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Apptopia's monthly Gen AI Chatbot app update. Chat has lost US DAUs for 4 consecutive months. Claude reduces churn by 19 percentage points. apptopia.com/en/blog/gen-ai…

Well, you found me out.

Qué satisfacción ver a ⁦@Payflow_es⁩ ⁦@Brickbro_⁩ ⁦@biglelegal⁩ ⁦@apartool⁩ - todas parte de la familia ⁦@Thcap2⁩ - en el ránking Deloitte Technology Fast 50 Programme!! Enhorabuena a las cuatro, gran trabajo!! 👏🏼🚀 amp-expansion-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/amp.expans…

Peacocking. More about its user acquisition & re-engagement here - apptopia.com/en/blog/older-… $CMCSA

Marc Andreessen on how to get people to join your 3-person startup Marc says founders have two tools at their disposal to win new hires: 1) Stock options, and 2) vision. He explains: “The best entrepreneurs are really good at selling people on their company precisely because they can explain how the world is going to look in a way that is so compelling.” Marc points to Steve Jobs’s “reality distortion field” as the epitome of this: “If you get within 10 feet of Steve Jobs, whatever he says in the next 20 minutes, you’re going to walk out of there believing. He can say that the sky is purple, and you’re like yep that makes total sense . . . The best entrepreneurs all tend to have that in common and tend to be really good at that. It’s essentially sales — selling to employees. It’s an incredibly valuable skill to be able to do that. That plus stock options.” The other thing Marc has observed about hiring over the years is that right employees have to self-select into your company, even though that can be incredibly frustrating at times: “If you hired all the people you interviewed, it would turn out that 2/3rds or 3/4ths of them you probably shouldn’t have hired anyway. So what the best companies do is they provide a very stark idea of what the company is and what is it isn’t: ‘We are a company where people are expected to work 18 hour days and if you don’t like that, don’t come here’ or ‘We are a company where people expect to go home at 5pm every day and if you think that’ll be frustrating’ — whatever it is.” Marc gives the humorous example of Asana where it was a requirement that the whole company did yoga together: “If you like yoga, this is the company for you. If you don’t like yoga, don’t go there. You’re going to be asked to put your feet in positions that you’re completely uncomfortable with.” He continues: “I think the very best companies tend to be polarizing. So if in your hiring process, you’re turning people off as much as you’re turning them on because they’re deciding ‘this is clearly not the right fit for me,’ I think that’s a good thing.”

Two different views of Sora's falling downloads. Data is Apptopia.

Earlier today (Sunday), a large barrage of anti-tank missiles was fired toward IDF troops in southern Lebanon. During the attack, two IDF soldiers were severely injured and multiple other soldiers were lightly and moderately injured. Their families have been notified. An initial review showed that an IDF tank that was trying to evacuate injured soldiers while still under fire backed several meters into a UNIFIL post. Once the enemy fire stopped, and following the evacuation of the injured soldiers, the tank left the post. During the incident, a smoke screen was used to provide cover for the evacuation of the injured soldiers. IDF soldiers maintained coordination with UNIFIL. Throughout the entirety of the incident, no danger was posed to UNIFIL forces by the IDF activity.

This is October 7. And you must bear witness. The KiIIing Roads is a raw documentary of that Black Saturday — with about 50% of never-before-seen-footage. Yes. This will punch you in your heart — over and over. The filmmaker Igal Hecht has made it free for all. Please share.

𝐀𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐚 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐆𝐚𝐳𝐚, 𝐚 𝟐𝟏-𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫-𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐘𝐚𝐳𝐢𝐝𝐢 𝐰𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐚 𝐇𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐈𝐒𝐈𝐒 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐮𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐈𝐫𝐚𝐪. In an operation coordinated by the IDF and led by @cogatonline @USEmbassyJLM and other international actors, Fawzia Amin Sido was freed from captivity and returned home to Iraq. At 11-years-old, Fawzia was trafficked by ISIS to a Hamas terrorist in Gaza, who was presumably killed during IDF strikes. She fled to a hideout in which she was rescued in a secret mission through the Kerem Shalom Crossing. This is further proof of the connection between Hamas and ISIS, as well as the crimes against humanity committed by the terrorist organization in Gaza. We will continue to act to dismantle the Hamas-ISIS terrorist organization and free all hostages in Hamas captivity.

This is a must-watch and a must-listen. @elicalebon Absolute masterclass.

Pumped to see @VancityReynolds on this stage in a couple hours! #givingmaximumeffort #inbound #hubspot #inbound2024

@JoshMalina I mean, if he becomes the VP candidate, I'd say you have guaranteed work with Maya Rudolph on SNL

Sometimes I forget that I am Governor of Pennsylvania.

While you’re cheering for your favorite team tonight, there are 136 Israeli hostages whose screams cannot be heard. Help us reunite them with their loved ones. Help us bring them home. #SuperBowl2024 #BringThemAllHome

This is for the dads: The funny ones The strong ones The silly ones The ones who have been held hostage in Gaza, longing to be reunited with their loved ones. Know that we are doing everything to bring you home. #BringThemAllHome #SuperBowl

For millions of people, the biggest question is who will win the #SuperBowl tonight. For the 136 Israelis being held hostage, the biggest question is when will they see their families again. Remember that. #BringThemHomeNow

"Again and again, people say they intend to murder Jews," @Yair_Rosenberg writes. "And yet, century after century, the world produces new, tortuous justifications for why anti-Jewish bigots don’t really mean what they say—even though they do." theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

@AdamBlacker25 Accurate.

Assuming this is a subtweet about me.

Started my Hebrew lessons today from an Israeli woman stranded in the US. She's not normally a Hebrew tutor but she's out of a job for the time being and so she's doing this. Her grit reflects the work ethic of many Israelis I know. I'm excited to learn some Hebrew! לְחַיִּים

This just came in. I am sorry. "It is with a heavy heart that I share with you the news of our loss, My dear friend, Eyal Waldman, CEO and founder of Mellanox, lost his daughter. Daniel and her partner, a former employee, who were killed in the horrific attack at the Peace Festival.." Jensen Huang. CEO of Nvidia. --- During Huang's statement, he also informed about: Jad Amer and Nabi Amer, two brothers working at Nvidia who lost their brother: - Akram Amer (רס"ל) fell defending Israel while serving at the IDF. - Or Avinathan, Employee of Nvidia (VLSI), was kidnapped by hamas together with his partner, Noa. --- Waldman was one of the first CEOs in Israel to Employ Palestinians. "We treated them like Israelis. Even today our hand is extended for peace." Said on the same day he learnt about his daughter. Just to let all of you know. --- On the same interview, he said that on the last time they met she told him for the first time that they are about to get married. And that he went by himself to find the car where it happened. [And I won't share the details] --- By this point: Around 400 Nvidia employees were drafted. Tens of thousands of Israel's tech sector are currently gearing up or scheduled to join over the next couple of days. Including yours truly.

An Israeli mother gets a phone call about her son 💔 Terrorists are taking the phones of killed and kidnapped individuals and calling their families. What kind of sick human being does this!