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Talking AI with AI

Reid Hoffman

Thanks to these two factors, ChatGPT created a great deal of buzz. These last reflect a set of predictions that my partner Saam Motamedi and I wrote last year arguing that within 5 years every profession will have an equivalent of the Microsoft developer product Co-pilot. Of course, there’s still a lot of work to do to make that real.

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6 critical tips for launching a startup while holding a day job | VentureBeat

venturebeat.com

I know, you really really want to ignore me and operate in secret. However, like you said, more often than not, if someone is gonna put his money into your project he'll want to know that you are gonna kill for it and give up everything. That might happen, but what’s worse — one of those things or a lawsuit?

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Startups in stealth mode need one piece of advice - Discussion

news.ycombinator.com

Investors are looking for proven entrepreneurs to enter this emerging market and they will get well funded too. Sure, we kept bits of information private like our negotiations with future partners or plans for the next version, but it really didnt matter that much. Gee, it must be fun to call entrepreneurs silly.

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A Fundraising Survival Guide

www.paulgraham.com

Not merely in the obvious sense that if you fail to raisemoney you might have to shut the company down, but because the process of raising money itself can kill you. What kills you is the disappointment. This is what kills you. You may be a great entrepreneur, working on interesting stuff, etc. Have low expectations.

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25 Best Startup Failure Post-Mortems of All Time

www.chubbybrain.com

We love a good entrepreneurial success story – entrepreneur as protagonist overcomes obstacles and builds a thriving, successful company (and become wealthy while doing so). Like Edison and the lightbulb, like Gates and the pc operating system, I would launch a revolution that would transform society while bringing me wealth and fame.

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From Nothing To Something. How To Get There.

techcrunch.com

It is the first in a series of posts he’s writing about the decisions a young entrepreneur needs to make when she/he is first starting a business. One of the things I do as a founder of a later stage startup is to meet with early stage entrepreneurs to help them get their companies going. No phone system. No legal muck.

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Lousy Products Might Break Your Bones – But A Name Will Seldom Hurt You

infochachkie.com

Hands-on startup advice for emerging entrepreneurs. Lousy Products Might Break Your Bones – But A Name Will Seldom Hurt You John Greathouse – Posted in: Entrepreneur , Strategic Planning. Successful entrepreneurs have a bias toward action, as illustrated in Tom and Huck. Entrepreneur (167). infoChachkie.

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