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My mum, the crypto believer.
If you’ve ever watched my videos, you know I’m a giant fan of my mum. I mean, sure, for someone from Lebanon that’s kinda cliché, but whatever, my mum…
Feb 9, 2021
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My mum, the crypto believer.
Why so much hate?
The people who love you smile and say nothing; those who hate you leave YouTube comments.
Mar 2, 2021
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Why so much hate?
Trends aren't trendy.
One of the problems of having tons of young people being educated at business schools is that they have lots of consultants as professors.
Feb 2, 2021
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Trends aren't trendy.
Sell or die.
Selling in the very early days is hard. Why? People don’t know you. You don’t really know how to create a sense of urgency yet, and without urgency…
Feb 4, 2021 • 
Mathias Pastor
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Sell or die.
Ending HR shamanism
Hello founder ☀️ I have a question for you…If you had to choose among 3 service providers that will cost you at least €50k per year, would you:
Feb 15, 2021 • 
Alice Zagury
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Ending HR shamanism
Compliance made affordable
Here’s an idea I learned from Marc Andreessen (in this 2013 interview about The Future Of Enterprise). In the past, scale used to be a competitive…
Feb 3, 2021 • 
Nicolas Colin
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Compliance made affordable
Scrappy tactics for non-US founders targeting the enterprise market
We were lucky to have Gaetan Gachet, Chief Strategy Officer at Algolia & Florian Douetteau, CEO at Dataiku, come spend some time with the founders of…
Feb 11, 2021 • 
Mathias Pastor
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Scrappy tactics for non-US founders targeting the enterprise market
It's all about the narrative.
Just ask Elon Musk.
Feb 10, 2021 • 
Nicolas Colin
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It's all about the narrative.
Anyone can become a creator.
Last week I did my first Clubhouse panel and I enjoyed it a lot. The app is well done, and it’s good that as a moderator you have lots of control over…
Feb 16, 2021
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Anyone can become a creator.
Philosophy 101
In high school, I had a philosophy teacher, François Bremondy, who was just exceptional. He became a good friend, and ever since I finished my high…
Feb 23, 2021
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Philosophy 101
Train your investors to behave.
Last week I wrote about toxic investors being a mark of an ecosystem that’s still immature, one that doesn’t properly support founders.
Feb 24, 2021 • 
Nicolas Colin
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Train your investors to behave.
Tell your story.
The Family’s daily opinion pieces are back in your mailbox ;) Dear reader, I hope you’re doing great! In January, The Family started its 6-week remote…
Feb 1, 2021 • 
Alice Zagury
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