HeyJaredOperations Optimist
Practical AI guide for the people building the business side of startups.
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Can a VC fund run itself? Building a second brain for investing. (opens the original)
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Happy autumn, friends!Operations Optimist returns after a long summer! Last year I started out writing about operations, remote work, fundraising and hiring. Because that’s what I know. Then this year every facet of my work got touched by AI.That’s why I’m reintroducing my newsletter.Here’s what to expect:Experiments with AI in my day-to-day operations work at a tech startupCase studies from other operators and founders who us
The gym theory of AI (opens the original)
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Can you imagine it’s been six months of Claude Cowork? It feels like forever already. Similar to all life-changing events, I don’t remember life without it. Here is how our love story began:<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="206" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/
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