Is Personal Branding a waste of time?

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This week, we welcome special guest Michael Houck to discuss personal branding and the insiders return to discuss ChatGPT, AI layoffs and Google’s leadership failures.

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Edu: Personal Branding - Key To Success Or Vanity Exercise?

🤔Should founders care about building a personal brand?

Isn’t there enough “real work” to be done that posting on LinkedIn is a total waste of time?

We don’t think so and neither does Michael Houck, a founder and investor who has built his personal brand to create Houck’s Newsletter, which is read by 75,000+ founders every week.

Here’s what we discussed:

✅ The benefits of having a strong personal brand for as a founder

✅ Being intentional about building a brand for maximum impact

✅ Tactics for growing engagement

✅ Why personal brand is even more important for non-traditional founders

✅ Personal brand vs. company brand.

✅ Overcoming posting anxiety and finding your voice.

✅ How to get the most value from your personal brand.

✅ The FIVE MINUTE PER DAY habit that you can use to grow your personal brand.

✅ Does AI change the game for personal brand building?

Whatever your opinion on personal branding, this episode will get you thinking.

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Reacts: ChatGPT Used For Warfare, AI Layoffs & Google Leadership Failures

The insiders are back this week to discuss the hottest topics coming out of the tech and startup ecosystems.

This week Emil, Chris and Yaniv discuss:

🔍 Carta's Controversial Pivot:

💹 Cryptocurrency ETF Impact:

🌐 OpenAI's Strategic Shift:

🤖 Google's Layoffs & AI Blame Game:

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