He Was a Tech Investor Before There Was a Silicon Valley
Bill Draper began funding start-ups in the early 1960s, when the Santa Clara Valley was better known for apricot orchards than microchips. He has died at 98.
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Bill Draper began funding start-ups in the early 1960s, when the Santa Clara Valley was better known for apricot orchards than microchips. He has died at 98.
Dorm Room Fund, a program that lets college students invest in their peers, raised a new $50 million fund as the competition for young founders ramps up.
Can you really build a business without a huge amount of capital? In this episode, we sit down with Eric Ries, bestselling author of *The Lean Startup*, to uncover the playbook for starting and validating a business without risking your life savings.
You posted the launch, nobody bought, and you decided the offer was wrong. The offer was probably fine. You just said it once, into a feed that forgets, and then you got embarrassed and stopped. Here is why repetition is not nagging, and why every repeat needs one permanent place to land.
You changed the button color. You rewrote the CTA. You moved the top link down and the second link up. Clicks went up slightly and sales did not move at all. That is not a page problem, it is an offer problem, and no amount of optimizing will fix it.
Every creator has posted a photo that gave away more than they meant to: a house number behind them, a shipping label on a parcel, a stranger's kid in the background.
The deal is agreed, the content is live, and then everything goes quiet. Getting paid is a separate skill from getting hired, and most of it comes down to sending a clear invoice fast.
"DM for prices" feels like it protects your value. It mostly protects you from finding out how many people wanted to buy. Hiding your rates doesn't create desire, it creates a chore, and most people won't do the chore.
Here's the full breakdown of the best AI business to start & make $10k+/month: https://youtu.be/pPpb4t2eV2M
Most people stay on a link-in-bio tool they've outgrown for one reason: they're afraid of breaking something. Your URL is in your Instagram bio, your email signature, a QR code on a poster, and half a dozen places you've forgotten.
Every summer, creators and small businesses watch their numbers sag and quietly assume they broke something. They didn't. Attention has a calendar, and the months when nobody is watching are the only months you can fix the things that never feel urgent.
Next, watch this video where I break down the best AI business model to start and make $10k+/month: https://youtu.be/pPpb4t2eV2M
Watch this next, where I break down the best AI business model to start and make $10k+/month: https://youtu.be/pPpb4t2eV2M
Watch this next, where I break down the best AI business model to start and make $10k+/month: https://youtu.be/pPpb4t2eV2M
We cover how Iván built 80,000 LinkedIn followers while doing early stage investing, why venture capital is massively overhyped in Spain, what he actually looks for in founders, the ATM analogy for AI and jobs, and how a non-linear career through Bloombridge, Facebook and multiple side projects led…
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Watch this next, where I break down the best online business model to start and make $10k+/month: https://youtu.be/pPpb4t2eV2M
This startup provides a subscription-based platform that connects retiring skilled workers with individuals seeking to learn licensed trades. By enabling direct mentorship and training, we aim to bridge the skills gap in essential industries.
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