🏠 Reid Hoffman’s (Co-Founder, LinkedIn) Morning Routine

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GM! It’s Brett again. Non-technical people have ZERO excuses anymore.

I’ve never coded professionally, yet last weekend I architected an incredibly complex piece of code for our product.

The recipe is simple:

1. ChatGPT deep research

2. Ask questions in chat

3. Create diagrams and share them in chat

4. Go back to 2

🔥 Reid Hoffman’s Morning Routine

• Mindset Reset (20-30 min)

  • Starts quiet - no emails, no feeds, no digital noise.

  • Meditation and conscious breathing - real clarity, not wellness fluff.

  • Sets intentions so the day starts proactive, not reactive.

• Strategic Journaling (15-20 min)

  • Not a “dear diary”; this is tactical mind-mapping.

  • Outlines raw ideas, reflects on projects, sketches fresh opportunities.

  • The page becomes a map for strategic direction, not catharsis.

• Move the Body (30 min+)

  • Physical exercise: brisk walks, light jogs, maybe yoga - no sharp mind without a sharp body.

  • Preparation for juggling the intensity of multiple roles - LinkedIn, Greylock, Masters of Scale.

• Plug Into the World (Mid-Morning)

  • Reads The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, TechCrunch.

  • Catches up with VCs, entrepreneurs, operators - calls, emails, breakfast meetings.

• Deep Work Block (Late Morning)

  • Blocks off a chunk of time for uninterrupted focus, straight from Cal Newport’s playbook.

  • This is where the big rocks move: investment calls, podcast writing, long-form thinking.

He starts clear-headed, gets informed, connects deeply, and protects time for work that matters. It’s not about outworking, it’s about out-focusing.

🚀 Playbook: This guy turned random Twitter posts into leads (On Autopilot)

Lucas was running an AI tools directory when he noticed something:
Every day, people on Twitter were asking exactly the kinds of questions his site could answer.

“What’s the best AI tool for blog posts?”
“Any AI tool for clipping videos?”

Perfect inbound.

The problem? He’d have to sit on Twitter all day replying. Not scalable.

So he built an automation that does it for him; a 24/7 reply-guy bot that actually helps people instead of spamming them. Now, every time someone asks for tool advice, his bot replies with a tailored suggestion + a link back to his site.

One-time setup. Ongoing traffic. Zero manual effort.

Here’s the simple n8n process:

1. Monitor → Use Mention.com to track keywords like “AI tool for” or “How do I use AI to…” and send alerts to Slack.

2. Filter → Auto-remove retweets, junk, or anything from yourself.

3. Evaluate → Run each tweet through an LLM prompt to decide if it’s worth replying to.

4. Context → Pull in your own resource list (e.g., categories from your site) and feed that into the LLM.

5. Draft Reply → Have Claude (or GPT) write a short, helpful answer that includes a relevant link.

6. Post → Auto-reply via the Twitter/X API.

7. Feedback Loop → Log replies into Slack so you can monitor and tweak prompts.

That’s it. Lucas turned a grindy, manual marketing channel into a compounding one - always on, always relevant, always driving clicks.

👉 Complete step-by-step tutorial here.

How 433 Investors Unlocked 400X Return Potential

Institutional investors back startups to unlock outsized returns. Regular investors have to wait. But not anymore. Thanks to regulatory updates, some companies are doing things differently.

Take Revolut. In 2016, 433 regular people invested an average of $2,730. Today? They got a 400X buyout offer from the company, as Revolut’s valuation increased 89,900% in the same timeframe.

No wonder 10K+ everyday people are taking the chance on Pacaso.

Founded by a former Zillow exec, Pacaso’s co-ownership tech reshapes the $1.3T vacation home market. They’ve earned $110M+ in gross profit to date, including 41% YoY growth in 2024 alone. They even reserved the Nasdaq ticker PCSO.

The same institutional investors behind Uber, Venmo, and eBay backed Pacaso. And you can join them. But not for long. Pacaso’s investment opportunity ends September 18.

Invest While You Still Can

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🧠 ON MY MIND

🛠️ Beams gives you actionable insights into SaaS tool usage and resource allocation.

🛠️ Folk is your lightweight CRM that auto-links emails, meetings, and notes for faster follow-ups.

💯 Blame yourself for everything, and preserve your agency (Naval)
The fastest way to lose power is to believe the game is rigged. Take full responsibility and you keep the one thing that actually moves the needle: agency.

💥 Elon wanted to acquire Substack for Twitter.

📢 OpenAI announced AI-powered hiring platform to take on LinkedIn.

👀 Anthropic raised $13B Series F at $183B post-money valuation.

🚀 OpenAI acquired Statsig for $1.1B.

‼️ Atlassian acquired The Browser Company for $610M.

👩‍🔬 Autism symptoms vanish in mice after Stanford brain breakthrough.

🎯 THE 80 / 20

Simple tricks to get a ton of value with minimal effort for work and life.

1. Don’t mix modes
Your brain ties places to actions. If you brainstorm, write, and take calls from bed, you confuse the signal. One spot = one mode.

2. Monthly Network Ping
Spend 1 hr/month revisiting 10–15 warm leads, VCs, partners, or ex-clients. Send a quick, value-first note. Bonus: reach out to 3 founders who just raised to exchange notes.

3. L / N / O Filter
Tag every task: L = Leverage, N = Necessary, O = Optional. Once you see your list in L/N/O, you’ll stop burning prime hours on admin and protect mornings for high-leverage work.

😂 FROM THE FEED

🤝 COMMUNITY POLL

Last week’s poll:

Do you trust AI to reply to your emails without checking?

🟨⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ Yes (~22%)

🟩🟩🟩⬜️⬜️⬜️ No (~44%)

🟨🟨⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ Only low-stakes stuff (~33%)

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Micro is a CRM that doesn’t feel like homework and an email client that knows what matters. Simply put, it’s an all-in-one productivity tool that organizes itself so you don’t have to.

LHV is a community-driven, early-stage venture fund backing ambitious founders at the earliest stages.

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