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Never Fully Read #10
“To fly, we have to have resistance" - Maya Lin
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🧠 Quotes that make you think:
“Once a new technology rolls over you, if you're not part of the steamroller, you're part of the road.” - Stewart Brand, Writer
“If an egg is broken by an outside force, life ends. If broken by an inside force, life begins. Great things always begin from the inside.”Jim Kwik
“My mother told me to be a lady. And for her, that meant be your own person, be independent.” – Ruth Bader Ginsberg
“Have no fear of perfection; you'll never reach it.” – Marie Curie
“Nothing is worth more than laughter. It is strength to laugh and to abandon oneself, to be light.” – Frida Kahlo
“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
📈 Trends Of The Week:
Biohacking takes off 🚀
“Biohacking is the use of science and technology to optimize performance, health, and well-being. And it’s a mammoth space: The global biohacking market was valued at ~$12B in 2019, forecast to reach $54B by 2027 (a ~20% CAGR).” Source
Is anxiety reducing furniture the next frontier?
“Anti-anxiety gadgets like fidget spinners, coloring books, and Pop It pads hit the mainstream a while ago. Then came wearables like weighted blankets, robes, and even these calming mittens for social anxiety.
Perhaps next in line is a range of anxiety-reducing furniture.
Last year we reported on a boom in anti-anxiety dog beds, and now companies like Mood Pod are creating the same for humans.”
- Source Jungle Scout
🤖Tech News:
“Snyk, the Boston-based late-stage startup that is trying to help developers deliver more secure code, announced another mega-round today. This one was for $530 million on an $8.5 billion valuation”
“DotCom Therapy, a pediatric teletherapy company, just closed a $13 million Series A round. It’s far from the only teletherapy company looking to capitalize on a boom in venture capital investment in mental health startups, but it’s operating in a hyper-specific sphere: therapy for kids.”
🏡 With an Apple Store designer as a co-founder, Juno raises $20M to build apartments more sustainably
“Juno co-founder and CEO Jonathan Scherr said the San Francisco-based startup plans to build all electric properties by assembling “the first OEM ecosystem for ground-up development.” (For the unacquainted, OEM stands for “original equipment manufacturer.”)”
“The venture world is — quite literally — waking up to the potential of applying artificial intelligence to a wider variety of real-world, consumer-driven problems, and today comes the latest development on that front: Eight Sleep, which makes “smart” mattresses and mattress covers (for regular mattresses) that use machine learning and other artificial intelligence-based algorithms to improve your sleep both by changing temperature and monitoring other physical parameters to provide an overall picture of your health, has raised $86 million in a Series C round of funding.”
“With their core ability of taking photos and videos, Ray-Ban Stories are essentially a sleeker version of Snapchat’s Spectacles, which first debuted in 2016 to a lot of hype that quickly fizzled. These Ray-Bans don’t have displays in the lenses, like the latest Spectacles that were unveiled earlier this year. However, speakers on both sides of the frame can play sound from your phone over Bluetooth, allowing you to take a call or listen to a podcast without pulling your phone out. A touchpad built into the side of the frame lets you change the volume or play and pause what you’re hearing.”
🎤 Podcasts I listened to:
“Tom Bilyeu is the co-founder of billion-dollar brand Quest Nutrition and host of Impact Theory. The mission of Impact Theory is to impact culture at scale by giving people an empowering mindset through education and entertainment. Acquired through his own life experiences and the hundreds of elite performers he’s interviewed, the high-impact, actionable gems of wisdom Tom shared in this podcast that can serve as shortcuts for any of you looking to step up your game in business and life.”
“In what ways did last year’s pandemic impact you as an individual? Yes, it was disruptive to all of our daily lives, routines, and relationships, but what fundamentally changed about you as a person? Mel Robbins, author of the 5 Second Rule, joins Lisa for the first time on Women of Impact, and she came in so real, so raw and so authentic to her truth, her failures and how much she uncovered and found unhinged in her own life from the pandemic. If you’ve been dealing with any kind of self-doubt or if you’ve ever stood eye to eye with yourself in the mirror and felt disappointed, disconnected or unworthy this interview is going to speak straight to your core.”
“Lydia talks about holding the prospect accountable, speeding up your deal cycle, and foundational negotiation principles.
Four Actionable Takeaways:
* De-prioritize prospects that aren’t willing to commit to a re-connect call.
* Always have the meeting scheduled by the end of your current one.
* Have your boss send you an email to forward to your prospect.
* Ask for internal emails in your negotiations to get prospects to commit.”
📚 Book I'm Reading:
'Read this book to create a company as enchanting as Apple' Steve Wozniak
'The power of a really good idea to transform the marketplace and individual customer experiences is huge. Enchantment offers a wealth of insights to help businesses and entrepreneurs tap into that potential' Sir Richard Branson
Link to book summary here
⏰ Timeless Insight:
Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.
- Buddha