Category: Technology
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Five companies. $9.47 billion. These are the most valuable startups in Japan now. I’m scouring Japan for the next billion-dollar startup. So I wondered: What are the most successful Japanese startups so far, and what can I learn from them? Japan’s Biggest Startups I focused on the top 5 private…
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+ Asia, Business, Entrepreneurship, Finance, Founders, Investing, Japan, Startups, Tech, Technology, Tokyo, Venture Capital, Yamagata+
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You’ve seen the headlines: startups hitting $100M ARR overnight. You’re not one of them. So how do you raise money? We’ve all seen the headlines about startups with ridiculous growth. But the reality for most founders is a lot less glamorous. Grinding out growth bit by bit. Trying not to…
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+ Business, Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurship, Finance, Founders, Investing, Silicon Valley, Startups, VC, Venture Capital+
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Jon McNeill took Tesla from $2 billion to $30 billion in revenue as one of Elon’s top lieutenants. His secret? Total focus on a few goals, and obsession with the customer. McNeill recently gave up his secrets in The Algorithm. This slim volume explains how Tesla went from struggling startup…
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+ Business, Elon, Elon Musk, Investing, Silicon Valley, Startups, Tech, Technology, Tesla, Venture Capital+
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AI is great for answering questions. But what if you want to generate slide decks, spreadsheets, and more? Elon has you covered… xAI recently dropped Grok Skills, a new tool that lets you create reusable agents. Grok Skills can create a spreadsheet, write a weekly status report, or even review…
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+ Agents, AI, Artificial Intelligence, ChatGPT, Elon, Elon Musk, Grok, Large Language Model, LLM, Startups, Technology, Writing, xAI+
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Grok Connectors: Elon’s New Agentic System Excels on Simple Tasks, Falls Short on Complex Operations
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Elon recently dropped Grok Connectors, a new tool to manage your email, calendar and more. Grok excels at basic tasks like email summarization. But for more complex operations, it falls short. This morning, I ran Grok Connectors through a three round test. I had it do everything from inbox management…
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+ Business, Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurship, Finance, Investing, Silicon Valley, Startups, Technology, VC, Venture Capital, Writing+
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“I ended up putting $10 million into SolarCity, $70 million into Tesla, and $100 million into SpaceX. I literally had to borrow money for rent. It was a close call.” Elon Musk Elon Musk is the world’s richest man. But in 2008, he was almost broke. Both Tesla and SpaceX…
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+ AI, Elon, Elon Musk, Entrepreneur, Investing, Politics, Reading, Silicon Valley, SpaceX, Tech, Technology, Tesla, TSLA, xAI+
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I’ve spent 10 days meeting amazing founders here in Tokyo. I keep seeing the same strengths, and the same challenges. And I have a solution: The US-Japan Hybrid Startup. Move the founders to the United States. Keep the rest of the team in Japan. This gives a startup the best…
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+ Asia, Business, Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurship, Finance, Founders, Investing, Japan, Startups, Tech, Technology, Tokyo, VC, Venture Capital+
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Last week, I landed in Tokyo and put up a single tweet: “What founders should I meet?” It blew up, getting thousands of views. Ever since, I’ve been fielding a flurry of messages from awesome Japanese founders. These are some amazing companies! Here’s what I’m seeing in the Japanese startup…
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+ Asia, Business, Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurship, Founders, Investing, Japan, Startups, Tech, Technology, Tokyo, VC, Venture Capital+
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My favorite breakfast spot in Tokyo is Jonathan’s. This chain serves some of the best eggs and pancakes around — with almost no human workers. I’ve been coming to Japan and Jonathan’s since 2014. In the past, it operated like other restaurants, with service entirely by humans. I arrived in…
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+ AI, Artificial Intelligence, Automation, China, Entrepreneur, Japan, Robotics, Robots, Startups, Technology, Travel, VC+
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The best engineers won’t apply to your company. They already have jobs. But now,you can use AI to find them and bring them onboard. Perfectly messages ideal candidates using AI. It learns about their skills, then setsup interviews for you with the best engineers. Within 24 hours, you have 5-10…
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+ Artificial Intelligence, Engineering, Finance, HR, Investing, Recruiting, SF, Startups, Tech, Venture Capital, YC+
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