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BREAKING: 🇵🇾 What just happened in PARAGUAY is a WARNING for everyone on earth. More than 3 million people (60% of Paraguay's adult population) have lost access to EVERYTHING. Their bank accounts. Their pensions. Frozen. Inaccessible. Paraguay’s largest digital bank, Ueno Bank, has collapsed. The president of the Central Bank (who is deeply connected to Ueno) has just RESIGNED. Eight high-level executives including the founder and the Bank President are being detained. The people have taken to the streets to demand their money back. And rightly so. This is the model Milei and the rest of the Epstein class are pushing. This could happen ANYWHERE. Best to save in physical gold and physical silver, imo.

Introducing Reality-Aware Rendering in @Simulon, a completely new way to create with the real world. Place neural assets with your phone and act out the scene. When you stop recording, Simulon renders the take, reading everything in it (what you do, what you say and the place around you), and your assets respond to all of it. The final is regenerated from your recording: a new performance of the scene, not a copy of the footage. Available now on iPhone. Coming to Android soon.

“I Lost $70 Million by Choosing a Salary Over 5% Equity” Landmark Group CEO Paul Onwuanibe has shared a powerful lesson from his early career about the difference between earning an income and owning a stake in a growing business. At one point, Onwuanibe was faced with a difficult choice: take a guaranteed salary that would help him meet his immediate financial obligations or accept a 5% equity stake in a promising venture. He chose the salary. The decision provided financial stability at the time, but the company eventually went public. According to Onwuanibe’s account, colleagues who accepted equity reportedly went on to make as much as $70 million, while he was left with a “thank you” and a company car. The story highlights one of the biggest dilemmas professionals and early employees face when joining growing companies: immediate compensation versus long-term ownership. A salary gives you predictable income today. Equity gives you a share of the value you help create tomorrow. Of course, choosing equity is not always the better decision. Personal financial responsibilities, the company’s potential, the terms of the equity and the likelihood of a successful exit all matter. But when the opportunity is strong and the terms are right, ownership can create wealth on a scale that a salary rarely can. For founders, employees and early-stage professionals, the bigger lesson is simple: understand what you are being offered, what you are giving up, and where the real upside lies. If you were faced with the same decision today, would you choose guaranteed income or 5% equity in a promising company? #PaulOnwuanibe #LandmarkGroup #Equity #StartupEquity #Entrepreneurship #Business #WealthCreation #Ownership #Startups #AfricanBusiness #AfricanEntrepreneurs #Leadership #CareerGrowth #Investing

JUST IN: UP CLOSE VIDEO SHOWS HOW HACKERS STOLE OVER $80,000,000 SILENTLY CORRUPTING LEDGER #BITCOIN WALLETS A SCAM SHOP IN MALAYSIA WAS LISTED AS AN "OFFICIAL AUTHORIZED RESELLER FOR YEARS" BEHIND THE SCENES, CRIMINALS WERE INSERTING MICROSCOPIC SPY CHIPS ON EVERY WALLET THEY REPACKAGED THE DEVICE AND SHIPPED IT TO UNSUSPECTING VICTIMS ALL THE WHILE IT WAS SILENTLY CAPTURING THEIR PRIVATE KEYS THIS IS WILD ‼️

There's a stage every startup hits that nobody talks about. You've raised a little. You've made some revenue. You've tried a few things. Now you're hunting for the next lever, and there's no one in the room with you. Nobody is building for founders at this stage. It's where good startups quietly die. So SlowCo is building the room. Builders Room is a co-working space + think tank for people building companies. Here's the day: 9am: Arrive, say hi, do some light work 11am: Introductions 12pm: Write down what you're stuck on. Someone in the room helps you work through it. You leave with a peer anchor who checks in with you through the week, until we meet again next month. Who it's for: → Founders who've raised $150k+ (grants, equity or debt), or → Founders doing $5k+ MRR, or → Former senior operators from companies at that stage, now building something new It's in-person, in Lagos, and capped at 20 founders so it stays high-touch. Apply for an invite 👇 bit.ly/BuildersRoom