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I teach you about marketing, business & startups. Co-founder & CMO @hypefury | Podcast host | I fly airplanes
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May 13, 2025 16 tweets 5 min read
Silicon Valley has a new PRODIGY.

At just 25, Michael Truell has built a $300M editor that's making GitHub Copilot look like a toy.

By eliminating the tedious parts of coding, he's helping developers achieve in minutes what used to take days.

This is his story: Image
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Meet the MIT dropouts behind @cursor_ai’s REVOLUTION:

@mntruell, @sualehasif996, @amanrsanger, and @ArVID220u built a $2.6B coding powerhouse with barely 60 employees.

This team built custom AI models that make engineers 10X more productive. Image
May 12, 2025 16 tweets 5 min read
How Clay turned $30K ARR into a $1.3B valuation in 36 months:

While ZoomInfo ($1.2B revenue) trades at 3x multiple, Clay just raised $50M at 43x multiple with just $30M ARR.

A billion-dollar playbook for founders seeking product-market fit: Image Behind @clay_gtm’s meteoric rise?

A product genius paired with a hungry GTM maverick.

@kareemamin (engineering wizard from Venmo) + @vxanand (joined with zero GTM experience but "passion and energy") have built what ZoomInfo execs fear most. Image
Apr 30, 2025 17 tweets 5 min read
Neil Patel built a $100M marketing empire by spotting trends years before everyone else.

Here's the future of marketing according to the man who's always been right: Image Neil Patel's 8-figure agency helps clients rank for 7,000+ keywords.

With 1M followers across socials, he's made $41M+ from his marketing expertise.

He co-founded the podcast “Marketing School” with Eric Siu, the founder of Single Grain, a digital marketing agency that has worked with Uber, Amazon and Salesforce.Image
Apr 28, 2025 21 tweets 6 min read
How a 19-year-old college dropout built India's fastest-growing startup worth $5 BILLION.

Not through crypto, apps, or social media.

But by delivering groceries in just 10 MINUTES where Amazon and Zomato failed.

Here's why the entire industry is scrambling to catch up: Image Meet @aadit_palicha

When COVID hit, his Stanford freshman year got postponed. Stuck in Mumbai with nothing to do, he and his co-founder started a WhatsApp group delivering groceries for neighbors.

What began as a pandemic project became India's fastest unicorn. Image
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Apr 21, 2025 16 tweets 5 min read
Neil Patel just dropped a bombshell.

His $100M company is helping Fortune 100s weaponize AI.

And he says: “Most companies are using AI completely wrong.”

Here are the 9 AI insights he just recently revealed: Image For those who don't know: @neilpatel co-founded @NPDigital (750 employees), ranks #21 on Inc 500, advises companies like Amazon and Microsoft,

He’s built a following of 1M+ followers across social media, and his marketing blog gets 4M+ monthly readers.

The Wall Street Journal calls him a top influencer.

His insights on AI:Image
Apr 18, 2025 18 tweets 5 min read
Tony Xu believes in “Outside-in thinking”.

Not just Xu — Jeff Bezos, Steve Jobs, and Elon Musk swear by it too.

Here's what it really means, why it works, and how DoorDash used it to dominate food delivery: Image Most founders ask customers: "What problems do you have?"

Tony did something different.

He wanted a complete understanding of Doordash and his customer's journey. The full picture.

He achieved this.

That's why it's worth $75B today and why the co-founder of Y Comb said this:
Apr 16, 2025 15 tweets 4 min read
Yesterday, I watched Kevin Scott (Microsoft’s CTO) discuss the future of AI over the next 5 years.

He revealed:

• China's AI progress
• The mistake most AI companies make
• How AI is already outperforming doctors

His 7 mind-blowing insights on where AI is heading: Image Firstly, Kevin Scott isn't your average tech exec.

Microsoft's CTO, former LinkedIn engineering chief, and startup investor who's seen it all.

The guy shaped how AI is built at two tech giants and how billions interact with technology daily.

His 7 powerful insights on AI: Image
Apr 14, 2025 18 tweets 5 min read
This is Steven Bartlett.

At 30, he's built multiple 8-figure companies, hosts Europe's #1 business podcast, and sits on Dragons' Den.

He believes 99% of entrepreneurs fail because they follow advice from professors who’ve never built anything.

His 9 counterintuitive advice every entrepreneur needs:Image A man who needs no introduction.

His “Diary of a CEO” podcast and YouTube channel has over 10M+ subscribers.

He’s also the youngest Dragon on BBC’s Dragons Den.

When he talks about entrepreneurship and business, people listen.

His 9 pieces of advice for anyone going into entrepreneurship:Image
Apr 10, 2025 15 tweets 5 min read
The creator economy has a new KINGMAKER.

At just 25, Cameron Zoub has built a $100M platform that's making Hormozi's Skool look outdated.

By creating the WeChat of online education, he's helping creators become millionaires by building digital empires.

This is his story: Image @czoob3 was coding and hustling from childhood.

By 16, he'd dropped out of high school against his dad's advice and was building automated programs buying thousands of sneakers daily.

"My dad told me 'don't trade, don't sports bet.' I did both and lost all my money at 16." Image
Apr 9, 2025 28 tweets 7 min read
The UNDERDOG of startups:

David Park.

He went from borrowing his mom's credit card to buy food to building a $25 AI empire.

The wild journey from rock bottom to tech visionary: Image Extraordinary success isn't a lucky break.

It's slogging through failure after failure when everyone else quits.

@Davidjpark96 kept building when everything seemed stacked against him.

Now influencers like @AliAbdaal are praising his uncommon path to creating something truly valuable.
Apr 4, 2025 14 tweets 4 min read
Mike Krieger is Instagram co-creator and Anthropic CPO.

He's predicting AI's next trillion-dollar wave.

It's not better models. The real fortune will come from something much simpler.

His roadmap for the coming AI gold rush: Image Krieger's 3-part formula for AI startup dominance:

1. Target complex industries (healthcare, legal, finance)
2. Develop unique distribution channels
3. Access proprietary data no one else has

The unsexy groundwork is what creates lasting value.
Apr 2, 2025 15 tweets 4 min read
At 21: Nearly jailed with $1M fine.
At 24: Sold his tech school that trained 2,000+ engineers.
At 30: Grew a website from 100K to 14M users.

Now: Running multiple 8-figure businesses in just 1 hour per week.

Matt Gray's secret? It's all about systems. Image 1.) Every business has an operating system.

Most founders miss this completely.

When Matt was 24, he was working 40+ hours a week in his business.

Now? Just 1 hour weekly.

His secret? Documentation.
May 5, 2023 10 tweets 4 min read
I bootstrapped my startup and scaled it to 7-figures

These 7 productivity hacks will help you build a successful business too

🧵 Image 0. Write down tasks:

This is so important that I had to make it the Zeroth law.

If you do not write what you want to do. You will not even know what to do. Forget about completing it.

Before doing anything else, WRITE down what you want to do. Image
May 4, 2023 9 tweets 3 min read
Liquid Death is a hot brand in a dull market — Bottled Water.

Here's how they grew to a $700,000,000 brand in record time. 👇

(The third tweet contains a brilliant ad) Image During Music Festivals, Rock Bands are sponsored by Energy drinks.

But artists don't actually drink Red Bull or Monster.

They empty the cans and fill them with plain water.

That was the AHA moment of Mike Cessario, Liquid Death's Founder.

Sell Water in Aluminum Cans!
Dec 15, 2022 13 tweets 4 min read
ChatGPT is the talk of the town.

So I decided to dive in and find the best resources for you.

Here's everything you need to know about ChatGPT👇 1. The future

There is no doubt that automation is taking over the world.

Here is how it will all play out:
Jun 30, 2022 13 tweets 19 min read
10 fantastic examples of stories that get people excited (to follow you and buy from you) 1. Offer advice

Example - @naval

What life lessons, realizations, or reflections do you have to offer?

- Think
- Clarify your thoughts
- Write

Aim to give insanely valuable revelations and avoid generic advice. If you can't, write another thread.

Apr 21, 2022 13 tweets 16 min read
I've read hundreds of marketing books. A lot are pretty shit and can be skipped.

To save you some time, here are 10 threads about the best marketing books you should definitely read! 1. Fantastic summary of the book Purple Cow by the OG Seth Godin by @theJayAlto

Apr 20, 2022 16 tweets 8 min read
Everyone wants to be able to turn off their alarm clock forever.

But 98.8% of people have no idea how to make it happen.

Here's a simple strategy for a comfy life. 🧵 Passive income is the thing you're after but everyone will tell you that you need to build a website and rely on organic search traffic.

Passive income is so much more than that though.

Let me give you an example:
Apr 14, 2022 12 tweets 17 min read
I've negotiated 100+ business deals & job offers in the past decade.

Negotiating is an underrated skill that can land you a new job, get you the raise you always wanted & influence a business deal.

Here are the 10 best threads on dealmaking I should've known 10 years ago. 1. Simple No-BS basics on negotiating by @barrettjoneill

Apr 11, 2022 12 tweets 5 min read
The CEO of this company had oral sex in front of a journalist. Walked around his office building wearing just a sock (not on his feet) and that's barely scratching the surface.

Here's the remarkable story about the rise and fall of Dov Charney, founder & CEO of American Apparel. 15 years ago American Apparel had a growth rate of over 400% and sales were exceeding 200 Million /year.

Dov Charney's crazy way of doing business was the reason the company became Wallstreet's darling.
Feb 24, 2022 13 tweets 18 min read
Making money online is hard.

It took me months to get traction and years to make my first 6-figures online.

To make it easier for you I made a list of the 10 best threads to get you on track to create your own product and start making money with it.

Check it out below 👇 Image Creating your product starts with writing well and putting it all together.

Here is a great framework by @Nicolascole77