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Built & scaled 3 startups to $70m+/yr in ad-tech, ecomm & digital media. Now run @HamptonFounders

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I’m 43. When I was young, I chased things that didn’t matter. You can learn from my mistakes. If you’re 20-something, read this:
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ChatGPT is a FREE assistant. But most people don’t know the best ways to use it. Here are 8 ways ChatGPT can save you thousands of hours in 2023:
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Things you just can't buy when you have money AND a wife.
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How my Dependence on Facebook cost me my startup, $100M, and 110 jobs It's the first time I've publicly spoke about this in 4 years. A 🧵...
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2. Spend money on experiences: Experiences make life rich by creating memories to look back on You won’t remember which phone you owned 10 years ago But you’ll remember that trek you went for with your partner Spend money on deep and meaningful experiences
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I've built 10 startups and sold several for millions. Let me teach you in 2 minutes what took me 5 years to learn.
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I've raised $20M for my startups by just emailing Fundraising is hard but with the right system, anyone can raise Here's my step by step process
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I've launched over 10 startups in the past 10 years. Here's how to get your startup off the ground in 15 days It will be intense, but doable. Let me show you exactly how 🧵
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4. Chase fulfillment, not a success: There’s no bigger failure than a successful person who’s not happy. Happiness should not be contingent upon success.
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The dirty inside secret most entrepreneurs don't know 10 spy tools I use to beg, borrow and steal my way to saas millions
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3. Remind yourself that you’ll die: Steve Jobs once said that mortality was the greatest tool that he used to make big choices in life. All pride and fear of failure fade away in the face of death.
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Translating VC Language
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2/ Study partner Type “learn” Then paste a link to your online textbook (or individual chapters). Ask Chatbot to provide questions based on your textbook. Boom. Now you have a virtual study buddy.
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I've built 3 websites that have done $100M+ in revenue it all comes down to understanding 1 THING.
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The "easiest" way to start making $300K/yr is to buy a SaaS business I've made millions doing this. In this thread, you will learn how to make your first $300K👇
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No income, race, or geography privilege here. Alakh Pandey built a $1 BILLION startup on YouTube from a small impoverished village. Here's his underdog story:
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$2M revenue in 24 months with $0 funding Competing with BILLION-dollar tools like Slack & MS Teams. The coolest BOOTSTRAPPED company in town 🧵
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6. Spend time with your loved ones: If you’re 20+, you’ve already spent most of the time that you’ll ever spend with your loved ones. Take time out for your family and your closest friends. Don’t miss that Thanksgiving Dinner with them. Work can wait.
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The dirty inside secret most first-time entrepreneurs don't know. 14 tools I use to steal from competitors, and build million-dollar businesses.
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Remembering that you’ll die one day is a refreshing way of filtering out the non-important things in life Reminders of mortality will make you more open to experience.
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Be bold and take risks. Start that business, quit that job you hate, tell that girl that you like her There’s no substitute for experience.
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5. Follow your dreams: This might sound like a cliche but doing what you truly want is one of the most powerful driving forces in life Life is too short to live someone else’s life and be bitter.
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1. Don’t collect things: A couple of years ago Elon Musk decided to sell his physical possessions. Elon explained by saying that his possessions were weighing him down. Owning things comes at a price.
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10. Don’t regret: Life is forgiving Don’t live in anguish regretting your past actions or inactions Every new week is like an empty page that you can write a new story on Move on from yesterday and look forward to tomorrow
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This kid made $1M+ in just 4 months by selling pixels on a website. 7 years later he built a $2B meditation company. The guy you probably know, the story you don't 👇
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You can build a $10K/month profit DTC business in 60 days. I've built a $100M revenue DTC brand. It boils down to these 3 steps.
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Happiness is an internal choice that drives fulfillment irrespective of success or failure. Fulfillment is a state of being. Success is merely an outcome.
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Netflix Director Mike Cessario sold $130M worth of water last year. His company Liquid Death is dominating the water industry with edgy branding and masterful storytelling Here's how it grew to a $700 valuation overnight
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Financially, possessions weigh us down in the form of debt. Emotionally, they weigh us down in the form of attachment. So don’t collect things. They harm your quality of life
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I've flipped 3 SaaS startups in the past 12 months for 7-figures. Here is my exact 17 step blueprint a 🧵...
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I made $2m flipping a SaaS startup in 18 months following these 4 steps. Read how I did it to make your first million.
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15 websites that every startup founder NEEDS to know about (and 3 you likely never heard of) 👇
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7. Don’t wait: We live life as though we’ll always be here We put off climbing that mountain, writing that book, or going on that trip of a lifetime with our friends
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Choose your platforms wisely, and always remember if they can give it, they can take it… If you like this thread follow me at @jspeiser for more startup stories, real estate, and investing…
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ChatGPT will do to Google what Google did to YellowPages. True or unnecessary panic? If you’re in any of these industries, here’s what you need to know:
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8. Eat Healthly: Our bodies have not been designed for a life of excess So it’s natural for us to be overwhelmed by the abundance of sugar and fat around us But to avoid sickness and stay energized, eat healthy Stop eating just before you start feeling full
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3/ Train YOUR OWN Chatbot I bet you didn’t know it’s possible to: 1. Integrate ChatGPT into your website 2. Train it with customized information The result: A virtual customer service bot that can hold a conversation and answer questions (meaningfully).
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You get the benefit of instant access to millions, and fast growth. But can you ever truly sleep well at night knowing at any time it can all be taken away with just a simple algorithm change? Let this be a cautionary tale to every startup founder out there.
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The most practical way to make $1M: Buy a SaaS business and flip it for 4X in 12 months. I’ve done this multiple times. My exact 5 step blueprint on flipping SaaS businesses for millions 🧵
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9. Don’t rush: Most people try to fill their day to the brim, hoping to accomplish as much as they can But this is a guaranteed way to feel miserable
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Facebook killed my startup. I lost $100M and had to let go 100 employees. One of the darkest periods of my startup journey. what happened...🧵
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Follow these steps They’re designed to add life to your years I recently read: "Life is short. Time is fast. No replay. No rewind. So enjoy every moment as it comes. If you found this motivating, please retweet & pay it forward - and don't forget to follow me @jspeiser
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Hurrying prevents us from doing our best and creates a void that can’t be filled Life isn’t a race. It’s a slow climb. Take one step at a time and enjoy each one.
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5/ Coding ChatGPT is opening the development of: • Apps • Games • Websites To virtually everyone. It’s a lengthy and technical process, But all you need is a killer idea and the right prompts. Bonus: It also de-bugs your existing code for you.
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One conscious habit that happy people cultivate is to have a bias toward action Make a list of things you MOST want to do and be impatient about doing them
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Years later, as an angel-investor I watch countless startups build their businesses on Shopify apps, Amazon, Instagram, TikTok, Google apps, etc. Sends chills down my spine. It’s a very sharp double edged sword.
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7/ Craft all your marketing materials Type “learn” and paste any existing copy (landing page, articles, etc). Then ask it to generate: • Ads • Blog posts • Email templates • Landing page copy • Social media posts / captions They’re not perfect, but make great templates.
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I've built 10+ startups & sold several for millions. Here are 13 dirty inside secret tools I use to steal from competitors that most first-time entrepreneurs don't know:
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I've always been a fan of Buffett, but after years and years of this bull run I slowly lost touch with his deep-value methodology. This 1 quote, I stumbled upon late Saturday night, made me reevaluate my entire equities strategy. "If I was running $1 million today... 🧵
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1/ Substitute for google search While ChatGPT is: • Lacking info beyond 2021 • Occasionally incorrect and bias Many users leverage its ability to: • Answer specific questions • Simplify complicated topics All with an added bonus - No ads!
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ChatGPT has opened up a ton of unknowns. But 1 thing is for certain. Those who understand how to enter the right prompts will get the most out of this groundbreaking tech.
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I run a $1+ million startup on a <$200 tech stack. How? It's no code!🚀 Here are the 11 tools I use daily: 1. How I use them 2. Their pricing
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Look at these guys They built an app in 18 hours and sold it for $85 million. Here’s how 👇
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8/ Creative writing ChatGPT is revolutionizing creativity. It can write: • Poems • Story plotlines • Music and lyrics • Scripts for movies, youtube, Tiktok, etc. It can even write your wedding vows. Just don’t tell the mrs…
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Thanks for reading. If you found these tips useful, Retweet to spread the word. And follow me @jspeiser for more.
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6/ Outline your content marketing strategy As an example, I’ve asked Chatbot for an AI SaaS content strategy. It’s fairly basic, But you can ask Chat to extrapolate on each point until you’ve got a detailed roadmap.
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Life hacks I know at 43 I wish I knew at 23:
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Most startups die because they don't know how to get users Here are 4 customer acquisition flywheels that I've used to build 10 startups Get your first 500 customers in 90 days using these
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My friend just became a Billionaire from being in debt less than 13 years earlier. I asked him HOW TF? Here's what he told me...
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ChatGPT can save you thousands of $ this year. IF you know the right way to use it. Here’s 8 time draining tasks you can outsource to this FREE virtual assistant:
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Our high-level contacts at FB said Zuck didn’t like the fluffy content we were producing and he wanted to be taken more seriously. He wanted the country to respect Facebook and get their actual news there (previously it was family/friends updates, feel-good viral content).
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I watched helplessly as 90% of our organic traffic from Facebook dried up. Their only feedback to us was that this is the new focus FB wants, hard hitting news, and opinion pieces, and if we wanted more traffic we would have to pay for it through sponsored ads.
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4/ Counsellor When it comes to turbulent personal questions, Chatbot may spit out a disclaimer. But it will also give you straightforward and actionable advice.
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I’ve built 10 startups that exceed $100M+ in revenue. My 6 marketing metrics to build profits:
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We all know gambling is rigged. But this guy found a way to hack the game & win $75m. His motto - "Heads I WIN, tails I WIN BIG" Let me show you how 👇
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@MiPerkal ha didnt think of it that way until right now...interesting!
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Why we didn’t diversify the business sooner? It seems so obvious, don’t put all your eggs in one basket. Unfortunately at the time, there weren’t any real alternatives.
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Paid yielded a 10-20% margin, while organic 90%. Without the flow of those eyeballs we couldn’t afford our 100+ staff, NYC lease, or live video studios. It was a death sentence.
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3 online side hustles that can make you $10,000 per month in 2023:
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This a good sales letter from Polywork 1. Here's your problem 2. Here's why solving it is hard 3. Here's our solution 4. Here's who it's worked for 5. Here's why it works
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Insult to injury was the timing. LittleThings was under a $100m LOI with a large European acquirer and about 2 weeks away from closing. This material change in the business was enough to spook them (rightfully so), and force us to settle for a significantly lower offer.
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Why YC startups outperform to the tune of $600 Billion Dollars? Here are 12 priceless pieces of content from Y Combinator that every founder must consume.
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GPT-4 can build you an iPhone app, a functioning site from a hand-written note, and even prepare your taxes. It cleared the BAR Exam, GRE, LSAT, & every other competitive exam better than most of us. Here's everything that's happening 🧵
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We were already spending close to $4m a month on ads, so they just assumed we would spend more to feed our team, unfortunately the margin on paid vs organic was dramatic.
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We were never able to grow the alternative channels big enough to balance out the insanely large amount of views FB was sending. We were addicted to the FB volume of traffic and no other source could move the needle.
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An immigrant went from selling fruits to building the 2nd largest bank in the US with assets over $3.2 TRILLION dollars. He is also responsible for financing the Golden Gate Bridge & the early success of Disney The story of A.P. Giannini, the definition of the American Dream 👇
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We tried for years to diversify by pushing hard into OTT, email, Pinterest, and Youtube. Snapchat was still too young for our demo, and TikTok didn’t even exist yet.
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@ChiefFoodTaster I hear Amazon trolls for the best selling products and then just cuts out the reseller and brings it in house. Scary stuff.
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Then, in Feb of 2018 the algorithm had a major shift. Now, we had been through tons of algo changes before, so this didn’t worry us at first, but something was different. Very different.
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22 years, 10 startups, millions in profits. These 12 tips took me years to learn but you get them in 60 seconds:
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I scaled my last SaaS startup to $2M/yr in <18 months with 0 paid ads. Steal the 6 step blueprint I used:
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We became masters at harnessing Facebook’s newsfeed with feel-good articles, videos, and stories. At our peek we hit: 20MM social media followers 40MM Comscore monthly uniques 15M live programming views per month 900M/video views per month
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We built the business on the backs of Facebook, drinking from their firehose of eyeballs. Our growth was outstanding, and our traffic and video views skyrocketed beyond Buzzfeed, ABC, CNN, HuffPo, and Fox.
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Facebook constantly hosted us at their HQ, even profiled LittleThings at their F8 conference on how to build a media company. Things couldn’t have been going any better.
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In early 2018 LittleThings, a female focused feel good entertainment company was pushing $75m+ a year in revenue, had 110 amazingly creative employees, and a fledgling OTT streaming channel.
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How to build a startup within 30 days - Pro tip: In the first 30 days, your goal is to get your first 10 customers. Nothing else matters.
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Your website is a letter you write to your customer First write the letter Then design your site around it
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From a YouTuber to making $230M in online car auctions. This guy is the most-watched car reviewer in the US with 5.5M+ subscribers. He is a columnist, an author and now an entrepreneur. The story of the most unconventional automotive guru 🧵
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Our live shows included 4+ hours a day of original unique programming.
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Install - it captures emails of website visitors without them entering the email. It's like magic, I'm a power user.
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From 0 to $1.2M ARR in 6 months & then 3X in a 1 year 5 founders bootstrapped their SaaS getting 60K beta signups Hotjar's epic 0 to 1 journey🧵
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14 mental models that helped me build 10 startups and sell (a bunch of them) for millions.
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17 Steps to Source & Flip a SAAS business in <18 months #1 Go to any App Store (Shopify, Chrome, Salesforce, etc). #2 Find a category you are interested in, for me it was email (mail merge, tracking, analytics, etc) a 🧵...
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In 2020, these guys built the world's first virtual Adtech platform. In 2021, they sold it for $17.5M They went from idea to selling the company in only 10 months during the lockdown. The most insane 0 → 1 story 🧵
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The fastest way to $100k is through a ChatGPT-powered agency Here's my 8-step process 👇
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From weekend project to $140M in ARR, Zapier is one of the biggest SaaS success stories I’ve broken down their growth playbook so you can build the next Zapier (or something 1/10th as big 😉:
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Give me 2 minutes and I’ll save your startup from a slow death. 6 common mistakes to avoid:
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$5M revenue in 12 months with $0 funding. Met his co-founder on Reddit. Used his own SaaS to grow to 10,000 clients in the saturated email space! The most unconventional BOOTSTRAPPED company in town🧵
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