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Happy Sunday Everybody.
First, an update: if you were a listener of Our Future Podcast, we have officially paused production. We're focusing full-time now on TikTok producing "mini business docs for Gen Z"
If you'd like to know why we have pivoted out of the podcasting medium, Michael breaks it down in this well...uh podcast episode?
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#Cancelling The Competition 🦊🐻
Few tech billionaires in Silicon Valley, have a sense of humor like SalesForce CEO, Marc Benioff.
Coming in at 6"5, 290, the former USC frat star been described as having the mind of a fox, with the body of a bear.
He's done some absolutely hilarious stunts to beat out his competition, and you'll get a kick out of how he did it.
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Cola Wars...A Real War? 🥤💣
Here's another fun story.
Did you know Pepsi was briefly the world's 6th largest military?
And no it wasn't because they wanted to destroy Coke's production facilities...this story goes back to the cold war!
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Did It Really Happen? 🤣
Have you seen "The Social Network"?
Well duh, of course you have since you read a business newsletter...
A cocky young Mark Zuckerberg actually did prank Silicon Valley's most famous VC firm in his pajamas...
The full backstory is really interesting, but Seqouia might've gotten the last laugh!
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Buffet's Buffet 🤢🍔
Warren Buffet eats like literal sh**.
Not only does the 90-year-old investing legend eat at McDonald's every morning...
But he picks his McDee's order based off the performance of the stock market!
His diet, however, might speak to his genius investing philosophy...
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Amrita Bhasin 🤩
This section is part of a new series highlighting all of the crazy ambitious young people we have on this newsletter! Every week, a new member of our 3.5K+ audience will answer a few questions!
1) The Backstory: My name is Amrita. I am from Menlo Park, CA and I go to UC Berkeley. I am currently working on my fintech startup Sotira. Sotira is a financial tracking, optimization, and pricing discovery tool for side hustlers. I am also an intern at Google this summer.
2) Life or Work Hack: A life hack for building a startup and working is to find peers with different skill sets who come from different academic and extracurricular backgrounds.
3) #1 Content Rec: I recommend the First 1000 Newsletter. It is interesting to read about case studies of startups growing from the ground up and acquiring their initial users.
4) Advice: I would advise you to network. Networking is the way that I got my internship at Google and it is the way I have been able to connect with mentors, advisors and investors who are helping me on my journey of building my company Sotira.
5) Follow me: LinkedIn, Instagram
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Opportunities and Events For Job Seekers
1. Secrets to Stand Out in an Interview (August 3): Sho Dewan is the Founder of Workhap and recognized as one of the top Career Coaches globally on LinkedIn's Top Voices list. He has helped thousands get hired with the best companies in the world including Google, Goldman Sachs, Amazon, PwC, Tesla, and more.
2. Tips on how to convert an internship into a full-time offer (recording) - Watch the panel on how to convert an internship into a full-time offer with Chloe, Jahnavi and Vicky at Bloomberg, KPMG and Microsoft!
3. Nailing the Consulting Case Interview (August 4) - Kenton is the Founder & CEO at RocketBlocks. Join Rocketblocks and Ladder for this workshop to learn from Kenton on how you can prepare for the consulting case interview at firms like McKinsey, BCG and Bain, including tips on the context behind case interviews and how you can demonstrate key skills that interviewers seek for!
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