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Alan Frei's Newsletter: Robots, WhatsApp Communities, Berghain

🚀 Alan Frei Company (AFC):

• Short update: we have 4428 newsletter subscribers. That's more than most Swiss football teams have in their stadiums 😅. Subscribers are at the moment the most important metric. We focus on getting 10k newsletter subscribers this year.

• We have 301 shareholders. If you want to become one: https://www.alanfrei.com/investor

• We launched a book on how to create yourstartup: https://alanfrei.gumroad.com/ (429 bought the book. It is pay what you want. People pay $4 per book which exactly 50% of what we are suggesting 😂.

• Whatsapp communities is something new I’m trying besides all physical community events. We started Whatsapp communities to bring the community digital. You will find updates as an investor, about events, etc. Whatsapp is even more personal than email. Therefore, I’m very conscious about what I post there. Here is the link to the: AFC WhatsApp Community: https://chat.whatsapp.com/F3enjPhFXt169u4CX5870O

• We are having 2 events coming up. AI & Robotics with the best swiss founders in the space: https://eventfrog.ch/de/p/essen-trinken/a3f-vertical-robotics-ai-7191758671780504284.html and the 5th Startup Breakfast: https://eventfrog.ch/de/p/kurse-seminare/sonstige-kurse-seminare/a3f-startup-breakfast-5-in-der-kasa-kaisin-7168252810902862586.html

🥌 Olympics:

• The ice rink is closed, so in the meantime you can watch our great trailer of our movie 😀: https://youtu.be/0Gt8i7VMZ-s?sub_confirmation=1

• The next important tournament will be in October the PCCC 2024 in Alberta, Canada, where we need to reach 1st place.

👀 Watch:

1. I never went to the famous club Berghain in Berlin. But this video is fascinating and very well done: https://youtu.be/rAbe9QJD7LA?si=lXT7GPZZZhgKTxxQ

2. Is time fake? https://youtu.be/IRRKgmWX-1Q?si=ppQYljnDVmuLWl-V (this dude made this great video about how the hour was invented)

3. How to win in Monopoly with AI: https://youtu.be/dkvFcYBznPI?si=XbZ8V9Vkdffaj2yd (I always played it as a kid. But seems that I had the wrong strategy)

👂 Listen (You can find all on Spotify. But Snipd is the better podcast app. I am an investor 😀)

• Lukas (my former Co-Founder) and I made a bouncing idea podcast episode. This episode got the most positive feedback ever: https://share.snipd.com/episode/8998c40c-0155-42f9-8a52-3d23d3ee7ef2 (Swiss German)

• This is how you buy back your time: https://share.snipd.com/episode/f2e5616f-81a9-4a5e-a271-8cd778b3f185(this podcast, talks about how you can make most out of your time)

• This is probably one of the funniest podcasts I know. Judith and Simon talk about cooking in the funniest way: https://share.snipd.com/episode/3d2016dd-43f5-4dce-bf3d-1f659f7baa05 (Swiss German)

• 5 tips to be happier at work: https://share.snipd.com/episode/76fae8fc-8e4e-4a40-b0f5-ac970845d352

📚 Read (all also available as audiobooks):

• These are my 12 favorite books for business and 12 favorite books for life: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JoWrNkkxDf4WzN1aXoPpD7falyBiA_0tRRIRBsDEBCc

• And this is my book: You can get it for free or pay what you want: https://alanfrei.gumroad.com/ (thanks for every rating / feedback)

🛠️ Tools & Hacks: 

• I am obsessed with iphone text replacement shortcuts. They save me so much time. Especially in Combination with ChatGPT. Here you can find my most useful ones: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1W8bKWZO1alQq8wUnZjk9wVSaRuEOAExftcK1lUe4XdM/

• This is the best Smartphone Stand I have ever used: https://blackmarket.ch/products/kenu-stance-10-in-1-smartphone-gadget-mit-magsafe (in the gym, plane, for videos)

• This is the only travel adapter I use. It works world wide and I can charge multiple things with it at the same time: https://blackmarket.ch/products/oneworld100-adapter

• (blackmarket is owned by a friend of mine and me. We only have these two products on stock. We will add more travel gadgets from time to time.) 

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• I am a big fan of the Swisspreneur podcast and therefore want to give a shoutout to their newsletter. It offers news, event discounts and resources for founders. Check it out if you are interested in the Swiss Startup Scene: https://www.swisspreneur.org/newsletter

🫶 Quote

• What a fantastic quote by Jim Lovell: “You don’t go to heaven when you die, you go to heaven when you are born.”

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