Ventures

In this episode of Ventures, I (https://linkedin.com/in/wclittle) compare ChatGPT, Bard, HuggingChat, and BingChat regarding their recommendations for startup books and front-end code for a standard startup landing page. I compare the user experience of each LLM, the limitations of each for these use cases, and show how ChatGPT and Bard seem to be current leaders in these examples.Visit https://satchel.works/@wclittle/ventures-episode-149 for more information. You can watch this episode via video here. 0:03 - Tee-up for the episode, talking about the 4 LLMs I’ll be comparing, and where to find the audio/video of this episode. 1:14 - Talking about startup books, starting with ChatGPT’s list: "The Lean Startup" by Eric Ries"Zero to One" by Peter Thiel and Blake Masters"The Startup Owner's Manual" by Steve Blank and Bob Dorf"Founders at Work" by Jessica Livingston"The Hard Thing About Hard Things" by Ben Horowitz"Venture Deals" by Brad Feld and Jason Mendelson"Disciplined Entrepreneurship" by Bill Aule"Crossing the Chasm" by Geoffrey A. Moore2:47 - Talking about Google Bard’s list: The Lean Startup by Eric RiesZero to One by Peter ThielThe Hard Thing About Hard Things by Ben HorowitzThe Mom Test by Rob FitzpatrickThe Startup Owner's Manual by Steve BlankThe $100 Startup by Chris GuillebeauFounders at Work by Jessica LivingstonLost and Founder by Rand FishkinThe Innovator's Dilemma by Clayton ChristensenThe Art of Startup Fundraising by Steve Blank and Bob Dorf3:25 - HuggingChat’s “list” - which was just The Lean Startup4:12 - Bing Chat’s list: Lost and Founder by Rand Fishkin, The Startup Checklist by David S. Rose, and The Lean Startup by Eric Ries1. Other books recommended for startup founders include The Founder’s Dilemmas by Noam Wasserman, Secrets of Sand Hill Road by Scott Kupor, and Zero to One by Peter Thiel and Blake Masters1. According to Benzinga, the best startup books for beginners are “Zero to One,” “Creativity Inc.” and “The Lean Startup”1. “The Startup Owner’s Manual” by Steve Blank is also recommended as one of the best startup books2. Other books that are recommended for business startup include “The War of Art” by Steven Pressfield, “The 4-Hour Workweek” by Tim Ferris, and “Purple Cow” by Seth Godin1.6:06 - Diving into front-end code with the 4 LLMs, including asking it for the CSS for the recommended HTML code that Bard and ChatGPT put out (HuggingChat and Bing weren’t able to generate code for me). 

In this episode of Ventures, I (https://www.linkedin.com/in/wclittle) walk through the 2.0 software startup framework within Startup Rocket (https://startuprocket.com) using Generative AI, specifically Bing Chat (which is currently free). I discuss how to ideate a startup, conduct surveys/interviews, create prototypes, and launch private and public MVPs with AI assistance.Visit https://satchel.works/@wclittle/ventures-episode-148 for more information. You can watch this episode via video here.   0:03 - Tee-up for the episode - walking through frameworks of https://startuprocket.com 1:31 - Walking through the Startup Rocket Framework 2.0 - a circular process that constantly refines the idea as you go from surveys/interviews to a public MVP. 3:28 - Walking through the details of each section of the framework 4:21 - Using your favorite LLM/GPT tool to ask questions along the way through frameworks. Ideate/validate/create/grow/fund.6:04 - Asking the LLM how to test demand for your startup idea6:40 - Drilling in more to the factors in the ideation section of the startup with a 24/7 tutor / mentor with GPT. – Bing GPT → https://www.bing.com/search?q=Bing+AI 

In this week’s episode of Ventures, my guests Jesse Bryan (https://twitter.com/JesseBryan), Mike Anderson (https://twitter.com/mikeyanderson) and I discuss updates about their startup, Alphi (https://alphi.xyz). We talk about why digital asset ownership is important, how/why Alphi is helping to organize information in the metaverse, how/why to contribute, and how/why to participate in their Leadership Academy to level up your skills in the Web3 space. Visit https://satchel.works/@wclittle/ventures-episode-147 for more information. You can watch this episode via video here.  2:10 - Why is digital asset ownership important? (Jesse’s commentary on this)5:08 - Mike’s commentary on digital asset ownership6:35 - 10% of global GDP tied up in digital assets. 6:59 - Jesse’s dad’s story working at a car dealership - importance of “owning” the real estate. 8:42 - What is Jesse/Mike’s response to the crypto/NFT skeptics?13:07 - More about Alph.xyz - (previous episode was https://satchel.works/@wclittle/ventures-episode-113) - Why does Alphi exist? 19:27 - How can someone contribute to Alphi if they know information (new or old) about a collection? 22:58 - What is the incentive mechanism for contributors?26:30 - Impact, Human Flourishing, and Alphi’s new Leadership Academy. Follow along on Twitter (@alphixyz) to get access to the academy if you are interested. 

In this episode of Ventures, I (https://www.linkedin.com/in/wclittle) discuss cases for and against the skill/productivity gap widening in light of Generative AI such as ChatGPT and Midjourney. On the “for” side, I discuss a YouTube video showing how to go from MidJourney to Figma to Code, and I show how this - and tools like GitHub CoPilot - enhances the work of already-skilled programmers. On the “against” side, I show a recent study from the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) that demonstrated GenAI most greatly enhancing the productivity of novice and low-skilled workers. Visit https://satchel.works/@wclittle/ventures-episode-146 for more information. You can watch this episode via video here.  0:03 - Tee-up for the episode, where to find the audio and/or video for this screencast, talking about the skill gap and GenAI0:39 - Case for the skill gap being widened: Examples from a YouTube video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_A_Jpr9HkGA&ab_channel=CJGammon) and GitHub Copilot (https://github.com/features/copilot) 3:14 - Case for the skill gap narrowing: https://www.nber.org/system/files/working_papers/w31161/w31161.pdf // Study showing that the skill gap is narrowing. 14% increase in productivity for all workers, and even more for novice and low-skilled workers. 4:36 - Link to McKinsey’s article: https://www.mckinsey.com/featured-insights/mckinsey-explainers/what-is-generative-ai 4:48 - Access GPT-4 for free with Bing. Example using Bing Chat to ask about Satchel.Works 

In this episode of Ventures, I (https://www.linkedin.com/in/wclittle) discuss options for startup founders at the earliest stages of their journey using Builder.io, Wix’s Artificial Design Intelligence (ADI), ContenBot.ai, and Mixo.io. I discuss how rapidly advancements in this field are happening that are disrupting the “old-guard” of Wordpress and more recently Webflow. With Mixo, you can prompt an AI with a single sentence and within 30s it will generate a complete landing page for you, including standard subscriber management tools. From there, you can modify as needed and publish. Visit https://satchel.works/@wclittle/ventures-episode-145 for more information. You can watch this episode via video here.  0:03 - Tee-up for the episode, low-code/no-code for quickly building landing pages for your startup idea0:53 - Generative AI and Builder IO for more sophisticated projects. Headless CMS. Visual CMS. // https://www.builder.io/ 2:53 - Looking at Wix’s Artificial Design Intelligence (ADI) → https://www.wix.com/blog/2016/06/wix-artificial-design-intelligence/ 3:48 - Content Bot → https://contentbot.ai/features/landing-pages4:10 - Mixo → https://mixo.io?via=william-little (referral link, as I talk about in the episode)

On this episode of Ventures, my guests Greg Gallimore (Digital Experience Design (DXD) Leader for Gensler’s Northwest region), Joel Fariss (Gensler Strategy Director), and Mike Anderson (CoFounder of Alphi.xyz), and I sat down for a conversation exploring how Web3 will transform the built environment. Physical places are now inextricable from the Internet. Our buildings have become “smart,” collecting, sharing, and applying intelligence to the “user experience” of the built environment. The metaverse has opened the door to entirely immersive virtual experiences of a place. With internet mediated communication, physical proximity is no longer a precondition for access to community and knowledge. What does all this mean for the future of human experience, collaboration, and community? We discuss multiple aspects of this at length in this episode. Visit https://satchel.works/@wclittle/ventures-episode-144 for more information. You can watch this episode via video here.  For a fuller write-up of the notes and transcript, see: https://www.gensler.com/blog/how-web3-will-transform-the-built-environment Will, start by defining what Web3 is, and how we should understand it?Greg, what have you been seeing in terms of how these technologies are beginning to shape the environment?Mike, what are you seeing on the horizon, in terms of what’s next and what clues are these use-cases giving us regarding what might be farther down the road?What’s the difference between a building intelligence model (BIM) and a digital twin?Will Little: Talk about digital twin. Joel, where do you see the digital environment, the digital and physical coming together?Do you see digital experiences and tools as improving the workplace and face-to-face time at the office? If so, what kinds of experiences are at the forefront and have the least friction to adopt?Call to action is to think about entrepreneurship in terms of social impact. What can we do to help lift each other up? The more of us who are thinking that way and applying all these technologies, the better.

In this episode of Ventures, I (https://www.linkedin.com/in/wclittle) walk through asking ChatGPT how to help me start building a startup called “Text to Startup”. I share my screen and show the live chat session where it not only tells me generally how to build the startup, but - when I prompt it to give me specifics - I’m able to all the way to having it print out Ruby on Rails code and HTML/CSS for a landing page. Along the way, it also gives me specific examples about how to do user testing and it gives me taglines and a 1-paragraph description for the startup, which I used to generate a logo with tailorbrands.com.Visit https://satchel.works/@wclittle/ventures-episode-143 for more information. You can watch this episode via video here.  0:03 - Continuing the product and code series. Setting up the episode. Training ChatGPT to help me build an example startup called “Text to Startup”1:10 - Using the free version of ChatGPT, walking through all the prompts I gave it to help me get the idea started. 2:43 - “ChatGPT can be programmed” - what does this mean?3:22 - Can ChatGPT help me pump out the Ruby on Rails code? 4:14 - This could involve conducting market research. I asked it which service it would recommend. Learn more at: https://www.usertesting.com/ 5:36 - Can ChatGPT design me a logo? I asked it to give me the prompt. Taglines. 7:00 - tailorbrands.com // Asked for a description - so I asked ChatGPT to give me a 1-paragraph description (it did!)8:17 - Asking ChatGPT me the code step-by-step to build the code in Rails.9:00 - What to do when ChatGPT stops in the middle of a response (example of having it give me the remaining CSS).  9:45 - Walking through the Ruby on Rails files for this example.10:25 - Wrap up, this will be a significant value-add as Generative AI gets more advanced.

In this episode of Ventures, I (https://twitter.com/wclittle) introduce for Web2 & Web3 product managers the company https://magic.link and why you should consider using their products to onboard customers in Web2&3. I also introduce GitHub Copilot (https://github.com/features/copilot) as a must-use tool when both learning to code and writing code professionally.Visit https://satchel.works/@wclittle/ventures-episode-142 for more information. You can watch this episode via video here.  0:03 - Tee-up for the episode, where to listen/watch, motivation and background. Continuing the product and code series: https://satchel.works/@wclittle/product-and-code-series 1:00 - Magic Link - https://magic.link // Walking through their different product offerings and why it’s a big deal. 3:27 - GitHub CoPilot – https://github.com/features/copilot // Why if you aren’t using it then you are already behind. 

In this episode of Ventures, I (https://twitter.com/wclittle) walk through why BTC is getting more attention, Balaji’s tweets about our banking system, the current Discount Window, MidJourney prompts, and what this means for the world of venture-building and investing. I also have a call to action - a friendly challenge - for website landing page generation via AI and translating these into HTML/CSS/JavaScript using LLMs. Visit https://satchel.works/@wclittle/ventures-episode-141 for more information. You can watch this episode via video here.   0:03- Intro to the episode, what we’ll be covering (Bank situation + Balaji material + MidJourney prompts)1:02 - BTC up 50% in the past 6mo - why? What’s going on? SVB tanking. 2:12 - No lack of attention being given to the current Discount Window (banks allowed to borrow)2:42 - Balajis’ bet that 1 BTC will be worth more than 1m USD. This may be the time to understand more about Web3 narratives. 5:41 - Texas new BTC-friendly policy5:46 - @FollowMarcos’ MidJourney prompts → https://twitter.com/followmarcos/status/1637901784143347713 // Call to action. I’d like to see more prompts for landing pages AND these turned into CSS/HTML/JavaScript. 

In this episode of Ventures, I (https://twitter.com/wclittle) walk through today’s GPT-4 announcement (https://openai.com/product/gpt-4) with a couple of important examples from Twitter (i.e. image-to-HTML/CSS and describing an image). I also introduce a 10-part series that I've written comparing React with Ruby on Rails’ Turbo. Visit https://satchel.works/@wclittle/ventures-episode-140 for more information. You can watch this episode via video here.   0:03 - Intro to the episode and diving right into the GPT4 announcement: https://openai.com/product/gpt-4 // https://openai.com/research/gpt-4 // And why this is important for Product Managers, or really anyone building a web product. Twitter links: https://twitter.com/bentossell/status/1635737961747677189 // https://twitter.com/goodside/status/1635711013566795776 3:22 - 10-part series comparing / contrasting React vs. Turbo :: https://satchel.works/@wclittle/full-stack-hello-world-tutorials-part-1