failing fast, dreaming faster
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Most underrated business skill:
Saying "I'll get back to you by Thursday."
And then actually doing it by Thursday.
The bar is on the floor. Just step over it.
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The gym fixes so many things in life other than your physical appearance and most people just don't get it
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ChatGPT for businesses... smart move?
Tbf... if you're getting traffic through ChatGPT, I'd be stoked about this
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so many cool experiments and ideas...
not enough RAM to try them all quick enough 💔
A thread of early experiments with Claude Fable 5.2:
A 3D model of a cell, built entirely from code one organelle at a time. Built by @kevin_t_ngo.
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New experiment this week:
I'm making free motion graphics videos for brands I like. No brief or invoice. Just building the thing and sliding into their DMs with "made you this"
Worst case, I get better at the craft.
Best case, they want 4 more a month.
My thought process is that it's hard to lose a game where practice counts as a win.
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The version of you that's "ready" doesn't exist, that's just the version of you who started earlier
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you can really just post raw clips of yourself on tiktok doing what you do everyday and gain a following...
wild times
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I'm so happy Trey Nyoni is being given time to prove himself under Areola
The kid's been oozing with quality from day 1
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if you're in a position where you can do a small (but valuable) piece of work for free and send it to a prospect with a casual introduction video...
then finding new clients should be the least of your problems
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5 years running a video agency taught me more about clients than about video:
one-off clients pay for a deliverable, retainer clients pay for peace of mind
charge for the pilot
people take paid work seriously, free work less so
scope creep is never one big ask, it's ten smaller ones
the best clients say "you're the expert" and mean it
use contracts with a delivery scope and get it signed
giving a discount because "we'll give you plenty of referrals" is diabolical
communicate well and half the problems disappear
did I miss anything?
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Opus 5.5 limits are a joke on the $100 plan
I'm using ~30% of my weekly cap...
Thinking about dropping to the $20 plan.
Anyone here hitting their limits regularly on the Pro ($20) plan?
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What's LinkedIn like these days?
I got plenty of clients for my explainer video agency on there between 2021-24...
Haven't really been back since I'd made a bit of a career pivot
(and I certainly haven't missed it)
Anyone still getting business through LinkedIn?
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