Tag: Technology
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If your product is easy to use, you’ll get more customers. Here are three simple tweaks to make your product better… Make Sign-In Easy Always offer Google and Apple sign-in options. If you make it easy for customers to sign in, more of them will complete the flow and become…
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ARR = Best Day x 365. This is NOT how you calculate your Annual Recurring Revenue. Let me show you how to do it like a professional… What to Include Pull all your customer contracts. We are calculating a live ARR number, so only include customers that you are actually…
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+ Accounting, Business, Entrepreneur, Finance, Founders, Investing, Money, Personal finance, SaaS, Silicon Valley, Startups, Technology+
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Want to build a $100 billion company? Give people a new way to earn money. From Uber and Airbnb to the AI model training companies of today, this is a powerful business model. Ever have a hard time getting anyone to care about your product? What founder hasn’t, right? If…
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+ AI, Artificial Intelligence, Finance, Founders, Investing, Robotics, Silicon Valley, Startups, Tech, Technology, Venture Capital+
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Google’s new Nano Banana Pro is the best image model I’ve ever tested. From hilarious fake photos to serious infographics, this model excels. Yesterday, Google dropped Nano Banana Pro. This new model can create infographics from data you provide, adjust camera angles, and even turn blueprints into realistic structures. Let…
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Gemini 3.0 Pro dominates AI benchmarks. But in my real world testing, Grok 4.1 Thinking comes out on top. Google’s new mode is ranked #1 in LMArena. It scores off the charts in a variety of AI benchmarks, like Humanity’s Last Exam. But the best way to test a model…
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+ AI, Artificial Intelligence, ChatGPT, Elon, Elon Musk, gemini, GOOG, Google, Grok, Large Language Model, LLM, Technology, xAI+
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Elon just dropped Grok 4.1. I tested it this morning. This is the best model I’ve ever used. xAI’s claims 4.1 has fewer hallucinations than prior models. It ranks number one on LMArena, ahead of Gemini, Claude and ChatGPT. Let’s see what this thing can do! Round #1: Are Consumers…
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+ AI, Artificial Intelligence, ChatGPT, Elon, Elon Musk, Grok, LLM, Startups, Tech, Technology, Venture Capital, xAI+
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This morning, I tested OpenAI’s new GPT-5.1. It still falls behind the best models from xAI, Google, and Kimi. When I tested GPT-5 in August it performed poorly, notching a C-. It gave me outdated data and struggled to cite sources. OpenAI claims that GPT-5.1 is better at reasoning and…
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Every founder needs to cut costs and sell more. Here are some great ways to do that, courtesy of my portfolio companies… Make Incorporation and Fundraising Easy – Capbase Capbase makes it easy to get incorporated, prep for due diligence, and raise money. If you want to raise venture capital,…
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+ AWS, Business, Cloud Compute, Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurship, Finance, Founders, Investing, SaaS, Startups, Technology+
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Kimi just dropped Kimi 2 Thinking. I tested it this morning. It’s as good as Grok 4, the best model I’ve ever used. In July, I ran the prior Kimi through testing. It scored a B+, solid but below Grok 4. This time, Kimi performed far better. Let me show…
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+ AI, Artificial Intelligence, ChatGPT, China, Kimi, LLM, Open source, Startups, Technology, Venture Capital, Writing+
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$13 million — that’s my median entry price this year. In the hottest market ever, I’m watching valuations carefully. Here’s why… Behind the Scenes In My Portfolio First, let’s take a peak inside my portfolio and see what I’ve been paying, year by year: These deals are almost all seed…
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+ Angel Investing, Business, Entrepreneur, Finance, Investing, Silicon Valley, Startups, Stocks, Tech, Technology, Venture Capital+
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