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- Yesterday3 min
AI Agents: The Most Valuable Customer You Can Sell To | Daily Essay
I've spent 6 years studying businesses for Trends.vc. Lately a new kind of customer shows up in the companies I study: the AI agent. Featuring: Paul English, Nick Gray, Benjamin Houy, Nikita Shamgunov, Ivan Burazin, Will Bryk, Guillermo Rauch, Zeno Rocha Watch on YouTube Read the full post Brought to you by: Trends.vc: Discover new markets and opportunities. HeadsUp: Know when your competitors move. Before your customers do. Multi: Turn any content into a YouTube video. Chapters: Grading business models by who pays Why businesses beat consumers Agents work in the background Neon and Daytona Exa and charging by use Agents pick Vercel and Resend A new kind of customer Where to find Dru: I write an essay daily. Get them free Follow me on X Watch my video essays on YouTube Follow Dru's Notes on Apple Podcasts or Spotify Subscribe to Dru's Notes for a new episode every day. Click here to view the episode transcript.
- 2 days ago2 min
I’m 15 Years In. These Are the 2 Habits You Need to Go Deeper | Daily Essay
Each day I sit for insight meditation. When I write morning pages first, the meditation goes much deeper, and George Carlin, Sonny Rollins and the surgeon Butch Rosser each had a pair like it. Featuring: George Carlin, Sonny Rollins, James Rosser, Aidan Levy Watch on YouTube Read the full post Brought to you by: Trends.vc: Discover new markets and opportunities. HeadsUp: Know when your competitors move. Before your customers do. Multi: Turn any content into a YouTube video. Chapters: Morning pages before insight meditation George Carlin's notes and files Sonny Rollins on yoga and improvising A surgeon warms up on Super Monkey Ball Why two habits can pay more together Where to find Dru: I write an essay daily. Get them free Follow me on X Watch my video essays on YouTube Follow Dru's Notes on Apple Podcasts or Spotify Subscribe to Dru's Notes for a new episode every day. Click here to view the episode transcript.
- 3 days ago2 min
The 1 Habit That Changed How I Think | Daily Essay
Each day I do a few things that scare me. Before I start one, I give it a score out of 100 for how hard I expect it to be. Featuring: Annie Duke, Ray Dalio, Colin Bryar, Bill Carr Watch on YouTube Read the full post Brought to you by: Trends.vc: Discover new markets and opportunities. HeadsUp: Know when your competitors move. Before your customers do. Multi: Turn any content into a YouTube video. Chapters: Scoring each courage challenge out of 100 Amazon's press release before the Kindle Annie Duke's "wanna bet?" Ray Dalio's written trade reasons Small acts that force better thinking Where to find Dru: I write an essay daily. Get them free Follow me on X Watch my video essays on YouTube Follow Dru's Notes on Apple Podcasts or Spotify Subscribe to Dru's Notes for a new episode every day. Click here to view the episode transcript.
- 4 days ago3 min
Volume Is The Cheat Code To Becoming Good At Anything | Daily Essay
I've written a daily essay for almost 300 days. Most days what I publish falls short of what I imagined. Ira Glass explains why and what closes the gap. Featuring: Ira Glass Watch on YouTube Read the full post Brought to you by: Trends.vc: Discover new markets and opportunities. HeadsUp: Know when your competitors move. Before your customers do. Multi: Turn any content into a YouTube video. Chapters: Almost 300 Days of Daily Essays Ira Glass Starts at NPR Ira Glass on the Gap Nine Essays That Matched My Taste Volume Closes the Gap Where to find Dru: I write an essay daily. Get them free Follow me on X Watch my video essays on YouTube Follow Dru's Notes on Apple Podcasts or Spotify Subscribe to Dru's Notes for a new episode every day. Click here to view the episode transcript.
- 5 days ago1 min
1 Year of Life Lessons in Just 1 Hour | Daily Essay
A year of life gets reviewed in about an hour when each night's notes roll into the week, the month, the quarter and the year. Surgeon Ernest Codman read his own records back, found 123 mistakes and published them all. Featuring: Ernest Codman, William Mallon Watch on YouTube Read the full post Brought to you by: Trends.vc: Discover new markets and opportunities. HeadsUp: Know when your competitors move. Before your customers do. Multi: Turn any content into a YouTube video. Chapters: A year reviewed in an hour Ernest Codman's 123 mistakes The call center writing study Where to find Dru: I write an essay daily. Get them free Follow me on X Watch my video essays on YouTube Follow Dru's Notes on Apple Podcasts or Spotify Subscribe to Dru's Notes for a new episode every day. Click here to view the episode transcript.
- 6 days ago3 min
Make Two Threats With One Move | Daily Essay
Sleepy drivers who drank coffee and then took a nap of under 15 minutes cut driving incidents by 91%. Caffeine alone cut them by about two-thirds. Some pieces unlock an ability none of them has alone, on the chessboard and in habits, money and teams. Featuring: Louise Reyner, Jim Horne, Katy Milkman, John Stockton, Karl Malone, Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein, Lorenz Hart Watch on YouTube Read the full post Brought to you by: Trends.vc: Discover new markets and opportunities. HeadsUp: Know when your competitors move. Before your customers do. Multi: Turn any content into a YouTube video. Chapters: A chess opening that makes two threats The coffee nap Audiobooks you can only hear at the gym The barbell Costco's membership Stockton and Malone's pick-and-roll Rodgers and Hammerstein flip the order Where to find Dru: I write an essay daily. Get them free Follow me on X Watch my video essays on YouTube Follow Dru's Notes on Apple Podcasts or Spotify Subscribe to Dru's Notes for a new episode every day. Click here to view the episode transcript.
- 1 weeks ago1 min
The Real Reason Your #1 Problem Keeps Waiting | Daily Essay
Travis Kalanick believes a company has to solve problems at least as fast as it creates them. Each problem you solve creates new problems, so the problem you work on decides which new ones you get. Featuring: Travis Kalanick, Mike Isaac, Peter Senge Watch on YouTube Read the full post Brought to you by: Trends.vc: Discover new markets and opportunities. HeadsUp: Know when your competitors move. Before your customers do. Multi: Turn any content into a YouTube video. Chapters: Travis Kalanick's rule for problems Taking Uber into China Losing $1 billion a year in China Working in priority order Where to find Dru: I write an essay daily. Get them free Follow me on X Watch my video essays on YouTube Follow Dru's Notes on Apple Podcasts or Spotify Subscribe to Dru's Notes for a new episode every day. Click here to view the episode transcript.
- 1 weeks ago1 min
If I Started Trends.vc Over, This Is Exactly What I’d Ask | Daily Essay
Three years of mobile apps and SaaS ideas ended with one question: what could I see myself working on the longest? That became Trends.vc, and Rovio's 52nd game shows why the question works. Featuring: Niklas Hed, Jarno Väkeväinen, Kim Dikert Watch on YouTube Read the full post Brought to you by: Trends.vc: Discover new markets and opportunities. HeadsUp: Know when your competitors move. Before your customers do. Multi: Turn any content into a YouTube video. Chapters: Three years looking for a business idea The question that changed the search A blank key in a door Rovio's 51 games before Angry Birds Ask what you could work on the longest Where to find Dru: I write an essay daily. Get them free Follow me on X Watch my video essays on YouTube Follow Dru's Notes on Apple Podcasts or Spotify Subscribe to Dru's Notes for a new episode every day. Click here to view the episode transcript.
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