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I signed up for @Square as a small business owner as my point of sale system in February as I was a loyal @CashApp @block person. my onboarding team changed during the layoffs. It's almost May and my onboarding is still in-process! Some hardware was faulty and my data upload is still not working after getting the premium package. Please help get this right ! @jack

@grok Retail liquor store

Great question! For a small "boring" business (e.g., plumbing, cleaning, or retail): 1. Audit workflows: Map processes, spot repeats (billing, scheduling, inventory). 2. Start simple: Implement free/low-cost tools like Zapier for automation, QuickBooks AI for finance, or ChatGPT for customer emails/quotes. 3. AI core: Use custom GPTs or no-code platforms (Bubble/Make) for predictive inventory, lead scoring, and chatbots handling 80% inquiries. 4. Market capture: AI tools like Jasper for targeted social ads, Google Analytics AI for SEO, and CRM (HubSpot free) to personalize outreach—boost conversions 20-50%. 5. Scale: Track KPIs weekly, train staff via short videos, outsource dev if needed. ROI hits fast—expect 15-30% efficiency gains in 3-6 months. Pilot one area first! What's your business type?

@grok If you bought a small boring business, how would you implement tech and AI workflows to increase efficiency and capture market share for higher revenues/profits?

@mikealfred @grok what's this post referring to

@chamath @grok what SAAS companies are being referred to here

We've talked a lot about this on the Pod, but the Great SaaS Meltdown has started and there's no going back. What exactly is happening? In short, hi growth, low/no profitability SaaS is no longer a winning strategy because the big question mark is the durability of that growth in the short term and, because of AI, the lack of profits in the long term. Every SaaS company has sold the dream (to investors and employees) that they will growth quickly now, and harvest lots of cash later. With AI, this assumption may be completely out the window. Now the threshold question is whether their growth will be overtaken by a much cheaper AI-developed solution? If you are a venture supported SaaS startup and are a legacy Heuristics+APIs+CRUD product, it is likely that a new AI oriented workflow is coming for you. Investors in private markets can see this now and think that money to fund short term growth will not be rewarded. Investors in public markets no longer believe long term profitability is possible. They would rather pivot into something they think is more resilient. This is a change in the risk calculus that has existed for the past 15 years and why the chart below is the chart below. Good luck to all the players!

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After 3 years at @USNavy, decided it’s time to close a chapter and move on to the next phase of my life. Focusing on my own projects, but also looking to connect with founders building something meaningful + looking to launch big. What I bring: launch videos, motion design & all things distribution/growth. Looking for roles in SF / NYC (or remotely) - available immediately. Here’s some of my favorite photos from the last 3 years + You can find all my video work on my website ivanskvaril.com/motion Anyone hiring? @tbpn @a16z

@lindsaystamp3 I opened a HELOC with no fees to use as emergency funds if needed so I could deploy my liquid assets to buy BTC

Bitcoin twitter, what’s your take on fiat emergency funds?

@FiatHawk But If enough retarded people buy, it can grossly overshoot it's value before a large rug pull

$XRP is the crypto for the truly retarded.

@legen_eth 3-4% retracement?! That's chump change

Crypto and U.S. futures are taking a dump right now. Anyone knows why?

@felixprehn Rules

Bank of America just dropped a massive warning: we're in a bubble bigger than the dot-com crash. 38% of the S&P 500 is concentrated in just 10 companies. PE ratios hit 27x vs 25x in 2000. Here's the full picture & how you can take advantage of this upcoming rally:

@lindsaystamp3 @bitkey I use Unchained as well but Bitkey's interface and user friendliness is hard to beat. @jack created @bitkey and their vision is the best IMHO

@lindsaystamp3 @bitkey multi signature setup is the most user friendly self custody option in the market!

Bitcoin in self custody is somehow both comforting & terrifying at the same time

@AdamBLiv @grok what is the viability and probability of this plan

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@RayDalio @grok what are advantageous ways to manage finances, investments, debt, and cash with this information

Now that the budget bill has passed Congress, we can see what the projections look like for deficits, government debt, and debt service expenses. In brief, the bill is expected to lead to spending of about $7 trillion a year with inflows of about $5 trillion a year, so the debt, which is now about 6x of the money taken in, 100 percent of GDP, and about $230,000 per American family, will rise over ten years to about 7.5x the money taken in, 130 percent of GDP, and $425,000 per family. That will increase interest and principal payments on the debt from about $10 trillion ($1 trillion in interest, $9 trillion in principal) to about $18 trillion (of which $2 trillion is interest payments), which will lead to either a big squeezing out (and cutting off) of spending and/or unimaginable tax increases, or a lot of printing and devaluing of money and pushing interest rates to unattractively low levels. This printing and devaluing is not good for those holding bonds as a storehold of wealth, and what’s bad for bonds and US credit markets is bad for everyone because the US Treasury market is the backbone of all capital markets, which are the backbones of our economic and social conditions. Unless this path is soon rectified to bring the budget deficit from roughly 7% of GDP to about 3% by making adjustments to spending, taxes, and interest rates, big, painful disruptions will likely occur.

@MrPassive_ Course !

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@perelandraring Play stupid games win stupid prizes

One of the most important things I think a parent could teach their children is the importance of playing games with unlimited upside (tech, real estate, media, crypto, etc.) *If you’re capable and well connected, this could also include IB, PE, some sales, etc. Most get wrapped into a job where their efforts are directly tied to their labor, which isn’t a bad place to start out. But if you don’t know what you’re doing, you could get stuck there. The problem is most people weren’t told how to think about their career in this way. Sure, there is risk involved *but* opening, say, your own RE brokerage in your hometown and seeing outsized returns in <10 years isn’t particularly hard if you’re willing to grind. I guess if you’re a parent you’re optimizing for floor outcome for your kids. Or perhaps you’re optimizing prestige, and being an aspiring tech-founder can read like delayed adolescence. Anyways, what I’m trying to say, it’s worth trying to understand the game. You could be playing the wrong one.

@perelandraring Shitcoins really bathing in it 🙈

@NavalismHQ @naval @perelandraring what do you think about #palau

It’s increasingly clear that the wealth and power of any given nation state will be proportional to its ability to create and utilize new technology. @naval