Ethan Hays
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CEO @getcybee: Data, human performance, internet nerd, grilled meat enthusiast. All views my own
Brooklyn, NY
Joined April 2008
With 20+ years in SEO I've given & seen a lot of SEO presentations this presentation is the best I've ever seen as an explainer for C-suite & non-technical folks about "SEO vs GEO" because it's a story about a family (makes it relatable) & supporting data Brilliant, Lily!
I am excited to share a virtual recording of my talk from #MozCon last week titled: GEO, AEO, LLMO: Separating Fact from Fiction & How to Win in AI Search Check it out! https://t.co/Q7wqcDghRE
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EU & UK startups earn dramatically less revenue than their US peers (revenue indexed) even with AI companies removed Patrick said "Whatever the cause, the pattern is striking" Regulatory compliance burden isn't THE ONLY smoking gun but it's a large caliber weapon
An interesting trend we're noticing at Stripe: US startups are pulling ahead of their peers elsewhere. These charts show averaged revenue growth for software startups in each location. US startups typically grow somewhat faster than those elsewhere. However, since mid-2023, US
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Google tells startups & SMBs they can automate huge parts of marketing & content creation to Opal HOW MANY are going to the Kremlinology to decrypt Google's statements & understand that IF you use Google's products as Google recommends you are creating the conditions for
Like I thought Google would say, if you are using any tool to create AI-generated content to scale quickly for Search (with low value unoriginal content), look out. So don't read that blog post about Opal and start pumping out tons of AI content. Google's systems (or webspam
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this is the best explanation of Chinese materialism I've ever read "the argument about whether China is socialist (communist) or capitalist is wrong. It is not either of those things - they are both Western ideas. It is a secret third thing "It is not as though China has no
When people are suffering because the cost of living is too high, and you (as a policymaker) intend to spend public money to fix this, there are two main routes: - subsidize demand, or - subsidize supply Subsidizing demand is "give people money to pay for the expensive thing."
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A Simpler & Faster Europe is a bold plan to reduce total administrative costs in the EU by 25% (ā¬37B) noble goals, for sure but complex systems resist simplification because of interdependence every new rule changes the feedback to every other rule https://t.co/14SITjqd0o
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Regulatory compliance burden is a problem for startups & SMEs in the EU. In this guide, we break down the major regulatory initiatives the EU is taking on to make the EU more competitive & innovative...
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The real bummer is that bureaucracy unduly burdens startups & SMEs overlapping EU / National regulatory regimes created a $$$ regulatory compliance nightmare for SMEs big orgs have entire departments & dedicated budgets for compliance i've seen mid-size orgs spending 6%-8% of
Very good piece on the European Union and current policy problems from @lugaricano, Bengt Holmstrƶm, and @CompetitionProf: https://t.co/P5CtI4bqgE.
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This is one of the best posts about marketing Iāve ever read Entrepreneurs can build entire careers & businesses out of the insights in Hitenās posts. Outstanding āEvery lasting product story follows the same path. It begins with pain, not potential. It builds trust before
When I moved to the Bay Area in 2007, everyone wanted to go viral. Growth was the dream. Marketing was decoration. People believed great products sold themselves. That idea wasnāt new. HPās founders said the same in the 1950s. They thought marketing was what you did when your
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EU Regulations: turning the joy of an entrepreneur's 1st customers into a regulatory violation costing more than the startup's MRR https://t.co/kPA1l9XZ6A
š¼ Now Iām officially can do entrepreneurial activity in Germany Just sent request to the Dusseldorf authorities. As I already had sales during the last month I am facing a fine up to ā¬1000. Yes, Iām a little bit retarded. Hopefully, I will earn more than ā¬1000 from
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In M&A āshow me verifiable financialsā is a non-negotiable step ofc Funny (sad) that Chris is 100% correct Prospective startup employees need to do many of the same things CDD teams do but most prospective employees donāt realize they can / must ask
To clarify a few things: 1. I'm not joking 2. In 2 of the 3 cases, it would be hard to tell that you were joining a bad-actor company on the surface (i.e. solid investors, founders worked at unicorn companies) - the 3rd was maybe more obvious 3. The only ones who really lose
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"A Simpler and Faster Europe" is the EU's big promise to radically lighten the regulatory burden for businesses & speed things up To their credit, the EU isn't blind to how regulations are choking startups & SMEs and they acknowledge the burden is felt more heavily by SMEs
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Crown jewels of France stolen Wanna guess the Louvre's video surveillance password?? please take cybersecurity fundamentals for your business more seriously than the Louvre
If you feel like you're bad at your job and it's making you depressed, just consider that, as the investigation of the recent heist revealed, the password to access the Louvre's videosurveillance system was "Louvre".
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Silence kills human relationships professional, personal, doesn't matter "she's not saying anything bc she's so happy..." if you don't PRACTICE good communication (including how to rupture & repair) you are setting the conditions for that relationship to fall apart
Donāt mistake a quiet team for a healthy one. The most toxic dynamics start with "everythingās fine."
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Some EU builders share stories that are basically heartbreaking "the biggest performance leaps came straight out of European labs. The science & innovation & talent was here. But the business was not "Europe, in contrast, remains bureaucratic and slow" https://t.co/nTkOKGS8wF
Europe Builds. Others Profit. 3D Gaussian Splatting (3DGS) is the perfect case study. It reflects both Europeās brilliance and its chronic inability to turn that brilliance into business. Almost everything that made 3DGS possible was born in Europe. From the early breakthroughs
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EU Regulations: turning the joy of an entrepreneur's 1st customers into a regulatory violation costing more than the startup's MRR https://t.co/kPA1l9XZ6A
š¼ Now Iām officially can do entrepreneurial activity in Germany Just sent request to the Dusseldorf authorities. As I already had sales during the last month I am facing a fine up to ā¬1000. Yes, Iām a little bit retarded. Hopefully, I will earn more than ā¬1000 from
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Regulatory burden affects anyone who wants to do business in the EU Many don't for that exact reason https://t.co/MSK2fPrx0n
EU regulatory burden means many non-EU companies simply choose not to do business there I've seen this first-hand in holding companies Companies weigh the EU TAM for their software vs the cost of entering the market many don't GTM in EU as a result
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It's gotten so bad that the EU is kicking off a huge effort to simplify 1 master bill supported by 4 others: 1. A Simpler and Faster Europe 2. Digital Omnibus 3. Apply AI Strategy 4. Revision of the Cybersecurity Act 5. European Data Union Strategy https://t.co/14SITjpFaQ
cybee.ai
Regulatory compliance burden is a problem for startups & SMEs in the EU. In this guide, we break down the major regulatory initiatives the EU is taking on to make the EU more competitive & innovative...
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EU & UK startups earn dramatically less revenue than their US peers (revenue indexed) even with AI companies removed Patrick said "Whatever the cause, the pattern is striking" Regulatory compliance burden isn't THE ONLY smoking gun but it's a large caliber weapon
An interesting trend we're noticing at Stripe: US startups are pulling ahead of their peers elsewhere. These charts show averaged revenue growth for software startups in each location. US startups typically grow somewhat faster than those elsewhere. However, since mid-2023, US
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EU regulatory burden means many non-EU companies simply choose not to do business there I've seen this first-hand in holding companies Companies weigh the EU TAM for their software vs the cost of entering the market many don't GTM in EU as a result
@patrickc Agree: selling to European companies is such a heavier lift: data residency rules, localisation demands on everything. endless contractual adjustments, zero risk tolerance in the larger companies when procuring. Itās one of the less discussed EU challenges (vs funding etc)
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EU just issued a "Digital Package on Simplification" as part of their "A Simpler and Faster Europe" initiative it's refreshing to see them acknowledge how bizarre, convoluted & confusing all their cybersecurity & regulatory compliance regimes are, and want to fix them:
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Sucks that being an entrepreneur also means you need to be a regulatory expert Iām here to build cool stuff, not file my TPS reports in triplicate w/ the government At @getcybee weāre building technology that helps startups fight the paper by automating regulatory compliance
š¼ Now Iām officially can do entrepreneurial activity in Germany Just sent request to the Dusseldorf authorities. As I already had sales during the last month I am facing a fine up to ā¬1000. Yes, Iām a little bit retarded. Hopefully, I will earn more than ā¬1000 from
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