Tag: Tech
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Investors like me are bombarded with e-mails. A face-to-face chat makes you stand out. Here’s how to find investors to pitch in person… OpenVC has an amazing free tool called OpenVC Map. It maps the location of over 16,000 venture firms and angel investors worldwide. I’ll actually be showing up…
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“AI will never be able to…” I never hear anyone in tech say this anymore. But outside our little bubble, most people still underestimate AI. Yesterday, I spent the day at New York Build, one of the largest construction conferences in America. I was shocked by how little people outside…
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Here are some words I see in startup pitches that make me gag… What do all these terms have in common? They’re meaningless. If I tell you “I have an award winning agentic solution to democratize and disrupt accounting,” I haven’t told you a darn thing. Instead, say “my product…
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Some founders give advisors ridiculous amounts of equity — 5% or more. This is a huge mistake. Here’s how to do it right… Pick the Right Advisors You want advisors with real expertise in what your startup is doing. Avoid people whose value add is unclear. Say you have a…
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What if you could run a SOTA model on your phone for free? Alibaba claims Qwen 3.5 is it. Qwen 3.5 is a new, small model that can run on device. This means you don’t have to pay for inference. Qwen isn’t the most powerful model out there. But for…
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Google recently dropped Gemini 3.1 Pro. Google says it’s the most powerful model ever, but it flopped in my testing. This morning I ran 3.1 Pro through a three-round test. I asked it real questions I need the answer to. Let me show you where this model falls short… Round…
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There are a thousand accelerators out there. Most aren’t worth your time. Here’s how to find the best… They MUST Give You Money A real accelerator gives you money. Never waste your time with one that doesn’t. Don’t accept “sweat equity,” where you give away equity for “advice” or “product…
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Elon just dropped Grok 4.20 Beta. This model blows away anything else I’ve ever used. From speed of search to depth of reasoning, the new Grok shines. Let me show you what this thing can do… Round #1: Energy and the AI Build-Out Yesterday, I met with an interesting startup…
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I just built an AI tool to analyze any pitch deck in seconds. Here’s how… Grok Projects makes creating basic AI automations very easy. It lets you give Grok a custom prompt. That prompt is saved forever. You can get Grok to do the same thing over and over with…
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You’ve got millions in revenue. You’re growing. Raising money should be easy, right? Think again. Lately I’m seeing many companies in the same boat. I call them the “Pretty Good Startups.” They’ve gotten to a few million dollars a year in revenue. They’re growing steadily at around 2x year over…
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