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Beat The Odds with Dre, Rodney, & Brylan

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Feb 6, 2023 • 1h 7min

How This Founder Duped Chase Out Of $175 Million

Ep 17: Dre (@Dreunlimited), Rodney (@Rg2official), and Brylan (@0xHimzel) discuss how the founder of Frank, a financial app for college students, tricked JP Morgan Chase into a $175M acquisition, how AI companies should approach bias results, ChatGPT premium plus plan, and much more ---- Social Links: Dre Twitter: https://twitter.com/DreUnlimited LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dandree/ Rodney Twitter: https://twitter.com/Rg2official LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rodneygainous/ Brylan Twitter: https://twitter.com/0xHimzel LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brylandonaldson/ ---- Follow Beat The Odds
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Feb 6, 2023 • 22min

Hugging Face, MusicML by Google, And Much More [ChatGPG, EP 1]

Today's episode is a new series called ChatGPG (Give People Game) where Dre and Brylan delve into the latest in AI, exploring its effects on business, culture, and society. Today we discuss: AI platform Hugging Face is building a community of the future with over 100k open sourced models Google's MusicML using natural language to generate original music Hollywood utilizing Nvidia's technology to enhance eye contact in film scenes through AI The popularity of ChatGPT for creating personalized workout plans  ----- Links Buildspace Hugging Face ChatGPT Nvidia Eye Contact MusicML
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Jan 31, 2023 • 58min

Navigating Mass Layoffs in the Tech Industry

Ep 16: Dre (@Dreunlimited), Rodney (@Rg2official), and Brylan (@0xHimzel) welcome David Alston as their first guest. David is the CEO and Founder of Kickstroid, a cutting-edge app that offers accurate resale predictions for hot releases, tailored sneaker recommendations, and in-depth analysis of sneaker culture. David is also a Program Manager at Microsoft. In today's episode, we delve into the widespread job cuts happening in tech giants like Google, Microsoft, Amazon, and others. We examine the consequences of these layoffs and provide guidance for employees on how to prepare themselves for such situations. ---- Social Links: Dre Twitter: https://twitter.com/DreUnlimited LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dandree/ Rodney Twitter: https://twitter.com/Rg2official LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rodneygainous/ Brylan Twitter: https://twitter.com/0xHimzel LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brylandonaldson/ David LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alstonda/ ---- ---- Follow Beat The Odds Download Kickstroid
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Jan 26, 2023 • 1h 24min

Mielle Organics Sells For $400M+

Ep 15: Dre (@Dreunlimited), Rodney (@Rg2official), and Brylan (@0xHimzel) discuss recent security hacks with LastPass, how the founder of social app Gas sold his company twice for $20M+, black Twitter's response to Mielle Organics selling their beauty brand to P&G, FDA approves new technology for testing, and much more. 
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Jan 16, 2023 • 1h

Microsoft's $10B Bet, Creators Selling Back Catalogs for Millions, An Inside Tiger 21, And Much More!

Ep 14: Dre (@Dreunlimited), Rodney (@Rg2official), and Brylan (@0xHimzel) breakdown Microsoft's $10B OpenAI investment, how artists and content creators are selling their back content catalog for millions, a private network for ultra-high net worth individuals and much more!    -----  Social Links: Dre Twitter: https://twitter.com/DreUnlimited LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dandree/ Rodney Twitter: https://twitter.com/Rg2official LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rodneygainous/ Brylan Twitter: https://twitter.com/0xHimzel LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brylandonaldson/ ---- Referenced: Microsoft invest $10B into OpenAI: https://archive.is/r6mkJ Anthropic’s ChatGPT competitor: https://techcrunch.com/2023/01/09/anthropics-claude-improves-on-chatgpt-but-still-suffers-from-limitations/ Paul Graham 5 Founders: http://www.paulgraham.com/5founders.html?viewfullsite=1 Spotter: https://spotter.la/ Jellysmack: https://jellysmack.com/ Creator DAO: https://creatordao.com/ Afropolitan: https://www.afropolitan.io/ Upfront Ventures: https://upfront.com/ Launch House: https://www.launchhouse.com/ Tiger21: https://tiger21.com/ Tiger Global Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/fatFIRE/comments/wm2ufe/tiger_21_membership/ ---- Show Notes
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Jan 7, 2023 • 56min

Business Lessons From Second Time Founders

Ep 13: Dre (@Dreunlimited), Rodney (@Rg2official), and Brylan (@0xHimzel) discuss the advantages of being a second time startup founder and the lessons they've learned while building businesses and working at some of the fastest growing companies in history. ---- Social Links: Dre  Twitter: https://twitter.com/DreUnlimited LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dandree/ Rodney  Twitter: https://twitter.com/Rg2official LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rodneygainous/ Brylan  Twitter: https://twitter.com/0xHimzel LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brylandonaldson/ ----  Referenced:   Fundraising  ---- Show Notes:  Substack
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Dec 30, 2022 • 1h 33min

Big Surprises of 2022, Wild Predictions for Next Year, OpenAI, And Much More!

Ep 12: Dre (@Dreunlimited), Rodney (@Rg2official), and Brylan (@0xHimzel) discuss the big surprises of 2022, wild predictions for 2023 like TikTok getting banned in the US, Google search being disputed by AI bots, and we breakdown the strategy we think OpenAI might take to own the future of AI, and much more. ---- Social Links: Dre Twitter: https://twitter.com/DreUnlimited LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dandree/ Rodney Twitter: https://twitter.com/Rg2official LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rodneygainous/ Brylan Twitter: https://twitter.com/0xHimzel LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brylandonaldson/
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Dec 18, 2022 • 57min

The Rise of HBCU Football, Exposing The Twitter Files, An Inside Look Into OnlyFans, And Much More!

Ep 10: Dre (@DreUnlimited), Rodney (@Rg2official), and Brylan (@0xHimzel) discuss Deion Sanders leaving Jackson State, how Twitter is failing to protect children, the business behind OnlyFan, and much more. ---- Social Links: Dre Twitter: https://twitter.com/DreUnlimited LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dandree/ Rodney Twitter: https://twitter.com/Rg2official LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rodneygainous/ Brylan Twitter: https://twitter.com/0xHimzel LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brylandonaldson/ ---- Referenced: To learn more about how you can help children impacted by sex trafficking, check out Thon.com.
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Dec 11, 2022 • 1h 1min

Lensa Is Making $1M+ Per Day, Inside Reddit Communities, And Hypergrowth Startup Lessons

Dre, Brylan, and Rodney discuss how Lensa AI is making $1M+ in daily revenue, opportunities for founders using AI, startup lessons from the early days of scaling Bird scooters into one of the fastest-growing companies, and much more.   ---- Social Links: Dre Twitter: https://twitter.com/DreUnlimited LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dandree/ Rodney Twitter: https://twitter.com/Rg2official LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rodneygainous/ Brylan Twitter: https://twitter.com/0xHimzel LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brylandonaldson/
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Dec 6, 2022 • 1h 18min

The Greatest Innovation Since The iPhone, Will Google Become IBM, And Much More.

Dre, Rodney, and Brylan discuss the hype around OpenAI's new API chatGPT, the downsides of trusting AI too early, how Google Search is under attack, if Apple is too dominant to compete against, and much more.     ---- Social Links: Dre Twitter: https://twitter.com/DreUnlimited LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dandree/ Rodney Twitter: https://twitter.com/Rg2official LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rodneygainous/ Brylan Twitter: https://twitter.com/0xHimzel LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brylandonaldson/

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