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In This Edition:
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The Playbook Behind
Doola’s $100M Rise
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30 Startup MVPs That Made
It Big
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Perplexity for Startups
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Why AI Needs Your CEO
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️ Turn Prompts Into
Thumbnails GPT-4o
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Top AI Tools for
Outreach
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Run Your Ads in Real
Life
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From a failed
startup to raising
$1M in 2 minutes —
Arjun Mahadevan’s
path to building
Doola offers key
insights for
startup founders
navigating
uncertainty.
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Now valued at $100M, Doola helps
entrepreneurs
worldwide launch
U.S. businesses.
But it wasn’t just
product-market fit
— it was mindset,
momentum, and
mastery of
high-leverage
moves.
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Key takeaways
for founders:
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Key founder
lessons packed in
one powerful
breakdown: Failure
isn’t the end—it’s
insight. Great
storytelling
builds belief,
small wins drive
momentum, and your
pitch deck is more
than slides—it’s a
funding tool.
Building in
public? It’s how
trust scales.
Don’t miss
Doola’s
Series A
deck,
high-leverage
strategies,
and Arjun’s
startup
playbook.
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Gen Z Products
Go Offline to
Stand Out
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While digital
dominates, some
Gen Z-focused
brands are turning
to IRL ads—think
billboards, subway
posters, and
retail pop-ups—to
break through the
noise. These
real-world
campaigns are
designed not just
to capture
attention offline,
but to spark viral
moments
online.
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saturated digital
market—offline meets
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startups can now
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of Perplexity
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incubator, or
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Turn Prompts
into Viral
Thumbnails with
GPT-4o
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What if a few
simple prompts
could generate
scroll-stopping
thumbnails in
seconds?Discover
how GPT-4o
transforms the
thumbnail game —
using AI to craft
studio-quality
visuals from just
text, sketches, or
reference
images.
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What’s
Inside:
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Upload a
subject
image +
reference
style to
recreate
stunning
layouts
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follow-up
prompts or
highlight
areas for
instant
edits
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Combine
rough
sketches and
image
generation
for total
creative
control
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Adobe
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Looking to
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What if the MVP
timelines of
LinkedIn, Netflix,
and Stripe held
the blueprint to
launching the next
big thing?
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Explore 30 MVP
Journeys Packed
with Actionable
Insights:
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From ideation to
first prototype
across real
startup
cases ✅
How MVPs were
launched, tested,
and improved ✅
Pivots that
changed
everything—and why
they worked ✅
Key challenges
faced and lessons
learned from each
phase ✅
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A revealing new
McKinsey report
(March 2025)
uncovers a
critical truth:
the most
successful AI
transformations
aren’t driven by
technology
alone—they’re
powered by
leadership at the
top.
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Here’s what
stands out:
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28% of Gen
AI adopters
report
CEO-led AI
governance
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Only 17% of
large
enterprises
show
top-level
involvement
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Active
executive
leadership =
significantly
higher AI
ROI
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Key Insight:
AI success is not
just about smarter
models—it’s about
smarter
leadership.
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Download the
full McKinsey
report
to uncover why
CEOs must lead the
AI charge.
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Optilogic
raised $40M in
Series
B
to expand
its
cloud-based
optimization
and
decision-making
platform.
(Link)
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Global
Gaming
League
secured $10M in
Series
A
to
revolutionize
live gaming
leagues and
esports
entertainment.
(Link)
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Blackbird
Labs
landed $50M in
Series
B
for its
blockchain-powered
payment and
loyalty
platform
tailored for
restaurants.
(Link)
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Corsha
raised $18M in
Series
A
to scale its
API security
platform
using a
unique
streaming
authentication
model.
(Link)
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Ethic
closed a $64M
Series
D
round to
grow its
mission-driven
investment
management
platform.
(Link)
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Which
investors
are
shaping
the
future
of
startups?
Knowing
where top
investors
focus
their
attention
can give
founders a
competitive
edge.
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These
investors
don’t
just
fund
startups—they
redefine
industries.
Stay ahead
of market
trends,
funding
strategies,
and growth
hacks.
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See
the
Full
List
Here
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How to
Successfully
Use AI
Throughout
Your
Business Learn practical
steps to integrate
AI into various
departments,
helping improve
efficiency, reduce
costs, and boost
performance.
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7 Proven
Tactics to
Grow Your
Startup
Fast Discover seven
actionable
strategies that
can help
early-stage
startups build
momentum and
achieve rapid
growth.
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Insights on
AI Hiring
and Training
with Jeremy
Howard
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Jeremy
Howard:
AnswerAI,
FastAI,
Fine-tuning
&
AI
recruiting
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Around
the
Prompt
#1
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Jeremy Howard
discusses how
businesses can
find the right AI
talent, train
teams effectively,
and use AI tools
wisely.
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How
Generative
AI Can Help
Tap into
$140B
Business
Potential Explore how
companies are
using generative
AI to unlock
massive
opportunities and
streamline
operations.
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How AI Is
Changing
Growth
Marketing
Forever Understand how
marketers are
using AI to
personalize
campaigns, analyze
data quickly, and
increase
ROI.
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How an AI
Newsletter
Could Earn
You $20,000
a Year Learn how people
are monetizing
newsletters
powered by AI
tools and turning
them into
profitable side
businesses.
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Most
Startup
Founders
Give Up
Personal
Time for
Work 71% of startup
founders admit
they sacrifice
their personal
life to build
their business,
showing the toll
entrepreneurship
can take.
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Create Free
Online Tools
to Help Your
Business
Grow See how simple
tools like
calculators or
checklists can
attract customers,
improve
engagement, and
increase website
traffic.
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What if there was
a smarter way to
handle it
all—without burning
out or missing
key
opportunities?
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Discover how
marketing
automation can
reshape startup
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strategy, not
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successful
startups are using
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competition.
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AI
Digest
@AiDigest_
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Yesterday
the
agents
in
the
Village
created
a
system
to
track
donors.
Here
is
Claude
3.7
filling
out
its
spreadsheet.
You
can
see
o1
open
it
on
its
computer
part
way
through!
Claude
notes
"I
see
that
o1
is
now
viewing
the
spreadsheet
as
well,
which
is
great
for
collaboration."
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11:00
AM
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Apr
8,
2025
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Mira
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@miramurati
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I
shared
the
following
note
with
the
OpenAI
team
today.
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7:34
PM
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Sep
25,
2024
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Snapchat
Launches
Branded AI
Lenses for
Advertisers
(Link)
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IBM
Unveils
New
AI-Focused
Mainframe
Computer
(Link)
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Google
Allegedly
Pays AI
Talent to
Not Join
Rivals
(Link)
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Google’s
Gemini 2.5
Pro Is Its
Priciest
AI Model
Yet
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Sundar
Pichai
@sundarpichai
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Gemini
2.5
is
our
most
intelligent
model
+
now
our
most
in
demand
(we've
seen
an
80%+
increase
in
active
users
in
AI
Studio
+
Gemini
API
this
month).
So
today
we’re
moving
Gemini
2.5
Pro
into
public
preview
in
AI
Studio
with
higher
rate
limits
(free
tier
is
still
available!).
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3:02
PM
•
Apr
4,
2025
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