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Great Artists Steal (With LLMs)

You can only steal what you can find—and AI lets you find exactly what you need

Sep 22, 2023 by Dan Shipper

Napkin Math

Oh No, I Kinda Want to Work for Elon

An examination of the man-child who would be king

10 Sep 21, 2023 by Evan Armstrong

Rugged Flexibility: A New Framework for Navigating Change

How to achieve stability through disruption

1 Sep 20, 2023 by Brad Stulberg

No Small Plans

The Paradox of Control

Sometimes you need to let go to succeed

1 Sep 19, 2023 by Casey Rosengren

How to Price Generative AI Products

In a marginal cost world, willingness to pay is king

1 Sep 18, 2023 by Ian Clark

Chain of Thought

Using ChatGPT Custom Instructions for Fun and Profit

How to 10x ChatGPT with personalized answers

17 Sep 15, 2023 by Dan Shipper

Napkin Math

Defense Tech Shouldn’t Be Sexy

Weapons are a necessary evil, not a hype-y consumer product

1 Sep 14, 2023 by Evan Armstrong

The Most Advanced Yet Acceptable Products Win

How to strike the right balance between the novel and the familiar in design

Sep 13, 2023 by Patrick Morgan

Do You Know What Type of Business You Actually Run?

Not every business is a startup

Sep 12, 2023 by Jessica Lackey

Are You Selling the Secular or Sacred?

Introducing the atomic value swap

1 Sep 11, 2023 by Chris Paik

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