Good morning, side hustlers, and happy Cyber Monday - hope you get some great deals on the newest software to grow your business!

Here’s the TLDR: Anthropic is slashing costs, Musk’s Neuralink is valued at roughly $5B, and Black Friday is slowly becoming the same thing as Cyber Monday - that’s right, ecommerce is the future of consumer businesses (shocking!).

Let’s get into it! 🔥

In today’s edition, we have:

• 🛠️ 5 tools to get your side hustle off the ground

• ⭐ 1 featured tool

• 🚀 3 articles to make you a better entrepreneur

• ✍️ The Economist’s approach to being a better business writer

• 🗞 AI news this week

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🛠️ Tools for Side Hustlers 🛠️ 
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• 🔥 Leadpipe - Everything you need to know about your website’s visitors

• 👨‍⚕️ Dr. Lambda - Your AI agent to help you create professional slides

• 🧬 OpenRep - AI-generated tailored content to boost your online presence

• ♾️ Walles AI - AI assistant for instant answers, website reading, quick writing of professional articles, and more

• 🔁 LoopGenius - Automate your marketing process to land the first 100 customers for your personal brand, side hustle, or business

🔥 Featured tool: Leadpipe 🔥

Clicks can only tell you so much. In order to get your product/service/course to reach its target audience, the data you need requires more than sheer numbers. With Leadpipe, you can find out who your clicks are and develop a better understanding of what your ideal customer profile looks like.

Turn your unknown visitors into known buyers like magic - no forms or surveys necessary. Leadpipe is changing how businesses engage with their audiences. With Leadpipe, you're not just adapting to the modern market; you're leading it. Get started today!

💡Top Tips💡

💰 How to stand out to both investors and customers when launching a startup.
Given the current downturn of the VC landscape and the global economy in general, founders should realize that the competition for venture capital is getting harder in 2023. One way to stand out to investors is by first standing out to customers. Here are three tips to help you get the attention of both investors and customers when launching your startup. Read more here. 

💭 The unconventional approach to marketing that grew Ship Fast to $43k monthly revenue in 2 months.
By growing his product Ship Fast to $60k in 2 months, Marc Louvion has become one of the latest rockstars in the indie hacking community. Learn the backstory that led him down the indie hacking route and helped him grow Ship Fast in such a rapid time frame. Read more here.

🤝 23 ways to grow and scale your agency.
It's common knowledge to all agency owners: running a digital agency can be tough. You have to worry about hiring, selling, accounting, payroll, marketing, account management, lead generation—the list goes on. Oh yeah, and you need to get results for your clients, or they'll move on and may not say the nicest things. Here are some of the hottest tips to make sure that doesn’t happen to you. Read more here.

Harness The Economist's approach to business writing

How do you write persuasively for business? Study the psychology, craft and purpose of writing with experts from The Economist.

The six-week Professional Communication: Business Writing and Storytelling online short course from The Economist is designed to help business professionals attract and address broad audiences across various written formats. 

On completion of this course, you’ll walk away with:

• Practical writing, editing and data-visualisation skills for creating clear and compelling business communications.

• A writer’s toolkit based on The Economist’s editorial approach, helping you to navigate questions of structure, word choice and style.

• The ability to source, structure and convey information in a way that is accurate, engaging and ethical.

🗞 AI News Roundup 🗞

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