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The Y Combinator Problem
3 Fintech News Stories #1: The Y Combinator Problem What happened? Brex decided to abandon its small business customers: Brex had sent emails to tens of thousands of small businesses, telling them that the financial services company would no longer be able to serve their needs. After expanding its business from tech startups to traditional…
Read MoreFintech Helps Black Americans, VC Funding Should Too
A lot of people wanted me to write about Web3 use cases, which…sure I guess I can take a stab at it over the next couple of weeks (the beauty of being my own boss is that I don’t answer to anyone, including annoying internet trolls). But there are more important things to talk about than settling lame Twitter…
Read MoreSharma- 06/19/2022
Happy Sunday! I hope you had an awesome week thus far — the Warriors won!! I got a lot of people asking if today’s email was still going out because it’s Father’s Day (Happy Father’s Day!!), and yes it is, but I’ll keep it shorter than normal. I hope you feel relaxed, you’ve got your…
Read MoreSTEAL these lessons from Amazon TODAY
Amazon has spent years perfecting their product page (PDP). They have been testing and failing for FOREVER. So why spend months testing when you can take a proven formula, and put your own branded spin on it? I AM NOT SAYING COPY. Boring websites are not allowed. I am saying reverse engineer why Amazon’s PDP…
Read MoreThe most insane TikTok account
Meet Trevor Rainbolt He’s a 24-year old who lives in Los Angeles. In high school, he was introduced to a game called GeoGuessr. The objective of the game is to identify the location of a Google Street View image. Players are judged on a few dimensions: Speed of an answer Proximity to the image The…
Read MoreTalent & Distribution… and reputation
Even if you’re not a golf fan if you’ve probably heard some rumblings about LIV golf tour. It’s the newest professional golf tour that is competing with the PGA Tour. LIV is funded by the sovereign wealth fund of Saudia Arabia. LIV has stacked itself with some of the biggest names in golf – from…
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