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Entrepreneurial Community Shares Experiences and Insights

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08 July 2023 13h59

One thing I’ve noticed is that most entrepreneurs/investors on Twitter are really kind and really forthcoming with their experiences and what has worked for them. We actually have an awesome community here.

Bootstrapping Startups Face Rising User Acquisition Costs

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08 July 2023 13h55

it’s almost like advertising right? I mean if you don’t own the podcast itself, you struggle to constantly hit your target users and will have to pay every time. Becomes expensive really quickly (bootstrapping the next thing therefore being very cost conscious).

Scaling Beyond Thousands: Building Brand and Customer Acquisition

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08 July 2023 13h40

It’s good if your goal is to make a few 1000 USD a month. Anything beyond that you need to figure out some repeatable way to build a brand and acquire customers abroad.

Global AI Partnerships Require Trust and Valley Proximity

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08 July 2023 13h36

global partnerships is one option but you need to be in Silicon Valley or equivalent imo. Partnering is a game of trust.

Capital Requirements for AI Product Monetization Beyond Personal Brand

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08 July 2023 13h34

Becomes very expensive and requires lots of capital. It’s a game of fundraising the minute you want to use something outside of your own personal brand to get users.

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Character.ai Chatbot Demand Surges Five Million Downloads

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08 July 2023 0h58

it's clear there's serious demand for chatbots in general, and http://
character.ai in particular (in addition to those stats above, its app has been downloaded more than 5M times since it came out in may). and it can be fun to play around w chatbots and make your own. but…

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Character.ai: Creating Custom Chatbots in Generative AI Era

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08 July 2023 0h58

i'm excited to share my story about http://
character.ai, which is a fascinating, fast-growing company: it lets anyone make a chatbot that can mimic anyone (or any thing). it's fun, a sign of the generative AI times, and brings up some serious q's.