, I decided to learn more… The Iron Monster Many Chinese…
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+ Automation, Bridges, China, Economy, History, Industry, Infrastructure, Robotics, Robots, Tech, Technology, Travel+
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People buy your product for 2 reasons: you make them money or you save them money. If you want to grow fast, make that value proposition crystal clear. A clear value prop is one of the biggest things I look for when I meet with founders. It needs to be…
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They wanted $100,000, minimum. I politely bowed out. This is how startups sabotage their funding rounds. How Investment Minimums Work Against You Some startups insist on a minimum check size. This excludes helpful investors and makes it harder to close the round. At $100,000, this startup was excluding most angels.…
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Grok just saved me from getting my identity stolen. Here’s how… An Unexpected E-mail I recently got an e-mail that appeared to be from X. It claimed to be a receipt for X Premium, a service I don’t have because I’m too cheap to pay for it. 🙂 “Why would…
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Every few years, Airbnb puts out Experiences with some type of rebrand. They want to be a superapp — but that’s never going to happen. Here’s why… The Ultimate Superapp: WeChat The biggest superapp in the world is China’s WeChat. You can do anything on Wechat: talk to friends, pay…
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