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Business Brainstorms

Business Brainstorms
πŸ’‘ Business Brainstorms πŸ’‘- My favorite ideas of the week 'The future belongs to those who give the next generation reason for hope.' Teilhard de Chardin...
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'The future belongs to those who give the next generation reason for hope.' Teilhard de Chardin πŸ’‘Broken Hips This feels like one of these problems that most people have accepted as inevitable but that will be solved soon and we will look back and think how crazy we allowed this...
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πŸ’‘ Business Brainstorms πŸ’‘- My favorite ideas of the week #1 πŸ’‘ Andrej Karpathy announced that he’s building an AI + education company.
7 months ago
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πŸ’‘ Business Brainstorms πŸ’‘- My favorite ideas of the week Hey, this is Jakob Greenfeld, author of the Business Brainstorms newsletter - every week I write...
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Hey, this is Jakob Greenfeld, author of the Business Brainstorms newsletter - every week I write this email to share the most interesting trends, frameworks, opportunities, and ideas with you. Let's dive in! #1 πŸ’‘ It's cool that smartphones have become all-in-one devices. But at...
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πŸ’‘ Business Brainstorms πŸ’‘- My favorite ideas of the week #1 πŸ’‘ One of the most interesting learnings after doing lead gen for 100+ b2b companies: the more...
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#1 πŸ’‘ One of the most interesting learnings after doing lead gen for 100+ b2b companies: the more directly your offer is related to one the core b2b β€œdesires”, the easier the sales process. Many offers are only indirectly related to them. A better design might increases...
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πŸ’‘ Business Brainstorms πŸ’‘- My favorite ideas of the week πŸͺ„ Growth Magic
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πŸ’‘ Business Brainstorms πŸ’‘- My favorite ideas of the week β€œThere’s a way to do it better. Find it.” Thomas Edison πŸ’‘Human QA At least based on my experience...
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β€œThere’s a way to do it better. Find it.” Thomas Edison πŸ’‘Human QA At least based on my experience this seems like a service a ton of companies desperately need. Automated checks are awesome, but they can never spot all the weird edge cases that a human can.
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πŸ’‘ Business Brainstorms πŸ’‘- My favorite ideas of the week #1 πŸ’‘ While alcohol is becoming less and less nicotine is having a comeback. Even Einstein...
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#1 πŸ’‘ While alcohol is becoming less and less nicotine is having a comeback. Even Einstein reportedly believed that Nicotine contributed to a calm and objective judgment. But while there are thousands of β€œpremium” options when it comes to consuming alcohol, all Nicotine...
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πŸ’‘ Business Brainstorms πŸ’‘- My favorite ideas of the week #1 πŸ’‘ #2 πŸ’‘ Tons of companies are looking to hire someone like this but no one knows how to do it...
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#1 πŸ’‘ #2 πŸ’‘ Tons of companies are looking to hire someone like this but no one knows how to do it reliably. There are also tons of people who would like to work in such a role but they are hard to find as there is no generally accepted job title. Seems like a huge opportunity if...
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πŸ’‘ Business Brainstorms πŸ’‘- My favorite ideas of the week #1 πŸ’‘ It’s an easy trap to start making excuses when sales velocity is slow. It’s almost always a...
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#1 πŸ’‘ It’s an easy trap to start making excuses when sales velocity is slow. It’s almost always a symptom of a fundamental issue, not an unchangeable feature of the system. The one things missing from the growth model described here is prompts. In Brian Fogg’s model: B = MAP,...
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πŸ’‘ Business Brainstorms πŸ’‘- My favorite ideas of the week #1 πŸ’‘ This is an extremely interesting playbook: use an expensive model to generate high quality...
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#1 πŸ’‘ This is an extremely interesting playbook: use an expensive model to generate high quality training data. Then use this data to fine tune a much cheaper model you can run at scale. Also seems like there’s plenty of opportunity to build consulting/service businesses around...
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Business Brainstorms πŸ’‘- My favorite ideas of the week #1 πŸ’‘ The more competitive a market the more buying decisions boil down to vibes. For example, I...
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#1 πŸ’‘ The more competitive a market the more buying decisions boil down to vibes. For example, I recently started looking for an AI meeting note taking software we can use in our sales and clients calls. Fireflies, Fathom, MeetGeek, tl;dv… there are just so many of them and they...
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πŸ’‘ Business Brainstorms πŸ’‘- My favorite ideas of the week πŸ›³οΈ Cruise hustles
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πŸ’‘ Business Brainstorms πŸ’‘- My favorite ideas of the week #1 πŸ’‘ In my university days everyone had to attend a workshop on stress management. The one golden...
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#1 πŸ’‘ In my university days everyone had to attend a workshop on stress management. The one golden nugget I took away from it is that stress is 100% a framing issue. You only feel stressed when you think you can't handle it. Absolutely nothing wrong with a full calendar, juggling...
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πŸ’‘ Business Brainstorms πŸ’‘- My favorite ideas of the week β€œThere are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.”
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Hard startups, importance of founder-led sales, Netflix for written content Hey, this is Jakob Greenfeld, author of the Business Brainstorms newsletter - every week I write...
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Hey, this is Jakob Greenfeld, author of the Business Brainstorms newsletter - every week I write this email to share the most interesting trends, frameworks, opportunities, and ideas with you. Let's dive in! πŸ’‘ Opportunities β€œI wish I could pay per newspaper article, with only...
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πŸ’‘ Business Brainstorms πŸ’‘- My favorite ideas of the week #1 πŸ’‘ Action produces information. Just keep doing stuff. Trying to solve the issue by thinking...
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#1 πŸ’‘ Action produces information. Just keep doing stuff. Trying to solve the issue by thinking about it only makes it worse. Don't stop. Trust the process. Eventually the right opportunity will appear right in front of you and the choice will be crystal clear.
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πŸ’‘ Business Brainstorms πŸ’‘- My favorite ideas of the week #1 πŸ’‘ Phil is the founder of my favorite email software and he’s 100% correct here. Google sucks for...
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#1 πŸ’‘ Phil is the founder of my favorite email software and he’s 100% correct here. Google sucks for recommendations. The algorithm has been gamed to death. Just in the past two days I’ve asked GPT for recommendations on 2 high ticket decisions (job board in specific region,...
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πŸ’‘ Business Brainstorms πŸ’‘- My favorite ideas of the week πŸ™ˆ Innovation Fallacy
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πŸ’‘ Business Brainstorms πŸ’‘- My favorite ideas of the week 🀠 Democratize Luxury
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πŸ’‘ Business Brainstorms πŸ’‘- My favorite ideas of the week πŸ”€ The Law of Line Extension
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πŸ’‘ Business Brainstorms πŸ’‘- My favorite ideas of the week πŸ›°οΈ Starlink Plus
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πŸ’‘ Business Brainstorms πŸ’‘- My favorite ideas of the week πŸ™ˆ Copying doesn’t matter
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πŸ’‘ Business Brainstorms πŸ’‘- My favorite ideas of the week #1 πŸ’‘ β€œBy far the worst company to emulate in Startup Make-Believe is Google / Alphabet. Google has...
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#1 πŸ’‘ β€œBy far the worst company to emulate in Startup Make-Believe is Google / Alphabet. Google has a number of structural advantages stemming from its Search monopoly that mean that it’s able to be almost completely divorced from reality, and that has allowed it to grow in...
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πŸ’‘ Business Brainstorms πŸ’‘- My favorite ideas of the week #1 πŸ’‘ Massviews Analysis is a super useful free tool to identify niche trends, whether you’re trying...
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#1 πŸ’‘ Massviews Analysis is a super useful free tool to identify niche trends, whether you’re trying to research content ideas or doing research on business opportunities. You can put in any Wikipedia category, and it will show you what pages inside that category are most...
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Pets as Kids, Affiliate Fraud Prevention, Theory X vs. Theory Y, Conviction Hey, this is Jakob Greenfeld, author of the Business Brainstorms newsletter - every week I write...
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Hey, this is Jakob Greenfeld, author of the Business Brainstorms newsletter - every week I write this email to share the most interesting trends, frameworks, opportunities, and ideas with you. Let's dive in! πŸ’‘ Opportunities β€œWe may have reached peak β€œpets as kids”… Jolly Dog, an...
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πŸ’‘ Business Brainstorms πŸ’‘- My favorite ideas of the week #1 πŸ’‘ Athletic Greens used to be a sketchy looking affiliate offer in 2011. Ranked #1 on Clickbank...
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#1 πŸ’‘ Athletic Greens used to be a sketchy looking affiliate offer in 2011. Ranked #1 on Clickbank and was promoted by every direct response marketer. Always inspiring to see humble beginnings like this and a good reminder that most businesses are not sexy from day 1.
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πŸ’‘ Business Brainstorms πŸ’‘- My favorite ideas of the week #1 πŸ’‘ Lots of interesting discussions after Sam Altman got fired from OpenAI. One of the interesting...
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#1 πŸ’‘ Lots of interesting discussions after Sam Altman got fired from OpenAI. One of the interesting themes: What does the guy actually do? Is he actually important for the company? Surely other people, the technicians, are responsible for the breakthroughs, right?
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πŸ’‘ Business Brainstorms πŸ’‘- My favorite ideas of the week #1 πŸ’‘ So simple yet so easy to overlook: Is whatever you’re putting out there actually attracting...
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#1 πŸ’‘ So simple yet so easy to overlook: Is whatever you’re putting out there actually attracting the kind of people you want to attract? If you focus on metrics alone, you will quickly find yourself with pretty numbers but little value. For example, you can easily
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πŸ’‘ Business Brainstorms πŸ’‘- My favorite ideas of the week #1 πŸ’‘ β€œWhen I've worked for organizations without QA teams, I introduce the concept of "sniff...
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#1 πŸ’‘ β€œWhen I've worked for organizations without QA teams, I introduce the concept of "sniff tests". This is a short (typically 1 hour) test session where anybody in the company / department is encouraged to come and bash on the new feature. The feature is supposed to be...
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The Algorithm, rebuilding GA3, a new drink for the productivity-chasing professional managerial... Hey, this is Jakob Greenfeld, author of the Business Brainstorms newsletter - every week I write...
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Hey, this is Jakob Greenfeld, author of the Business Brainstorms newsletter - every week I write this email to share the most interesting trends, frameworks, opportunities, and ideas with you. Let's dive in! πŸ’‘ Opportunities β€œHuge startup opportunity to just literally rebuild...
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No agenda cold emails, dealership visits as a service, prompt money, the doing game. Hey, this is Jakob Greenfeld, author of the Business Brainstorms newsletter - every week I write...
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Hey, this is Jakob Greenfeld, author of the Business Brainstorms newsletter - every week I write this email to share the most interesting trends, frameworks, opportunities, and ideas with you. Let's dive in! πŸ’‘ Opportunities Prompt Base has a list of the
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Feedback panel SaaS, gift ideas, selling futures, industrial grade calendaring, ... Hey, this is Jakob Greenfeld, author of the Business Brainstorms newsletter - every week I write...
a year ago
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Hey, this is Jakob Greenfeld, author of the Business Brainstorms newsletter - every week I write this email to share the most interesting trends, frameworks, opportunities, and ideas with you. Let's dive in! πŸ’‘ Opportunities β€œAn idea for an AI tool I'd love to use β€” I upload chat...
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The Buyer’s Pyramid, Unreasonable Hospitality, Boring Stuff that Works Hey, this is Jakob Greenfeld, author of the Business Brainstorms newsletter - every week I write...
a year ago
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Hey, this is Jakob Greenfeld, author of the Business Brainstorms newsletter - every week I write this email to share the most interesting trends, frameworks, opportunities, and ideas with you. Let's dive in! πŸ’‘ Opportunities β€œHas anyone made a good AI tool yet where I can load in...
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Hiring a geo-guesser, change merchants, one distribution channel is all it takes Hey, this is Jakob Greenfeld, author of the Business Brainstorms newsletter - every week I write...
a year ago
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Hey, this is Jakob Greenfeld, author of the Business Brainstorms newsletter - every week I write this email to share the most interesting trends, frameworks, opportunities, and ideas with you. Let's dive in! πŸ’‘ Opportunities β€œrequest for service: roast my onboarding for SaaS...
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Reference checks as a service, the need for more competition everywhere, GPT travel planning,... Hey, this is Jakob Greenfeld, author of the Business Brainstorms newsletter - every week I write...
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Hey, this is Jakob Greenfeld, author of the Business Brainstorms newsletter - every week I write this email to share the most interesting trends, frameworks, opportunities, and ideas with you. Let's dive in! πŸ’‘ Opportunities β€œBusiness idea: Reference checks as a service. Do...
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API for simple manual online tasks, pickleball for surfing, freelancer laptop stickers, ... Hey, this is Jakob Greenfeld, author of the Business Brainstorms newsletter - every week I write...
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Hey, this is Jakob Greenfeld, author of the Business Brainstorms newsletter - every week I write this email to share the most interesting trends, frameworks, opportunities, and ideas with you. Let's dive in! πŸ’‘ Opportunities β€œI want an AI companion that I can share my goals with...
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A/B QR, how to run a business, airport rides, high-growth Asia-Pacific companies, lessons from Keith... Hey, this is Jakob Greenfeld, author of the Business Brainstorms newsletter - every week I write...
a year ago
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a year ago
Hey, this is Jakob Greenfeld, author of the Business Brainstorms newsletter - every week I write this email to share the most interesting trends, frameworks, opportunities, and ideas with you. Let's dive in! πŸ’‘ Opportunities β€œi want to go to a doctor that will run every single...
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Madden ratings for humans, power plus difficulty equals virality, and things that don't work Hey, this is Jakob Greenfeld, author of the Business Brainstorms newsletter - every week I write...
a year ago
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Hey, this is Jakob Greenfeld, author of the Business Brainstorms newsletter - every week I write this email to share the most interesting trends, frameworks, opportunities, and ideas with you. Let's dive in! πŸ’‘ Madden Ratings for Humans β€œstartup idea: madden ratings for humans if...
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Never launch, AI as an anti-signal, slow news, zero shame in pulling the plug. Hey, this is Jakob Greenfeld, author of the Business Brainstorms newsletter - every week I write...
a year ago
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Hey, this is Jakob Greenfeld, author of the Business Brainstorms newsletter - every week I write this email to share the most interesting trends, frameworks, opportunities, and ideas with you. Let's dive in! πŸ’‘ Opportunities β€œBilling for software is broken. Stripe is REALLY good...
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Daily briefing AI, Hello Fresh but better, building in a cave, postcard lead gen, controllable input... Hey, In this issue: idea for an AI-powered Gmail extension to streamline your digital life, private...
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Hey, In this issue: idea for an AI-powered Gmail extension to streamline your digital life, private prep cooks as a service, startup concepts inspired by Y Combinator data, prompt for SEO optimized articles. Plus, founder insights on the power of focus and advertising channels....
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Airbnb real estate experiences, talking logistics, raisting testosterone, failing indie hackers, ... Hey, this is Jakob Greenfeld, author of the Business Brainstorms newsletter - every week I write...
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Hey, this is Jakob Greenfeld, author of the Business Brainstorms newsletter - every week I write this email to share the most interesting trends, frameworks, opportunities, and ideas with you. Let's dive in! πŸ’‘ Opportunity Airbnb real estate experiences. I recently visited Porto...
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Copilot for cooperations, futility of SOPs, $0->$100m->$0 in 5 years, and adjusting to market... Hey, this is Jakob Greenfeld, author of the Business Brainstorms newsletter - every week I write...
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Hey, this is Jakob Greenfeld, author of the Business Brainstorms newsletter - every week I write this email to share the most interesting trends, frameworks, opportunities, and ideas with you. Let's dive in! πŸ’‘ Opportunities β€œIs there a Superhuman for Salesforce? Because this...
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Designjoy of Canva, password manager for seniors, Future of SaaS in the wild world of AI, ... Hey, this is Jakob Greenfeld, author of the Business Brainstorms newsletter - every week I write...
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Hey, this is Jakob Greenfeld, author of the Business Brainstorms newsletter - every week I write this email to share the most interesting trends, frameworks, opportunities, and ideas with you. Let's dive in! πŸ’‘ Opportunities β€œBusiness idea: β€œThe Designjoy of Canva” - Lower priced...
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Operational Minimalism, Zero shame in pulling the plug, OpenAI blog posts, ... Welcome to another edition of Business Brainstorms - your weekly dose of invaluable insights, trends...
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Welcome to another edition of Business Brainstorms - your weekly dose of invaluable insights, trends and opportunities served up fresh from the cerebral kitchen of Jakob Greenfeld. Time to brainstorm! πŸ’‘ Opportunities β€œWhoever can find out how to crack the operational hurdles of...
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Helping dementia patients, Family Heirloom as a Service, Figma for architecture, asking for what you... Hey, this is Jakob Greenfeld, author of the Business Brainstorms newsletter - every week I write...
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Hey, this is Jakob Greenfeld, author of the Business Brainstorms newsletter - every week I write this email to share the most interesting trends, frameworks, opportunities, and ideas with you. Let's dive in! πŸ’‘ Opportunities The CEO of Mercury Immad Akhund
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Cubicles, boring first ideas, luck surface math, and spirituality has to go somewhere Hey, this is Jakob Greenfeld, author of the Business Brainstorms newsletter - every week I write...
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Hey, this is Jakob Greenfeld, author of the Business Brainstorms newsletter - every week I write this email to share the most interesting trends, frameworks, opportunities, and ideas with you. Let's dive in! πŸ’‘ Opportunities β€œIs there anything a corp can do to break out of a...
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Squeeze page builders, better Bible App, why you're stuck, 1X vs. 2x Founders, talk to people! Hey, this is Jakob Greenfeld, author of the Business Brainstorms newsletter - every week I write...
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Hey, this is Jakob Greenfeld, author of the Business Brainstorms newsletter - every week I write this email to share the most interesting trends, frameworks, opportunities, and ideas with you. Let's dive in! πŸ’‘ Opportunities β€œThere is a desperate need for new software devs in the...
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Podcast translations, Apple opportunity, being unreasonable, don't hire corporate executives, the... Hey, this is Jakob Greenfeld, author of the Business Brainstorms newsletter - every week I write...
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Hey, this is Jakob Greenfeld, author of the Business Brainstorms newsletter - every week I write this email to share the most interesting trends, frameworks, opportunities, and ideas with you. Let's dive in! πŸ’‘ Opportunities β€œWhen the Apple VR headset drops tomorrow, every social...