Henry 🦊

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@danmall I love how “a landing page” doesn’t mean anything. Language and expectation misalignment is a destroyer of worlds

The right price is any price that both parties consider to be profitable. How dare y’all tell someone their price is too low without knowing about their profit. If someone can profit and do work cheaper than you can, that’s a competitive advantage for them. Wanna compete? Figure out how to lower your costs or increase value.

@iamharaldur @uenodotco Yay!

Hi. My name is Halli. I'm the founder and CEO of Ueno. First of all, I want to say yes, @uenodotco is back. I'm kind of surprised myself. I wasn't really planning on it. I started Ueno in my apartment in Reykjavík, Iceland in 2014. And seven years later I sold it to Twitter for a lot of money. But it wasn't the money. That's maybe hard to believe but that wasn't the reason. Business was great, I didn't need money. I needed a new challenge. Ueno had grown over those seven years to multiple offices and over 100 people. We were working with the biggest brands in the world on some really exciting projects. But still, I felt like something was missing. I had been on the outside for a long time, working for companies to make something and then we’d hand it off to them to nurture and grow it. I wanted to be on the inside of a big company and see things through, to see them grow. I wanted a challenge and the biggest one I could find was Twitter. To help people make better connections, to find their communities, engage more earnestly. Things didn't turn out like I expected. But in hindsight that's not really what matters. We did some great work and I learned more than I could have imagined. About corporate ups and downs, and about my own ups and downs. I saw things you wouldn’t believe. And then suddenly I was free and I went and made some other things. I built a lot of wheelchair ramps, I built a restaurant and movie theater, a bank, a recording studio, a community for creative people. I started a podcast, released a visual album, acted in some movies. I did everything I always wanted to do. And it was great. But after four years away from Ueno it kept picking at me. This little itch. The feeling I get when someone comes with something that's just an idea and they want our help to see it become real. It feels like magic. Like alchemy. I missed that feeling. And so, yes, Ueno is back. Blammo!

@uenodotco Curious to see if the usual suspects are back too :)

Hi. My name is Halli. I'm the founder and CEO of Ueno. First of all, I want to say yes. Ueno is back. I'm kind of surprised myself. I wasn't really planning on it. I started Ueno in my apartment in Reykjavík, Iceland in 2014.

@danmall You raised the pricing :)

Design freelancers and studio/agency owner struggling with sales: Let’s play a game. Last month (July), my close rate on sales calls was 22%. That means, out of 100 people, 22 bought what I was selling. (In this case, a seat in my Make More Money group coaching program.) I changed one thing, and this month, my close rate on sales calls is now 60%. That change has led to 58% more revenue than last month in half the time (it’s only August 14). What do you think I changed? Make as many assumptions as you’d like. All guesses are welcome; no penalty for wrong answers. I’ll post the answer tomorrow.

@claudioguglieri JUST ASKING 😬 I might be around in SF in September by the way… just a day but well

@Upskydown Maybe, eventually, still got a few more rounds in me :)

Coming back to Spain on vacation always makes me realize the gap between innovation in tech (in the Valley) and the daily needs of people unaware of tech. Oftentimes there is a thin thread connecting both in the distance, sometimes there is no connection at all.

So YES, we're still doing cool digital platforms

@omooretweets I mean… we knew before trying, right?

Which image model is the best at editing? I tested Flux Kontext, ChatGPT 4o, and Gemini Flash Image head-to-head with the same set of prompts.

Thanks @upscaleconf it was fun getting back on stage!

:) Thanks for having me! Definitely had a blast working on this with VEO2 and Imagen 3. Tons of work but it was definitely worth it. Sound ON

@claudioguglieri @upscaleconf Aaaaaah. We meet again Claudio!

Extremely excited to join the amazing line up at @upscaleconf in May. This is going to be a lot of fun.

@NoviaStudio LinkedIn became my most valuable network. Believe it or not. Less shooting the sh!t but lots more “adults”

Thinking of pivoting to LinkedIn design influencer & just making carousel tips & tricks. Seems chill.

@stephenbeck Missing it everyday

@Upskydown Lol. Yes! Those were fun times.

Anyone else starting to miss the wholesome early days of Web 2.0?

@jdassonval Thanks friend

ai.dogstudio.co 👏🏻 @Upskydown

@NoviaStudio Thanks mate! I hope you are doing great

@Upskydown Badass work as always dude.

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@pruppanner @GoogleDeepMind Thanks Phil!

@Upskydown @GoogleDeepMind Super cool. Congrats!

Unexpected start of year but well, happy my short film Kitsune is making the rounds including in the @GoogleDeepMind royalty. 🤘

This is KITSUNE - a tale of love between two souls. 🦊 💫 Written, created and directed by @henrydaubrez. All shots generated with Veo 2 using VideoFX. Watch with sound on. 🔊