@austin_rief - Twitter Profile Analysis

Do you want to grow your podcast? We recently acquired Our Future, who helps podcasts blow up via short-form video. They've helped @thesamparr and @ShaanVP grow the @myfirstmilpod TikTok and IG, and can do the same for you. DM me if you want more info.

It feels like in 10 years every single product in Target is going to have been started by an influencer.

YT Shorts monetization is here! 1.3m views, 14.2k hours watched... All for a grand total of $59.33. Time for ya boy to retire.

Who are the best holding company operators? Bonus points if you buy/operate vertical SaaS and marketplaces.

Small talk on Zoom calls should be illegal.

I am constantly in awe of Walt Disney's brilliance. It's crazy to think about how this diagram he drew in 1957 is as accurate today as it was back then.

Zero interest rate phenomena: 1. NFTs 2. Starting a podcast 3. Miami 4. Great resignation 5. Working as an engineer for all 5 big tech companies at once What did I miss?

I have a 4 hour solo car ride tonight. I'm looking for your best short audiobook or long podcast episode recommendations. Only rule is it must be less than 4 hours. Hit me. https://t.co/xgayiapTox

“I work for a non-profit… not by design, we just haven’t ever made money”

The #1 insecurity from successful first time founders: it was all luck and I'll never be able to do it again.

I'm looking for more great YouTube channels. I care less about the topic, and more about who's making the best videos. What are your favorite YouTube channels?

Stuff like this is why Twitter will never die.

The “for you” version of twitter is unbearable.

Amazing piece on life as CFO of a billion dollar company from @SecretCFO. Really good breakdown for anyone if you want to become a new executive. https://t.co/b4iPjbJFTl

Just a friendly reminder that it's January 8th. No more Happy New Years.

We are looking to sublease 20-40 desks at our 2 floor NYC (flatiron) HQ. It includes conference rooms and podcast/video studios. If you are interested, DM me.

Thought of the day: Your 85 year old self would probably give anything to be doing what you’re doing today.

As you plan for the new year, keep this in mind.

My goal for 2023 is to get active on Twitter. I was super active in 2021 and fell off in 2022. What kind of stuff do you want to see from me?

99.99% of the "@MorningBrew for X" will fail. Why? The content isn't A+. You can use all the growth hacks you want, but if your content isn't A+ you're going to fail.

Do you want to grow your podcast? We recently acquired Our Future, who helps podcasts blow up via short-form video. They've helped @thesamparr and @ShaanVP grow the @myfirstmilpod TikTok and IG, and can do the same for you. DM me if you want more info.

YT Shorts monetization is here! 1.3m views, 14.2k hours watched... All for a grand total of $59.33. Time for ya boy to retire.

5 months ago I’m sat on my aunt's sofa in Mexico City and think of a YouTube idea I send it to @austin_rief, cofounder of Morning Brew 12 minutes later he responds 'This is amazing, how can you advise us’ 4 weeks later, I'm hired Fuckin cool this internet thing isn’t it

Small talk on Zoom calls should be illegal.

I am constantly in awe of Walt Disney's brilliance. It's crazy to think about how this diagram he drew in 1957 is as accurate today as it was back then.

Zero interest rate phenomena: 1. NFTs 2. Starting a podcast 3. Miami 4. Great resignation 5. Working as an engineer for all 5 big tech companies at once What did I miss?

We’re cooking up another show: all about side hustles, entrepreneurship, and ways to increase your income. I’m looking for an amazing female cohost: Who should it be?

“I work for a non-profit… not by design, we just haven’t ever made money”

The #1 insecurity from successful first time founders: it was all luck and I'll never be able to do it again.

I'm looking for more great YouTube channels. I care less about the topic, and more about who's making the best videos. What are your favorite YouTube channels?

Attention: Anyone building B2B software and services for finance teams Here is an opportunity to reach tens of thousands of finance leaders for FREE. You write one tweet below pitching your software or service for CFOs and finance teams. Read the rules below first, then go!

I just sold my first company to @morningbrew It’s been a crazy journey to get here - Nearly 1B views across social - Fully bootstrapped + high profit margins - Worked with the biggest names in media Here’s how we went from 0 to 100… [THREAD]

1/ I just sold my startup to @MorningBrew at age 22. Here's how I built and exited one of the first TikTok media companies [THREAD] https://t.co/nxSlGToYdR

The best Solopreneurs are world-class self promoters. 9 marketing threads to become your own PR firm in 2023:

Thought of the day: Your 85 year old self would probably give anything to be doing what you’re doing today.

As you plan for the new year, keep this in mind.

I disagree with half of these but a great thought-provoking prediction thread. https://t.co/K0Agpoieyk

99.99% of the "@MorningBrew for X" will fail. Why? The content isn't A+. You can use all the growth hacks you want, but if your content isn't A+ you're going to fail.

23 semi-controversial predictions for 2023 (edited for short form): - Elon gets bored of Twitter and moves on - AI is the bubble of 2023 - TikTok gets banned. - Facebook ends 2023 with an identity crisis - Zuck leaves Facebook - The stock markets drop 20%

The solo entrepreneurship trend flourishes. Advancements in no-code tools + AI allows entrepreneurship to do more with less. Many laid off tech workers decide to take this path. Corollary: Marketplaces like @microacquire thrive.

AI will be the bubble of 2023. Hundreds of AI start-ups will get funded. The big VCs will raise multi-billion dollar "AI funds". The media will write about it every day. Yet like w/ all new tech, most of these companies will have no long-term defensibility and go to 0

23 semi-controversial prediction for 2023:

Elon's purchase of Twitter may ultimately be the greatest destruction of enterprise value we've ever seen. But I'm not referring to the $44B he spent on Twitter. Tesla's market cap is down ~$300B (40%) in the last 100 trading days.

1/ "Why didn't @morningbrew raise VC money?" is a question I answer a lot. So I thought I'd answer it here for everyone. This is why we didn't raise VC money, and what I learned about raising capital. [thread]

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