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$6M Billy Carson, Ancient Wisdom & Community Power

$6M Billy Carson, Ancient Wisdom & Community Power

Weekly #074 | 3 Lessons from the founder of 4biddenKnowledge

George Samuels
George Samuels
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$1.26M, 18-Year-Old Jenny Hoyos & YouTube Shorts

$1.26M, 18-Year-Old Jenny Hoyos & YouTube Shorts

Weekly #071 | How YouTuber Jenny Hoyos accelerated her growth a result of Covid, good storytelling & YouTube

George Samuels
George Samuels
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$1M, Ukrainian Ivan Kutskir & Frugal Innovation

$1M, Ukrainian Ivan Kutskir & Frugal Innovation

Weekly #072 | How a solo creator took on Photoshop and evolved along the way

George Samuels
George Samuels
Tools & TechnologyTools & Technology
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Scale Your Presence

Scale Your Presence

How to Amplify Your Impact with AI Digital Twins Plus Lessons from The Mongols

George Samuels
George Samuels
Tools & TechnologyTools & Technology
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Navigating the AI Wars

Navigating the AI Wars

Weekly #139 | What Micropreneurs Need to Know About Cultural & Seasonal Fit

George Samuels
George Samuels
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How Liang Wenfeng Made DeepSeek for 93% Less Than OpenAI

How Liang Wenfeng Made DeepSeek for 93% Less Than OpenAI

Weekly #138 | Lessons in Doing More with Less

George Samuels
George Samuels
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Scaling Vertically: How Lean Teams Are Hitting $10M ARR in Vertical SaaS

Scaling Vertically: How Lean Teams Are Hitting $10M ARR in Vertical SaaS

Weekly #137 | Micro-Empire Lessons from Garry Tan of Y-Combinator

George Samuels
George Samuels
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Xiaohongshu (Rednote), TikTok Refugees & 5 Lessons for Micropreneurs

Xiaohongshu (Rednote), TikTok Refugees & 5 Lessons for Micropreneurs

Weekly #136 | Micropreneur Lessons from RedNote & The Mass Migration of TikTok Refugees

George Samuels
George Samuels
Micropreneur SpotlightsMicropreneur Spotlights
Reddit's Origin Story, $20M Selloff & Their Team of 3-4 Engineers

Reddit's Origin Story, $20M Selloff & Their Team of 3-4 Engineers

Weekly #135 | How Reddit scaled to millions with a team of 3-4

George Samuels
George Samuels
Tools & TechnologyTools & Technology
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Finbarr Taylor, Small Teams & The Rise of Nanocorns

Finbarr Taylor, Small Teams & The Rise of Nanocorns

Weekly #134 | One-Person Empires in the Age of AI?

George Samuels
George Samuels
How To Be Useful in 2025

How To Be Useful in 2025

Weekly #133 | A 3-step plan for being more useful as a micropreneur

George Samuels
George Samuels
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9 Lessons for Micropreneurs from 2024

9 Lessons for Micropreneurs from 2024

Weekly #132 | Lessons from the Trenches

George Samuels
George Samuels
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How a 17-Year-Old Scaled Cal AI to $1M MRR

How a 17-Year-Old Scaled Cal AI to $1M MRR

Weekly #131 | Using AI, Micro-Influencers & Sharp Execution

George Samuels
George Samuels
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Hailuo AI, Chinese Innovation & A Lean Team of 6

Hailuo AI, Chinese Innovation & A Lean Team of 6

Weekly #130 | A Digital Chinese Micro Empire in the Making

George Samuels
George Samuels
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13K+ Fractionals United, Founder Karina Mikhli & Her Team of 4

13K+ Fractionals United, Founder Karina Mikhli & Her Team of 4

Weekly #129 | Lessons from Karina Mikhli, Founder of Fractionals United

George Samuels
George Samuels
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