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  1. redshift

    How to Build and Grow a Newsletter as a Business Model

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    Yup. I had to deal with similar nonsense on Swapstack. It was getting worse and worse, so I just stopped using it altogether. Paved is another option. I haven't used it myself but might be better than the other two. This industry is definitely ripe for disruption.
  2. redshift

    Vegan / Vegetarians Only (Chat about lifestyle, opportunities, food, whatever...)

    NOTABLE! 
    Thanks for sharing MTF. That's very inspiring. What kind of plant-based foods do you eat? Is there any fake-meat etc involved as well?
  3. redshift

    Writing your own story

    EXECUTION 
    I think you missed the point of the post ;) But, for completeness, here's why the story matters -- This is why. Success is more than just bulldozing ahead at all costs as you suggest above. Great job in editing 200 generations down to 200 years right as I was about to hit reply. I was...
  4. redshift

    Writing your own story

    EXECUTION 
    I finished reading Unscripted again recently. I think this was my 3rd time around after reading it twice a few years ago. Great book btw, always inspires the crap out of me. What's crazy, though, is how I always pick something up which I completely missed in the previous reading. Now, to speed...
  5. redshift

    How to Build and Grow a Newsletter as a Business Model

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    I think it's a good idea. Like @MitchC said, it would depend on the execution. If you are passionate about chess and want to get deep in that space, then go for it. You can put a spin on it to make it fun and then promote the newsletter where chess fans hang out (reddit?, chess websites etc).
  6. redshift

    How to Build and Grow a Newsletter as a Business Model

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    I don’t think this is necessarily true. There’s a few different skills to learn here— writing, marketing and monetization. If you spend time on each one, you can easily turn this into a successful business and not have to write stuff for free. Take a look at this guy here-- Solo subscription...
  7. redshift

    The Parable of Value, Context, and Self-Worth...

    GOLD! NEWSLETTER 
    Loved this story! Really well written, inspiring, and hits home hard. Looking forward to your "Life in the fastlane" articles.
  8. redshift

    The Ego Is Your Friend

    MINDSET 
    Yes and no. If they are defining "ego" as "ambition", then yeah, you don't want to follow that advice. You aren't doing anyone any good by just retiring into a beach somewhere. Step 1 -> Always Think Big. You also don't want to be someone with "no ego". There's another word for that ->...
  9. redshift

    Antifragile's take: The secret to scaling up.

    IDEA SCALING SUCCESS! 
    Hey, great post, and loved the fish story. Thanks for sharing @Antifragile. I picked up the essence of your first post as this: Think Big but start small. I think many people either can't adjust their thinking to be bigger and get wrapped up in the small stuff (e.g., "freelancing") or just...
  10. redshift

    ChatGPT AI is a huge breakthrough, a Google killer

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    Seems like the title of this thread was an understatement! View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSfwgKDcGKY Up next .. GPT/AI App Store
  11. redshift

    Introducing EVA, the forum's AI bot...

    ASK THE AI 
    I like this idea. Maybe the Eva posts could be in a different color scheme or special UI, to not clutter the main posts? Eg: Green border instead of a blue one, and an "AI" tag on top. I would suggest using a GPT 4+ model though. The previous ones required a bunch of iteration which could easily...
  12. redshift

    ChatGPT AI is a huge breakthrough, a Google killer

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    Yeah, I'm totally using it as a coding assistant now. It even helped me find an obscure bug in one of the ios core libraries last week (google + stack overflow had nothing). Haven't tried co-pilot but gpt is awesome for this. Any particular advantages of co-pilot (@WillHurtDontCare)?
  13. redshift

    ChatGPT AI is a huge breakthrough, a Google killer

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    New ChatGPT API is out -- Introducing ChatGPT and Whisper APIs "It is priced at $0.002 per 1k tokens, which is 10x cheaper than our existing GPT-3.5 models."
  14. redshift

    ChatGPT AI is a huge breakthrough, a Google killer

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    Ended up biting the bullet and getting a paid subscription. Bit pricey for what it is IMO but it was getting impossible to use without it (not sure how much of that is throttling). I would have preferred a credits model. Any one else paying for a subscription?
  15. redshift

    How to Build and Grow a Newsletter as a Business Model

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    Since I've gone through this gauntlet as well now in 2022 with my own subscription newsletter blog and am now cranking it down a notch (for the time being, to get my app out), I thought I'd share some of my findings here for anyone wanting to start one in the new year 2023, and not wanting to...
  16. redshift

    ChatGPT AI is a huge breakthrough, a Google killer

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    This video is a great intro to all the AI tech going around, from a business perspective. Not very tech-heavy but was very inspiring. It covers where you can get started with github's etc also. View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrNw2X-pS3g I've only looked at image-related applications...
  17. redshift

    ChatGPT AI is a huge breakthrough, a Google killer

    HOT! CHAT 
    As mentioned above, I don’t think this will replace anyone at the current stage of development (other than fiver-type work). But it’s already good enough to accelerate your business or learning. For example, I’ve been using Canva for pretty much everything for the last couple of years and...
  18. redshift

    The story of how I built a subscription newsletter (about entrepreneurship).

    MINDSET EXECUTION 
    Thank you! Yup, absolutely! I gave up on many of my previous apps (even after months of intense development) simply because I couldn't see myself being excited about them for longer. Looking back, that does seem to always come down to me not being the end user as well. I figured the payout is...
  19. redshift

    The story of how I built a subscription newsletter (about entrepreneurship).

    MINDSET EXECUTION 
    Thanks a bunch, Andy! Appreciate it :) I was wondering how many people would end up reading the whole thing. Excited to see your results and am following your thread now (I'll subscribe to your newsletter as well). I just couldn’t continue dealing with their support and filling out all the...
  20. redshift

    The story of how I built a subscription newsletter (about entrepreneurship).

    MINDSET EXECUTION 
    Indeed. The whole story, I suppose, can be thought of as going from value to relative value (and silencing the inner critic, which always gets in the way). Another important lesson I learned here is that this business model is all about building trust. That, of course, only started happening...
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