In case you missed it on Tuesday, I wrote a shorter piece on “Email MVPs” exploring how some of the top tech companies like AngelList, Unsplash and Product Hunt got their start as an email list.

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This one's going to be shorter than usual. I started writing a longer article but realized I was rushing it because I didn't have a lot of time to devote to thoroughly researching a well-informed article for you guys. So I decided to punt on that article and just share an interesting observation I had this past week instead…

17 days ago · 9 likes · Jacob Jolibois

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🐤 Nug #1 — If we don’t laugh about it, we’ll cry

Jake @JustJake

Born too early to explore space Born too late to explore the earth Born just in time to sell B2b SaaS

🐤 Nug #2 — $1B idea

Last week I sent this text to my co-founder.

This week, Dharmesh, the CTO of HubSpot, built it.

dharmesh @dharmesh

I've been furiously coding away every night on a new project. Thrilled I can finally share it with you. ChatSpot is something I built for myself. Check out the launch video: SmartCRM.com It's the all-in-one ChatGPT-powered tool to help you grow better. It's in… https://t.co/JjJbwTGxTZ

🐤 Nug #3 — Everybody wants their SLIVER

Eoghan McCabe @eoghan

Back in my day $37 of take-out food cost $37

🐤 Nug #4 — Go Figure

Brett Adcock @adcock_brett

Figure launched from stealth last week: → First time without a PR firm → 3 million organic impressions → Profiled in TechCrunch, FastCompany, IEEE, etc. Here’s the playbook we used:

🐤 Nug #5 — Piece of cake 🍰

Andrea Bosoni @theandreboso

It's so easy to make money online just use Canva, Webflow, Notion, Mailchimp, Amazon, Buffer, WordPress, Ahrefs, Linktree, ChatGPT, Figma, YouTube, Carrd, Twitter, Gumroad, Google Docs, ConvertKit and Pinterest you don't need to be an expert.

Hope that gave you a little inspiration and a reason to smile - now go enjoy your weekend :)

—Jacob ✌️

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