The Daily Index — Wednesday, June 21, 2023 · TLDR Index

HEADLINES & TRENDS

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PROMISE NOT TO PROMISE

Jason Fried of 37signals talks about what it means to not have a roadmap and why promising things you end up not delivering can be really bad for the company, team, and customers.

world.hey.com · 3 min

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WHAT I WISH I KNEW AS A FIRST YEAR CFO

Hiring and managing a CFO can be tricky and getting it wrong is way more costly than a bad marketing, sales, or engineering hire. Some solid nuggets in here around being an early stage CFO.

mostlymetrics.com · 5 min

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Ever insightful, Jason drops some science around worrying trends in customer success. I too miss the days of when customer success was about … a customer’s success.

saastr.com · 5 min

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THREE STARTUPS ON HOW TO STAND OUT IN A COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE

A few handy tips on how to stay competitive during tough times that may seem obvious but nevertheless are handy to revisit.

sifted.eu · 6 min

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PLAYING WITH STREAMLIT AND LLMS

If you’re doing anything with generative AI and playing internally with your own LLMs, you should check out this post about Streamlit.

lethain.com · 4 min

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RECENTLY, THAT’S DOUBLED.

When markets are struggling, increasing the option exercise window can be helpful for employees that move on. However, there can be tax risks involved so tread carefully here.

saastr.com · 3 min

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GPT-4 GENERATED PITCHES ARE 3X MORE LIKELY TO SECURE FUNDING

Investor pitches generated by GPT-4 were 3x more likely to secure funding compared to human-written pitches.

zdnet.com · 1 min

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THE ROOT CAUSE OF MEDIOCRE DECISIONS

The quality of decisions, such as hiring, investing, or strategizing, largely depends on the quality of the options you have to choose from, rather than the choice itself.

breakingpoint.substack.com · 5 min

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USING BLOCKCHAINS AND AI TO BUILD A BETTER INTERNET

The age old question of if you should switch to AI from crypto. The real magic will be regulatory clarity for blockchain + AI - that will be the big winner.

satchel.works · 2 min