Kazuki
@kazuki
Cofounder of Glasp. I collect ideas and stories worth sharing 📚
San Francisco, CA
Joined Oct 9, 2020
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How to Make Sure You Keep Growing and Learning
greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/how_to_make_sure_you_keep_growing_and_learning
May 15, 2023
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The Personalization Wave, A Surge of Wildly Human-Intensive Non-Scalable Experiences, & Ideas Of The Month
www.implications.com/p/the-personalization-wave-a-surge
May 9, 2023
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GPT-4 Is a Reasoning Engine
every.to/chain-of-thought/gpt-4-is-a-reasoning-engine
May 6, 2023
52
Google "We Have No Moat, And Neither Does OpenAI"
www.semianalysis.com/p/google-we-have-no-moat-and-neither
May 5, 2023
132
#PowerToTheConsumer: Insights from 30 Leading Consumer AI Founders, Operators and Thinkers
medium.com/crv-insights/powertotheconsumer-insights-from-30-leading-consumer-ai-founders-operators-and-thinkers-c3c56e6db04e
May 5, 2023
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The Complete Beginners Guide To Autonomous Agents
www.mattprd.com/p/the-complete-beginners-guide-to-autonomous-agents
May 2, 2023
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What is a Vector Database? | Pinecone
www.pinecone.io/learn/vector-database/
May 2, 2023
9
How to Pick a Career (That Actually Fits You) — Wait But Why
waitbutwhy.com/2018/04/picking-career.html
Apr 27, 2023
91
Intellectual Sparring Partners | The Curiosity Chronicle
www.sahilbloom.com/newsletter/intellectual-sparring-partners
Apr 25, 2023
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How reading fiction can make you a better person
bigthink.com/neuropsych/reading-fiction-empathy-better-person/
Apr 19, 2023
9
Emotions Aren’t the Enemy of Good Decision-Making
hbr.org/2022/09/emotions-arent-the-enemy-of-good-decision-making
Apr 18, 2023
91
The Four Idols: Money, Power, Pleasure, & Fame | The Curiosity Chronicle
www.sahilbloom.com/newsletter/the-four-idols-money-power-pleasure-fame
Apr 17, 2023
61
Social’s Next Wave | The Generalist
www.generalist.com/briefing/socials-next-wave
Apr 13, 2023
162
How Search Works
www.slideshare.net/ahrefs/how-search-works-256157502
Apr 12, 2023
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Why Write?
fs.blog/why-write/
Apr 11, 2023
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Introducing Substack Notes
on.substack.com/p/introducing-notes
Apr 6, 2023
41
7 Powerful AI Tools For Creators and Entrepreneurs To Speed Up Your Success
medium.datadriveninvestor.com/7-powerful-ai-tools-for-creators-and-entrepreneurs-to-speed-up-your-success-1141c8a1f37e
Apr 6, 2023
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2016 Letter to Shareholders
www.aboutamazon.com/news/company-news/2016-letter-to-shareholders
Apr 4, 2023
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Existential risk, AI, and the inevitable turn in human history - Marginal REVOLUTION
marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2023/03/existential-risk-and-the-turn-in-human-history.html
Apr 4, 2023
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Is Y Combinator worth the money (equity)? Brutally honest review of W22 batch experience
acecreamu.substack.com/p/is-y-combinator-worth-the-money
Mar 31, 2023
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Sam Altman: OpenAI CEO on GPT-4, ChatGPT, and the Future of AI | Lex Fridman Podcast #367 - YouTube
www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_Guz73e6fw
Mar 29, 2023
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For when someone says “I’ve seen this before, it didn’t work” — D'Arcy Coolican
www.darcycoolican.com/blog/ideamaze
Mar 27, 2023
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Product Zeitgeist Fit: A Cheat Code for Spotting and Building the Next Big Thing | Andreessen Horowitz
a16z.com/2019/12/09/product-zeitgeist-fit/
Mar 27, 2023
135
The Age of AI has begun
www.gatesnotes.com/The-Age-of-AI-Has-Begun
Mar 22, 2023
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The ____ Economy
darcy.substack.com/p/the-____-economy
Mar 20, 2023
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GPT-4
openai.com/research/gpt-4
Mar 14, 2023
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GPT-4
openai.com/product/gpt-4
Mar 14, 2023
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Creativity is Productivity - Scott H Young
www.scotthyoung.com/blog/2023/02/28/creativity-is-productivity/
Mar 13, 2023
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What is a sweep network and how does it allow Mercury to offer $1M in FDIC insurance?
mercury.com/blog/company-news/understanding-bank-sweep-network
Mar 13, 2023
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We’re in a productivity crisis, according to 52 years of data. Things could get really bad.
medium.com/accelerated-intelligence/were-in-a-productivity-crisis-according-to-52-years-of-data-things-could-get-really-bad-5c7e53242a0
Mar 11, 2023
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Substack: Empire of Narratives
thegeneralist.substack.com/p/substack
Mar 7, 2023
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Do You Have Lightning In a Bottle? How to Benchmark Your Social App | Andreessen Horowitz
a16z.com/2023/03/03/how-to-benchmark-your-social-app/
Mar 4, 2023
162
3 Waves of Successful Generative Tech Startups
www.nfx.com/post/3-waves-generative-ai-startups
Mar 3, 2023
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Tell People What You Want
debliu.substack.com/p/tell-people-what-you-want
Mar 1, 2023
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Glasp: An AI Powered Content Summarizer Tool for Youtube, Kindle & Other
www.blogsaays.com/glasp-an-ai-powered-content-summarizer-tool-online-learning/
Feb 27, 2023
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Making Dollars Using Sense
www.whitenoise.email/p/dollars-and-sense
Feb 24, 2023
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Defensibility & Competition
blog.eladgil.com/p/defensibility-and-competition
Feb 22, 2023
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Five Predictions for the Future of Learning in the Age of AI | Andreessen Horowitz
a16z.com/2023/02/08/the-future-of-learning-education-knowledge-in-the-age-of-ai/
Feb 18, 2023
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Is Y Combinator worth the money (equity)? Brutally honest review of W22 batch experience
Highlights & Notes
Due to the fact that the entire program (was) remote, the founders are at different stages, and there is no dependency on each other in any way—no relationship or a sense of community is formed.
due to the fact that there are not 20, but 400 companies, it will be difficult to sell even within the batch, because other members are already overloaded with unique offers from other YC companies.
YC does not have any industrial partners, and YC partners themselves will not do external intros to clients/investors for you! (Maybe investors, in rare cases, but under the table).
Months after the program I still find answers to my questions there and I’m nowhere near exhausting it. This is a very useful and really ground-breaking resource.
you, the founders, should only build a product and talk to customers, everything else is superfluous and waste of time.
Do things that don't scale:
https://glasp.co/#/kazuki/?p=Wb49HGivfc4npFpJm5dh
Demo day is where YC generates its main value, and what people go to YC for. Undoubtedly, YC companies receive extra attention from investors and the very fact of their pre-selection by YC makes the deal hotter and increases its valuation.
now this trend is fading, and the valuations of YC startups do not go very far from the valuations of outside companies. Undoubtedly, a large number of companies in the batch and dilution of the YC brand work against it.
Where the benefit of YC really feels is: publicity, more inbound from small funds, more opportunities to find an intro to anyone, and never again write cold emails, a slightly higher valuation.
Don't expect big players to reach out to you after the demo day. They know about you, if they haven't reached out yet it means they're not interested.
My subjective opinion is that it makes sense to do if you:
A) A super young team of 2-3 people, with burning eyes, a crazy idea, but without experience and resources, and you want someone to give you a kick and help build up the moment.
B) Sell your product to startups and see a lot of benefits from gaining access to the YC network.
Remember: accelerators and their help are temporary but the equity you give away forever
YC teaches you one thing well—startups are all about growth, and if you didn’t grow today, it’s on you to find out how to grow tomorrow.
https://glasp.co/#/kazuki/?p=iHyvCIBHwUWRlAzerjxK