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The 2 businesses AI can never make obsolete
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$100M hedge fund manager: Do not make the mistake of dying rich
Young people with a long earning horizon can rationally take more concentrated financial risk because they are likely to have time to recover and find another job.
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Ex-Amazon VP tells us what it’s really like working with Jeff Bezos
Bezos’s early feedback was often accurate but almost entirely corrective; Ethan says he improved over time, yet insufficient praise remained a serious leadership weakness.
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How to find your arbitrage (from the guy who’s done it 3x) ft. Nick Kokonas
Nick’s useful level of risk is the point between comfort and nausea: if nothing feels uncomfortable, he believes he is no longer learning or testing the limits of what is possible.
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We spent 8 hours finding the best stuff on X. Here it is.
An influencer can create attention and demand for a product, but a successful consumer brand usually still needs a strong behind-the-scenes operator; Congo Brands’ work with Prime and Alani Nu is their example.
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This 3-hour Elizabeth Holmes doc broke our brains
The documentary does not resolve whether Elizabeth Holmes was a misunderstood idealist or a master manipulator; instead, it makes viewers experience the uncertainty and reality distortion associated with her.
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We put a multimillionaire’s portfolio into Claude (the results shocked us)
The investor’s 21.8% annual return versus the S&P 500’s 13.5% came while making only 2.9 portfolio decisions per year, including three years with zero decisions.
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the 6 traits of people who can’t stop making money
A natural moneymaker is defined by a high rate of success in finding and capturing value across multiple industries, not by one specialized skill such as management, design, or technical expertise.
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3 embarrassing moments that changed my life
Embarrassment can become useful when, after the immediate sting fades, you identify the specific lesson or behavioral change it exposed.
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The creative genius behind Squatty Potty & Poo-Pourri reveals his marketing playbook
A market percentage that sounds small can still be a viable beachhead: Harmon rejected the claim that only 8% of people would buy AuraBrush online because 8% represented roughly 30 million potential U.S. customers.
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3 businesses we think are about to blow up
A compelling business pitch can begin with a large, obvious problem—such as divorce—and pair it with an unusual, specific intervention, even when the intervention still requires substantial scientific validation.
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We tested Instinct, MUSE and Grokbot. They’re ridiculous.
The hosts see AI personal assistants as the next major consumer-product race, analogous to Uber, Lyft, and Airbnb making services once reserved for wealthy people available to everyone.
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MIT scientist: Elon Musk was right, we are almost certainly in a simulation
Rizwan Virk presents Nick Bostrom’s simulation argument as three possibilities: civilizations never create simulations, create them but choose not to run them, or create many of them; under the third possibility, the odds favor being in a simulation rather than the single base-reality world.
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There’s 98 days until 2027...Do this and you’ll thank yourself on Jan 1st
Use the remaining 99 days as a defined fourth-quarter sprint: set a smaller time container, because work tends to expand to fill the time available.
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Whatnot founder: This is the future of e-commerce
A startup does not need to begin in a huge market: Whatnot started with Funko Pops because the category had strong demand, weak product innovation, and a concentrated community that a small team could serve well.
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Coach for SpaceX & OpenAI destroys your limiting beliefs for 88 minutes straight
Limit beliefs are internal barriers rooted in childhood experiences that can be deconstructed through awareness, visualization, and experimentation.
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i got internet famous... if i started again from scratch, here's what I'd do this time
Focus on attracting the right audience rather than just chasing numbers.
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David Rubenstein: We took $5M and turned it into $500B
Self-confidence and relentless learning are critical for entrepreneurial success.
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Decoding Tony Hawk’s mindset in 72 minutes
Consistent determination and obsession are vital for mastering skills and achieving greatness.
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How we scaled to $100M in under a year (ft. IM8 co-founder Danny Yeung)
Building the best product in the market simplifies branding, positioning, and pricing efforts.
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