Technical CEO Described How He Screwed Up Gross sales; Startup Working Ideas from an Ex-Stripe Founder; Most Leaders Transfer Too Slowly; and MORE [link blog]

A lot to learn however solely 504 hours left within the 12 months… gulp

How I Screwed Up Gross sales Hiring [Pete Warden/MoonshineAI] – Cease me should you heard this one earlier than – the unbelievable technologist CEO/founder didn’t get gross sales movement/hiring proper first time he tried. It’s a cliche however nonetheless very a lot actual. We’re associates of, and small traders in, Pete’s firm – I learn his autopsy eagerly as a result of he’s a gem of a human, tremendous sensible, and dogged in getting MoonshineAI to the place he needs it to be (moonshine is a speechAI mannequin that runs domestically).

Poems Can Trick AI Into Serving to You Make a Nuclear Weapon [Matthew Gault/Wired] – Oh that is unbelievable. Writing in poetic construction could make it simpler to jailbreak some LLMs into giving forbidden solutions. Adversarial poetry!

Classes for New Leaders [Molly Graham/Glue Club] – So many good bits right here. “Each time I’ve stepped into a brand new management function, I’ve made the identical mistake: I’ve gone too slowly.” A bunch of recommendation and learnings in your first 30-60 days in a brand new org/function.

Startup Working Ideas [Sam Gerstenzang/Sam’s Newsletter] – Sam at the moment runs Boulton & Watt, described because the world’s slowest startup incubator!!! He beforehand did a bunch of stuff at Google, Stripe and one other startup he cofounded. This SOP submit is a follow-up to at least one he wrote about Stripe’s Working Ideas.

The way to Repair a Typewriter and Your Life [Kurt Streeter/New York Times] – Put together to cry. That is lovely. When serendipity and intentionality collide, what do you do? Right here our protagonist comes to a decision which adjustments two lives. Please simply learn it.

Ciao for now!

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