shrimpy.pd
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Standardized tests do not measure understanding directly. They measure behavior that is a signal of understanding; and is costly/hard for humans to imitate without it.
ChatGPT is changing the cost function.
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@nikitabier Nice
If anyone's looking for the info on how he psychologically engineered their user acquisition:
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Michal Kankowski | 🧠Marketing psychology@mich_kanka
Gas app reached 1M active users within the first 10~ days... And that's the second time in a row! @nikitabier has done it before with the tbh app, which he sold to Facebook for $30M 🧵Here's the strategy behind the tbh app👇
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Sold my company 5 years ago to the world's largest consumer app.
Today I sold my company to the next largest one.
Gas has been acquired by Discord.
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Bryan Johnson sold his company to PayPal for $800 million in 2013.
Since then, he's been investing millions to reduce aging.
In 2021, he reduced his epigenetic age by 5.1 years in 7 months (World Record)
Here’s a breakdown of his “Blueprint” and my own experience with it: 🧵
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And try my very free newsletter with deep dives for startup builders you can't find anywhere else:
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In 2021, I interviewed the man who invented Amazon Prime.
He started a business worth $40 billion and served on Amazon's board for 15 years.
Here are 9 startup lessons from Bing Gordon you can't find anywhere else👇
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I've generated over $1 billion in sales using ONE strategy.
Used it in every recession - 2000, 2009, and 2020.
I've never shared it publicly before.
This thread might make you a millionaire.
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A few old fashioned things I still believe:
You can tell everything you need to know about a person by observing (1) how they treat service workers and (2) whether they put their shopping cart back.
(read on)
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Why are the titans of the digital age specialized (also Netflix, Stripe) when industrial age giants were diversified & integrated (GE)?
This paper says the ability to scale quickly means the returns to focusing on core business overwhelm the typical efficiencies from integration
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To understand what a company really does, look at how it generates revenue.
Compared to industrial giants of the past, Meta, Twitter, & Google are very specialized: they are overwhelmingly advertising firms. Even after all of Google’s new initiatives, it is still 85% ad sales.
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What makes a great leader
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Ryan Breslow@ryanbreslow
Leadership. I never understood how important it was. Until one day I realized our organization needed it. That’s when I started my homework. I started with a simple question: “What makes a great leader?” Here’s what I learned…
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Twitter family —
For 8 yrs I stayed low profile building (3+ companies worth $10b+).
In the last year, I wrote for 100s of hours, compiling every learning.
2 books, 75+ threads, 190k+ followers.
Here’s a massive thread roundup, and everything you need to build your startup:
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Let me know you’re thoughts on the whole approach and what you would change/add. Launch lander is linked here: purdyandfigg.com/pages/bathroom…
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Last Saturday we launched Bathroom Bliss - our second cleaning product. We completely sold out in 7 hours with over 6000 bottles in stock for the launch! Here was our approach 👇
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What is your best performing ad right now? Static or video?
Redondo Beach, CA 🇺🇸 English
Antonio Gracias on investing in companies that benefit from choas
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You can also check out their official recommendations here: facebook.com/business/small…
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If you haven't heard, Meta just released their new ad platform recommendations for small businesses. In an attempt to simplify things and improve performance, they have switched from Power 5 To Performance 5. There are 5 things Meta recommends you do for best performance now...
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Since most of these apps charge % based, there’s little/no reason to go install them 🫡 enjoy
Retweet if you have a pulse
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My favorite Shopify apps are the ones that:
A) Immediately start making you more money
B) Charge based on how much money they make you
Here are my favorite Shopify apps to start making more $$$
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"If you like our show, tell everyone but /
If you think it stinks, keep your big mouth shut!"
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Similar things have happened with other contaminants. In Bangladesh, people switched from surface water to well water in order to avoid diseases like cholera, but ended up getting exposed to huge amounts of arsenic from their new wells
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One of three big ideas in this week's Cheat Sheet newsletter:
The story of how and why @eightsleep created the Sleep Fitness category. Thanks to @a_zatarain and @rabois.
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