Tuesday Edition: May 2nd, 2023

Good morning! We thought we’d start with a fun fact provided by the infamous UberFacts. “Walking can boost your creative thinking by as much as 60%” As the calendar flipped to May and with the weather getting warmer, a good idea would be to get outside and get that creative mind in motion. #WalkItOut 🚶‍♂️

The Big & The Small 📰 

SUBWAY:

🚇 🥪 Let the bidding continue! “Bankers running the sale process for Subway…[hope] to overcome a challenging environment for leveraged buyouts and fetch the company’s asking price of more than $10 billion.” Those foot-longs won’t sell themselves…

openai:

💰️They’ll be a BIG soon enough. “Altogether the VCs have put in just over $300 million at a valuation of $27-$29 billion. This is separate to a big investment from Microsoft announced earlier this year.” That investment is allegedly in the $10 billion neighborhood 👀 

genies:

🤖 The CEO of this avatar tools company spends almost $2500 a month on ChatGPT Plus accounts for all of his employees. “In March, [he] started encouraging every team - research and development, engineering, product, finance, design, and accounting - to learn how to use the AI chatbot to automate monotonous tasks.” Has it helped? Click above to find out ⬆️

JPMORGAN CHASE & CO:

🤯 The article’s first sentence says it all: “Regulators seized First Republic Bank and sold its assets to JPMorgan Chase & Co. on Monday, in a deal to resolve the largest U.S bank failure since the 2008 financial crisis and draw a line under a lingering banking turmoil.” As a result, JPMorgan stock is 📈 while those of smaller banks are 📉

A Tuesday Pick-Me-Up:

Finance 101 🤑

What the heck is a Credit Score?

Short and Sweet: It’s a number generated between 300 - 850 that rates consumers creditworthiness (basically a measure on how likely you will default on your debt).

Why it matters: Because if you’re applying for a loan, lenders (banks for example) want to ensure you have strong credit. If you have good credit, you’re more likely to obtain money from lenders because they feel your credit is worthy enough for them to provide you with those funds.

Takeaway: Build up that credit! Shoot for the stars and do your best to get to 850 (#AnythingIsPossible). Q: How does one improve their credit score? A: We got you right here.

Some extra Finance 101 content because why not? Check out these graphs between GenZ and Millennials 👀 

Cool Communicator 😎 

Once Upon a Time…No matter what your purpose is - to entertain, to inform, to persuade - a well-told story can get the job done. If you want to be the best communicator you can be, storytelling is an essential skill. Why? Because people prefer stories to most other forms of communication. We relate to them; we learn from them; we’re moved by them.

Whether in a meeting, at a networking event, or simply in a casual conversation, consider using a story to get your point across.

Expert Advice 🗣️

Thanks Ben, these helped us out a bunch. Click above to see what he’s got. For more, go check out his LinkedIN - he’s got 300,000+ followers on the most professional platform out there.

Food For Thought 🤔 

The Dog Of The Day 🦴 

Hello there, Hubert!

Poll Time 😄 

Founder’s Note 💬 

👋 Hey, so we received feedback from someone in the audience and we decided to make some changes to The Big and Small section because of it. It’s amazing how the little details make a big difference. It’s even more amazing how feedback can make our work better.

With that, if there is anything you think would be useful, productive, helpful, etc. to include as content, please feel free to let us know. We want to educate, inspire and keep those informed to achieve a meaningful business career.

Feel free to reply directly back to this email. I will read it. I read each and every single one that comes in. With that, enjoy and see you next week.

✌️ - Dan

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