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GPT-3:  An AI That Makes Cars, Not Wrenches And What It Means For The Legal Profession

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However, it should be recognized that a significant amount of that attention is due to its association with Elon Musk. I suggest, however, that the attention might be warranted on its merits. Since GPT-3 is good at generating documents, it’s easy to imagine applications of this technology in legal organizations.

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Lessons Learned: What does a startup CTO actually do?

Startup Lessons Learned

What does your Chief Technology Officer do all day? Often times, it seems like people are thinking its synonymous with "that guy who gets paid to sit in the corner and think technical deep thoughts" or "that guy who gets to swoop in a rearrange my project at the last minute on a whim." But along the way, something strange happened.

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How to Recruit Board Members in a Remote Environment

Board Effect

Technology is your board’s friend as you’re proceeding with all your board activities. You should be reviewing board member job descriptions regularly anyway. If you haven’t, now is a good time to do it because the current circumstances may warrant some changes to it. How to Recruit Board Members Remotely.

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The Importance Of Blogging For Startups

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Thousands of unspectacular websites and Facebook pages pop up on the internet every day and regardless of how impressive their design may be or how good the product they sell really is, they will not stand out without a good content marketing strategy. Standing out. Building contacts within the industry and related industries. How to start?

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6 Landmines To Avoid In Web Development Contracts

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You’ve graduated from doing business with a handshake to a generic written contract downloaded from the Internet. The client should warrant to you that the materials it provides for the web site are owned by the client or that the client has permission from the owner to use such materials. Congratulations! When will I get paid?

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Understanding the Underbelly of Online Marketing & Why You’ll Lose if You Don’t

Both Sides of the Table

If you’re a technology startup you need to excel at product, of course. Everything we were taught pre-Internet is still relevant. While many tech startups do this intuitively (say, SnapChat thinking it would be much better if our photos out partying disappeared) it still happens. It’s worth a quick read. Underbelly.

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What is the Right Burn Rate at a Startup Company?

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it is also the title of a fabulous book from Internet 1.0 In startup world low GM almost always equals death which is why many Internet retailers have failed or are failing (many operated at 35% gross margins). You technically have more gas left but you never know if some unexpected circumstance causes you to run out of gas.

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