Kevin Zoss
@kzoss
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startup founder/Cleveland sports diehard. work in adtech/music/real estate. looking to connect with anybody innovating
Los Angeles, CA
Joined December 2008
I’m probably going to lose followers. I’m probably going to cost myself money. What’s happening in Minneapolis is fascism. This is literal death of democracy stuff. Americans are being murdered in the street by the federal government. If you care more about your tax rate
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Built a website that summarizes youtube videos into bullet point sentences with 90% of the code from ChatGPT 1. Copy paste the youtube link 2. Click summarize 3. Share with friends to save them time! Inspired by @bentossell's AI hackathon
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Music has a new canvas. We’re witnessing an audio movement driven by scarcity, fandom and access. This is the Music NFT Landscape.
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A list of startup and VC resources (My connections shared this list on LinkedIn) A thread 👇
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We've met thousands of founders. Most of them want one thing... To know they're right. You do that with growth frameworks. The 14 most influential are:
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Spotify launched in the US 10 years ago this month. Here's my best take at how economics flow from a $9.99 monthly subscription. Three takeaways: 1) Spotify only keeps ~33%, 2) Artists and songwriters don't get much, 3) Music is really, really complicated.
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Streaming didn't kill the music industry. While it made it financially unfeasible for middle-class musicians to earn a living selling their albums, it also forced them to diversify. Music's middle-class became pioneers in the creator economy—a thread 🧵
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I've reviewed over 150+ no-code / low-code tools. Here are 27 tools that will help you build your MVP, Startup faster! 🚀 These tools are the ultimate hack to web development! 🤩
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I’ve always believed internal meetings waste an incredible amount of work time. This guide to remote/asynchronous work is smart and inspiring
@AndreaFunsten Preach! I say don't go back 😆 https://t.co/TuRHf3JL9f
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If you are in music and don’t read/listen to @RuncieDan this big 3 breakdown is a great place to start
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Podcast Episode · Trapital · 06/22/2021 · 14m
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We collected the best YouTube thumbnails in the world. Here are the 22 thumbnails you should be using to increase video views: Oh, and by the way: 🥇 YouTube = most used video platform in US 🥈 2nd most visited website Globally 🥈 2nd most used social platform Globally
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Universal Music Group and Snapchat signed a long-term deal for both music licensing and augmented reality experiences. This is the label’s dream. They want music distribution to be fragmented. They don’t want Spotify to have the power.
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Want to make a living as a creator? Use these 15 lessons from @shl, @naval, and @benthompson to become a successful creator 🧵
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The community tech stack has to evolve to meet the rapidly expanding needs of both community builders and their members. I wrote about the opportunities in community infrastructure to enable the next wave of community growth. 👇 https://t.co/GjsTFQdfX1
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The Next Generation of Community Infrastructure As a key part of our social fabric, communities have always been at the forefront of our lives and are constantly evolving with us as we evolve. It is …
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in an office hours meeting today, a founder asked me a question I'd never gotten before: "if a founder reaches out to you about their startup, what do you look at online to decide if you want to take the meeting?" seemingly mundane but actually critical to nail 🎯
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One of my most favorite business models coming out of Asia finally has a name: Real Time Retail (per @mbrennanchina). Right now, SHEIN is the poster child of this new biz model. If you don’t know what SHEIN is, ask a teenager -- it's the most downloaded shopping app in the US!
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7/ What started as an email reply to Daniel, gradually turned into a few pages of prose and then grew. I’ve captured the latest version in a doc, which you can read and contribute to here:
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A peek inside how YouTube tackled the 2008 to 2014 hypergrowth years with a unique set of rituals for everything from strategic planning to effective meetings.
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Travel hacking is amazing I've used it for years to reduce my vacation costs by 70%+ Here's how I do it:
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I'm back from a week at my mom's house and now I'm getting ads for her toothpaste brand, the brand I've been putting in my mouth for a week. We never talked about this brand or googled it or anything like that. As a privacy tech worker, let me explain why this is happening. 🧵
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