The Friday Five: How to Cold Email, the Billionaire Space Race, & More
Episode XIX
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Today at a Glance:
Quote: Diligence and good fortune.
Tweet: Amanda Natividad on cold outreach.
Article: Rebecca Szkutak on the new space race.
Podcast: Sir James Dyson on The Tim Ferriss Show.
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One Quote:
“Diligence is the mother of good fortune, and idleness, its opposite, never brought a man to the goal of any of his best wishes.” — Miguel de Cervantes
Good fortune is simply the product of small, consistent, painful daily efforts.
Small things become big things.
One Tweet:
Amanda is one of my favorite follows on Twitter—consistently putting valuable content and insights on my timeline. This thread was one of her best: short, tactical insights on improving cold emails and outreach.
(P.S. Amanda is one of the many success stories of the Audience Building course. There are a few slots left for next week—you should grab one here!)
One Article:
The Billionaire Space Race Launches a New Venture Capital Solar System
Great piece from Rebecca Szkutak on the rapidly-expanding private space economy.
When I read about new technologies, I look for ways to contextualize across time. I loved the analogy of launch infrastructure as the space economy equivalent of fiber optic infrastructure in the dotcom era. Both laid the foundation that enabled other entrepreneurs to “stand on the shoulders of giants” and build the future. Very cool perspective!
One Podcast:
Sir James Dyson — The Tim Ferriss Show
I wrote a thread on Sir James Dyson about a year ago—his story is remarkable. I personally believe his secret sauce was a unique combination of product and marketing skills (the “say goodbye to the bag” Dyson vacuum campaign was pure genius). Worth a listen for any aspiring entrepreneur and builder.
Listen to it on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.
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