Co-CEO of @UpstockApp ★ Startup investor & advisor ★ Xero co-founder & former Head of Design
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Such an amazing heart wrenching beautiful story of the “three Māori boys”. Incredible courage, generosity and kindness. stuff.co.nz/national/weather…
NZ has been hammered hard by climate disasters this month. Will we just go back to BAU? Continue pandering to dairy and farm lobbies? To oil & gas lobbies? To neglecting our water systems? Voting for politicians who pander? Or will you vote for @NZGreens? newsroom.co.nz/sustainable-f…
How hard can it be, right? Building something great is never easy. That’s why it’s so awesome to find a massive problem that provides infinite opportunities to do things better.
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It's pretty awesome when you can know something with 100% complete certainty.
It's even more awesome when you get to make that future happen.
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ALT Person using Upstock app for digital wholesale ordering. Caption: There are few certainties in life. Here's one.
VCs tell you they look for founders "doing their life's work". Bullshit. Take @stewart. His life's work wasn't gaming, photo sharing, or team messaging. What your company does is irrelevant. What matters is your motivation to build something great...
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Looking for a great read to inspire you for the year ahead? Make sure you read Build by @tfadell. I’ve shared a bunch of reasons why it’s so exceptionally good linkedin.com/posts/activity-…
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AI predicted fashion trends for 2023
(gpt-3 prompted with historical fashion contexts, outputs visualized with MJ v4)
1 "Recessioncore: a new take on high-end fashion that incorporates the idea of 'making do' and self-sufficiency: repurposed fabrics & thrifted patches"
Literally the only thing the guy had to do was add an edit button and charge $0.99 per edit. His genius credentials would have been firmly intact, while everyone across the spectrum would have been deliriously impressed and overjoyed.
“Move fast and break things” has done wonders for society and democracy. Now we’re unleashing AI with no regard for the ethical impact. Cool cool. abc.net.au/news/2022-11-26/l…
Weirdly I haven’t come across much discussion about the fact that Mush is a founder and owner of OpenAI. Considering his narcissistic sociopathic authoritarianism that really is the perfect setup for every dystopian sci-fi plot.
Some really good analysis of AI tools and how they map to human creativity from @mikekuniavsky. As a kid watching old movies where people would say “ok computer [do this insanely complicated thing]” always seemed utterly ridiculous, and yet here we are. medium.com/@mikekuniavsky/ma…
AI is suddenly mind blowing. It won’t be long before @webflow has a plugin to “design a keyword landing page using our design system”. Below is an example AI conversation with your past self that has real emotional depth. Scripts and entire movies can now be created by bots.
This resonates deeply “Apple is not a company where general managers oversee managers; it is a company where experts lead experts. The assumption is that it’s easier to train an expert to manage than to train a manager to be an expert.”
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Absolutely incredible AI design plugin for Figma. Look at all the examples. Really keen to try it out and see how easy or challenging it is to create such sophisticated and high quality images.
Shipped this AI design tool on Figma two weeks ago, and here’s a sneak peak of what’s coming next: fine-tuned models with consistent styles. #stablediffusion #aiart #figma
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Instead of the tired cycle of old slogans and empty promises; how about some real & proven ideas ⬇️
ALT Ending poverty is crime prevention Education is crime prevention Healthcare is crime prevention Restorative justice is crime prevention Community is crime prevention Food security is crime prevention Affordable housing is crime prevention
⚡️@UpstockApp closing an oversubscribed cap raise. Bold headline – but busting the duopoly isn't our goal. We have an awesome platform for food & beverage that hospitality, supermarkets and suppliers already use, that helps everyone work better together. nzherald.co.nz/business/upst…
