Jann Lau

This is one of the craziest videos I’ve ever seen. Harry Mack is incredible.

From AI to Ayyy let me talk to you real quick…

Wow. Wow. Wow. Incredible powerful message (incredible speech writing)—to those who stumbled on the wrong path and may ruin their future for not knowing the past. The weight of history

“If knowledge is power then learning is our superpower” - Jim Kwik

So back to the two L's: 1/ Linda - re-focusing on Twitter's advertising core 2/ Laskie - potentially extending Twitter into recruiting You never know what's coming next at Twitter 2.0

2/ Laskie This is Elon's first acquisition after taking over Twitter. Laskie is a startup that matches job seekers with employers. Laskie was founded in 2021 and raised $6M. This deal is for "tens of millions" in cash and equity. Seems rich. But... super app?

Elon is done cleaning house at Twitter. After showing up with a sink, he's cut non-debt expenses by $3B. Unclear how sustainable those cuts are. Most of it seems to be from the 1000s of heads he chopped. Now he's going to turn it into a super app. It starts with two Ls.

In M&A, the faster you move, the more likely you close.

One of the great privileges of being in CorpDev is being paid to learn. One of the easiest traps of being in CorpDev is not taking advantage of it.

You don’t have to be an extrovert to be a great deal maker. You just have to care about people.

@SahilBloom So much richness in life at every stage / age, if you have the right POV!

A concept that changed my life. The Time Billionaire:

Sources: 1.forbes.com/sites/amyfeldm… 2.insider.com/luminaries-bry… 3. techcrunch.com/2020/11/09/mir… 4.wsj.com/articles/lulul… 5.modernretail.co/retailers/lulu… 6.finance.yahoo.com/news/lululemon…

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A professional ballerina used her inexperience to build a $500m at-home fitness brand in 4 years. She also studied Russian Literature and Culture at Harvard. I’m not sure how much that helped. Here’s how Brynn Putnam did it anyways 👇