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STRATEGY
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The One ChatGPT
Hack That Will
Transform
2025
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Are you using
ChatGPT to its
fullest
potential, or
just scratching
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Most people think
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ChatGPT—it's about harnessing it
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Let us know in
the comments:
What's one feature
or workflow you'd
love to optimize
with ChatGPT?
Let's collaborate
and grow together!
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What if you
could double
your marketing
efficiency in
2025 using
AI?
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AI isn't just the
future of
marketing—it's the present. From automating
workflows to
creating
hyper-personalized
campaigns, the
opportunities are
endless.
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That's why we’ve
put together “10 Quick
Wins Using
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Startups
Groundswell
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$50M Raised, 4
Rounds, 1
Goal
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The journey to
raising nearly $50M for
beehiiv
was anything but
smooth. Every
round had its own
story, challenges,
and lessons:
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1️⃣ Seed Round:
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Pitching 40+
investors from a
makeshift desk and
driving a rented
Mustang to close
the first $2.6M.
Key lesson? Find a
lead investor
before smaller
checks fall into
place.
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2️⃣ Seed
Extension:
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Navigating a
pullback, personal
tragedy, and
countless
rejections. It was
the hardest round,
but strategic
EU-based VCs like
Creator Ventures
stepped up when
others
wouldn’t.
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3️⃣ Series A:
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Profitability and
rapid growth drove
this $10M round.
Weekly investor
updates made
diligence
effortless, with
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a term sheet in
just 7 days.
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4️⃣ Series B:
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Raising $33M with
NEA and allocating
$1M for loyal
users to invest
was a defining
moment. Empowering
users as
shareholders
reinforced our
community-first
approach.
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Key
Takeaways:
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Raising
funds ≠
success.
Build a
product
people
love.
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Lead
investors
unlock
momentum.
Prioritize
them
early.
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Investor
updates
aren’t just
for
investors—they
build trust
and
accountability.
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Never play
it safe if
the
opportunity
is
now.
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Want to dive
deeper? Access our
unedited Series B
deck
and lessons here: Big Desk
Energy.
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Let’s keep
building,
learning, and
scaling.
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How Immigrant
Founders
Engineered a $7
Trillion
Economic
Revolution in
America
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What do Google,
Tesla, and Zoom
have in common?
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They were all
founded or
co-founded by
immigrants who
brought
transformative
ideas to the U.S., creating
millions of
jobs and
trillions in
market
value. Now imagine if
these innovators
were never allowed
to work in the
U.S.—how different
would the economy
look today?
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While the H-1B visa
debate
continues to
polarize, it
raises a critical
question: Are
protectionist
policies hurting
America’s global
competitiveness?
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If the U.S.
doesn’t attract
the brightest
minds, who will
build the next
Tesla or SpaceX?
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What does
this mean for
the future of
innovation and
economic
leadership?
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VC PULSE
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How Venture Capital Funds Work
– A Quick Guide
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Are you curious about how VC
funds operate? Here's a snapshot
of the typical structure:
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Limited Partnerships (LPs &
GPs):
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Limited Partners
(LPs):
Investors providing the
capital—public pension
funds, family offices,
HNWIs, endowments, and
more.
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General Partners
(GPs):
VC firms managing the fund,
securing commitments from
LPs, and driving
returns.
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The 2-20 Rule:
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It’s a fascinating balance of
securing capital, creating value,
and driving innovation.
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Are you exploring VC or
considering fundraising? Let’s explaor here!
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CREATOR
CATALYST
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2025 Influencer
Marketing
Predictions You
Can't Miss!
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As we enter 2025,
influencer
marketing is
evolving fast!
Here’s a sneak
peek at the key
trends you need to
know to stay
ahead:
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1️⃣ Diversify Your
Platforms: With TikTok’s
uncertain future,
diversifying
across YouTube,
Instagram, and
Facebook is the
way to go. Don’t
rely on one
platform!
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2️⃣ LinkedIn is the
New Influencer
Hub: LinkedIn is
rapidly becoming a
powerhouse for
influencer
marketing,
especially in B2B
spaces. Time to
get in on the
action!
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3️⃣ Pharma’s
Authentic
Shift: The pharma
industry is
leveraging patient
and medical
influencers to
build trust and
credibility.
Authenticity is
key!
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4️⃣ Smarter Metrics
for Bigger
ROI: With influencer
marketing budgets
increasing,
focusing on brand
awareness,
real-time data,
and purchase
intent will be
crucial for
proving success.
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Quick Tip: Embrace these
trends early to
future-proof your
strategy and
maximize your
impact in
2025!
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Stay ahead, stay
informed. Let’s
make this year
your most
successful yet!
(Link)
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INVESTMENT &
FUNDRAISING
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Solera
Network
secured $40M
in Series
E funding
to enhance
its SaaS
platform
that
connects
community
organizations
with digital
health
solutions
for chronic
disease
prevention,
streamlining
referrals
and consumer
engagement.
(Link)
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Umoja
Biopharma, founded
in 2019, raised $100M
in Series
C funding
to advance
its cancer
therapeutics.
The
company’s in
vivo
cellular
immunotherapy
platform
uses gene
therapy to
target
cancer
cells, with
products
like VivoVec
and TumorTag
enhancing
the
effectiveness
of VivoCAR T
cells.
(Link)
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Conceivable
Life Sciences, founded
in 2022, raised $18M
in Series
A funding
to develop
IVF lab
automation
technologies.
Their
mission is
to increase
access to
IVF for
infertile
couples by
streamlining
the process
with
innovative
automation
solutions.
(Link)
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ALPHA
Augmented
Services, founded
in 2022, secured $2M
in Seed
funding
to provide
AI and
cloud-based
supply chain
management
solutions.
Their
platform
optimizes
logistics,
transportation,
and
performance
through
tools for
shipment
configuration,
data
analytics,
and
packaging.
(Link)
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Ashvattha
Therapeutics
secured $50M
in Series B
funding
to develop
hydroxyl
dendrimer
therapeutics
targeting
infectious
diseases and
cancer.
Their
products,
like OP-101
for severe
COVID-19,
aim to
address
inflammation-driven
diseases.
(Link)
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-
10
Co-founder
Red Flags
You Can’t
Afford to
Ignore
(Link)
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The 300+ VC
Questions
That Could
Make or
Break Your
Startup
Pitch
(Link)
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Why 90% of
Product Hunt
Launches
Fail –
Here's How
to Be the
Exception
(Link)
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State of
the Market:
What Every
Founder
Should Know
About
Early-Stage
VC and
Consumer AI
in 2025
(Link)
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50 Pitch
Deck Secrets
That
Transformed
Startups
into
Unicorns
(Link)
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How Venture
Capital
Funds Really
Work and
What
Founders Get
Wrong
(Link)
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The Y
Combinator
Blueprint
Transforming
Startups
with
Game-Changing
Advice
(Link)
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OpenAI
@OpenAI
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Today
we’re
rolling
out
a
beta
version
of
tasks—a
new
way
to
ask
ChatGPT
to
do
things
for
you
at
a
future
time.
Whether
it's
one-time
reminders
or
recurring
actions,
tell
ChatGPT
what
you
need
and
when,
and
it
will
automatically
take
care
of
it.
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Amazon's
Alexa Gets a
Major
Upgrade: Now
an AI Agent
Capable of
Doing Real
Work!
(Link)
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Breaking
News: TSMC
Begins
Production
of Apple's
A16 Bionic
Chips in
Arizona!
(Link)
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Microsoft
Unveils
CoreAI: A
Game-Changing
Engineering
Organization
Led by
Former Meta
Exec!
(Link)
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Satya
Nadella
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BG2
w/
Bill
Gurley
&
Brad
Gerstner
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GitHub’s
Copilot
Workspace
Goes Public:
Free for
Now, But How
Much Will It
Really Cost?
(Link)
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Reddit's
New
AI-Powered
Answers: A
Threat to
Google’s
Search
Dominance?
(Link)
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AI LEARNING
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edge.
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A beginner’s
guide to getting
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development on the
Jetson Nano
platform.
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Discover how to
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fingerprinting
using Nvidia's
Morpheus
framework.
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A user-friendly
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CUDE for those
looking to
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development.
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