Will's Weekly Roundup

Will’s Weekly Roundup is a weekly newsletter about tech, business, startups, and life frameworks.

What I read this week…

• FTX Implodes, and a Top VC Backer Falls on Its Face (BLOOMBERG)

• Global Population hits 8 billion - and that’s okay (ABC)

• Housing starts fall again in October as high mortgage rates sap demand (FOXBIZ)

• Inside Elon Musk’s first meeting with Twitter employees (VERGE)

• Experimental fentanyl vaccine stops the drug from entering the brain (NEW ATLAS)

• Inside the billion-dollar meeting for the mega-rich who want to live forever (MIT TECH REVIEW)

• Saudi Arabia plans to spend $1 billion a year discovering treatments to slow aging (MIT TECH REVIEW)

• U.S. labor market remains tight despite technology sector layoffs (REUTERS)

• Midterm Elections Are Bullish Even In A Bear Market (ZEROHEDGE)

• America’s Adderall shortage (AXIOS)

• NYC building owners are banning e-bikes amid battery fires (AXIOS)

• Political volatility is becoming an economic risk (AXIOS)

• GPT-4 Text-Generation Rumors From Silicon Valley (AB)

• How Joby and Delta are making flying taxis a reality (CNBC)

What I listened to…

• How FTX Went From $32 Billion To Bankrupt In 1 Week (MFM Podast Ep. #385 - LINK)

• Ranking The Best And Worst Businesses To Start (MFM Podcast Ep. #386 - LINK)

• Chamath Palihapitiya: Money, Success, Startups, Energy, Poker & Happiness (Lex Fridman Podcast #338 - LINK)

• Trump enters 2024 race, fiscal responsibility, big tech austerity measures, more FTX chaos (All- In Podcast Ep. #105 - LINK)

2 Startup Ideas

• Audio Tunes AI (idea first featured in the Oct 3rd edition of Will’s Weekly Roundup)Problem: choosing music is one of the hardest part of video editing.Solution: AI software that generates copyright-free original music based off the theme, rhythm, and mood of your video automatically. You no longer need to edit to the beat of a song; the song will adapt to the cuts of your video.

• Chrome Extension Tutorials (idea first featured in Oct 3rd edition of Will’s Weekly Roundup)Problem: trying to learn new software online like Google Sheets is hard enough when you’re switching between a video tutorial window and the window of the thing you are trying to learn.Solution: tutorials build into browser extensions that walk you through the software by highlighting different components all within the original software window.

2 Life Frameworks

• The Importance of Time: “Family time is limited—cherish it. Friend time is limited—prioritize real ones. Partner time is significant—never settle. Children's time is precious—be present. Coworker time is significant—find energy. Alone time is abundant—love yourself.” (source: Sahil Bloom)

• There Are Only 4 Ways to Answer a Question at Amazon: Jeff Bezos famously only allowed 4 different answers to a question at Amazon: (1) Yes. (2) No. (3) A number. (4) “I don’t know, but I’ll know it by X.” Bezos is worth $110 Billon. Maybe we should take note (source: Jasper Polak).

2 Quotes

• "Power is influence over external events. Peace is influence over internal events." - James Clear

• "When you fall in love with the process rather than the product, you don’t have to wait to give yourself permission to be happy. You can be satisfied anytime your system is running.” - Hopes and Fear of Art

Hot Startups

• Name Coach - accurate audio name pronunciations in the tools you use every day to promote inclusion, belonging, and rapport in every interaction.

• Owl Labs - created a 360 camera setup for Zooming with multiple people in the same room

• Better Vet - mobile veterinary care that come to your house

• WiskAero - transforming micro-mobility with a new vertical take-off and landing aircraft

• Impulse Labs - minimalistic next-generation modern appliances designed to do more

• Dispatch Health - brings the power of the hospital to you in your home

• Speak - an app that lets you get real conversational practice without needing a live tutor on the other end

• Gravitics - building the next space station

• Ready Spaces - rent small warehouses and workspaces

• Atmos - a new, simplified way to build a custom home

• Yakoa - instantly identifies and tracks intellectual property infringements on multiple blockchains

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