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coming soon. Founding team @hopin . Founder @entrehandbook . Get my app: @partyqsapp . 3 kids. Posts about growth.

Baltimore area
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5 months
Yesterday was my last day at @Hopin . I’ve known this day was coming for a while now and I did my best to be prepared but I’m still struggling to put into words what the last 5 years have been like. As Hopin comes to an end, my time here (there?) ends with it. I’ve been
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2 years ago today I joined @Hopin . It was pre-revenue, pre-investment. Just @johnnyboufarhat & a beta platform. Today, Hopin has over 800 FTEs, 5 acquisitions, and a valuation of $7.75B. To celebrate my two-year anniv, I wanted to share a few lessons:
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@rosiesherry I kind of love this. So early stage but authentic
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@brettdash_ I guess it hasn't updated for me yet?
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@timkellernyc His books Reason for God and Every Good Endeavor and countless sermons had a significant impact on me and how I see the world today. Tim Keller was truly one of the great leaders of the Christian faith and has left very big shoes to fill. Can't wait to meet him one day.
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4 years
We’re hiring! Full-time, remote, work at a fast-growing global tech startup — we’re looking for smart people who can learn and teach the Hopin platform forwards and backwards and help clients run awesome online events. Jobs @hopin .to
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I'm launching a new startup. I work from home. And I have 3 kids: 5, 2, and 1 years old. People ask me WTH are you doing? To which I say, "I know. I may not able to put in the same hours as a single or at least no-kid founder living in NYC or SF or London.... BUT" There are a
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9 months
@marshal Seriously wow, ignore them. You have a funny wife
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1 year
Anyone run @beehiiv newsletter? Let's get you more subscribers. Drop a link to your sign-up page so we can subscribe👇 Also, we can set up recommendations/boosts for each other's newsletters as well 👍 #newsletter #community #growth
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2 years
One of the greatest revelations I learned in the last week from @SahilBloom is that you can name your alarms on iOS
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2 years
A Brief History of Growth from @dharmesh 1. Sales Led Growth - consulting closes deals 2. Marketing Led Growth - content closes deals 3. Product Led Growth - code closes deals 4. Community Led Growth - connection closes deals All important, but CLG is the new kid on the block
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@shl Why. And just keep repeating it until you get to the bottom Until you start asking how
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@stephsmithio Surprised no one has said Researcher yet.
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@colourfulchris The classic dark blue matches the iconic "castle" - the new one looks like it caught a disease
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3 years
Some personal news from me. It’s not a terribly big change (I’m still happily at @Hopin ) but I’ve joined the awesome folks at @streamyardapp to lead the marketing team and do what I love doing most—super early-stage building.
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@aakashg0 PMs wouldn’t exist if marketers and engineers could understand each other better
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3 years
Hopin just crossed 500 employees, making it bigger, for comparison, than Zapier. We just added 31 new joiners THIS WEEK alone. Working in an org that grows from 2 people to 500 people in less than two years — let’s just say I have to pinch myself sometimes.
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2 years
Favorite podcast right now? Mine’s @HarryStebbings . He’s a startup whisperer who asks all the right questions about growth and PMF and I get to apply what I learn that same day.
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3 years
Btw, I’m now a dad of two beautiful girls!
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8 months
Gosh, I'm featured in @beehiiv 's Creator Spotlight today! It's neat to see an overview of my career all in one place. Great job to the writers, designers, and editors of this piece. I'm a big fan of the beehiiv team and truly believe it's one of the best products on the web
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6 years
James Altucher just mentioned a personal writing rule for himself in his latest podcast. “I don’t publish a story unless I’m afraid I’m sharing too much.” He counterbalances this intense vulnerability with another one: “Don’t try to hurt anyone.” @jaltucher #writing #rule
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@sriramk The art, science, application, and eventual mass education of how to craft AI prompts — it is the next resume skill that will change the nature of how we work in the next 4-5 years.
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6 years
Big moment for me Thank you for everything @Medium
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The last email in the automated funnel that made @ramit from @thisisgrowthlab allegedly $400,000 is 1,434 words. That is an ENORMOUS email. Seriously. His 2 rules for email are: 1) provide value in every email & 2) sell unapologetically
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2 years
Merry Christmas from our family of 5!! Yep, that’s right! Emery Julep Schools joined us just before midnight on 12-22-22. We brought her home today on Christmas Eve morning just in time to celebrate. Momma and baby are healthy and happy and all of us are excited to be together.
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6 years
What newsletter(s) do you receive/read every day? Top 3 for me: @crunchbase @ProductHunt @axios Just started getting into: @MorningBrew @Hustle_Says Honorable mentions: @Medium @helpareporter @theinformation
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7 years
Check. This. Out. Solid advice from a mysterious coding and designing entrepreneur @ajlkn #startups #growthhacking
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5 years
@JamesClear Really good ones. I’ll add: The Socratic method. The Hegelian dialectic. Money = time. Sales = helping. Bold > smart. Questions > answers. Writing = thinking. Marketing = first, best, only
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Yet another day where I wake up and have to pinch myself to make sure this is real life. @Hopin , now with its Series D of $450m, is worth $7.75b. I remember the days when we were pre-customer, pre-revenue, pre-investment...
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1 year
I'm thrilled to announce @entrehandbook is now LIVE on @beehiiv ! Read: -How we started on @Medium -Why we're not leaving Medium -Why we're launching on beehiiv -Why we're updating our brand -Why the world needs a publication like EH now more than ever
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2 years
Exciting news! Entrepreneur's Handbook @entrehandbook is partnering with @Medium to host a community AMA and awards LIVE EVENT for our writers. Very excited to meet founders, answer questions, and recognize our top writers over 7 award categories:
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7 months
@forgebitz “Did you get permission for these” “Get wut” “Permission for the logos” “I prefer to ask for forgiveness”
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1 year
@realBrookNash Freelancers aren’t entrepreneurs
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2 years
What's the best way to get the word out about @Hopin 's new meeting and webinar software Session Pro costing only $49/month when Zoom equivalent costs $250/month?
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2 years
I've been at @Hopin since the early days in 2019. Pre-revenue, pre-funding, pre-pandemic. This week, I celebrated 3 years at the company. Every year, I write an update on the overall story of Hopin, how it's going, and lessons learned along the way:
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Dave Schools
4 years
Welcome to the new one-stop-shop for 🌄 beautiful ⛱️ seamless 🛋️ easy 🫂 and human-centric virtual events for everyone 🌍
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7 months
I published my @beehiiv newsletter as a story on @Medium and this happened
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5 years
“Wrong” is a conclusion, not a rationale. Any words or thoughts denying the existence of uncertainty should be a signal that we are headed towards a poorly calibrated decision. “Wrong” deserves its own swear jar. — @AnnieDuke , Thinking In Bets
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5 years
My mom graduated with a masters degree at age 57. Poverty, divorce, and cancer couldn’t stop her from non-stop learning, growing, and overcoming. I am so proud. The commencement speaker also said something profound.
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3 years
Extremely proud of my team for producing our THIRD 10k+ person event in only 3 months @Hopin @streamyardapp Tomorrow is #SYsummit - we're over 15k RSVPs already. You're invited! Come join a fully LIVE experience about how to become a live streamer.
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Dave Schools
11 months
"Good CEOs are sloganeers." - @david_perell chatting with @thesamparr Example: “Bold. Fast. Fun.” -Sam Parr’s mantra for business (which he has tattooed on his thigh). More juicy goodness:
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David Perell
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Want to win the online writing game? Listen to Sam Parr. He built The Hustle into one of the world’s largest newsletters and sold it to a multi-billion dollar company, and he's mastered the art of turning viral hooks into big businesses. Here’s what I've learned from him: 1.
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3 years
I worried that I wouldn’t love kid #2 as much as #1 . But once she arrived I noticed that my heart didn’t split in 2. It multiplied. Love is not zero sum and therefore fractional, it’s multiplicative. So I now have two fully functioning hearts beating inside my chest.
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Btw, I’m now a dad of two beautiful girls!
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Btw this happened
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7 months
Stop paying for yourself @beehiiv This is one week, does not incl. ad rev
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1 year
If you run a @beehiiv newsletter & want to launch a community for your members on a platform that you 100% own we're giving out free beta access to @superwaveapp 🌊 Leave a reply to this or send me a DM
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7 years
@ajlkn I've always wondered how to illustrate the difference between "cute" and "hot", thanks!
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3 years
I wish I had started reading @eladgil years ago. YEARS. If you're in your first fast-growth startup / scaleup, his high growth handbook is a MUST read.
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@denk_tweets Agree -married with 3 kids under 4
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5 years
Some news: We've raised $6.5 million to take @hopinofficial into growth mode later this year. Huge thanks to our investors and congrats to @johnnyboufarhat and Team Hopin!!
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Business Insider
5 years
Buzzy online events startup Hopin just raised $6.5 million from Accel and Northzone, after fighting off other major investors
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Little moments like these put things in respective. Hustle hard but don’t forget to hold the little hands around you.
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4 years
In July this year, @johnnyboufarhat said, "Dave, let's get Hopin to #1 on G2 for virtual events." I said, "You got it. What's G2?" Hopin had no profile and 0 reviews. Now, it's almost October and I'm proud to say Hopin is #1 for the best virtual events platform on G2.
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3 years
My face coming back from 5wk paternity leave at a fast growth company like @Hopin
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2 years
My favorite thing right now is thinking about how @Hopin is building a suite of video platforms for communities. For any creator, we have a solution for you. We have a lot of work to do. But when we get there, the way people connect face-to-face online will be changed forever.
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4 years
The rush of day-of registrations for virtual events is REAL. We were expecting about 7,500 people but over 10.1k ended up registering. @Hopin Kickoff was such a fun event (s/o to @brianna_haag ). We'll absolutely be doing more. Favorite moment (1:20):
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2 years
Been working on this quietly for over a year, excited to see it start rolling out today — huge congrats to the team 💙 It's free -- try it out at
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Hopin
2 years
Today begins the initial public rollout of @HopinSession , our new lightweight, fun, and super interactive webinar and meetings product. Here's a Twitter thread about what you need to know about Session:
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"An app idea" is not #entrepreneurship . "I helped people" is entrepreneurship. #startups #mondaymotivation #ideas #entrepreneur #tech
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3 years
My role at @Hopin has taken a neat shift over the past couple of months. I'm learning and doing a ton of Product work over Marketing and honestly I'm loving it. Doing Product at a big org is actually just like doing early stage entrepreneurship as a founder.
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Man I am so pumped to share what I'm doing next. COMING SOON
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2 years
Don’t hire marketers, hire former entrepreneurs
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3 years
I experimented and cut out alcohol for 30 days and started running 2 miles 3x a week. I lost 6 lbs. here are my takeaways Diet Coke is 💯 Felt (oddly) bored more at night Drank copious amounts of tea Played more chess Slept way better Felt way more anxiety👇
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4 years
Some news today -- Hopin bought StreamYard!
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Hopin
4 years
We are so excited to announce we are acquiring @streamyardapp ! The acquisition of StreamYard combines beautiful video production quality with the live events experience of Hopin. Hopin CEO @johnnyboufarhat shares more on our blog:
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7 years
BIG NEW PEOPLE Thank you to everyone who reads #EntrepreneursHandbook on @Medium . The publication just passed 50k readers.
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6 years
Had my heart stolen by a beautiful girl yesterday. Our daughter, Brooklyn Jade, was born at 2pm, Feb 11, 2019.
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4 years
The work at @hopinofficial is absolutely thrilling. Best job I ever had.
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I put my web designer hat on and redesigned using Carrd. I chose to ditch Instapage's $79/month price tag in return for Carrd's $19/year. I've been nothing short of impressed with Carrd. Carrd's functionality isn't as
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3 years
Back from vacation - first week I was fully disconnected from work since starting at Hopin 2 years ago. Read 3 books (HT audible) @davidgoggins Can’t Hurt Me @DavidEpstein Range @Justin_W_Earley The Common Rule But most importantly got to spend quality time with my family.
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@beehiiv And let not our subscribers unsubscribe as we have unsubscribed from others
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1 year
The best communities are free. The second best communities are very, very expensive.
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3 years
Tools for high quality virtual experiences: @Mentimeter live surveys & data viz @Hopin 1:1 networking, branded venue @streamyardapp ’s Giveaway Tool & live comments on screen @Drawasaurus live game @Interprefy live translations / ASL @DJAsha live jams @BookCameo celeb moments
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4 years
I wrote about my experience working at @hopinofficial over the last year+, including some of the lessons learned from the inside of the rocketship.
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9 years
In case you aren't signed up for @ProductHunt , here is an insanely helpful list of products for designers... http://t.co/EyP8LKUzyq #design
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@DylanJardon @ShaanVP @thesamparr Disagree. Kevin Ryan episode was one of the best and it was an interview. They know what they’re doing, leave em alone
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3 years
Friends, I'm thrilled to say it's official: Entrepreneur's Handbook now has a podcast!! @entrehandbook @Medium
@entrehandbook
Entrepreneurship Handbook
3 years
Thrilled to say our Podcast has launched! Each show mix of riffing and hard questions to provide a deeper look into the backgrounds and businesses of successful entrepreneurs, investors, creators, marketers, and influencers. Let's do this.
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Pumped to have Entrepreneur's Handbook included in this list of the top 50 @Medium publications (assembled by @lincolnwdaniel ). Started with ~35k followers and ended the year with 82k. I love serving entrepreneurs with good stories to read!
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Dave Schools
2 years
Some depressing and awful news. Last night, my close friend @gretglyer was murdered at 3am while laying in bed next to his wife. He was shot to death, leaving his wife (unharmed) and their two kids ages 2 and 6mo. The shooter is still at large.
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6 years
If #facebookdown spikes your blood pressure, scroll "Minimal" photos on @unsplash to bring it back down 👉
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Dave Schools
4 years
The marketing team at @hopinofficial relies on nearly a dozen vendors to maintain the "Hopin pace" (🚀). One thing I've noticed that distinguishes high-value vendors from low-value vendors is the speed at which they understand your product, customer, and industry.
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4 years
I get why @joinClubhouse doesn’t record/store sessions now. Once something is recorded it’s permanent and shareable, making you think more about what you say and don’t say. By not recording anything, clubhouse keeps conversations more natural and authentic.
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2 years
Looking to brush up on community management, what are some of the best-run communities these days? Any super engaging ones you're a part of?
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3 years
I miss writing on @Medium . I used to write all the time before things got busy with @Hopin . I have 27k followers and a publication with 203k followers. Seems like a missed opp? I really should get back into it.
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@stephsmithio Webinars aren’t going away but at @Hopin we’re seeing massive demand for more “participatory” webinars where attendees are as much a part of the content as the speakers i.e. AMA community events.
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4 years
One of my best marketing campaigns at hopin
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DomainNameWire.com
4 years
Virtual events company Hopin moves to .Com
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@dickiebush Humility and leadership
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4 years
We're not slowing down!
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Hopin
4 years
Hopin is proud to announce that we have closed our Series C of $400M, co-led by @a16z and @gcvp , with @IVP . This round values Hopin at $5.65B—for more on what this means, read @johnnyboufarhat ’s post:
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4 years
Don't miss this🔥Hopin event on Wednesday -- CEO chat + product announcement + hybrid events + DJ! 7,500 people signed up so far. 90 minutes. Save your seat for free:
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Up at 4:30am. Launch day on @ProductHunt (side project). @partyqsapp , a conversation starter app on a mission to help people deepen connections, is now available on any internet-connected device. Would love your support!
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Just found this flyer. My first ever business - circa 2012 “Build a community around your brand & increase sales” Wild - this was years before Hopin
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11 months
Not bad for 8.5k subscribers of @entrehandbook . I see you @beehiiv
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1 year
Just scheduled my next "Deep Dive" on @beehiiv for Thurs Case studies featured: @mynameis_davis from @talk2OneUp @thepatwalls from @starter_story @hernansartorio from @pagyco Reddit tips, breakdowns, no nos, and tools.
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2 years
Can someone build this AI product: Problem: Naming a new product is hard. 1) EXPENSIVE: People pay agencies hundreds of thousands of dollars for a brand. Sometimes millions. 2) LOW QUALITY: Online logo and name generators suck today - completely unuseful. Dime a dozen.
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Grateful to see Simone Biles and Adam Grant share openly about mental health at today's @Hopin #EventMinded summit. Register to get the replay videos here:
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